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Zoe Saldana to play lead role and produce in NBC miniseries Rosemary’s Baby

Zoe Saldana has contracted to star in NBC’s four-hour miniseries Rosemary’s Baby, Variety reports. Saldana will play Rosemary, the iconic young wife and soon-to-be mother who moves into a Paris apartment with her husband, unaware of its dark and storied past. After becoming pregnant, Rosemary becomes increasingly suspicious that both her husband and their strange ….

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director confirmed to direct next sequel

Fox must be real happy with the work Matt Reeves did on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The filmmaker, who directed 20th Century Fox’s upcoming sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, will return to helm the third installment for the rebooted franchise, according to Variety. The third Planet of the ….

Nick Nolte joins cast of Fox murder-mystery limited series

Nick Nolte has joined the cast of Fox’s upcoming limited series Gracepoint, a U.S. remake of the lauded ITV murder-mystery Broadchurch, Variety reports. Nolte will play a stubborn local business owner in a seaside town where a boy is murdered. He joins a cast that includes David Tennant, Jacki Weaver, Michael Pena, Anna Gunn, Kevin ….

Death Proof and Kill Bill film screening series will lead up to Raze preview and Zoë Bell Q&A interview at MOMI

International action star Zoë Bell, who was discovered by Quentin Tarantino, will appear at the Museum of the Moving Image for a preview screening of her new action film Raze, on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. In this relentlessly hyperviolent action film directed by Josh Waller, she stars as a woman forced to do battle with ….

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey starts 45th anniversary theatrical run Christmas Day

Tomorrow the IFC Center in New York City will start a 45th anniversary run of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, presenting a DCP projection from Christmas Day through Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Kubrick and author Arthur C. Clarke’s sci-fi masterwork does nothing less than trace the arc of civilization, from prehistoric prehumans to ….

New Terminator television show to have crossover story line with 2015 reboot film

Skydance Productions and Annapurna Pictures — the production companies behind Paramount’s 2015 Terminator franchise film reboot — are teaming up to develop a new Terminator television series, and have tapped X-Men: First Class writers Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller to write and executive produce the new show, Variety reports. Stentz and Miller’s credits include Fox’s ….

Van Damme re-teams with director of Timecop for action thriller Enemies Closer

Lionsgate Films has released a new poster for the Jean-Claude Van Damme action thriller Enemies Closer. The Peter Hyams-directed film also stars Orlando Jones and Tom Everett Scott. Enemies Closer reunites Jean-Claude Van Damme with Hyams, who directed the ‘Muscles from Brussels’ in 1994’s Timecop and 1995’s Sudden Death, two of Van Damme’s biggest hits. ….

Fast & Furious director tackling next Bourne sequel for Universal Pictures

After turning the Fast & Furious movie franchise into one of Universal’s most profitable series, director Justin Lin has been tapped to direct the untitled sequel to The Bourne Legacy, with Jeremy Renner returning to his role as Aaron Cross, according to Variety. Anthony Peckham recently came aboard to write the script for the new ….

Show based on DC Comics’ Hourman coming to network television

Variety reports that the CW Network is developing a drama based on DC Comics’ Hourman, coming from Lin Pictures in association with Warner Bros. TV. DC Comics’ Hourman centers on a brilliant but troubled pharmaceutical analyst who discovers the visions that have plagued him since childhood are actually glimpses of tragic events occurring one hour ….