Justin Bartha Endured 'Humiliating' Waxing For 'CBGB' Role

May 16th, 2013 7:23pm EDT
Justin Bartha
For the new movie CBGB, actor Justin Bartha underwent extensive waxing to play punk icon Stiv Bators. The Hangover star realized he would have to get rid of his body hair as he researched his role as The Dead Boys frontman, and went all out to look smooth.

Bartha explains, "They took the Jew right out of me... I got it all waxed, baby! Stiv used to do some drugs and drive down the highway and they (bandmates) used to moon people while they were driving... He also gets oral sex onstage (in the movie).

"Normally, I have some hair on my body and I knew I would have to lose some weight (to ...
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'300: Rise Of An Empire' Delayed Until 2014

May 10th, 2013 7:14pm EDT
300
The release of the highly-anticipated 300 sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire has been pushed back until 2014.

The follow-up to Gerard Butler's Greco-Persian war movie was set to hit cinemas in August, but chiefs at Warner Bros. studios have decided to delay the release by seven months.

Now, the Noam Murro directed film will be shown next spring, at the same time of year as the release of the original, which proved a surprise hit for the company.

The president of Warners' domestic distribution Dan Fellman explains the decision, saying, "Moving 300: Rise of an Empire to March 7 continues in...
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First Look: Disney's First Animated Marvel Comics Film 'Big Hero 6'

May 10th, 2013 2:21pm EDT
Big Hero 6
Disney is drumming up some early buzz for next fall's CG-animated Big Hero 6, the movie studio's first animated film based on the Marvel Comics universe.

Walt Disney Animation Studios released a 34-second concept video, featuring a trolley car heading down a steep hill in the high-tech supercity of San Fransokyo on Wednesday, giving fans of the series their first glimpse at the film.

The film is set to center on a 13-year-old robotics prodigy named Hiro Hamada (Hiro Takachiho in the comics), who finds himself joining a team of government sanctioned super heroes on a mission to thwart a cr...
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Brian Grazer Producing Biopic About Legendary Soccer Star Pele

May 10th, 2013 1:48pm EDT
Brian Grazer
Hollywood producer Brian Grazer is set to bring the life of legendary Brazilian soccer star Pele to the big screen in a new film about the life of the sport's most iconic player.

Grazer's Imagine Entertainment Company will produce the coming-of-age film, which "will trace Pelé’s childhood until he won his first World Cup in Sweden at the age of 17," according to the New York Post's Page Six.

The A Beautiful Mind producer will be accompanied by the New York Cosmos soccer legend, 72, to this year's Cannes Film Festival later this month to promote the film, which is planned for a 2014 releas...
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Megan Fox Works Out In Yoga Pants On 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Set

May 7th, 2013 6:07pm EDT
Megan Fox in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Photographers have captured the first look at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' ally April O'Neil, played by Megan Fox, from the set of the film.

In the photos, Fox is clad in yoga pants and tight pink top, apparently doing some soft news for Channel 6. She also has thick makeup (we're not sure if this is on purpose), red-tinged hair, and some ankle weights.

As photographers captured the scene, Fox jumped on a trampoline and started doing jumping jacks. Either this is just a scene to deliver eye candy, or some insight into why April O'Neil is getting fed up with her news reporting gig.

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Tom Cruise Signs On For A Fifth 'Mission: Impossible'

May 7th, 2013 10:03am EDT
Tom Cruise Mission Impossible
Tom Cruise will be reprising his role as secret agent Ethan Hunt in a fifth installment of "Mission: Impossible."The actor, 50, will star in and produce the film.

According to Deadline.com, Cruise is expected to reteam with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie, who directed him in 2012's "Jack Reacher" and wrote the screenplay for his Nazi drama "Valkyrie."

The last installment, 2011's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," made more than $600 million internationally.

Even back then Cruise was open to making additional films in the franchise. He said at the time: "I'll make as many as people...
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Steven Spielberg To Take On Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's Story In Bradley Cooper's 'American Sniper'

May 3rd, 2013 1:46pm EDT
American Sniper
Steven Spielberg has signed on to direct Bradley Cooper's adaptation of late Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's "American Sniper: The Autobiography Of The Most Lethal Sniper In U.S. Military History."

The Lincoln director turned down a Biblical epic about Moses and pushed back his own Robopocalypse before settling on the project, the rights to which were acquired by actor Cooper -- who is set to produce and star in the film -- over a year ago.

Spielberg will also co-produce.

The biopic will tell the story of how Kyle, dubbed "The Devil of Ramadi" by Iraqis during the Iraq War, became the most prolif...
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Bradley Cooper Quits 'Jane Got A Gun'

May 2nd, 2013 12:55pm EDT
Bradley Cooper
Western film "Jane Got A Gun" is facing another delay: Bradley Cooper has left the production, leaving producers to find a leading actor - again.

The project last made news when Michael Fassbender left the production so he could film X-Men: Days of Future Past instead. Soon after, director Lynne Ramsay was canned when she failed to show up to work.

Jude Law was given the lead role, but he left soon after Ramsay did. Gavin O'Connor is currently holding onto the director's chair after being hired for the gig. Natalie Portman has been attached to the production from the beginning.

Cooper wa...
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'World War Z' Producers Open Up About Filming 'Nightmare'

May 1st, 2013 7:26pm EDT
World War Z
The producers behind Brad Pitt's upcoming post-apocalyptic horror film World War Z have opened up about the "insane" production problems which plagued the project, branding the shoot a "nightmare".

The zombie movie was initially due for release last year but was bumped to this summer amid rumors of issues with the script. Executives behind the film have now revealed the full extent of the problems, confirming reports Lost writer Damon Lindelof was drafted in to help salvage the project.

The movie's ending was completely changed and led to weeks of re-shoots, while the $125 million budge...
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Jon Hamm Joins 'Despicable Me' Spin-Off 'Minions'

May 1st, 2013 2:14pm EDT
Jon Hamm
Anyone with an operable pair of eyes knows that Jon Hamm is one hunky hunk-o-man meat, but does the Mad Men star still drive the ladies wild when that dapper mug of his isn't in the frame?

We'll find out soon enough!

Hamm has now signed on to star, as it were, opposite Sandra Bullock in Illumination Entertainment's Minions, a follow-up to the wildly successful animated flick Despicable Me which puts focus on those hilarious little scuttle bugs.

The Minion-centric spin-off prequel will journey back in time to a point when the energetic little monsters served another super horrible and w...
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