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Ghost Rider, Karate Kid Sequels In Development, Obviously

So a few weeks ago I’m in a bar with a friend, and we’re talking movies, alas, and he says, “You hear about the Ghost Writer sequel?” I thought about this and wondered who slipped drugs into my beer. “A Ghost Writer sequel?” I repeated. “What would that even be ? Roman Polanski’s under house arrest! What characters would even be around for it?” Friendo shook his head. “No, no, no — Ghost RIDER . The Nicolas Cage thing? Marvel Comics? Hairpiece?” I sheepishly, desperately gulped the rest of my beer. Anyway, this is the scenic route to saying that Sony is finally moving on a Ghost Rider sequel, and Cage is finally considering joining up. Oh, and Karate Kid 2 isn’t far behind.

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Craig Ferguson to Host Shark Week

Have you ever wanted to see Craig Ferguson dive with sharks? Beginning August 1 you can — when the Late Late Show host travels to the Bahamas to host the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. Ferguson made the announcement last night via his shark puppet Brian, who suggested that all of the oceans of the world unite to eat Ferguson so that CBS “can finally get Kilborn back.” [ THR ]

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True Blood’s Ratings Don’t Suck

True Blood came back to HBO with its biggest season premiere yet , although its 5.1 million viewer tally — up 38% from last year’s opener — isn’t the show’s highest-rated episode ever. Still, if True Blood can continue its unlikely trend of growing from episode to episode, as it did last season, this is a great place to start. How soon until they add some (literal) bloodsuckers to Tilda ? [ EW ]

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True Blood’s Ratings Don’t Suck

Join Movieline For a Preview Screening of the Sundance-Winner Animal Kingdom!

Hey New Yorkers! Clear your calendar next Monday, June 21, because Movieline is bringing you the social and cultural event of the early summer: A preview screening of the instaclassic Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom , featuring co-stars Jacki Weaver and James Frecheville in attendance. They’re coming all the the way from Down Under to join us, so do not be shy. Show them some love. Read on for details.

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Feds Approve Box-Office Futures

Hooray! Finally, your impulse to short sell every crappy remake, reboot and sequel has received official approval in Washington. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has given its blessing to the Trend Exchange, which could commence betting on box-office futures by the end on July. (The first movie named as a possible subject is Takers , which opens Aug. 20.) The MPAA remains furious about the whole thing, but once they get the hang of flop insurance , there’s no doubt they’ll come around. [ THR ]

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David Yates Rumored to Direct Hobbit

When Guillermo del Toro left The Hobbit , Hollywood wondered if there was any director who could step in and guide such a massive, effects-laden series while remaining in the stylistic shadow of the auteurs who’d come before. Duh, of course: David Yates, who fulfilled that exact function on the last few installments of the Harry Potter series! Slashfilm notes that his involvement with The Hobbit is just a rumor, but that sound you hear is eight thousand bloggers slapping themselves on the forehead, wondering how they didn’t think of this first. [ Slashfilm ]

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Finally. A Jersey Shore Rap Single.

Though the cast of Jersey Shore appears in a new Enrique Iglesias video, that apparently isn’t enough to satisfy Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino’s musical muscle: He just released his own dance single called “The Situation” with Missy Elliott’s old co-hollerer Fatman Scoop. Spoiler: The Auto-Tune hits you like a vagabond gym teacher in a Seaside Heights bar . I’d be on board if it were called “Money Can’t Buy You Abs.” A little class , namean ? [ TMZ ]

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Damon Lindelof Writes the Sequel to Armageddon You’ll Wish Was Real

Radio silence be damned ! While his fellow co-executive producer Carlton Cuse travels around Europe like some post-college English major, Damon Lindelof has put pen to paper — or fingers to keyboard — on what could be the greatest piece of writing he’s ever done. And yes, I am including Crossing Jordan in that statement. The Lost showrunner took time out from his busy schedule of tweaking the Star Trek 2 screenplay — I’m assuming — to offer up advice on how to stop the disastrous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Because, if it’s good enough for Kevin Costner and James Cameron, it’s good enough for Damon. What does he have in mind? Well, it all starts with Billy Bob Thornton.

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Ridley Scott Describes Alien Prequels He’ll Probably Never Make

The odds of Ridley Scott ever shooting his planned/rumored/anticipated prequel to Alien remain at a less-than optimal 45-to-1 , but that didn’t stop the filmmaker on Sunday from passing along details of what to expect if he ever gets it underway. Two words: Space Jockey.

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The Tony Awards Use Hollywood Stars and Glee to Great Effect

If you flipped over to the Tony Awards at any moment last night, the chances are good you probably thought it was the Oscars. Or the MTV Movie Awards. Scarlett Johannson won for Best Featured Actress in a play for A View From a Bridge and gave a shout out to her husband, Ryan Reynolds; Catherine Zeta-Jones — remember her? — won for Best Actress in a Musical for A Little Night Music and gave a shout out to her husband, Michael Douglas; and Denzel Washington won for Best Actor in a Play for Fences and — well, pretty much just stammered. And that’s to say nothing of the audience, which included Will Smith, Jay-Z and Beyonce. Oh and Green Day performed. All that was missing was Justin Bieber! And with that reference, here comes Glee stars Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison to perform. Video after the jump.

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The Tony Awards Use Hollywood Stars and Glee to Great Effect