Cobie Smulders as Wonder Woman… In ‘The Lego Movie’

Cobie Smulders as Wonder Woman… In ‘The Lego Movie’
Angie Han - /Film

Warner Bros. has been trying to get Wonder Woman to the big screen for years, and they’re finally on the verge of success. The catch? She’ll be rendered in Lego bricks rather than flesh and blood.

We’ve known for some time that Lego Batman and Superman would appear in the upcoming The Lego Movie, played by Will Arnett and Channing Tatum, respectively. During today’s Warner Bros. panel at San Diego Comic-Con, directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller and co-director Chris McKay revealed that they’d also be joined by Justice League teammates Lego Wonder Woman, voiced by Cobie Smulders, and…

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SUPERBATMAN! — Zack Snyder to Direct Crossover Film

SUPERBATMAN! — Zack Snyder to Direct Crossover Film
Russ Fischer

OK, here’s the official word about the future of the DC Universe on screen via Warner Bros. Or the official suggestion. Zack Snyder took the stage at the end of the DC panel, gesturing that moderator Chris Hardwick should move aside. Snyder said, “I’m gonna take the lectern from you, because some shit’s going to happen up here.”

Snyder continued:

It’s official that we are going to make another Superman movie. And you say, Zack, what is the movie about? But you don’t want me to tell you that. You want to go and see the movie. But I can say that maybe there’s a single element that will…

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Hudgens “Wanted To Play Prostitute” & ‘Frozen Ground’ Trailer

Hudgens “Wanted To Play Prostitute” & ‘Frozen Ground’ Trailer
Catherine Earp - Digital Spy

Heat quotes Hudgens as saying at an Apple Store Q&A: “I always wanted to play a really heavy role. I remember being like 12 I think and being like, ‘I want to play a prostitute and do drugs’.”

She also discussed a scene where she had to pole dance: “It’s nerve-wracking that’s for sure. My heart was beating out of my chest while we filmed it.

Uhh, okay. Weird, messed up even, but okay.

However, while I’m not a big fan of Hudgens, the film does actually look intersting. We in the States have to wait until August 23, but if you happen to be in the U.K. the film comes out on…

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‘Turbo’ Wins Wednesday But Faces Animation Fatigue

‘Turbo’ Wins Wednesday But Faces Animation Fatigue
Pamela McClintock - The Hollywood Reporter

Another salvo in the 2013 summer animation wars was fired Wednesday as DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox’s Turbo opened at the midweek box office.

According to matinee returns, Turbo should gross in the $6 million range for the day, likely enough to top the Wednesday box office chart and edge out Despicable Me 2, Universal’s megahit.

Turbo is eyeing a five-day debut in the $35 million range, a solid but unspectacular start. Box office observers believe the 3D toon could suffer from animation fatigue, considering it opens only two weeks after Despicable 2 and four weeks after…

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Mary-Louise Parker Considers Quitting Acting

Mary-Louise Parker Considers Quitting Acting
Kristen Lopez - The Playlist

While out promoting her latest efforts, Parker took to condemning the entertainment industry as a mean-spirited enterprise intent to thrive on people’s pain; and in turn that audiences are celebrating this by tearing down actors and films. Parker opines that, “There’s way more mean-spiritedness… It’s a mean culture - its reality TV and its watching people suffer and watching people humiliate themselves.”  She goes onto allude to shows such as “Toddlers and Tiaras” and “Celebrity Rehab” as proof of this “ugly” culture where entertainment is “like someone just lifted up a rock and that’s all…

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‘Inferno’ Set for December 2015

‘Inferno’ Set for December 2015
Deadline.com

Tom Hanks and Ron Howard, the star and director, respectively, of Sony’s first two tentpole movies based on Dan Brown’s novels, are returning for Inferno, we’ve learned. Hanks had been expected to reprise his role as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon for The Lost Symbol, the third novel in Brown’s book series. But Howard had bowed out of that project, which is now on the back burner, saying he wanted to produce it with Brian Grazer and their Imagine Entertainment but not direct. Now we’re hearing he’ll return for Inferno.

Please make the madness stop! How can we get this movie to not

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‘Pacific Rim’ - No Director’s Cut, But There Were 3 Endings

‘Pacific Rim’ - No Director’s Cut, But There Were 3 Endings
Kevin Jagernauth - The Playlist

As Del Toro tells Badass Digest, he filmed three different scenarios for the concluding moments with Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi. “When I was working on the movie we had three or four different versions of the relationship between Charlie and Rinko because I wanted to see if I could make a story about two people liking each other without having to end in a kiss,” he explained. “So when I shot the ending we shot three versions. I’ve never done this before, but instinctively I thought we should do three versions. We did one version where they kiss and it almost felt weird. They’re good…

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J.J. May Direct Next ‘Star Trek’ Film After All?

J.J. May Direct Next ‘Star Trek’ Film After All?
Lucien - BuzzHub

When asked about his role as Spock in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek films, Quinto told the audience:

Star Trek 3 should be filming, I suppose, next year. It’s going to be made a lot quicker than the last one. That’s the plan, although nothing is confirmed yet.

Wow, if that’s true they are anxious to get this next film out the door. Of course I do think part of the reason Star Trek Into Darkness didn’t do as well as hoped is because it came so long after the first one and the hype had died down a bit. So maybe the momentum will help.

At one point in the interview, Quinto mentioned that…

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Martin Freeman Completes ‘Hobbit’ Filming

Martin Freeman Completes ‘Hobbit’ Filming
ComingSoon.net

Peter Jackson has announced that Martin Freeman has completed his shots for the next two “Hobbit” films and the filmmaker included two photos from the set.

“Tonight Martin Freeman finished his last shot as Bilbo Baggins. The end of an incredible two and a half years. I cannot imagine anyone else in this role - a character that Martin has nurtured and crafted with love and great skill.

Not huge or earth-shattering news or anything like that, but worth noting.