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	<title>RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More &#187; The Industry Insider</title>
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		<title>&#039;The Road&#039; Will Hit 31 Markets on November 25</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-road-will-hit-31-territories-on-november-25</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-road-will-hit-31-territories-on-november-25#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Industry Insider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Road]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


I am posting this only because there seems to be some misinformation running around as to how many markets John Hillcoat&#039;s The Road will be hitting on November 25 as it finally makes its long-awaited theatrical debut.

Recent rumors stated its wide release was whittled down to theaters in only New York and Los Angeles so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Townsend, Stevenson and Asano Set as &#039;Thor&#039;s Warriors Three</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/townsend-stevenson-and-asano-set-as-thors-warriors-three</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/townsend-stevenson-and-asano-set-as-thors-warriors-three#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Stevenson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuart Townsend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tadanobu Asano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before looking it up I had no idea what it meant to be members of the Warriors Three in Marvel&#039;s Thor and I wouldn&#039;t even report this casting announcement if this film didn&#039;t continue to stack its cast with names making it look like Paramount and director Kenneth Branagh are making a serious effort to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leona Lewis Will Sing &#039;Avatar&#039; Theme Song&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/leona-lewis-will-sing-avatar-theme-song</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/leona-lewis-will-sing-avatar-theme-song#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soundtrack News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21960</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[


So, Leona Lewis of &#034;Bleeding Love&#034; fame is going to be singing the title track for James Cameron&#039;s Avatar. The song will be titled &#034;I See You (Theme from Avatar)&#034; and will be available when the soundtrack hits stores on December 15, three days prior to the film&#039;s December 18 release. The song will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will &#039;Red&#039; be So Good Not Even Summit Can Mess It Up?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/will-red-be-so-good-not-even-summit-can-mess-it-up</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/will-red-be-so-good-not-even-summit-can-mess-it-up#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Cox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernest Borgnine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian McMahon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Dreyfuss]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#039;s be honest, without Twilight we probably wouldn&#039;t even be talking about Summit Entertainment any longer. They have, of course, been around much longer than most of us realize with films such as Memento, American Pie, Mr. &#038; Mrs. Smith, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvey Keitel is Now Part of the &#039;Focker&#039; Franchise</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/harvey-keitel-is-now-part-of-the-focker-franchise</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/harvey-keitel-is-now-part-of-the-focker-franchise#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harvey Keitel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Fockers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most annoying things about throwing yourself knee deep into movies a little later in life is all the catching up involved. It&#039;s endlessly frustrating to know I have seen all but one of Paul Weitz&#039;s films and still haven&#039;t seen everything from Spielberg or even Scorsese. What&#039;s even more frustrating is I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supposed Plot Details for Ridley Scott&#039;s &#039;Monopoly&#039; Movie Pass Go</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/supposed-plot-details-for-ridley-scotts-monopoly-movie-pass-go</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/supposed-plot-details-for-ridley-scotts-monopoly-movie-pass-go#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have been wondering just how Ridley Scott and Universal Pictures were going to turn the popular &#034;Monopoly&#034; board game into a feature film then join the club. Corpse Bride and 9 co-writer Pamela Pettler was brought aboard to pen the screenplay and some interesting details surfaced yesterday with regards to the plot, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Adaptation of Stephen King&#039;s &#039;Dark Tower&#039; for J.J. Abrams</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/no-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-dark-tower-for-j-j-abrams</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/no-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-dark-tower-for-j-j-abrams#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.J. Abrams]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A frequently commented article around the site is a post I wrote back in September 2008 when the idea of a seven film adaptation of Stephen King&#039;s &#034;Dark Tower&#034; series was floated. The total comments on the article have reached 180 and some of them are long, long, long as it is obvious there is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jones and Gyllenhaal Set To Decipher the &#039;Source Code&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/jones-and-gyllenhaal-set-to-decipher-the-source-code</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/jones-and-gyllenhaal-set-to-decipher-the-source-code#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duncan Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Gyllenhaal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Source Code]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The blogosphere is alive with excitement as their new found love interest in Moon director, Duncan Jones, is confirmed for a new film with Jake Gyllenhaal and Summit Entertainment is aboard to distribute. The film is Source Code and Screen Daily says Breach writer/director Billy Ray is polishing up Ben Ripley&#039;s original draft.

