Whether You Want it or Not, Angry Birds Movie Gets Closer to Reality

July 1 2016...No, this is not my future self writing in my journal, but the date that Sony Pictures has set for Angry Birds 3D.  This bit of news should not be a huge surprise as Angry Birds, the game, has been downloaded close to a billion times.  So the next logical cash grab will be a big screen version of a game that in 2016, no one may care about anymore.  But that’s not stopping Sony, who has hired a writer & another producer to see this thing through.

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Russell Crowe Gets a 'Man of Steel' Poster And An Awesome Gun

The exact details of Man of Steel's plot remain a mystery, and some of what we have been shown raise more questions than answers.  Case in point: Russell Crowe as Jor-El.  Jor-El, for the uninitiated, is Superman's biological father, and he perished along with the rest of the Kryptonians when Krypton exploded.  There may not seem to be much room for him in the story, but he was given a major actor and a fair amount of publicity.  Check after the jump for one more example.

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New 'Anchorman 2' Teaser Gives Us Another Classy Look At The Team

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy was the movie that introduced me to Will Ferrell, and I'm guessing that's the case for plenty of other people.  Ferrell's career hasn't been doing the best as of late, seemingly reaching that phase where comedic actors will take any script that's thrown their way.  Anchorman: The Legend Continues may be able to do again what the first film did, and bring him back.  Here's another teaser featuring the Channel 4 News Team.

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New 'Pacific Rim' Trailer Is The. Most. Awesome. Thing. Ever.

Before, we may have wondered how Pacific Rim was able to get the budget it did.  It isn't based on a previous franchise.  It's directed by Guillermo del Toro, who can't carry films by himself.  Its biggest star is Idris Elba, who doesn't have very much star power.  In this day and age, what studio greenlights that?  Thanks to the newest trailer that was released today, I now understand.  And I'm pretty sure that after viewing it, you will too.

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P.T. Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' is Starting to Get Awesome

It’s rare that so soon after swooning over a P.T. Anderson movie that I get to start the process all over again.   But someone out there is looking out and Anderson, who usually lets a few years go by between each film, is scheduled to start shooting his new movie, Inherent Vice this spring.  Joaquin Phoenix was cast in the title role a while ago; then Benicio Del Toro & Owen Wilson joined him.  And now Reese Witherspoon wants in on the fun.  Let the Craig Dietz fanboy enthusiasm begin in 5,4,3,2,1...

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