Damon Houx
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‘Star Wars’ Won’t Be Getting New Blu-Rays Just Yet
With the news of George Lucas' decision to give Disney control of the 'Star Wars' franchise for a news series of movies, there was hope that with Disney getting the rights it might lead to a new box set of the original films, perhaps in their original cuts. That's not going to happen, at least not any time soon.
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George Lucas Speaks About a New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy and Retirement
Today's news that George Lucas is selling Lucasfilm and 'Star Wars' to Disney is so crazy that it's hard to believe it's true. Which may be why Lucas made a video to talk about the handover.
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‘X-Men’ Re-Hire Bryan Singer for ‘Days of Future Past’
Last week, it was announced that Mathew Vaughn had abruptly left the the pre-production process on his 'X-Men: First Class' sequel 'X-Men: Days of Future Past.' Five days later, it's got a new director who's an old hand at these: Bryan Singer.
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‘Star Wars’ Sequel in the Works Sans George Lucas – Lucasfilm Now Owned by Disney
George Lucas has been the master of 'Star Wars' since its inception and though spin-off cartoons and games have been the norm for years, the film series seemed done with after six movies. Disney has just purchased Lucasfilm for over four billion dollars, and have just announced that they're planning on a new movie for sometime in 2015.
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‘Rise of the Guardians’ Wants You to Get to Know Chris Pine’s Jack Frost
One this year's big holiday films is 'Rise of the Guardians,' which pits Santa Claus (voiced by Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman), the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher) and the Sandman against the slightly satanic Pitch (Jude Law), with Jack Frost (Chris Pine) the newest recruit to the good guy gang of fantasy figures. Now there's a new featurette that lets you get to know Jack Frost.
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‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2′ Gets a New TV Spot and Poster
Though 'Twilight' has its Twi-hards, it seems the latest TV spot for 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2' is looking to broaden the audience by selling the scale of the final chapter of the 'Twilight' films to people who may have written off the franchise.
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‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2′ Wants to Arm Wrestle in This Clip
We're still a bit away from the conclusion of the 'Twilight' franchise 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' as the film doesn't open until November 16, but to tide fans over is a new clip of Bella (Kristen Stewart) showing off her new powers, which involves being an excellent arm wrestler.
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‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Offers Two More Featurettes
As if video game nostalgia weren't enough to get audiences into the theater, 'Wreck-it Ralph,' which opens November 2, has been laying out more and more content to get people excited. The latest are two featurettes that highlight the making of the film, and the voice cast, which includes John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman and Jane Lynch.
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‘Safe Haven’ Trailer: Yup, It’s a Nicholas Sparks Movie
Though he doesn't have the drawing power of the 'Twilight' franchise, Nicholas Sparks and films based on his work have become a cinematic sub-genre of modest success. Films like 'The Notebook,' 'Dear John' and 'The Lucky One' have been box office hits on a small scale. The latest Sparks film adaptation is 'Safe Haven.' And now it has a trailer.
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‘Transformers 4′: Could Mark Wahlberg be Joining the Cast?
Michael Bay played footsies for a while with doing more 'Transformers' movies, but has signed up for a fourth film, because... well, money. Lots and lots of it. Bay earned $80 Million from the first film (which is the lowest grossing film of the franchise), and gets 8% of the merchandising money, so it's safe to assume that he makes over $100 Million a sequel. But it looks like he's bringing in a new lead.
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‘Iron Man 3′ Trailer: “Heroes? There is No Such Thing”
The 'Iron Man 3' trailer. It's finally here, after a number of trailer teasers. And you get a good look and listen to Ben Kingsley's Mandarin, a taste of Guy Pearce's role in the film, and the sense that this is a film of scale, and that nothing is going to come easy for Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark.
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‘Cloud Atlas’ Featurette: The Actors Loved Making It
'Cloud Atlas' opens Friday, and it's the sort of picture that will have people raving about it, one way or the other. Our own Matt Singer gave it an 8 out of 10, where others are calling it one of the best films of the year. The actors involved seemed to love making it, or at least that's the impression they give in this new featurette.