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Michael Bay Attached To Direct Time-Traveling Sci-Fi ‘Time Salvager’ Michael Bayis gearing up for a sci-fi adventure thatdoesn’tinvolve aliens that morph into cars. According to a new report, he’s attached to directTime Salvager, based on the upcoming novel byWesley Chu. As you might’ve guessed from the title, it centers on a time traveler. Read all about the Michael BayTime Salvagerdeal after the jump.Publishers Weekly(viaMovies.com) andTheWrapreport Paramount has optioned Chu’sTime Salvagerfor Bay to direct, and forLorenzo di BonaventuraandMark Vahradianto produce....

Mickey Rourke And Sam Rockwell Cast In Iron Man 2 Mickey Rourkeis on a roll as of late. His highly praised performance in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler has given the actor’s career a jump-start. Last night it was revealed that Rourke has been added to Sly Stallone’s action hero team-up film The Expendables, and today Variety reports that Mickey is in talks to join the cast of Jon Favreau’sIron Man 2as the potential villain....

Newly Launched ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Website Offers More Plot Details And Photos, Promises More Movies Sony has unveiled the official website forThe Amazing Spider-Man, with several new images, character descriptions, a synopsis, and yes, the promise of more Spider-Man. It’s not surprising that the studio’s been working hard to market this film, but it is nice that most of what we’ve seen so far looks pretty good, with the website being no exception....

No New ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Footage Or Trailer Planned For D23 Expo Disney’s own convention, D23, begins late this week in Anaheim, CA, and we know there will be someStar Warspresence at the show, but what about new material fromThe Force Awakensat D23? In fact, don’t expect a newStar Wars: The Force Awakenstrailer, or even any new footage from the latestStar Warsepisode, to come out of the Expo. But what about other non-Force Awakenspossibilities?...

Now Stream This: ‘Personal Shopper’, ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’, ‘The Ted Bundy Tapes’, ‘Bringing Out The Dead’ And More (Welcome toNow Stream This, a column dedicated to the best movies streaming on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and every other streaming service out there.) Baby, it’s cold outside! Much of the United States is dealing with a polar vortex, and below-freezing temperatures. Sounds like a perfect excuse to stay the hell inside and stream some movies!...

Review: Casey Affleck’s Awards-Caliber Performance Makes ‘Manchester By The Sea’ A 10/10 Note:WithManchester by the Seaopening in theaters this weekend, we’re re-running our review from the Sundance Film Festival. This year’s Sundance slate is positively jam-packed with tales of family tragedy, fromOther PeopletoThe HollarstoThe Fundamentals of CaringtoHunt for the Wilderpeople. But grief has rarely been explored as deeply and as beautifully, at Sundance or elsewhere, as inKenneth Lonergan’sManchester by the Sea....

Sony Rescues Fox 2000 Team With HarperCollins Deal Elizabeth Gablerand herFox 2000team have found a new home after being giving their walking papers by Disney. In a move that surprised everyone, the House of Mouse shuttered Fox 2000 almost immediately after the big Disney-Fox deal was done, leaving Gabler and her team out of a job. Now, Sony has stepped in, and Gabler and her team will produce film and TV content based on HarperCollins books....

Stephen Daldry Courted To Direct ‘Wicked’, Jon Favreau In Talks To Helm ‘Jersey Boys’ As film after film gets reworked for the Great White Way, two Broadway smash hits are, in turn, inching closer to the big screen. Universal’s been trying to put together a movie adaptation ofWicked(itself the stage adaptation ofGregory Maguire’s novelWicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West) for a few years now with little to show for it, but now they’re actively courtingExtremely Loud and Incredibly ClosehelmerStephen Daldryfor the gig....

Steven Spielberg’s Autobiographical Film Adds Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, And More Steven Spielbergcontinues to round out the cast for his next movie, which is a much more overt autobiographical story than we’ve seen before from the iconic filmmaker. He’s now adding three more established names to the ensemble cast and it’s as impressive as you would expect. According toVariety, veteran actorsJeannie Berlin,Robin Bartlett,Jonathan Hadary, and, last but certainly not least,Judd Hirschwill be joining Spielberg’s latest....

The 1000th Edition Of Page 2 Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. Header Photo: Edward Stone’sphotographic renderingofOlly Moss’Star Warsposters 5 ReasonsTo WatchGround Floor7 ThingsI Want to See Happen in Jurassic WorldJAWSHolidayOrnaments20 Dino-mite FactsAbout the Original ‘Jurassic Park’Almighty AffectNoahandExodus: Gods and Kingspresented VFX challenges of biblical proportions....

The Clock Tower: Most Of The Arrowverse Concludes For The Season As ‘Batwoman’ Loses Ruby Rose (Welcome toThe Clock Tower, where we’ll break down the goings on of the The CW network’s Arrowverse. We’ll touch on things like themes,cultural impact, lead-ins to major events, ships, and more every week! Warning: this Clock Tower is filled withspoilers. Proceed at your own risk.)And then there was one!The Flash,Batwoman, andSupergirlhaveall wrapped up their seasons this week to varying degrees of success....

The Monroeville Zombie Walk Of 2009 And Coinciding Monroeville Zombies Museum A video has popped up documenting the recentMonroeville Zombie Walk, an annual event celebrating the Pittsburgh town’s ties toGeorge Romero’sDawn of the Dead,the director’s classic cinematic ode equating mall culture to the undead. This year also saw a Monroeville citizen, one with a very personal connection to Romero’s originalNight of the Living Dead, opening a zombie museuminsidethat very mall. Rather awesomely, it includes “a coffin, rigged with speakers and hydraulics,to experience a ride to a cemetery and burial” that can be experienced for a decaying three bucks U....

The Reason Ben Affleck Passed On Directing Man Of Steel Once upon a time, many eons ago, directors could pass on making a superhero movie or admit the genre doesn’t interest them, and it didn’t need to be a Big Deal. Such was the case back in 2010, whenBen Affleckaffirmed that he declined to helm “Man of Steel,” unaware the film (which was known as merely “Untitled Superman Reboot” at that point) would launch a franchise that he would eventually become a major part of....