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While production on Spider-Man 4 hasn’t officially been announced to the public yet, it may be closer than we think. Right now, the organization Stand Up to Cancer, in conjunction with Sony Pictures, is offering an amazing Spider-Man 4 package to the highest bidder. You can check out the auction on Ebay, which ends September 5th at 7:00 pm PDT. Sony wants to get Spider-Man 4 into theaters by 2011, but at this time nothing is set in place....

Following the announcement that Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa will be the next iteration of iconic space-and-time-traveler Doctor Who, Russell T Davies has released a statement regarding the news, heaping praise on the actor and saying he “can’t wait to get started.” Released via the official Doctor Who website, Davies reveals that Gatwa impressed instantly and “owned those TARDIS keys in seconds.” You can read the rest of Davies’ statement below....

You can enjoy two classic comedies from Fox in high definition this December. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Super Troopers are both coming to Blu-Ray on December 9. Each disc will be priced at $34.99 SRP and we have full details on these BD titles below. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Dodge, duck, dip, dive…and laugh out loud as Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller settle their differences in a winner-takes-all dodgeball competition....

Channing Tatum and an unruly Belgian Malinois will play your heartstrings like a fiddle. Dog is the story of an unlikely pair’s cross-country road trip. The film tackles tough issues of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), treatment of veterans, and most importantly, what happens to service dogs after they’re deemed no longer fit. It’s highly dramatic but has great comedic moments. Dog will make you laugh, cry, and hopefully spur adoptions of these heroic animals....

You can bring all the fun home with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen’s new film on both formats this August. Duplicity will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 25. The standard DVD will be priced at $29.98 SRP and the Blu-ray will be priced at $39.98 SRP. The film stars Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson. Oscar winner Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star as two sexy spies-turned-corporate operatives in the midst of a clandestine love affair....

Brazilian actor Wagner Moura, who stars in the Elite Squad movie series, has joined the cast of Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi thriller Elysium. Wagner Moura will play the main villain in this mysterious adventure; a man who has a bizarre sense of humor. Little else is known about the story, although it is said that Matt Damon will play a con man, with Sharlto Copley also starring. Jodie Foster is reportedly attached to the project still, although she revealed last month she isn’t yet signed for Elysium....

Roy Thomas, Len Wein, and John Romita Sr. are the developers of the Marvel Comics character Wolverine. The Incredible Hulk #180, which was written by Wein and illustrated by Herb Trimpe, featured Wolverine for the first time in the last teaser panel. After that, the character made several appearances in Marvel Comics advertising until making his first significant appearance in The Incredible Hulk #18, also by the Wein-Trimpe team. Wolverine joins a new team in 1975’s Giant-Size X-Men #1, which was written by Wein and illustrated by Dave Cockrum....

The Academy Awards is by far the highest honor one can receive in the world of cinema. The prestigious awards ceremony nominates actors, directors, producers, writers, costume designers, composers, and other creatives in the industry each year to be recognized for their brilliant accomplishments in film. In fact, this year’s Academy Awards nominations were recently announced. Out of all 24 categories, the biggest award of the night is that of Best Picture....

The new film Blood features a desperate mother resorting to drastic measures to save her dying child. Michelle Monaghan plays Jess, a recently separated, recovering drug addict who moves her young daughter and son into a rural farm house. Owen (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong) gets savagely bitten by his beloved dog after it disappears in the woods; afterwards, doctors don’t understand why he’s not eating or responding to treatment. A horrified Jess finds Owen drinking blood from his IV drip....

The Secret Life of Bees is an incredibly moving tale of a teenager’s search for her mother’s past. Set in the rural south in 1964, Lily (Dakota Fanning) lives a tormented life of abuse by her father (Paul Bettany). She flees with her housekeeper, Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), to a honey farm owned by the Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys). The wondrous farm is where her mother sought refuge from her father....

