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‘Choose Your Own Adventure’
Could Make Its Way to Theaters

Fox is finalizing a deal to bring the classic “Choose Your Own Adventure” books to the big screen, with plans for an action-adventure tentpole.

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Are Muppets Broadway-Bound?  

Are Muppets Broadway-Bound?

Disney Theatrical Productions tested 15 minutes of live stage material featuring the Muppets to see how the concept might look as a theatrical show.

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<i>300: Rise of an Empire</i> Gets <br />Wet and Bloody New Poster  

300: Rise of an Empire Gets
Wet and Bloody New Poster

Sullivan Stapleton stands alone against the bloody waves in the new poster for director Noam Murro’s 300: Rise of an Empire, which opens March 7, 2014.

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Vin Diesel Bows to No Man
in New Banner For Riddick

Vin Diesel’s sci-fi action star says “I bow to no one” on a new banner for David Twohy’s Riddick, which also stars Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff and Dave Bautista.

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Dumb and Dumber Sequel Dumped

As Warner Bros. decides to pass on the sequel to Dumb and Dumber, star Jim Carrey is joined by Owen Wilson in Jared Hess’ next comedy Loomis Fargo.

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The Purge 2 Goes Into Development

Following a $34.1 million opening weekend for The Purge, Universal Pictures and producer Jason Blum have announced they’ve already moved a sequel into development.

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Abrams Expects to Start Shooting <br /><i>Star Wars VII</i> in Early 2014  

Abrams Expects to Start Shooting
Star Wars VII in Early 2014

J.J. Abrams confirmed that Star Wars: Episode VII is scheduled to start production in London early next year while also noting the importance of “honoring, but not revering what came before.”

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Vince Vaughn & Peter Billingsley
Adapting Image’s Term Life

The Couples Retreat team of star Vince Vaughn and director/producer Peter Billingsley have teamed up to adapt A.J. Lieberman and Nick Thornborrow’s Image Comics graphic novel Term Life.

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Bilbo Surveys the Lonely Mountain <br />in <i>The Desolation of Smaug</i> Poster  

Bilbo Surveys the Lonely Mountain
in The Desolation of Smaug Poster

Martin Freeman’s Bilbo looks upon the doors to the Kingdom Under the Mountain, home of the dragon, in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

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HBO Ending <i>Eastbound & Down</i>, McBride Joining FXX’s <i>Chozen</i>  

HBO Ending Eastbound & Down, McBride Joining FXX’s Chozen

Danny McBride’s HBO series Eastbound & Down is set to end after the fourth season, which kicks off even as his new animated series Chozen debuts on FXX.

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Star Wars Producer Rick McCallum Signs on For Sci-Fi Project R’Ha

Longtime Lucasfilm producer Rick McCallum has signed on to produce R’Ha, a feature-length film directed by Kaleb Lechowski.

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Beast Rumbles With Magneto on <br />Set of <i>X-Men: Days of Future Past</i>  

Beast Rumbles With Magneto on
Set of X-Men: Days of Future Past

Nicholas Hoult — in full Beast make-up — throws down with Michael Fassbender in a fountain in new set photos from Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past.

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