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Gary Oldman Joins Iron Man 2

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April 8, 2009

IESB.net has an informer on the Iron Man 2 set who passed along another bit of Gary-related casting news. On Monday Gary Shandling appeared on set and has since been confirmed to be playing Senator Stern. Joining Shandling will be Gary Oldman… Read More

Sony Bringing PS2s Colossus to the Big Screen

April 8, 2009

Sony is planning to port another Playstation exclusive game franchise to the big screen on the heels of God of War. Justin Marks has been brought on board to pen a script based on the Playstation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus. The big budget film… Read More

Blu-ray Bound: Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Hangover, Watchmen and More

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April 8, 2009

Warner Home Video is running a new buy 5, get 1 free Blu-ray Disc promotion that runs through April 6, 2010. While that’s great, the real news is buried in the terms and conditions. Thumbing through all the legalize reveals a massive list… Read More

Verbinski Drops Pirates 4 to Focus on BioShock

April 8, 2009

Gore Verbinski is a man saddled with a full plate. In addition to currently working on the animated Rango with Johnny Depp, the director has Pirates of the Caribbean 4 and BioShock lined up next. With two big effects-laden projects looming that… Read More

Stallone Airborne in First The Expendables Set Pics

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April 7, 2009

In addition to providing the first set pics from Iron Man 2, Spoiler TV has the first pics snapped from The Expendables down in sunny Rio. Yesterday Sylvester Stallone Twittered that he “had to chase a seaplane along a pier and jump inside… Read More

Updated: Pitt and Redford in Spy Game Headed to Blu-ray

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April 7, 2009

Update: The revised street date is a week later on May 26. Another former HD DVD exclusive has been given a Blu-light by Universal with news the Robert Redford and Brad Pitt 2001 thriller Spy Game is coming to Blu-ray Disc on May 19. Spy Game made… Read More

Diary of Anne Frank Blu-ray is Loaded

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April 7, 2009

The 50th anniversary edition of The Diary of Anne Frank and film’s June 16 Blu-ray debut happen to coincide with Anne’s 80th birthday. Simultaneous celebrations warrant a loaded Blu-ray release, don’t you think? Fox… Read More

New Fanboys DVD Details; Blu-ray Axed?

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April 6, 2009

Genius/Weinstein has released the details for the upcoming May 19 release of Fanboys on DVD. Notice I didn’t say Blu-ray too because neither did Weinstein. Back on March 3 I reported Amazon had slotted a Blu-ray version of Fanboys into… Read More

Channing Tatum Says GI Joe “Almost 75 Percent Digital”

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April 6, 2009

MTV Movies Blog caught up with GI Joe’s Duke himself Channing Tatum while the actor was promoting his upcoming film Fighting. Apparently Channing really wanted to play none other than blade and machine gun wielding badass Snake Eyes,… Read More

New Amazon Blu-ray Preorder Explosion: Ghostbusters, The Dark Crystal, Dollhouse and More

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April 6, 2009

The summer floodgates officially sprung open at Amazon.com this past weekend as scores of diverse new Blu-ray Disc pre-orders began popping up. The first batch of pre-orders consist of several MGM action titles due on June 2 to tie into Father’s… Read More