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From 'Star Trek' to 'Avatar,' 2009's big movies
rafer.guzman@newsday.comMaking up stories isn't easy, which is why Hollywood likes to find ones that already exist. That means 2009 is so far shaping up to be another year of adaptations, remakes, "reimaginings" and plain old sequels. Some are obvious, such as "New Moon," the...Tags: John Turturro, Robert Downey Jr., Martin Scorsese, Dave Eggers, Jonah Hill
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At 'Captain America' helm
Joe Johnston, whose credits include Jurassic Park III and Jumanji, has been signed to direct the adaptation of The First Avenger: Captain America, Marvel Studios announced yesterday. The movie is scheduled for release May 6, 2011, the same weekend that...Tags: Iron Man (movie), Robert Downey Jr.
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Director Pledges Allegiance to 'Captain America'
Zap2It.comMarvel Studios has lined up a director for the studio's "First Avenger: Captain America." According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joe Johnston will helm the period pic, which will be released in 2011. Nobody has actually been hired to write the "Captain...Tags: Jurassic Park (movie), Adolf Hitler, The Wolf Man (movie, 2009)
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New Director Transforms into 'Wolfman'
Zap2It.comLess than a week after Mark Romanek ditched the film, Universal's remake of "The Wolfman" has found a new director. According to Variety, Joe Johnston has come on board to salvage the $100 million-budgeted film, which remakes on track to begin production...Tags: Brett Ratner, Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Movies
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'Matrix' Baddie Goes After 'The Wolfman'
Zap2It.comHugo Weaving will play a key supporting role in Universal's upcoming remake of "The Wolfman." According to Variety, Weaving will play Det. Aberline, who we're guessing has some concerns about the lycanthropic tumult that begins with Benicio Del Toro's...Tags: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Movies
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Progressions
Accounting\ Moore Stephens Lovelace P.A. has hired Kurt Alter as a senior manager in the firm's Orlando tax practice. KRG&G LLP, Orlando, has appointed Cheryl B. Yeomans a tax partner in the firm. Architecture Heery Design, Orlando, has appointed...Tags: Natural Resources, Walt Disney World Resort, Windermere, Architecture, Wildflowers
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Zathura
Zap2It.comSo there's this magic board game ... If the trailers for "Zathura: A Space Adventure" seemed a little familiar, well, there's a reason: The children's book on which Jon Favreau's film is based is the latest magic-board-game tome by Chris Van Allsburg,...Tags: Games, Tim Robbins, Jon Favreau, Game Playing, Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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Movie review: 'Hidalgo'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic2-1/2 stars (out of 4) "Hidalgo," based on the story of distance rider Frank Hopkins and his legendary mustang Hidalgo, who competed in the Ocean of Fire, a dangerous survival race in the Arabian desert, is a sometimes stirring, sometimes preposterous...Tags: Annie Oakley, Gary Cooper, Adam Alexi-Malle, Malcolm McDowell, Movies
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Hidalgo
STAFF WRITERDon't even think of mentioning "Seabiscuit" in the same breath as "Hidalgo," this season's overproduced horse-race picture. Seabiscuit rode with Tobey Maguire, aka Spider- Man, a high school wimp pumped up on arachnid steroids. Hidalgo takes his marching...Tags: Kirk Douglas, Tom Cruise, Indiana Jones, Islam, Spider-Man
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'Hidalgo'
Times Staff Writer"Perhaps you have never heard of the great horse race of the Bedouin, held annually for a thousand years," says the arrogant factotum Aziz, oozing disdain. "It is known as" (pause for effect) "the Ocean of Fire." Given that the year is 1890, it's...Tags: Tom Cruise, David Geffen, Adam Alexi-Malle, Movies, Cinema Industry
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'Jurassic Park III'
Times Film CriticThe dinosaurs are getting smarter. The people are getting stupider. A lot stupider. But really, what did you expect? This is "Jurassic Park III," not Henry James, and after two previous films detailing the unstoppable savagery of what grumpy...Tags: Genetics, Laura Dern, Alexander Payne, Don Davis, Sam Neill
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Bone vivant
It's been a heroic year for Sam Neill. The actor saved the day in the quirky independent film "The Dish," as the Australian scientist responsible for broadcasting television images of man's first walk on the moon; he rescued the crew of a sunken submarine...Tags: Genetics, Natural Science, Michael Crichton, Laura Dern, Los Angeles
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