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Witchy Women: Has Summit Found Its Next Twilight?

Summit Entertainment still has the final two installments of The Twilight Saga to bring in untold fortunes , but that doesn’t mean the studio isn’t thinking ahead. The Los Angeles Times reports that Summit is looking to make The Last Witch Hunter its next big franchise. The script — about a man who hunts witches and warlocks — was on the Black List in 2010, and the studio has apparently met with Breck Eisner to discuss directing. No casting yet — though Vin Diesel has reportedly expressed interest — but expect Charlie Sheen to throw his hat in the ring soon. Dude is a real-life warlock hunter. [ LAT /24 Frames ]

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REVIEW: Seth Rogen Meets Brit Fizz in Smart, Saucy Alien Tale Paul

Maybe it’s a Canadian thing. Like his countryman, Kiefer Sutherland, Seth Rogen has a voice that’s 10 years older than he is — a combination of world-weariness and exuberance, an instrument that he’s mastered for specific comic shadings. Sutherland wrings anger and shock from the premature gray in his, and by the time 24 ended, he’d physically caught up with the age emanating from his larynx. In the likable, misfits-on-the road comedy Paul , Rogen’s soulful rustiness is used for the sound of the intergalactic traveler. With it, he lays a claim to being one of the premier vocal talents of his generation.

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REVIEW: Seth Rogen Meets Brit Fizz in Smart, Saucy Alien Tale Paul

X Marks the Spot: Penelope Cruz Gets Her Own Pirates Character Poster

With spring in the air on the East Coast — and a little bit of booze; it is St. Patrick’s Day after all — what better time to be reminded that the multiplex will soon be overflowing with summer blockbusters. Of all the studios shopping their wares, Disney seems the most excited to kick-off summertime, as they’ve begun a full court press for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides . Earlier this week, that meant the release of the Johnny Depp-centric character poster; now, it’s time for Penelope Cruz to get into the spotlight.

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X Marks the Spot: Penelope Cruz Gets Her Own Pirates Character Poster

With spring in the air on the East Coast — and a little bit of booze; it is St. Patrick’s Day after all — what better time to be reminded that the multiplex will soon be overflowing with summer blockbusters. Of all the studios shopping their wares, Disney seems the most excited to kick-off summertime, as they’ve begun a full court press for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides . Earlier this week, that meant the release of the Johnny Depp-centric character poster; now, it’s time for Penelope Cruz to get into the spotlight.

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X Marks the Spot: Penelope Cruz Gets Her Own Pirates Character Poster

25 Ways To Get Hollywood To Make a Biopic About You

Nearly fifty years after the tragic murder of Sam Cooke — the “King of Soul,” whose musical contributions and Civil Rights successes continue to inspire todat — it looks like Hollywood is just one step closer to adapting his story into a biopic. This hesitant pace — when it comes to one of the greatest soul singers of all time — begs the question: “What the hell does it take to get a biopic made these days?” 25 answers to this all-important question lie ahead.

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REVIEW: Glorious Bill Cunningham New York Captures the Face of the City, and Sometimes Its Feet

Long before “street-fashion photographer” was even a job description — before the Sartorialist first spotted a pocket square folded just so, before Tommy Ton even knew what a platform shoe was — there was Bill Cunningham’s regular New York Times photo-column, “On the Street,” a weekly feature capturing the range of looks and combinations found on the sidewalks of New York. Cunningham’s eye might be attracted by the recurrence of the color red, for example, or a dozen women wearing some variation of a black suede ankle boot. If Cunningham’s weekly photo-essays are catnip for people who care about fashion, they’re indispensable for people who don’t: The French, wisely, believe it’s important to have at least a glancing interest in fashion to be culturally literate, and on that score, “On the Street” neatly fulfills the minimum weekly requirement and then some.

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REVIEW: Glorious Bill Cunningham New York Captures the Face of the City, and Sometimes Its Feet

Is This Why Alec Baldwin Needs a Vocal Coach for Rock of Ages?

While speaking with Vulture on Monday night, Alec Baldwin revealed that he will be hiring a vocal coach to prepare for his role in Rock of Ages , Adam Shankman’s adaptation of the Broadway musical which will require the actor to sing alongside Tom Cruise and Mary J. Blige. This revelation was surprising, both because the 30 Rock star seems capable of excelling at everything — and because he has already appeared multiple times on Broadway. But that was before Movieline stumbled upon the following video of Baldwin singing at Carnegie Hall.

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Julian Schnabel Storms UN to Premiere Miral, Smack Critics

Despite protests from opponents accusing the film of bias, the US premiere of director Julian Schnabel’s latest, Miral , unspooled as planned Monday night at United Nations headquarters in New York. And while a redoubtable list of friends and heavy hitters — including Sean Penn, Robert De Niro and Josh Brolin — materialized in support, Schnabel had words for the resistance.

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DVD: The Humor (and Angst) of Peanuts Lives On in Its First Two Films

Charles Schulz’s landmark comic strip Peanuts has occupied a unique niche in American pop culture. It’s part of a medium often aimed at children, and its cast is a group of kids under the age of 10, doing normal child-like activities like playing baseball, going to school, and ice skating. But these kids also talk about Beethoven, theology, and The Brothers Karamazov . They throw around words like “depressed” and “neurotic,” and one of them puts up a “Psychiatric Help” stand instead of selling lemonade. The strip balances hilarity with the fragility of life and the pain of existence, and that balance surfaces in Peanuts’ first two big-screen adventures, A Boy Named Charlie Brown and Snoopy, Come Home (both available this week as a two-disc DVD from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment).

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SXSW: Brian Taylor Talks The FP, Ghost Rider 2, and Shooting 3D on the iPhone

Brian Taylor took a break from Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance duties to trek down to SXSW in support of The FP — a film he describes as “a Jerry Bruckheimer action movie from the ’80s” where said action is Dance Dance Revolution. His ties to the indie action-comedy trace back to his close circle of filmmaking friends: Director Brandon Trost is a frequent DP and collaborator to Taylor and partner Mark Neveldine, while actors from Neveldine + Taylor’s Crank films also show up in The FP . As Taylor closed out his brief SXSW visit, he shared his love for The FP gang via phone along with details on Ghost Rider 2 ‘s new origin story, Crank 3 , and how one might go about filming a 3D movie… on the iPhone.

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