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Posted 07.29.10 by Ryan Marvel made a pretty heavy push to get Mark Ruffalo to sign on to Avengers in time for the San Diego Comic-Con, thereby replacing the incumbent Edward Norton. Avengers director Joss Whedon later admitted that he was "stunned" that they were able to cast Ruffalo, whom he described as his "first and only choice" for the role.
Avengers executive producer Jon Favreau, who has experience replacing an actor in Iron Man 2, called the process "tricky," while Ruffalo revealed to EW that replacing Norton was a little awkward.
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Posted 07.29.10 by Ryan Jon Favreau is used to turning comic books into successful movies, but Cowboys and Aliens presents a unique challenge. Based on the graphic novel created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Cowboys and Aliens is a blending of both the Western and Sci-fi genres, and, to do them both justice, Favreau told IGN, it's important to give each genre respect. "If you're going to do a mashup of genres," said Favreau. "I think you have to play the genre down the middle." Favreau also said it helps to cast the movie correctly and have Steven Spielberg as your executive producer.
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Posted 07.29.10 by reelz Do you remember the original Cats and Dogs? Neither do we. Nine years after inexplicably raking in over $200M (worldwide) an even more inexplicable sequel is upon us, apparently with 300% more CGI!
"...a faster, funnier follow-up (to the 2001 original)..."
— Joe Leydon, Variety"It's a critter movie gone mad with gravity-defying animals, all sorts of gizmos and no doubt a few stunts that didn't require CGI — but who can tell which ones? For every gag that works — a cat mixing up his pet mouse and computer mouse — many, many more fail."
— Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter"...deliver(s) every pet-related groaner imaginable within 85 minutes."
— Michelle Orange, Village Voice"No movie — whether aimed at adults or kids or canines themselves — has the right to be as tiresome and unoriginal as this action-comedy mutt."
— Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly"Aimed squarely at a single digital IQ demographic and as irritating as a case of fleas, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore stands as just the latest, lamest example of the 'sequel nobody asked for' syndrome that frequently infects Hollywood like mange."
— Bill Gibron, filmcritic.com"...a thoroughly ill-conceived CGI orgy..."
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Posted 07.29.10 by Ryan Guillermo del Toro's big announcement at the San Diego Comic-Con was that he would write and produce a remake of 2003's The Haunted Mansion, based on Disney's popular amusement park attraction. It was expected that del Toro would announce a new directing stint after departing from The Hobbit, but fans were kept in the dark. Now, Deadline reports that del Toro will announce he is directing an adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft novel, At the Mountains of Madness.
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Tonight's Hollywood's Top Ten takes a look at 10 performances by child stars that served as breakout roles. Which kids made the list? Find out in the clip below. Then tune in tonight at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT to see the full episode, or catch one of its encore showings. ReelzChannel is 299 on Dish, 238 on DirecTV, and available on your cable system.
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Posted 07.29.10 by Ryan For a while, it seemed like Josh Hutcherson had won the role in Sony's upcoming Spider-Man reboot. Online rumors all seemed to agree that Hutcherson was Sony's chosen actor, that is, until Andrew Garfield was awarded the part. However, there's reason why Hutcherson's name continued to be thrown into the rumor mill, and that's the leaked audition tape of that Latino Review recently found. In it, Hutcherson plays Peter Parker still in high school, until a group of bullies, presumably led by Flash Thompson, try to fight him. Once confronted, Parker turns into a super-powered Bruce Lee in order to protect himself and a female student (presumably Mary Jane Watson).
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Posted 07.29.10 by Ryan When Marvel revealed the "assembled" line-up of the upcoming adaptation of The Avengers, fans may have been too busy seeing recent additions Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner standing amongst Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans to notice the inclusion of Clark Gregg, who plays S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Coulson.
No one is more surprised by his continued association than Gregg, who began his Marvel career in Iron Man as Coulson, a character that doesn't even exist in the comics. Gregg continued in Iron Man 2, including a Easter egg scene after the crdits that set-up Gregg's participation in Thor, and will obviously continue with The Avengers. Gregg told Collider that "every time they [Marvel] call, I’m like, 'Really? I get to do this guy again?'" He's also hoping that his relationship with Marvel will eventually include directing.
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Posted 07.29.10 by Ryan Most critics and fans would agree that their issues with 2006's Superman Returns had little or nothing to do with Brandon Routh's performance, which may be why the actor is still holding out hope that he can continue with the role in the next incarnation that Christopher Nolan is producing. Routh told CinemaBlend that while he has heard nothing about the upcoming Superman movie, tentatively titled Superman: The Man of Steel, he is interested in returning to the role.
Can Routh convince the brothers Nolan? >>