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Here’s a bit of Robert Pattinson news, lest you think he was going to disintegrate completely after Twilight.

Personally, I would prefer we had a Cloverfield in theaters every Halloween instead of the recent crop of recrudescent genre entries. Sadly that’s not the case and it looks like Cloverfield 2 may be further off than we expected.

Looks like Peter Jackson won’t be Hobbiting just yet. Production on the Lord Of The Rings prequel has been delayed due to Jackson’s stomach trying to kill him.

Stewart’s apparently circling in on the role like a vampire swooping around a cute, but perpetually nervous looking teenage girl.

Viggo Mortensen could go from being a King in ‘Lord of the Rings’ to a lowly huntsman taking orders from bitchy/hot Queen Charlize Theron in ‘Snow White and The Huntsman.’

Ron Howard choosing Oscar-winning Spanish actor Javier Bardem over Christian Bale for his latest project was not the result of a creepy coin toss.

There’s nothing weirder than a crazy ballerina who lezes out and thinks she’s turning into an evil bird, so writing a straight up sci-fi movie should be a cakewalk for screenwriter Mark Heyman.

Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin and Isla Fisher will be voicing our childhood icons in Dreamworks’ Rise of the Guardians.

Michael Fassbender has joined Ridley Scott’s non-Alien Alien prequel, Prometheus.

Bill Clinton isn’t going to have a cameo in The Hangover 2, says Ed Helms.

I’ve never seen anything this insane outside the insides of my own eyelids.

Brian De Palma, legendary director of ‘Body Double’, ‘Scarface’, and ‘Carrie’, has signed on to direct ‘Passion’, a remake of last year’s foreign film ‘Crime d’amour’.

NBC decided to pick up four comedy pilots from established comedians that actually have decent premises.

I made this quiz as a sign of my undying love for the British action star. How much do I love him? Well, let’s just say that when I sit and daydream about having sex with beautiful women, I always picture myself as Jason Statham.

Ready the bronzer. John Travolta is the front runner to offend the Gotti family by portraying patriarch John in the upcoming biopic about the famed mafia don.

The multimillionaires are forming an unholy union that would put Smith’s hair-whipping daughter in a ‘re-imagining’ of the musical ‘Annie’.

Just because Ron Howard wants you to do something doesn’t mean you have to do it.

‘Prometheus’ is getting a summer 2012 release.

Halle Berry recently passed up the role of Aretha Franklin in her forthcoming biopic. But, much like she does with Burger King’s strict No Refills policy, the diva is not taking no for an answer.

In order to convert the Oscar buzz surrounding ‘The King’s Speech’ into sweet money money money, executive producer Harvey Weinstein wants to tone down the film’s naughty language.

Actor/director Mark Webber is gearing up to helm his second indie film, a touching love letter to the bond that exists between a father and son, in which he’s casting his real-life toddler. Classic Hollywood nepotism.

John Cusack won’t be the only one rocking nineteenth century facial hair. ABC has ordered the pilot “Poe,” a series that depicts Edgar Allan Poe as a nineteenth century sleuth. Probably with nice abs.

Also increased: the chances for an explicit lesbian sex scene.

Critic Roger Ebert sticks his downward thumb right into the audience, saying it’s stupid to pay top dollar for movies designed to give you a headache.

The first piece of The Motel Life has been identified. That piece would be Emile Hirsch, and what a fine piece he is.

Lace up your whatever you need to lace up to play a game of survival.

Busy beaver James Franco is directing ‘As I Lay Dying.’ Believe it or not, he’s not playing every role in the film.

‘Source Code’ and ‘Hanna’ marketing departments get all visual up in this piece.

Vin Diesel has no problem starting a trilogy in the fourth installment of a franchise.

How can anyone dislike ‘Con Air’? The explosions…huge. The concept… ridiculous. The hairpieces… outlandish. The dialogue… terrible. In other words, it was really, really awesome.