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Shane Black is in final negotiations to direct Robert Downey Jr.’s snarkiness in Iron Man 3.

Can a movie about sexy supernatural teenagers find an audience?

False alarm, folks. You can go back to not knowing who the hell Robin McLeavy is. Mary Elizabeth Winstead will play Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’s tenderoni after all.

The best, the worst, and the most awesome-when-drunk new titles available to stream instantly on Netflix.

The director of Atonement and Pride & Prejudice gets a little less proper.

Luckily for all the Geraghtiacs out there, Brian Geraghty has signed on to do another movie.

Henry Cavill is super-cool.

Guillermo Del Toro, The Jim Henson Company, music by Nick Cave, Stop Motion animation, and 3D? That’s 10 pounds of awesome in a 5 pound bag.

The writer of Erin Brockovich Susannah Grant is working on another biopic.

Garry Marshall’s ‘New Years Eve’ just added two more pretty people to its actor pile-up thanks to Carla Gugino, and Halle Berry.

‘Madame T’ coming to a theater near you. Don’t forget your fanny pack!

You’d think a name like that would put his headshot and resume in the “???” pile, but it turns out McNairy (‘Art School Confidential’) is a hot name right now.

As we thought, the rumors about Scorsese directing ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ this summer were as reliable as a Bernie Madoff. “Alright then, wiseguy. What is his next project?”

Looks like Warner execs just kicked Snyder into the pit on this one.

Kelly will take on a more straightforward narrative with his new film ‘Corpus Christi’, though the plot description makes me wonder if deviations into “Fluid Karma” territory are inevitable.

Alice Eve has been brought in to portray a young Emma Thompson in the time travel storyline of Men In Black 3. Thompson’s self-confidence must be through the roof right now.

This news is as suspicious as a check signed by Frank Abagnale Jr. However, it’s juicier than a bottle of red prison wine, so we’re letting you know about it. Proceed with caution.

Universal picked Kimberly Pierce (‘Boys Don’t Cry’) to direct a new ‘one-of-these-guys-is-not-like-the-others’ story.

Looks like ‘Troll 2′ is no longer just an embarrassment.

Dakota Fanning is joining Dorff and Emile Hirsch in ‘The Motel Life’. Child actor powers ACTIVATE!!

If Detroit is going to get RoboCop in bronze, why not immortalize these other movie icons?

The upcoming FOX comedy pilot “Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23″ has nabbed a prime celebrity guest star.

There is historical evidence to explain why 3D makes me uncomfortable: Nazis were all about 3D filmmaking.

Michael Bay has just written himself into Taylor Lautner’s calendar with the most awesome ink money can buy.

Matthew Vaughn is apparently fed up with working with little kids in Kick-Ass and teenagers in X-Men: First Class.

It’s been at least three years since anyone has made an unnecessary Elvis Presley biopic. The long national wait is over.

We can’t just blame Martin Lawrence for this.

This week we shackle our Best Director contenders together by the ankles, slather them in honey, toss them in the bear cage with an 800 pound grizzly and a pair of bolt cutters to see who among them has the will to survive.

Don’t forget to concentrate, as you should on all works of fine art.

Banksy really wants that Oscar. So much so that he’s willing to visit the Sunset Strip.