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Mad Men star Jon Hamm has become attached to play a sports agent in Million Dollar Arm , the drama based on the true story of how sports agent J.B. Bernstein discovered professional pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel through a reality show he staged in India with cricket players. Mayhem Pictures’ Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray are producing with Joe Roth and Palak Patel of Roth Films. Thomas McCarthy wrote the script and the plan is to shoot in the fall. Bernstein repped top talent, but was burnt out and disillusioned until he watched the cricket game on late night TV and noticed how similar the game’s throwing motion was to that of baseball pitchers. He headed to India and wound up hatching the reality show Million Dollar Arm and auditioning 40,000 hopefuls. He brought back the two 19-year old finalists to the U.S., but it wasn’t as simple as signing with a ball club and heading to the minor leagues. Neither player had ever ventured beyond their rural village and Bernstein ha

It’s been 13 years since Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger dallied with a Shakespearian update in high school comedy 10 Things I Hate About You , but now original director Gil Junger has decided that it’s finally time for a sequel. And he’s recruited Captain America’s Hayley Atwell to star. Junger has also written the script for the new movie, which will advance the situation – though presumably with different characters – into the present day. And the story had a slightly dark genesis, as it was birthed after he read the story of a man who had committed suicide by plunging from a scenic overlook. "It is the story of two relatable, ordinary people with normal jobs and normal desires whose seemingly great lives have become unmanageable," Junger tells Variety. "Two people who go to the same place at the same time to end it. Their chance meeting is so awkward, so raw, and so funny, they postpone their intentions and go their separate ways." There is one other r

Last week, the team over at Twitch heard that Luke Evans was pondering taking a role in Fast Six , but that he hadn’t started making a deal. Well, things move quickly in the universe of Dominic Toretto and company and now Variety reports that he’s in negotiations to play the big bad. While the details are still being kept mostly secret, the current information points to Dom ( Vin Diesel ) Brian O’Connor ( Paul Walker ) Mia ( Jordana Brewster ) and the rest of the high-octane team heading out once more to pull off a daring heist. So far, so standard for the Fast franchise. But this time, it appears they’ll have some competition from another team of thieves, with Evans in command. Plus, they’ll all have to deal with attention from Dwayne Johnson’s dogged lawman Luke Hobbs, who is still in pursuit, bringing along Gina Carano. Jason Statham was originally offered the villain role, but now Evans is the man in the frame for director Justin Lin. He’ll head to the Fast set almost imm

With Magical Extras and Special Features, Enjoy the Classic Tale Retold on Blu-ray and DVD June 26 Directed by visionary filmmaker Tarsem Singh (Immortals), MIRROR MIRROR is a visually-spectacular, fresh and funny retelling of the classic Snow White legend. This family comedy features a star-studded cast including Academy Award®-winner Julia Roberts as the evil Queen, breakout star Lily Collins (The Blind Side) as Snow White, Armie Hammer (The Social Network) as the Prince, and Golden Globe® nominee Nathan Lane as the hapless bungling servant to the Queen. The film also stars Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) as the King and Mare Winningham (Brothers) as Baker Margaret and showcases the stunning costumes from Academy Award®-winning designer Eiko Ishioka (Dracula). MIRROR MIRROR MOVIE REVIEW- The Blu-ray includes sparkling extras including a behind-the-scenes featurette, a toe-tapping dance-along to the reworked Nina Hart song “I Believe in Love” performed by the film’s Coll

We have the trailer for CRAZY EYES , starring Lukas Haas and Madeline Zima !! Watch the HD verison over on Apple . CRAZY EYES opens in theaters July 6, 2012. With too much money and time on his hands, Zach ( Lukas Haas ) looks like he's living the dream. There's a steady stream of beautiful women and the party never ends. He meets a girl he calls "Crazy Eyes" ( Madeline Zima ), and she's unlike anyone he's ever met before. She's the one woman Zach can't have, so naturally he wants her. While Zach's hard-partying lifestyle threatens to go off the rails, family concerns begin to play a major role in Zach's life. Will the quest for love and the responsibilities of family life help this poor little rich boy become a man? Please Leave A Comment-

IFC Midnight Presents  THE TORTURED  Directed by Rob Lieberman (Table for Five, Fire In the Sky) Starring Erika Christensen and Jesse Metcalfe . Available Nationwide on IFC Midnight Cable VOD and Digital Outlets ( SundanceNOW, iTunes, Amazon Streaming, XBOX Zune, Playstation Unlimited ) on Friday, May 11, 2012 In Theaters June 15, 2012 Craig ( Metcalfe ) and Elise ( Christensen ) had all the ingredients for an ideal life: a great marriage, a wonderful five-year-old son, a charming home and a bright future. Then, on one sunny day, their perfect world is irrevocably shattered . Leaving their five year old son, Ben, alone for only a moment, Craig is horrified to see him being abducted from their own front yard. Sadly, the desperate police search for the kidnapper proves to be in vain when the child is found dead. Craig is wracked with guilt and Elise cannot forgive him. Their relationship crumbles under the strain and Elise moves out – leaving each of them alone in their p

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING stars Cameron Diaz, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Banks, Brooklyn Decker, Chace Crawford, and Rodrigo Santoro attended the mother of all film screenings in New York last night. It was a star-studded event that delivered! Be sure to catch the hilarious and heartwarming comedy WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING when it arrives in theaters everywhere May 18th! Inspired by the perennial New York Times bestseller of the same name, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING is a hilarious and heartfelt big-screen comedy about five couples whose intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood. Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules and dance show star Evan find that their high-octane celebrity lives don’t stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy’

We have the first trailer for The Gangster Squad , the film was directed by Ruben Fleischer ,and written by Will Beall. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert Patrick, Frank Grillo, Michael Peña, Nick Nolte, Michael Papajohn and Josh Brolin . The film is set to be released on October 19, 2012 Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and–if he has his way–every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop…except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart. “Gangster Squad” is