Ben Stiller Confirms His Zoolander 2 Leading Lady With A Funny Photo

After Zoolander 2 made its presence known last month with a hilarious coming out party that saw Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson walk the runway at Paris Fashion Week as Derek Zoolander and Hansel, the upcoming sequel has announced the addition of another actress. Confirming rumors that stretched back several months, Ben Stiller has let it be officially known that Penélope Cruz has hopped on board the raucous romp of a second entry with an endearingly embarrassing portrait. Excited to announce Penelope "Little Penny" Cruz has joined #Zoolander2 cast! #fbf A photo posted by Ben Stiller (@benstiller) on Apr 17, 2015 at 11:46 ...

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Official Batman V Superman Trailer Arrives In HD

Yesterday, the first teaser trailer for Warner Bros.' hotly anticipated Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice hit the internet, for a brief time. After it had been up for a short while, it was taken down, but now it's back, as WB has released a HD version of the film that pits DC Comic's two greatest heroes against one another. Check it out below, it's glorious.

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Chris Evans May Stick With Marvel Longer Than We Thought

When Avengers: Age of Ultron hits theaters next month, this will be Chris Evans’ fourth appearance as Captain America (not including his cameo in Thor: The Dark World) since his debut in 2011. Although we'll still see plenty of the patriotic superhero in the coming years, it’s been rumored that once Evans’ Marvel contract is finished, he’ll leave the Marvel Cinematic Universe permanently. However, it sounds like he’s recently had a change of heart and may stick around as Steve Rogers for a little longer. Last year, Evans mentioned that he planned ...

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George Lucas Thinks Marvel Has Plans For Howard The Duck

Stephen Colbert and George Lucas are sitting opposite each other having an intense conversation. The setting is the Tribeca Film Festival. The topic is Howard the Duck. “You can’t put a dwarf in a duck suit and make it work,” Lucas said. The technology, he explained just wasn’t up to snuff at the time of the 1986 original. However, with the current advances in technology, the executive producer of Howard the Duck believes Marvel is going to bring back this property and do it right.  As he told Colbert,  I have a ...

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Independence Day Confirms 2 More Returning Actors

After years of rumors and false starts and never really getting anywhere, Independence Day 2 has finally started rolling. They've already brought back some familiar faces, as well as added new cast members and characters to the alien invasion actioner, and director Roland Emmerich took to social media to confirm two more actors are coming back. Using his Twitter account, Emmerich confirmed that both Bill Pullman... Today we celebrate our #IndependenceDay sequel. Welcome back, Bill Pullman. http://ift.tt/1CUBt0k — Roland Emmerich (@rolandemmerich) April 17, 2015 ...and Judd Hirsch will both officially be back to battle invaders from another world in ...

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Why Wonder Woman And Its Director May Have Parted Ways

Earlier this week, when Warner Bros. and Wonder Woman director Michelle MacLaren parted ways, the studio wasted precious little time hiring a replacement. The nebulous "creative differences" was the only reason given for the split, and while we still don't know exactly what these quarrels were all about, we're getting a better idea. There is no official word on what caused the irreparable rift between studio and filmmaker, but sources with some proximity to the project tell Variety that the two sides simply had drastically different visions for film. According to the report, the studio had something more character-centric in ...

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Who May Be On Iron Man's Side In Captain America 3: Civil War

Tony Stark and Steve Rogers won't be the only heroes feuding with each other in Captain America: Civil War. Just like in the original comic book storyline, other characters will choose sides in the titular conflict; some will support the Superhuman Registration Act, others will be firmly against it. The nature of the film rights behind certain Marvel characters means that the teams can't exactly match the comic book versions, but new information has come out about who may be siding with whom in the 2016 blockbuster. Warning: Potential spoilers for Captain America: Civil War are ahead! A report from JoBlo ...

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The 40-Year-Old Virgin Ending: Judd Apatow Tells Us Why He Went Out On A Musical Note

Since we started writing this feature series on movie endings, we've covered a wide variety. We've gone over confusing endings, twisty endings, debatable endings, and even a uniquely-structured ending. This time around, however, we have something very different: the out-of-left-field ending. That's because we're now taking a closer look at the conclusion of Judd Apatow's fantastic 2005 comedy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin. What exactly went down? Why did Steve Carell's character all of a sudden start singing? How was the sequence conceived? Who taught all of the actors how to dance? We have all of the answers to those questions and more, ...

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Shia LaBeouf Has A Problem With The Transformers And Michael Bay

Shia LaBeouf is interesting. He's able to finance his current artistic endeavors because of his work on the likes of the Transformers franchise, but that hasn't stopped him from turning on the robotic series and its director with some biting comments. LaBeouf was speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the Tribeca Film Festival ahead of Alma Har'el's documentary LoveTrue, on which he is an executive producer. Sporting a unique new bouffant, LaBeouf spoke passionately about artists who believe wholeheartedly in their material, and suddenly turned on his signature franchise, saying: Bumblebee never sounds real, it's just a fucking name. The ...

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Hugh Jackman's Crazy Pirate Takes Center Stage In Latest Pan Clip

Already proving to be an innovative take on the traditional story of Peter Pan, the upcoming Pan also showcases Hugh Jackman in a villainous role as a pale, white wig-sporting rendition of the famous pirate, Blackbeard. Jackman, who trades his adamantium claws for a cutlass, personally posted a short trailer that gives us more of the sprawling, majestic cinematic magic.     Welcome! #PanMovie @PanMovie A video posted by Hugh Jackman (@thehughjackman) on Apr 16, 2015 at 4:33pm PDT In the new Pan clip provided by Jackman, his Blackbeard welcomes us to Neverland, brandishing the kind of demented, over-the-top hospitality ...