The film is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooper Eyes Sadistic Thriller Playing &#039;The Devil&#039;s Double&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/cooper-eyes-sadistic-thriller-playing-the-devils-double</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/cooper-eyes-sadistic-thriller-playing-the-devils-double#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominic Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee Tamahori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ludivine Sagnier]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If there&#039;s one thing I particularly dug about An Education it was Dominic Cooper&#039;s smug, suave and mildly compassionate character. I mildly remembered him from The Duchess, but beyond that his roles in The History Boys and even Mamma Mia! are lost on me. Perhaps they were small and forgettable or just plain forgettable, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Seven&#039; Duo Reunite for Supernatural &#039;Reincarnation&#039; Thriller</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/seven-duo-reunite-for-supernatural-reincarnation-thriller</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/seven-duo-reunite-for-supernatural-reincarnation-thriller#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Director Attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Fincher]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Hollywood Reporter reports David Fincher is now attached to direct the adaptation of Max Ehrlich&#039;s novel &#034;The Reincarnation of Peter Proud&#034; for Columbia Pictures with his Seven screenwriter, Andrew Kevin Walker, aboard to pen the screenplay.

The story centers on a college professor who begins having recurring dreams and nightmares and, realizing they are images [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#039;Man on Wire&#039; Helmer Has Found Some &#039;Vatican Tapes&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/man-on-wire-helmer-has-found-some-vatican-tapes</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/man-on-wire-helmer-has-found-some-vatican-tapes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Director Attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Marsh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[James Marsh directed the 2008 documentary Man On Wire, a film that still holds a 100% rating at RottenTomatoes, which is something of an anomaly considering the ability to get everyone to agree on a film is damn near impossible. Now, Marsh has chosen his next feature in which he will pull a complete 180, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aronofsky&#039;s &#039;Black Swan&#039; Fills Out with Cassel, Ryder and Hershey</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/aronofskys-black-swan-fills-out-with-cassel-ryder-and-hershey</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/aronofskys-black-swan-fills-out-with-cassel-ryder-and-hershey#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Hershey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vincent Cassel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winona Ryder]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21794</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder and Barbara Hershey


Slash Film is reporting Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder and Barbara Hershey will join Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis in Black Swan, the follow-up film for The Wrestler director, Darren Aronosfky.

