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Feb 21 2013 10:20 PM ET

Casting Net: Megan Fox reunites with Michael Bay; Plus Adam Sandler and James Marsden

Tags: Adam Sandler, Anchorman, Anchorman: The Legend Continues, Anna Kendrick, Casting, Casting Net, Drew Barrymore, James Marsden, Jeremy Jordan, Megan Fox, Michael Bay, The Last Five Years, TMNT, News

Image Credit: Jeff Vespa/WireImage

• It’s a Transformers reunion: Megan Fox is joining Michael Bay‘s TMNT reboot. Bay, who is producing the movie, announced the news on his blog with the simple, one-sentence post, “TMNT: we are bringing Megan Fox back into the family!” EW has confirmed that Fox will play April O’Neil, the Turtles’ human friend, and that the movie is set to start shooting this spring. Fox has spoken publicly about her on-set friction with Bay – she once said the blockbuster mastermind is “like Hitler on his sets” – but now, lucky for Michelangelo and co. (or not so lucky, depending on whom you ask), it looks like Fox and Bay have patched things up. [Michaelbay.com]

• Adam Sandler is switching up his schedule. His comic Western Ridiculous 6 will be delayed as a result of Sandler signing on to star in an untitled romantic comedy about a blended family. Drew Barrymore is being considered for the female lead. The film is being developed at Warner Bros., and will now also be produced by Sandler’s company, Happy Madison. [Variety, Deadline]

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Feb 21 2013 09:17 PM ET

Box office preview: 'Snitch' facing 'Dark Skies' on Oscar weekend

by Grady Smith

Tags: A Good Day to Die Hard, Box Office, Dark Skies, Dwayne Johnson, Escape from Planet Earth, Identity Thief, Movie Biz, Safe Haven, Snitch

Image Credit: Steve Dietl

Yet again, the box office is headed for a slow weekend, marking what has become a rather distressing trend for the film industry in 2013. Granted, it’s Oscar weekend this time around — so at least Hollywood has a good excuse.

Here’s how the weekend box office may shake out:

1. Identity Thief – $14 million

The Melissa McCarthy/Jason Bateman comedy is already the highest grossing film of 2013, and it may climb from No. 2 to No. 1 in its third frame. With no new comedies entering the marketplace, Identity Thief should fall by about 40 percent to $14 million — good for an $95 million total. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 08:31 PM ET

Lake Bell's Sundance film 'In a World…' sells to Roadside Attractions and Sony

by Emily Rome

Tags: In a World ..., Lake Bell, Movie Biz, Sundance 2013, Sundance Film Festival, News

Image Credit: 3311 Productions

The Sundance Film Festival wrapped up nearly a month ago, but films that debuted at the prestigious film fest are still scoring distribution deals. Lake Bell’s directorial debut, (cue deep, dramatic voice) In a World…, has finalized deals with Roadside Attractions and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, EW confirmed.

Roadside will distribute the film in the U.S., while the Sony subsidiary acquired international rights. A summer 2013 release is planned for U.S. theaters. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 08:14 PM ET

Jane Fonda, Jennifer Garner, Kerry Washington, and Kristen Stewart join Oscar presenters

by Amanda Taylor

Image Credit: Krista Kennell/AFP/Getty Images

Jane Fonda, Jennifer Garner, Kerry Washington, and Kristen Stewart will present at the Oscars this Sunday, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.

Fonda has earned seven nominations and won two Academy Awards for Klute and Coming Home. Stewart has had a busy year, starring in the final installment of the Twilight saga and Snow White and the Huntsman, as well as a role in On The Road. Washington co-starred in Best Picture Nominee Django Unchained. And Garner, who starred in the 2012 feature The Odd Life of Timothy Green, is also supporting her husband Ben Affleck, whose film Argo is nominated for Best Picture.
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Feb 21 2013 06:39 PM ET

'Bridesmaids' actor Chris O'Dowd busts a move on new 'Sapphires' poster -- EXCLUSIVE

by Emily Rome

Tags: Chris O'Dowd, EW Exclusive, Movie Posters, The Sapphires, Vietnam, News

Kristen Wiig got her roadside groove on for Chris O’Dowd in Bridesmaids, but now it’s O’Dowd’s turn to show off his moves. Evidence is below, in the EW exclusive poster for his Aussie, ’60s-set film The Sapphires. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 05:21 PM ET

