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Jason Bourne Won’t Be in ‘The Bourne Legacy’

Jason Bourne Won’t Be in ‘The Bourne Legacy’

Director-screenwriter Tony Gilroy (“Duplicity,” “Michael Clayton”) revealed some interesting details about the upcoming installment in the hugely successful “Bourne” franchise to Hollywood Elsewhere...

Oct 11, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Emma Stone Cast as Gwen Stacy in New Spider-Man Movie

Emma Stone Cast as Gwen Stacy in New Spider-Man Movie

It was a poorly kept secret that Emma Stone (“Zombieland”) was sitting at the top of the heap to play Peter Parker’s love interest, opposite Andrew Garfield, in Sony’s upcoming reboot of the...

Oct 6, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Sally Menke, Longtime Editor for Quentin Tarantino, Found Dead

Sally Menke, Longtime Editor for Quentin Tarantino, Found Dead

Sally Menke, Quentin Tarantino’s longtime film editor, was found dead early Tuesday after her friends alerted police when she failed to come home from hiking with her dog. She was 56. Menke is...

Sep 29, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Bond, James Bond?

Bond, James Bond?

“James Bond will return…” Fans have been reading this sentence at the end of each entry in the cinematic 007 series. But the current question is: Will the world’s most popular secret agent return...

Sep 25, 2010 / Torsten Reitz
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Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson Join Jason Reitman’s ‘Young Adult’

Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson Join Jason Reitman’s ‘Young Adult’

Set to begin filming in coming weeks, “Young Adult,” the flick that reunites the duo behind the Oscar-winning “Juno” (Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody) has added a couple of prominent thesps to its...

Sep 25, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Warner Bros. Picks Up Al Capone Script, ‘Cicero’

Warner Bros. Picks Up Al Capone Script, ‘Cicero’

Hollywood has long had a fascination with notorious gangster, Al Capone. And, at least over at Warner Bros., that fascination is alive and well. The studio has decided to pick up a screenplay,...

Sep 15, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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‘Toy Story 3’ to Cross $1 Billion Mark; Makes Disney Only Studio With Two $1 Billion Movies in the Same Year

BURBANK, Calif. – August 27, 2010 – Two weeks after becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time, Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” will cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office...

Aug 27, 2010 / Staff
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David Lynch Tapped as Guest Art Director for AFI Fest

David Lynch Tapped as Guest Art Director for AFI Fest

Iconoclastic director, David Lynch, the quintessential purveyor of the weird and wonderful, has been hired as the first ever guest artistic director for the upcoming AFI Fest in Hollywood, Ca. Some...

Aug 25, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Legendary Film ‘Colin Fitz Lives!’ to Finally Get Release

Legendary Film ‘Colin Fitz Lives!’ to Finally Get Release

The legendary indie film “Colin Fitz Lives!” about two bumbling security guards posted at the grave of Colin Fitz, a dead rock star with fans obsessive enough to make Justin Bieber blush will finally...

Aug 5, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Will Ferrell to Star in Spanish-Language Comedy

Will Ferrell to Star in Spanish-Language Comedy

Funnyman Will Ferrell, who has played everything from former President George W. Bush to Robert Goulet will reportedly take his comedic chops to the Spanish-speaking world in “Casa de mi padre,” or...

Aug 3, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Andrew Garfield is Spider-Man, NOT Josh Hutcherson

Andrew Garfield is Spider-Man, NOT Josh Hutcherson

We pride ourselves here at The Moving Arts on reporting only vetted, reliable news from trustworthy sources. The one time we decided to skate that ethical code and dip our feet into the rumor pool,...

Jul 2, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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Coraline (2009)

Coraline (2009)

In the age of super high-tech CGI and in a world dominated by Pixar, It’s wonder that a film like Coraline managed to even get made. Stop-motion animation is a painstaking, arthritis-inducing process...

Feb 14, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
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