The film centers on Nina, a talented ballerina (Portman) in the New York City Ballet who is tormented by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: So &#039;Avatar&#039; is Approaching a $500 Million Budget? Sorta, Probably&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/so-avatar-is-approaching-a-500-million-budget-sorta-probably</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/so-avatar-is-approaching-a-500-million-budget-sorta-probably#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Industry Insider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: As I briefly mention in my comments on Michael Cieply&#039;s &#034;New York Times&#034; piece concerning Avatar&#039;s budget, his numbers are a bit interesting to say the least. Dave Poland has taken an even closer look and while Cieply&#039;s math leaves a lot of holes in his analysis saying Avatar will be a $500 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timberlake, Aykroyd and Faris Set to Voice &#039;Yogi Bear&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/timberlake-aykroyd-and-faris-set-to-voice-yogi-bear</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/timberlake-aykroyd-and-faris-set-to-voice-yogi-bear#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Faris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Aykroyd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Timberlake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yogi Bear]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For some reason I get these crazy thoughts in my head that some of these needless movies will just get announced in the trades and will ultimately be forgotten. Sometimes that&#039;s the case and other times&#8230; well, not so much, and not so much is the case today as Entertainment Weekly reports the animated feature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;The Tourist&#039; Now Looks to Team Up Jolie and Depp</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-tourist-now-looks-to-team-up-jolie-and-depp</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-tourist-now-looks-to-team-up-jolie-and-depp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Depp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Worthington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tourist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, the production of The Tourist is quite the bumpy ride as recently announced director Florian von Donnersmarck and Tom Cruise replacement and Avatar star, Sam Worthington, have both left the production citing creative differences leaving Angelina Jolie all on her own&#8230; at least for a brief moment as Variety is now reporting Johnny Depp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cast for &#039;Let the Right One In&#039; Remake Fills Out</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/cast-for-let-the-right-one-in-remake-fills-out</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/cast-for-let-the-right-one-in-remake-fills-out#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cara Buono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elias Koteas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Let Me In]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sasha Barrese]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Overture and Hammer Films have officially announced the cast of Let Me In the English-language remake of Tomas Alfredson&#039;s 2008 Swedish-language hit Let the Right One In based on the best-selling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Directed by Cloverfield helmer Matt Reeves, the adaptation centers on Owen, an alienated 12-year-old boy played by Kodi Smit-McPhee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hopkins in &#039;Thor,&#039; &#039;Men in Black 3&#039; Moves Forward and Theron and Hardy in &#039;Mad Max 4&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hopkins-in-thor-men-in-black-3-moves-forward-and-theron-and-hardy-in-mad-max-4</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hopkins-in-thor-men-in-black-3-moves-forward-and-theron-and-hardy-in-mad-max-4#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Hopkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Sonnenfeld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlize Theron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fury Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Hardy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There were plenty of rumors and conversation regarding the casting of Mad Max 4, which is now confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter to be titled Fury Road, and they have all proven true as the trade announces Bronson star Tom Hardy will step into the role of Max Rockatansky, a hardened ex-cop in a future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Appears John Wooed Tom Cruise for a &#039;Flying&#039; Reunion</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/it-appears-john-wooed-tom-cruise-for-a-flying-reunion</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Attachments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Cruise]]></category>

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John Woo and Tom Cruise on the set of Mission: Impossible II
Photo: Paramount Pictures


Variety has posted an article discussing New Regency&#039;s upcoming development slate in which it includes a one-line item mentioning Flying Tigers, a film scripted by Valkyrie scribe Christopher McQuarrie with Tom Cruise attached to star. On top of that it mentions the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Paul Blart: Mall Cop&#039; Helmer Tackling &#039;Short Circuit&#039; Remake</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/paul-blart-mall-cop-helmer-tackling-short-circuit-remake</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/paul-blart-mall-cop-helmer-tackling-short-circuit-remake#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Director Attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Carr]]></category>

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Considering several, if not most, movie bloggers are all of the same generation I am assuming a lot are like me and grew up watching the 1986 sci-fi classic Short Circuit. However, while I enjoyed the film, I don&#039;t think I will be falling in line and getting all that upset about the remake Dimension [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Damon and Josh Brolin Join the Coen&#039;s &#039;True Grit&#039; Remake</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/matt-damon-and-josh-brolin-join-the-coens-true-grit-remake</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/matt-damon-and-josh-brolin-join-the-coens-true-grit-remake#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Brolin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[True Grit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Variety&#039;s Mike Fleming is reporting Joel and Ethan Coen are ready to roll on True Grit, the remake of the 1969 John Wayne classic and have brought on Matt Damon and Josh Brolin to star alongside Jeff Bridges who will step into The Duke&#039;s shoes and play U.S. marshal Rooster Cogburn.

Damon will play the lawman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Captain Kirk the Next Jack Ryan?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-captain-kirk-the-next-jack-ryan</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-captain-kirk-the-next-jack-ryan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In Negotiations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Pine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Variety&#039;s Mike Fleming is reporting Chris Pine, best known for playing James Kirk in 2009&#039;s Star Trek, has begun negotiations to play CIA analyst Jack Ryan in the reboot of the franchise based on the Tom Clancy novels.

