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Blake Lively has nabbed the female lead opposite Ryan Reynolds in Warner Bros.’ “Green Lantern.” Lively, best known for her roles in Gossip Girl and Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants,  will play Carol Ferris, who runs her father’s aerospace company and hires cocky test pilot Hal Jordan (Reynolds), who later …

With the highly anticipated sequel to the 2008 “Iron Man” movie scheduled for release this year, Sakar International is gearing up for a complete line of branded “Iron Man 2” spy gear inspired by Robert Downey Jr.’s billionaire industrialist turned Super Hero. The line is expected to include over a …

Thor wields his mighty hammer and grabs May 6, 2011 as its release date from the floundering Spider-Man 4. Spider-Man 4 has been tangled up in rewrites due to director Sam Raimi’s unhappiness with its script, forcing Sony Pictures to delay the start of production on the film, and there …

The Vulture and The Black Cat are battling it out to be in the latest installment of Spider-man. Sony Pictures wants the script to include a romantic sub-plot with The Black Cat while director Sam Raimi is against the idea. He is pushing for the Vulture to be the featured …

The complete-series boxed set of the sci-fi series “Battlestar Galactica” has been named TV DVD of the year as part of the sixth annual TV DVD Awards. A panel of judges, comprised of DVD critics and journalists, selected five finalists in each of 11 categories from a field of studio …

British director Sam Mendes is being tapped to direct the 23rd  James Bond film. Production is being fast-tracked and could begin as early as June with an eye toward a 2011 release. Bond regulars Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are writing, along with “Frost/Nixon” scribe Peter Morgan. Michael Wilson and Barbara …

A Dune remake is finally back on track, now that Paramount Pictures has found a replacement director.  Peter Berg was supposed to helm the remake, but left the project to focus on Battleship in October 2009. According to Entertainment Weekly, Paramount has signed Pierre Morel to direct a new version …

Looks like Universal is going through with a prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 remake of The Thing. According to Production Weekly, shooting will begin filming in March and continue through June in Toronto. The prequel will be directed by Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr., with a script from Ronald D. Moore …

“Avatar” crushed its rivals at the New Year holiday weekend box office and is poised to challenge “The Dark Knight” as the second-biggest movie ever. If the trend continues, the film may take the top spot away from Cameron’s “Titanic.” The twelve top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data …

Walt Disney has unveiled a slate of adventures for 2010, remaining some classic stories and returning to ones not seen in years. Director Tim Burton brings his unique vision to the 3D fantasy adventure, Alice In Wonderland, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of …