Meet the new competitors in massive Hunger Games: Catching Fire banner

While you wait desperately for November, the returning tributes assemble. It's sort of the Avengers, but with more death. Hunger Game: Catching Fire probably feels like there's a long time away, but that doesn't mean we're have to wait for some content. Lionsgate has released this tiny morsel for us to gobble up — a large banner revealing all the...

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Vin Diesel hints plans for Groot in Guardians

He might’ve been up for a standalone movie role originally, but Vin Diesel has now joined up with Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. So how exactly is he planning to bring the ass-kicking tree alien Groot to life? While chatting with The Huffington Post, Diesel opened up about his decision to join the project and why he’s excited to play Groot....

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Joss Whedon's Avengers sequel has officially found its Ultron

There might still be a a long wait ahead of us before seeing Avengers sequel, but Marvel has just dropped a Bomb of excitedment between fans like me: Meet the man who will be playing Ultron. The company has signed James Spader (Stargate, Boston Legal) to play the evil artificial intelligence in the awesome sequel, which is set to come out in theters...

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Vin Diesel Says He Talked With Marvel About Starring In His OWN Film

He may be playing Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy, but that wasn't Marvel's original plan for Vin Diesel. Vin Diesel, despite being known mostly for voicing The Iron Giant and playing Riddick, is actually a pretty versatile actor. Marvel recognized this when they first had him come in to talk about his potential involvement in their upcoming movies. Despite...

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NBC Buys ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Drama From Matt Arnold As Frank Baum’s Classic Becomes The Hottest TV Property This Season

A century after the release of L. Frank Baum’s Wizard Of Oz series, the books have become the toast of this TV development season. NBC just nabbed Emerald City, an Oz-themed drama from Siberia creator/showrunner Matthew Arnold. Two weeks ago, CBS put in development Dorothy, a medical soap inspired by the characters and themes from The Wizard of...

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Ben Affleck Is The New Batman, And The Internet Is Fighting About It

Ben Affleck is a superhero once more.Warner Bros. announced late Thursday that the director and star of the Oscar-winning Argo will play Batman (and his alter ego Bruce Wayne) in the upcoming sequel to this summer’s Man of Steel, to be directed by Zack Snyder. He will star opposite Henry Cavill’s Superman/Clark Kent, as well as Amy Adams (Lois Lane),...

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Here's the Star Wars quote most people get wrong

The most famous line in Star Wars history might be one that's never actually said in a Star Wars movie. If you grew up with the name Luke, or you know someone who did, you're probably familiar with this scenario: Every time a guy named Luke introduces himself to anyone, there's at least a 50 percent chance that person will reply by taking on a...

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Syfy Orders Pilot Based on Terry Gilliam’s ’12 Monkeys’

Don’t panic, it’s not another Wizard Of Oz hybrid; it’s a little stranger – but seemingly much more palatable – premise based on the 1995 sci-fi film 12 Monkeys, which itself was inspired by a 1962 French film. 12 Monkeys starred Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeline Stowe and was directed by Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam. If you need a refresher...

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