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How Your Magazine-Movie Sausage is Made

Magazine editors are increasingly looking to place their stories at studios — for what it’s worth: “‘Hollywood is essentially in the business of not making movies,’ said Henry Finder, editorial director of The New Yorker . ‘They only make a movie when they run out of reasons not to make it. [… B]ut if I’m trying to get talent attached it might be easier for me to say, “Hey look, Brad Pitt, there’s this really cool story that was in Vanity Fair or Rolling Stone ” — it’s going to be based on that.'” Great! It beats Ouija . [ WWD via The Awl ]

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In Honor of ‘Threequel’ Being Removed From the Dictionary, 9 Great Threequels

Sad news today from the world of words: the Concise Oxford English Dictionary announced that its 12th edition would no longer include the word “threequel.” (Also gone, “cassette player”; weep for the ’80s.) In honor of the dearly departed “threequel” — defined as “the third film, book, event, etc. in a series; a second sequel,” it will still appear in the less concise Oxford Dictionary of English — Movieline has assembled a list of nine great third films. Click ahead to disagree with the list!

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Sam Riley on Brighton Rock and His Arduous Trip On the Road

Back in 2007, Sam Riley burst on the scene with a starmaking performance in the critically acclaimed film Control . Poised to be the latest hot British import to invade U.S. shores, Riley followed Control up with two intriguing-on-paper titles — Franklyn with Ryan Phillippe and Eva Green and 13 opposite Ray Winstone, Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Michael Shannon and Alexander Skarsgaard. The rest, as they say, is history — though maybe not the kind Riley initially envisioned.

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Sam Riley on Brighton Rock and His Arduous Trip On the Road

That’s When Megan Fox Went Swimming With Jason Segel and Chris O’Dowd

Here at Movieline HQ , we’ve been holding out hope that the untitled Judd Apatow continuation/quasi-sequel to Knocked Up (which has been filming with the working title of This Is Forty ) will feature a comeback performance from the terminally maligned Megan Fox. No word yet whether that will happen — despite co-star Paul Rudd singing her praises last week — but at least Fox is having fun on the set. Over the weekend she posted a picture of herself and co-stars Jason Segel and Chris O’D owd mugging for the camera in a swimming pool. Moviemaking! Just like breaking rocks! Click through for the pic.

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That’s When Megan Fox Went Swimming With Jason Segel and Chris O’Dowd

Here at Movieline HQ , we’ve been holding out hope that the untitled Judd Apatow continuation/quasi-sequel to Knocked Up (which has been filming with the working title of This Is Forty ) will feature a comeback performance from the terminally maligned Megan Fox. No word yet whether that will happen — despite co-star Paul Rudd singing her praises last week — but at least Fox is having fun on the set. Over the weekend she posted a picture of herself and co-stars Jason Segel and Chris O’D owd mugging for the camera in a swimming pool. Moviemaking! Just like breaking rocks! Click through for the pic.

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Movieline Debuts Two New Images from MMA Drama Warrior

In Gavin O’C onnor’s Sept. 9 MMA drama Warrior , Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton are estranged brothers who find themselves on competing paths towards the same mixed martial arts championship, both fighting desperately for something different. Find out more about what motivates one brother to risk it all in two new stills from Warrior , debuting exclusively on Movieline.

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Djimon Hounsou Joins Bradley Cooper in Paradise Lost

Sure, we’ve already gotten a sneak peak of what Bradley Cooper could look like as the devil in Paradise Lost , but that doesn’t mean Legendary Pictures is done casting their adaptation of the John Milton novel. Just today, Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou joined the Alex Proyas-directed production as Abdiel, the angel of death. If Paradise Lost still needs an archangel of divine street fights, may we suggest Ryan Gosling ? [ Variety ]

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Drive-Inspired Sketches by Chromatics, Desire Include Track Listings of Unused Film Score

The musical partnership between director Nicolas Winding Refn and electronic musician Johnny Jewel dates back to Refn’s Bronson , which used a track from Jewel’s group Glass Candy to strike its stylized period feel. For Refn’s latest film, the L.A. -set crime thriller Drive , he turned once more to Jewel to help create an ’80s-tinged pop synth sound — and the inspiration seemed to go both ways, as evidenced by drawings and a full collection of Drive -inspired tracks created by Jewel and his musical collaborators.

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Drive-Inspired Sketches by Chromatics, Desire Include Track Listings of Unused Film Score

Friday Box Office: Help!

Hoo boy. The late-summer movie bottleneck has caught up with Hollywood, relegating this weekend’s trio of new wide releases to the bottom of the top five at the box office. Above them, a pair of leggy holdovers scrap for the top spot, with the ladies of The Help putting some distance between themselves and James Franco’s tenacious Rise of the Planet of the Apes . Your clinically lethargic Friday box office is here.

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Friday Box Office: Help!

VIDEO: Seth Rogen Was Told His Best Friend Had Cancer While on the Toilet

In the upcoming dramedy 50/50 , 27-year-old Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) finds out he has a cancerous tumor growing in his back, and proceeds to tell his best friend Kyle (Seth Rogen) outside a coffee shop. If only it happened like that in reality. 50/50 is based on the life of screenwriter Will Reiser, and when he called Rogen, his best friend, to tell him the bad news, the Knocked Up star was in a compromising situation: mid-poop. Click through to watch Rogen explain.

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