In all likelihood this is already a done deal and numbers are just left to be sorted out, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanna Know How &#039;Paranormal Activity&#039; Originally Ended?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/wanna-know-how-paranormal-activity-originally-ended</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/wanna-know-how-paranormal-activity-originally-ended#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spoily Spoilers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paranormal Activity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It shouldn&#039;t take even a four-year-old to figure this out, but I will say it anyway&#8230; This article contains spoilers related to the ending of Paranormal Activity, if you have not yet seen the film and don&#039;t want to know anything about the ending then move along and wait until after you&#039;ve seen it. Otherwise, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moses Proclaims &#039;This! Is! Passover!&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/moses-proclaims-this-is-passover</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/moses-proclaims-this-is-passover#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Gigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[300]]></category>

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The story of Moses is about to get seriously ridiculous and not in a Mel Brooks, History of the World kind of way as depicted to the right. Instead, 20th Century Fox has made a preemptive acquisition of a pitch to tell the story of Moses in the green screen, graphic novel style of 2007&#039;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING: &#039;Nine&#039; Has Been Moved to December</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/breaking-nine-has-been-moved-to-december</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/breaking-nine-has-been-moved-to-december#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Release Date Roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Single Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just got word that The Weinstein Co. has officially moved Rob Marshall&#039;s musical Oscar contender Nine from its currently scheduled release date of November 29 to a limited release on December 18 in New York and Los Angeles and will then go wide on December 25.

The move only makes sense considering Weinstein/Dimension already had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Woo Wants to Remake &#039;Le Samourai&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/john-woo-wants-to-remake-le-samourai</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/john-woo-wants-to-remake-le-samourai#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming Up Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Woo]]></category>

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Movieline has posted a few snippets from their interview with Red Cliff director John Woo, whose new film is the first feature length film he has released since 2003&#039;s abysmal Paycheck. It&#039;s his return to Chinese language films, but as he tells Movieline&#039;s Kyle Buchanan, &#034;It doesn’t mean I have given up on Hollywood.&#034;

Nope, instead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: &#039;Spider-Man 4&#039; Scripter to Direct &#039;Venom&#039; Spin-off</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/spider-man-4-scripter-to-direct-venom-spin-off</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/spider-man-4-scripter-to-direct-venom-spin-off#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Director Attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Ross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Variety now reports that Venom, an arch enemy of the web-slinger in the Marvel Comics series, will be transformed into an anti-hero who becomes a defender of the innocent. I&#039;m not a comic book reader so I have no idea how they would go about doing this without Spider-Man, but they must have some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Predators&#039; Cast Begins With Adrien Brody and Topher Grace</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/predators-cast-begins-with-adrien-brody-and-topher-grace</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/predators-cast-begins-with-adrien-brody-and-topher-grace#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adrien Brody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Braga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danny Trejo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Predators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topher Grace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hollywood Reporter has opened the door to the casting for the Robert Rodriguez produced Predators, Fox&#039;s return to the Predator franchise that began with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1987 and recently disappointed everyone with two Alien vs. Predator films, most recently in 2007. The script for this latest version was penned by Rodriguez, Alex Litvak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Paranormal Activity&#039; Helmer Preps for Production on &#039;Area 51&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/paranormal-activity-helmer-preps-for-production-on-area-51</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/paranormal-activity-helmer-preps-for-production-on-area-51#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Area 51]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oren Peli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paranormal Activity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just as Paramount is hoping to get Oren Peli&#039;s already much talked about low budget supernatural thriller Paranormal Activity in theaters nationwide should it hit the 1 million demands mark over at Eventful.com a press release was sent out acknowledging Peli&#039;s next project Area 51, which is set to start production next week.

Area 51, like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin Smith Preps to &#039;Hit Somebody&#039; Next</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/kevin-smith-preps-to-hit-somebody-next</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/kevin-smith-preps-to-hit-somebody-next#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming Up Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Smith is always up for promoting his goods and with a new book out and post-production on A Couple of Dicks underway his latest discussion was with the folks at The Huffington Post. Peppered within scores of curse words and self-loathing Smith shared some details on his planned hockey-based feature Hit Somebody.

Hit Somebody is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney Names Rich Ross Its New Chairman</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/disney-names-rich-ross-its-new-chairman</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/disney-names-rich-ross-its-new-chairman#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Should you care about the big business side of things in Hollywood, Disney has named Rich Ross, President of Disney Channels Worldwide as the new Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios replacing the recently departed Dick Cook. Disney President and CEO Robert A. Iger made the announcement via a press release.

Ross will oversee worldwide production, [...]]]></description>
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