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A still shot of Chow Yun-Fat playing the great ancient philosopher in the upcoming biopic Confucius.
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Pirahna 2 Casting.

Christopher Lloyd has joined the cast of Piranha 3D. Directed by Alex Aja, this is a travesty waiting to happen.
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Lohan is back, baby!

It would seem that someone gave Lindsay Lohan another job. She is set to star in the indie fantasy comedy The Other Side alongside Woody Harrelson, Giovanni Ribisi, Dave Matthews and Alanis Morissette.
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Cigarette Break for Panda Co-Director

Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson is set to helm a feature adaptation of Steven Sherrill’s 2000 novel The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break for the Gotham Group.
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Lucas Lashes out at Star Trek!!!

This week George Lucas was interviewed about his feelings on the new Star Trek movie. Here is his brutal, verbal lashing: “I liked Star Trek growing up and I’ve seen the new one. It’s good. I liked it.”

Take that J.J.!
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Gilliam Returns to Fighting the Windmills

(taken from Slashfilm)
Over the years, Gilliam has made numerous attempts to bring the story to the big screen, and all of them have failed. His last attempt, which was doomed from the start, starred Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis and Jean Rochefort. The production was plagued with sound problems, injuries
, and even a flash flood. Production was shut down after a month, and the project shelved. But nine years later, Gilliam is ready to get lost in La Mancha all over again.

The filmmaker
regained rights to the project earlier this year and Gilliam has reteamed with Tony Grisoni to update the screenplay. According to Variety, the new film will “revolve around a filmmaker” instead of an ad executive, who finds himself unstuck in time, unwittingly travels to 17th century La Mancha, where he participates in the adventures of Don Quixote, who mistakes him for Sancho Panza.

Johnny Depp is in talks to rejoin the film, but the actor doesn’t have many openings and Gilliam wants to begin production next Spring. Depp would play the filmmaker character. The main role of Don Quixote has not yet been cast. I look forward to anything Gilliam, but this is the one film I won’t believe exists until I see it on the big screen for myself. Lets hope it happens.
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Expendables Poster

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And today’s Awesomeness personified…there are two!

First.
This Star Wars AT-AT….is a freaking CAKE!!! Know what I want for my birthday, now.

and

Second.
(From Slashfilm) “Australian character animator Luke Randall’s 4-minute animated short film Reach is about a tiny robot who is given the gift of life with only one limitation, the length of his power cable. When a curious bird appears at the workshop window, his lust to live outside of his reach, may be his demise.

It was produced over a period of 8 months in the after work hours using Maya, Photoshop and After Effects. The short has already won a bunch of awards on the festival circuit, but the film is currently a finalist in the Cannes Short Film Corner competition and is looking for your vote.”