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Star Wars 7 Is Apparently Changing The Name Of The Empire

It's been more than 30 years since Return of the Jedi, so there are bound to be some major changes in the Star Wars universe when The Force Awakens drops later this year. One thing we now know is that the two factions formerly known as the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance will be going by different names. Just a heads up, we're probably going to veer into potential SPOILERS beyond this point. You've been warned. Star Wars Celebration was yesterday, and a lot of information came out. You've already spent a fair amount of time watching that incredible new ...

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Suicide Squad: Check Out Jared Leto's First Green-Haired Joker Picture

Over the last several weeks, Jared Leto's gradual transformation into The Joker for Suicide Squad has been teased over social media, but now we finally have a good look at the green hair the actor will be rocking next year. Take a look! Jared Leto's Joker is a big fan of Snapchat http://t.co/nK5wYwYHj4 http://ift.tt/1zoiGJi Mashable (@mashable) April 16, 2015 Leto originally took this picture of himself on Snapchat and later posted it on Twitter, although that tweet has since been deleted. Mashable is one of the many sites that picked up the image and ran ...

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Why Michael Madsen Hates IMDB

If you have a particular aversion to Stealers Wheel's 70's classic "Stuck In The Middle With You," chances are it's because of Michael Madsen's deliciously psychotic performance as Mr. Blonde in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. In fact, throughout the 1990's, Madsen made a name for himself as a prolific hard case in the Hollywood scene, and his resume will attest to this fact, whether he likes it or not. Though funny enough, it looks like he really doesn't like it, or at the very least he doesn't like how it's handled on the popular movie database, IMDB. That's because he ...

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Why Alan Rickman Originally Wanted Nothing To Do With His Die Hard Role

Thinking about a version of Die Hard that doesn't star Alan Rickman as the slick and methodical terrorist Hans Gruber is like thinking about a version of life that sucks just that much more. Thankfully, the universe we currently occupy is the one that ensures our Blu-ray copy of the John McTiernan-directed action classic will allow us to keep watching the genuinely surprised look on the respected British actor's face as he drops to his doom. However, we almost didn't have the pleasure of enjoying this moment for posterity, as Alan Rickman almost didn't sign on to the film that ...

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Full Batman v Superman Trailer Leaks Online

Earlier tonight, a portion of the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer made its way online, but now it seems as though the entire thing has appeared... albeit with Spanish subtitles. You can watch it below: Picking up after the events of Man of Steel - which saw the world meet Superman (Henry Cavill) for the first time, it seems as though the world of the DC Cinematic Universe is divided, with some people believing that the alien from Krypton is a hero, while others believing that he is a "false god" and possibly a threat. This is evidently ...

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The Weird Audition Process Unfriended Used To Cast Its Actors

If you've ever seen a movie or TV show about Hollywood, chances are you know what a typical audition looks like. An actor gets called into a room where they must perform and try to impress a group that usually includes the project's director, producers, and casting director. This wasn't how things worked behind the scenes of the new horror movie Unfriended, however. Instead, the film – which is entirely set on a single computer screen – took a bit of inspiration from its stylistic approach, and not only had performers audition through webcams, but also set groups of them up in ...

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When Daredevil And Jessica Jones Will Probably Show Up In Marvel Movies

The Avengers will face their greatest threat yet when they finally battle Thanos in 2018's Avengers: Infinity War Part I. However, they may not be the only ones joining the fray. It's possible Marvel's Netflix heroes, collectively known as the Defenders, will be teaming up alongside them in the second part of this epic story. This new rumor comes from Bleeding Cool, which is reporting from unnamed sources that fans could see Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Infinity War Part II, which will hit theaters on May 3, 2019. Although all these heroes ...

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Star Wars Force Awakens' 3 Main Characters: What You Need To Know

When the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted online last November, audiences around the world got their chance to see three key new major characters in the legendary sci-fi universe: Daisy Ridley's Rey, John Boyega's Finn, and Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron. Unfortunately, the trailer didn't really show us much about the protagonists, outside of their costumes and the environments we can expect to see them in, but the good news is that all three actors just revealed some very interesting tidbits about the individual roles at Star Wars Celebration this morning. During the first panel of ...

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Part Of Batman V Superman's Trailer May Have Just Leaked

There has been an ongoing battle of tentpole blockbuster marketing lately, with Zack Snyder's wildly-anticipated B atman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trying to swipe a little bit of the white-hot spotlight occupied by Star Wars: The Force Awakens. After teasing 20 seconds of superhero costumes, Snyder set the stage for a Monday reveal. But the Internet had other plans. Footage from what looks like the Batman v Superman trailer hit Twitter, then YouTube. The quality's crappy, but here's what it shows: The footage looks very similar to the short clip Zack Snyder brought to Comic-Con last summer, with an armor-suited ...

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Star Wars 7's R2-D2 Will Have Some Key Changes

By now you've probably watched that new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer at least a handful of times, and we're sure you've noticed one of our favorite returning characters, a little guy we like to call R2-D2. While he more or less resembles the droid you all know and love, in the last 30 years he's received a few upgrades. At the Star Wars Celebration presentation earlier today, the latest version of the sassy little astromech droid was welcomed onto the stage by director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. While this is very much the droid ...

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