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Have You Lost That Love And Feeling? Reinflate your beach volleyballs, don your aviators, and apply some Coppertone to your shaven chests, lads, for the sequel to Top Gun is nigh! We have  learned that Paramount Pictures has made offers to both producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott to follow up their action classic, and has a missile lock on Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) to update the script, one in which Tom Cruise’s Maverick would play a smaller role. Maverick would be confused and slightly depressed by the state of Top Gun these days, anyway. Last June, at a junket for Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Bruckheimer let slip that he had been “recently approached again to start talking about [a sequel]” but noted that “the aviation community has completely changed since we made the movie a long time ago.” Since 1986, the TOPGUN syllabus has been changed so the focus is far less on the spectacular and dramatic air-to-air do

Natalie Portman Has The Upper Hand For Lead Role In Upcoming Alien Prequel Vulture just got word: Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof turned in his new draft of the screenplay for Ridley Scott's Alien prequel on Saturday, and 20th Century Fox execs are very pleased with it indeed! We’re told all involved parties have been made to sign nondisclosure agreements about the plot, but our spies have been able to glean several interesting nuggets about the project, which is set roughly 35 years before Scott’s dystopic classic. Here's what we know ... One reason Fox execs are so thrilled with Lindelof’s Alien draft is that, not only is it creatively engaging, but it adds no expensive "set pieces" — production-speak for elaborate, effects-heavy action sequences that add millions to the cost of a film — to the movie. 20th Century Fox and Scott have been wrangling over the director’s proposed budget. One insider familiar with the situation puts Scott’s suggested budget at bet

“Happytime Murders" Finds A Home “ Happytime Murders ,” a comedy-thriller written by Todd Berger and to be directed by Brian Henson, son of Jim Henson , has landed at Lionsgate. The project has been in development at the Jim Henson Co . since October 2008, when it picked up Berger’s script as a spec. Lionsgate’s acquisition gives the risky project — a dark and adult story featuring puppets — a real shot at getting made, with insiders talking of a possible January start, depending on how soon a star can be found for the lead. “ Happytime ” takes place in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, with the puppets viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet cast of an ’80s children’s TV show called “ The Happytime Gang ” begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet — with a drinking problem, no less — takes on the case with his former human partner. Think “Avenue Q” meets “L.A. Confidential.” Please Leave A Commment- Source- THR

Finally An Adult Film For Eddie Murphy Finally Eddie Murphy is getting back into the game. My man has been making kids movies for the last couple of years. Its' going to be good seeing him in an adult film. I was really hoping to bring you some news on him making a return with a Beverly Hills Cop 4 film, but looks like this is the best I got for now. Eddie Murphy is set to join Ben Stiller and Alan Alda in Tower Heist , the Brett Ratner -directed caper film for Universal Pictures. Imagine's Brian Grazer is producing, and Murphy will join Karen Kehela Sherwood and Kim Roth as executive producers. Jeff Nathanson, Ratner's accomplice in the Rush Hour films, is rewriting the latest version by Ted Griffin. Murphy has been mentioned as a possible participant going back to the film's original configuration as an African American version of Ocean's Eleven , when it was called Trump Heist . Trump was dropped as was that casting equation, and now, the storyline deal

 'Napoleon Dynamite' Cartoon Series On It's Way Fox has picked up two animated series eyed for next season, Napoleon Dynamite , an adaptation of the hit 2004 movie, and Allen Gregory, co-written and executive produced by Jonah Hill . Both series are produced by 20th Century Fox TV; Allen Gregory is a co-production with studio-based Chernin Entertainment. The order to Napoleon Dynamite is for 6 episodes , while Allen Gregory has been picked up for 7 episodes. Both projects originated as presentations. The original cast of Napoleon Dynamite led by Jon Heder is back to voice the animated series, which follows the misadventures of an awkward high school teenager and his quirky friends as they struggle to navigate life in rural Idaho. The film's writers Jared Hess, who also directed it, and Jerusha Hess wrote the adaptation with The Simpsons veteran Mike Scully. All 3 are executive producing. Allen Gregory's title character is the world’s most celebrated seven-yea

