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It's really a shame that Neil is out of town and won't be able to write up this particular news story since he has a major, major crush on Amy Adams. Fortunately, after seeing her in tight tan pants in Night at the Museum 2, I can go ahead and carry that torch for the Fsr family. According to /film, the actress is in the final stages of talks to star alongside Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter - David O. Russell's (director of Three Kings and I <3 Huckabees) picture looking at the life of boxer Micky Ward. Just last week, Christian Bale described the film as: A true story of two incredibly gifted boxers who were half-brothers. The one, Dicky Eklund, who fought Sugar Ray Leonard at a very young age, when he was twenty one, was an incredible natural talent. He lived a very hard life. Then
Dr. Cole Abaius

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Hey unusually loyal readers! While Neil was off in upper Saskatchewan this weekend, and I was trying to clean up the mess I made in the office on Friday (who knew that a kiddie pool full of Margarita mix would be a bad thing?), our dear, dear, dear friend Alex Billington from Firstshowing.net was at the Produced By Conference where Marvel Studios gave a giant update about their comic properties - Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, and Antman. Through the magic of the internet, and a little help from some old margarita I licked off the rug that ties the office together, I've condensed the information down into the important stuff. Spoilers are afoot. Iron Man 2 The production is focused on delivering the same sense of humor and tone from the last film while expanding the character-base. The President of Production is supportive of Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell in their roles (because, you
Cole Abaius

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An Update on Marvel Studios' upcoming superhero films has been given by president of production Kevin Feige at a conference in Culver City, California.
Feige told the conference that the failure of the Warner Bros film Batman and Robin in 1997 was seen as a turning point for comic book movie adaptations and led to them being treated more seriously.
He then gave updates on Marvel's scheduled film slate up to 2012, which consists so far of Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers.
Feige also told us the latest on the proposed Ant-Man movie and then mentioned a surprise superhero film project.
Read on for all the details...
The key points in Feige's presentation were:
Iron Man 2 (May 7, 2010): The studio looked at successful sequels and decided they worked well because "they told a relativity simple story so they could focus on the characters and crack open the mythology instead.
David Bentley

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