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Casting Bits: Vanessa Hudgens & Brendan Fraser In ‘Gimme Shelter;’ Laura Vandervoort In ‘Ted;’ Anthony Mackie Rumored For Two Films The indie dramaGimme Shelterwill go into production at the end of this month in Connecticut, and it hasBrendan Fraserset to star, withVanessa Hudgensnow likely appearing as well.Ron Krausswrote and will direct; the film follows a pregnant homeless girl (Hudgens' role) who “flees her abusive mother and seeks out her biological father....

Chris Farley And David Spade Got Into A Huge Fight About Rob Lowe During ‘Tommy Boy’ Tommy Boyis a modern comedy classic, and it’s largely thanks to the real-life camaraderie betweenSaturday Night LivestarsChris FarleyandDavid Spade. The two were best friends in real life, so pairing them up as frenemies makes for perfect comedic chemistry. But best friends can still fight, and that’s exactly what happened on the set ofTommy Boy, and it’s all because of co-starRob Lowe....

Exclusive: Holiday Classic ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Immortalized By Artist Laurent Durieux The holidays are here and that means tons of people are going to watchFrank Capra’s iconic film,It’s A Wonderful Life. StarringJimmy StewartandDonna Reed, this fantasy tale is a staple of the season and Dark Hall Mansion has decided to pay tribute in the best way possible. They’ve hired artistLaurent Durieuxto do an officially licensed poster for the film, which will go on sale as a timed edition beginning Friday December 19 through December 22....

Former Disney Channel Stars Who Starred In Horror Movies We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There’s a certain novelty to Disney Channel stars who shed their network constraints and move on to bigger, better things. Selena Gomez has been killing it on “Only Murders in the Building” and Zendaya has not only starred in “Dune,” but she won anEmmyfor her role on HBO’s “Euphoria.” Even Miley Cyrus has reinvented herself as a gravely, rock queen with her more recent music....

Good Omens Brings Back Jon Hamm Along With A Host Of Heavenly Creatures The Hamm, the myth, the legend. “Good Omens” started out as a wry apocalyptic novel, focusing on the efforts of an angel and a demon (who else?) who are forced to team up in an attempt to save the world. As fans of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s original best-selling book know, the material didn’t exactly seem to lend itself to conventional adaptations — certainly not a multi-season series, as Amazon Studios has done....

Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Remake Will Shoot Next Year DirectorGuillermo del Torowas going to start shooting the long-in-development andJames Cameron-produced remake ofFantastic Voyagenext spring but the project is on hold a little bit longer as del Toro might be busy on the awards circuit for his upcoming film,The Shape of Water. Come next fall the director will start shooting the 3D movie, though. Below, learn more about theFantastic Voyageremake. Deadlinereports 20th Century Fox and del Toro have hit the pause on the remake, so del Toro doesn’t have to juggle prepping the massive project and his award season commitments; the director wants his focus entirely onFantastic Voyageduring prep....

Here’s How The Hulk Could Fit Into Phase 2, ‘The Avengers 2’ And ‘The Avengers 3’ Few would argue that a major highlight of Marvel’s billion-dollar hitThe AvengerswasMark Ruffalo’s turn as the Hulk. The character popped off the screen with incredible action and provided some of the best moments of the film. But at the end of the movie, he drives away with Tony Stark and, if we’re to believe the release slate, he won’t return for some time....

IFFBoston Movie Review And Interview: Meghan Eckman’s ‘The Parking Lot Movie’ Can a parking lot serve as a metaphor for America? Can it contain both our noblest of intentions and our basest of instincts? Can it teach us lessons about the nature of mankind, and about the joys and tribulations of work? DirectorMeghan Eckman’sfirst film, a documentary entitledThe Parking Lot Movie, answers these questions with a resounding “Yes!“The Parking Lot Movierecently screened at theIndependent Film Festival of Boston....

Iron Man’s ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Mark 43 Armor Revealed In all the excitement over the past few weeks, be itStar Warstrailers,Jurassic Worldtrailers, the holidays or major studio leaks, it’s almost hard to believe 2015 is nearly upon us. It should be an excellent year filled with blockbusters the likes of which we have never seen. As time moves on though we’re going to be seeing lots and lots more of those blockbusters and, now, you can finally analyze Tony Stark’s new armor inAvengers: Age of Ultron....

Julie Taymor To Direct Spider-Man Musical Academy Award nominated director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, Across the Universe) will be directing a Spider-Man Musical. That’s right, a musical. According toSHH, the New York City theater production will feature the music and lyrics of Bono and Edge from U2. Tell me the date, and I’ll be there. Taymor received the 1998 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical for her work on The Lion King, becoming the first woman in Tony Award history to receive the prize....

Let’s Spend Some Time Thinking About Salacious B. Crumb, The ‘Star Wars’ Galaxy’s Biggest Li’l Stinker (Welcome toThe Galaxy-Wide Star Wars Character Guide, where we give proper due to the smaller figures in Star Wars history.)Imagine it’s 1983. A few years prior, you left theStar Warsgalaxy with a couple doozies to consider. Not only did audiences learn Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s father, but their favorite rogue and smuggler, Han Solo, ended that film frozen in carbonate and captured by the bounty hunter Boba Fett....

LeVar Burton Will Host A Trivial Pursuit Game Show, And Everything Is Right With The World Somebody needs to order a ton of colored wedge pieces. “Reading Rainbow” host and all-around national treasure LeVar Burton will be hosting a game show version of the classic game “Trivial Pursuit,” which is currently in development at Hasbro’s Entertainment One (eOne). Burton will executive produce the show under his LeVar Burton Entertainment (LBE) banner along with LBE’s Sangita Patel, and Tara Long and Geno McDermott from eOne....

Michael Bay Wants To Direct A ‘Transformers’ Spinoff, Just Can’t Quit The Franchise The firstTransformersfilm came out ten years ago, and ever since, directorMichael Bayhas been threatening to walk away from the franchise. It’s a tale as old as time: boy meets intellectual property, a boy blows stuff up in a movie based on said intellectual property, boy gets huffy about returning for the sequel, the studio offers boy money, boy caves and directs sequel....