What Role Will Tom Hardy Play In Batman 3? While Tom Hardy 's plan to play Mad Max in the George Miller-directed Mad Max: Fury Road has hit another delay, the fast-rising Hardy's in the mix for another big film at Warner Bros. I'm told that Hardy has been set by his Inception director Chris Nolan for a lead role in the next Batman film at Warner Bros. Insiders are keeping the role secret and won't even say if he's up for a villain role, but that seems a reasonable assumption. Hardy has followed up Inception with lead roles in the Tomas Alfredson-directed adaptation of the John Le Carre novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, and he's currently starring with Chris Pine and Reese Witherspoon in the McG-directed Fox comedy This Means War . Please Leave A Comment- Source- Deadline

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune On It's Way To The Big Screen David O. Russell has closed a deal to write and direct " Uncharted: Drake's Fortune ," an adaptation of the 2007 PlayStation 3 video game, for Columbia Pictures. Back in May, Russell first flirted with the project, but then moved on to develop a big-screen adaptation of " Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ." But his quest to direct the PS3 game adaptation pulled him back in, leaving "Zombies," for the moment, undead. Despite making his somewhat combative reputation with left-of-center indie films such as " Spanking the Monkey," "Flirting With Disaster" and "I Heart Huckabees," Russell appears to be making a serious move into bigger-budget mainstream movies. His next film, the boxing drama " The Fighter " from Paramount, comes out December. In the mold of epic adventure films like "Tomb Raider" and "Indiana Jones," the &

Carrie Fisher Used Coke On Hoth " Star Wars " actress Carrie Fisher admitted Monday to taking cocaine on the set of " The Empire Strikes Back ", saying she didn't even like the drug but was intent on getting high. The Princess Leia actress, now 53, said her life had been defined by addiction, with stints in psychiatric hospitals and rehab clinics -- even the emergency room with an overdose. "We (who is we?) did cocaine on the set of 'Empire', in the ice planet," Fisher told Australian newswire AAP, referring to the setting of the second film in the original "Star Wars" trilogy. "I didn't even like coke that much, it was just a case of getting on whatever train I needed to take to get high," she said while visiting Sydney for her "Wishful Drinking" stand-up comedy show. Now a writer and comedienne, Fisher's turn as Princess Leia in the 1977-1983 "Star Wars" saga was by far her most famous

 What Next Hollywood Treasure Is Going To Be Found? " Hollywood Treasure ," Syfy's new reality series featuring Joe Maddalena , will premiere Wednesday, October 27 with two back-to-back half-hour episodes at 10:00pm and 10:30pm. "Hollywood Treasure" is a weekly documentary-reality series that delves into the intricate world of collecting showbiz and pop culture memorabilia, including science fiction and fantasy props and costumes. The series follows Joe Maddalena, owner of Profiles in History and the world's largest auctioneer of original movie, television and pop culture collectibles. HOLLYWOOD TREASURE Watch the trailer after the Jump.. Two back-to-back half hour episodes Wednesdays (10:00 - 10:30 p.m. and 10:30 - 11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on Syfy Starting October 27 Each episode follows Joe and his crew as they travel the globe searching for the most compelling, rare, and sought-after Hollywood memorabilia. Sometimes combing through basements and

Who Was the Original Marty McFly? Everyone knows the classic 1985 film " Back to the Future " featured a boyish Michael J. Fox in a winning performance as Marty McFly . But Fox was not the original McFly. In fact, Eric Stoltz was five weeks into shooting the famed McFly role when director and co-writer Robert Zemeckis made a drastic production decision -- changing his lead actor. Details of the shocking Hollywood switch and never-before-seen footage of Stoltz as McFly are part of the extras package for the "Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy " to be released on Blu-Ray on Oct. 26. Watch the video after the Jump.. Zemeckis says the casting change was "this horrific decision; it was heartbreaking for everybody." Executive producer Steven Spielberg said that Zemeckis consulted him before pursuing the casting change. "(Zemeckis) showed me the first five weeks of shooting that he had put together," Spielberg said. " And