Universal exec talks next 'Bourne' movie, teases possibility of a Matt Damon comeback

by Darren Franich

Tags: The Bourne Legacy

Image Credit: Jasin Boland

Last summer’s The Bourne Legacy wasn’t a megahit. It grossed about $275 million globally, significantly less than The Bourne Ultimatum. But the film did prove that audiences will show up to watch a Bourne movie that does not, in fact, feature Jason Bourne — good news for Universal, a studio which has had a difficult time launching franchises that don’t have the word Fast in the title. That might be changing, though: The studio had a big 2012, and in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Chairman Adam Fogelson talks about the upcoming Despicable Me sequel and the plans for a Snow White and the Huntsman follow-up, which will indeed feature both Snow White and the Huntsman (but will not feature director Rupert Sanders.) READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 05:00 PM ET

Oscar-nominated editors clear up the biggest misconception about their category (and explain the decisions you may not know they're making)

by Mandi Bierly

Tags: Argo, Life of Pi, Oscars, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, News

Leading up to Sunday’s Oscars, EW.com will take a closer look at four categories that moviegoers may mistakenly think of as “technical.” First up: Film Editing, with insights from Life of Pi‘s Tim Squyres, Silver Linings Playbook‘s Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, and Zero Dark Thirty‘s Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, the latter of whom also cut Argo, making him one of only a handful of editors in Oscar history to compete with himself.

Ask a film editor what the biggest misconception is about his or her role, and the answer is the same: “It sounds funny, but a lot of people tend to think it’s a purely technical job where you literally go in and cut slates off, and the director says, ‘Do that, do that, do that,’” says William Goldenberg, Oscar-nominated this year for both Argo and Zero Dark Thirty and previously for The Insider and Seabiscuit. What will surprise those moviegoers then is just how many decisions the editor actually makes — and when. Let’s start with an overview: READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 02:12 PM ET

Check out this new photo of Hugh Jackman in 'The Wolverine'

by Darren Franich

Tags: CapeTown: Movies, Hugh Jackman, The Wolverine, X-Men

The internet has been buzzing over Days of Future Past, the 2014 X-Men prequel/sequel/reunion which is just one Dwayne Johnson casting rumor away from breaking the internet. (For what it’s worth, he would clearly play Strong Guy.) But don’t forget about The Wolverine, the spinoff/reboot/kinda-sequel to X3 which hits theaters this summer. The film’s Twitter feed just released an evocative shot of Hugh Jackman’s beloved adamantium-boned Canadian mutant — check it out below: READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 01:28 PM ET

Mark Hamill on 'Star Wars: Episode VII': 'They're talking to us'

by Josh Rottenberg

Tags: CapeTown: Movies, Mark Hamill, Star Wars: Episode VII

Image Credit: Tibrina Hobson/FilmMagic

When it comes to the future of the Star Wars franchise, overheated Internet rumors outnumber solid news stories by a considerable margin. As Yoda would say, “Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.” Some of the noisiest speculation has centered on the prospect of original trilogy stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher returning for Star Wars: Episode VII. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Hamill—who dropped the first tantalizing hints about his potential involvement to EW last October—confirmed that discussions about possible future appearances of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia are indeed taking place but stressed that no contracts have been signed. ”They’re talking to us,” Hamill said. “George [Lucas] wanted to know whether we’d be interested. He did say that if we didn’t want to do it, they wouldn’t cast another actor in our parts—they would write us out. … We’re in the stage where they want us to go in and meet with Michael Arndt, who is the writer, and Kathleen Kennedy, who is going to run Lucasfilm. Both have had meetings set that were postponed—on their end, not mine. They’re more busy than I am.” READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 01:27 PM ET

Check out a terrifying clip from Rob Zombie's new movie, 'The Lords of Salem' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

by Clark Collis

Tags: CapeTown: Movies, EW Exclusive, Film, Horror Movies, movie, Movies, Rob Zombie, The Lods of Salem, Music, News

Folks wondering why rock star and writer-director Rob Zombie is so obsessed with horror could do worse than examine the manner in which he was educated. “Well, I’m from Massachusetts,” says the filmmaker, whose credits include 2005′s The Devil’s Rejects and his 2007 remake of Halloween. “When we were kids they would take us to reenactments of the Salem witch trials as, like, class trips.”

Zombie’s knowledge of the infamous 17th century trials helped inspire his latest film, The Lords of Salem, which will be released nationwide April 19. The movie stars the director’s wife, Sheri Moon Zombie, as a modern-day Salem radio DJ and former substance abuser named Heidi who starts seeing visions after listening to a record she mysteriously receives from “the Lords.”

“My premise is that there was another group of women put to death [during the witch trials] who actually were witches,” explains Zombie. “They vowed to come back and wreak vengeance upon Salem and they do it through this bizarre piece of music. Heidi has some lineage to the witch trials — but she’s also a recovering drug addict. So, in the course of the film, you’re not sure if she’s back on drugs, if she’s losing her mind, or if these events are actually happening to her.”

You can see Heidi experience one of those episodes in the creepy clip below, where you will also find the film’s trailer. READ FULL STORY »

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