Focus Features CEO James Schamus today announced the company’s domestic theatrical release slate for 2010, with six confirmed movies to date. Schamus said, “Next year’s Focus slate follows one of the company’s best years ever - our eighth profitable year in a row since our inception, and the year in which we passed the $1 billion mark in cumulative domestic box office alone. “Our 2010 lineup is as audacious as any in our history, ranging from American indies like Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck’s It’s Kind of a Funny Story to big international productions like Anton Corbijn’s The American....

While Hollywood has its fair share of wild stories, learning that a former writer for Grey’s Anatomy not only faked a cancer diagnosis but had created a full-blown web of outlandish lies is still pretty unexpected. According to Buzzfeed News, the announcement that former Grey’s Anatomy writer Elisabeth Finch lied about a medical diagnosis first gained traction back in March after The Ankler reported that Disney was investigating the Shondaland writer for potentially faking her medical history....

In an emotional interview with Comed Hype, Friday actress Angela Means gives a tearful side of the story about her iconic role as “Felicia,” aka Felisha (as spelled in the official list of casts), and how fans of the cult classic seemingly cannot disassociate her from the character. The hit 1995 film produced a number of memorable characters, including Felisha, who was known for being in an abusive relationship with Deebo (the late Tiny Lister) and who asked to borrow a car and then a joint....

Fans of Batman were probably disappointed that there was no video game adaptation of The Dark Knight. In fact, the only Batman game to hit the shelves in 2008 was LEGO Batman, which while enjoyable to many, lacked the edge fans of the film were probably hoping for. Well, those fans can now take comfort in the trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum, presented by Gamespot, and showing off action from what could be the darkes Batman game to hit video game consoles yet!...

Four-time Academy Award-winning actor-director-producer Clint Eastwood will be a presenter at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producer Gil Cates announced today. Eastwood earned four Oscars® and an Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, which is awarded to a producer whose body of work consistently reflects a high quality of motion picture production. He received both Directing and Best Picture Oscars for 1992’s Unforgiven and 2004’s Million Dollar Baby he also received leading actor nominations for those films....

If you are a fan of the late director Stanley Kubrick and you have followed his films, I would think you would love Color Me Kubrick. If you have only seen Full Metal Jacket, The Shining and A Clockwork Orange then you will probably also like this movie. (However, if in addition to this you haven’t studied up on the director you may not like this film). If you have only seen one of Stanley Kubrick’s movies (Eyes Wide Shut lets say), or you haven’t seen any of his movies then you would be better advised to take your hard earned money and see something else....

Robert Kirkman, who created The Walking Dead comic book and executive produces the AMC TV series, revealed that Man of Steel and The Dark Knight screenwriter David S. Goyer is directing an episode in Season 4. It isn’t known which episode he will direct, or if he will also provide the script. The news was announced during a panel celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Robert Kirkman’s comic book series, before the AMC series’ panel even kicked off....

Corey Feldman has posted an open letter to his one-time on-screen partner and best friend Corey Haim, who passed away last Wednesday due to what appeared to be a prescription drug overdose. Courtesy of Corey Feldman’s blog, here is what the actor had to say to his former colleague in light of his death: Dear Corey, This is for you on the day of your funeral. First off I am so sorry I am not there with you today....

According to Variety, Paramount Pictures has made a preemptive acquisition of the Shannon Burke novel Black Flies, and the studio is negotiating with Darren Aronofsky to direct it. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura will produce with Eric Watson, Aronofsky’s partner in Protozoa. The novel, which has not yet been set with a publisher, revolves around a young man who becomes an emergency medical technician in Harlem, a temporary stop before he enters medical school....

Germany has a firm root in the horror genre, giving the world The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu from the earliest decades of cinema’s existence. While its Southern neighbor Italy was arguably more prolific in the 1960s and 1970s, Germany has regularly put out iconic horror films over the decades. Mark of The Devil from 1970 shocked the world with its brutal honesty about religious corruption, and movies like Nekromantic from the 1980s caused major controversy, inciting government bans (back before the internet was unleashing real-world trauma-inducing media horrors on the world)....