Video games don't have a sterling reputation when it comes to film adaptations, but that's not stopping mega-gamemaker Ubisoft from entering the cinematic fold. According to Gamespot, the company doesn't really want to crank out motion pictures, but it's a necessary evil. "We will start making movies not because we want to, but because this is what we have to do," Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said. "If we don't, we will not be able to take advantage of the next generation." Well, let's make the best of this! Here are four game titles that should see the big screen.
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And you thought Jeremy Renner was the only movie star with his toes in multiple franchises. Deadline reports that Chris Hemsworth has emerged as the front-runner to take the role of the huntsman in Snow White and The Huntsman. Whether he actually takes it, though, is up for grabs. After all, two major Hollywood stars have already passed on the role opposite Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron.
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No speedy puns necessary -- though feel free to make a vrooooom noise with your mouth at the end of this sentence. As it turns out Fast Five was an even bigger hit over the weekend that previously reported. The Universal film actually grossed $86.2 million during its opening salvo, up just under $3 million from estimates on Sunday. The Rock is having an awesome birthday. [Deadline]
As anyone who has seen The Office -- or The Hangover -- knows, Ed Helms has quite a decent voice. After all, you don't become a member of Here Comes Treble alongside a guy like Broccoli Rob if you can't carry a tune. (TV is not real life? That's unpossible.) With that in mind, which Billy Joel classic will Helms potentially lend his dulcet tones to during The Hangover Part II?
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Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige admitted over the weekend to having a little Transformers envy; when you're in the business of making blockbusters, you tend to check out the competition. But a day after being impressed by the epicness on display in the Transformers: Dark of the Moon trailer, his anxiety dissipated the moment he beheld Sam Jackson as Nick Fury in dailies from The Avengers. Said Feige: "I'm not worried anymore." Gauntlet thrown, Michael Bay!
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· While every breath that Christopher Nolan takes is dissected as some sort of new insight on The Dark Knight Rises, precious little information has spilled out about Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man. Weird, right? It's coming out next summer, too, everyone. Leave Nolan and Co. alone and tear apart the secrets of Spidey! Start with these set pictures of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, complete with skateboard. How nerd-chic. Click ahead for a look, and stick around for Buzz Break.
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And you thought President Obama had a tough job last night announcing Osama bin Laden's death to the world. Just imagine being Corey Feldman, whose new film Operation Belvis Bash completed a three-day tour of Texas whose end coincided with news of the infamous terrorist's demise. Which is strange, since apparently that's what the movie is about. This calls for a press release!
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That didn't take long. Less than a week after Rob Kazinsky dropped out of the The Hobbit for personal reasons, Peter Jackson announced on Facebook that Dean O'Gorman has been cast as Fili. Additonally, Lee Pace will play Elven King Thranduil. "He's going to be great," Jackson wrote of Pace. "We loved his performance in a movie called The Fall a few years ago, and have been hoping to work with him since." [Facebook]
Stars; they're just like us! They even take to Twitter during a national moment of significance to comment on major breaking news. Like the death of Osama bin Laden, which began circulating on the social networking site before being officially announced by Barack Obama on Sunday night. What were your favorite stars saying about this momentous occasion? Click ahead for a smattering of celebrity insight.
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What economic crisis? Two years ago, a 10-year-old Jaden Smith was cast in the Hollywood remake of The Karate Kid, which his parents Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were producing. For whatever reason, the financial details of Jaden's contract are just now surfacing, and it makes for some allowance.
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Forget the brawny gods of Asgard; as Darcy, the sardonic college intern to Natalie Portman's frazzled-but-gorgeous astrophysicist in Thor, Kat Dennings has the weight of the film resting on her shoulders. Her snappy one-liners bring the comic book adventure down to Earth, grounding the high-flying tale of a super-powered cosmic prince (Chris Hemsworth) with a real world skepticism that reflects that of the audience.
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Only, uh, six and a half months to go before The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 makes landfall on the tranquil shores of fall movie season, but it's never too early to get your squeeee on with a few photos from the set. And if you thought director Bill Condon was going to class up this joint, you were right! Sort of. After all, Edward and Bella are obviously only in the waterfall above to wash off all that butter.
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Stay classy, San Diego. Indefinitely. At a press conference promoting Everything Must Go, Will Ferrell told gathered journalists that the already nixed sequel to Anchorman was still nixed. "Anchorman 2, you really have to assert some sort of email hate campaign to Paramount Pictures," said Ferrell. "They've told us, 'We've run the numbers and it's not a good fit.'" You don't say? [CinemaBlend]
After rocketing to a record-setting $83.6 million opening weekend, Fast Five has suddenly become the central jewel in Universal's unexpected crown franchise. (Apologies to MacGruber.) And while we clearly have other matters in the news to keep us occupied today, find here your refuge for the conversation you know you really want to have: What do you make of the Fast Five phenomenon?
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Also in this Monday edition of The Broadsheet: Vanessa Hudgens takes Shelter... Rock of Ages casts another star... Robert Zemeckis may go back in time... and more ahead.
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