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First Official Photos: The Losers Warner Bros has released the first official photos fromSylvain White’s big screen adaptation of the Vertigo label comic bookThe Losers, thanks toOmelete. Originally published as a war comic feature set during World War II, The Losers was later re-imagined set against the events surrounding the war on terror. The Vertigo imprint version ran for 32 issues from 2003 to 2006.The Loserstells the story of a former Special Forces team who were betrayed by their handler Max, and left for dead following the conclusion of their operation....

Kevin James Joins Vince Vaughn In Ron Howard Film BeforePaul Blart: Mall Cop,Kevin Jameswas just another comedian who had done well on TV before leaping into some mildly successful films. AfterPaul Blart, which had an exaggerated ratio between financial success and critical disdain, James suddenly became, to some people, the worst thing in movies. Can’t say why, since I haven’t seenMall Cop(I choseObserve and Reportinstead) but I wonder if working withVince VaughninRon Howard’s new film will change anything....

Key & Peele’s ‘Keanu’ Trailer Is Even Better With More Cats In Place Of People The trailer forKeanuwas already entertaining on its own. Not only does the presence ofKeegan-Michael KeyandJordan Peelemake it a must-see comedy, but the title character is one of the cutest kittens that the big screen has ever seen. In fact, one of the biggest problems thatKeanumay end up having is that we just don’t get enough of the little feline in the film’s running time....

Law & Order Fans Rejoice! The Beloved Series Is Coming Back For Another Season Before the MCU took over the big screen, before “Game of Thrones” or “Stranger Things” redefined water cooler shows, there were … crime procedurals. It’s hard to overstate just how weirdly comforting it was for channel-surfers (remember when that was a thing?) to have seemingly endless episodes of “JAG” or “Law & Order” to resort to on late nights when there was nothing else on television....

Listen To Some Of Howard Shore And Metric’s Score For ‘Cosmopolis’ One of the pleasures of any newDavid Cronenbergfilm is the new work fromHoward Shorethat traditionally accompanies it. Cronenberg and Shore have worked together on almost every one of the director’s features sinceThe Broodin 1979. (Michael Kamen did the score forThe Dead Zonein 1983.) And while not every Cronenberg/Shore collaboration has been gold, they have produced some excellent work together. The scores forThe FlyandVideodromeare memorable and effective; Shore used Ornette Colman to great effect forNaked Lunch....

Magnet Buys Bobcat Goldthwait’s ‘God Bless America’ The latest buy out of TIFF is a good one:Bobcat Goldthwait’s new black comedyGod Bless Americahas been bought by Magnet for release in 2012. This is the same company that got behind Goldthwait’s last film,World’s Greatest Dad. So onceGod Bless Americagot a great reception at TIFF it was, if not a given, then certainly a pretty good bet that the company would get behind this new film, too....

Marvin The Martian Movie Handed To Alex Zamm, Mike Myers To Provide Voice? I was a little surprised when a solo movie vehicle for interplanetary Looney Tune zealotMarvin the Martianwas announced but that was some time ago and since then, I assumed it was dying a slow death out in the cold. Not so, apparently andAlex Zamm, director of the upcomingBevery Hills Chihuahua 2and previously attached to aHong Kong Phooeyadaptation, has been tapped to take on directing duties....

Meet The ‘Knives Out’ Characters In New Videos Knives Outis one of the year’s most entertaining movies, and it has one of the year’s best casts to boot.Rian Johnson’s whodunnit hasDaniel Craig,Chris Evans,Ana de Armas,Jamie Lee Curtis,Michael Shannon,Don Johnson,Toni Collette,Lakeith Stanfield,Katherine Langford,Jaeden Martell, andChristopher Plummerall turning in memorable performances as an eclectic cast of characters, many of whom are suspects in a possible murder. To better help acquaint you with this line-up, new videos introducing you to theKnives Outcharacters have arrived....

Michael Douglas Is Hank Pym In ‘Ant-Man’ Word has just hit thatMichael Douglas, fresh from his Golden Globe win forBehind the Candelabra, will be inEdgar Wright’sAnt-Man. He’ll be the first Ant-Man, Henry “Hank” Pym. That pegs Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, who becomes Ant-Man after stealing Pym’s tech.Marvelconfirms those details. (Variety, in a story that has since been changed, said Douglas is the villain in the film, without naming his character....

Mini-Review: Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack Right from the chase scene near the beginning ofSlumdog Millionaire, I knew that this was a movie whose soundtrack I was going to have to own. The music actually gotbetteras the film went along, from the love theme all the way to the final triumphant Bollywood dance number. The soundtrack forSlumdog Millionairewas finally releasedon iTunes yesterday, but the CD won’t be out until December 23rd. You canclick hereto buy it from iTunes but I chose not to exercise this option for two reasons: 1) The quality of songs from iTunes isn’t up to par with that of a CD, and 2) The songs are still locked down by restrictive DRM....

Munich And The Dark Knight Actors Join ‘Blade Runner 2’ David DastmalchianandHiam Abbasshave joined the cast of the yet-to-be-titled Blade Runner sequel. They join a cast which already includesRyan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri, Mackenzie Davis, Barkhad AbdiandDave Bautista. Find out more details after the jump. Dastmalchian played one of the Joker’s thug’s inThe Dark Knight, Kurt in Marvel’sAnt-Man(pictured left in the photo above) and Bob Taylor inPrisoners....

New ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Images Reveal Some Whedon Alumni Joss Whedon’sAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.— Marvel’s first big foray into television since the success of the studio’s big-screen efforts — premieres on Tuesday, September 24th at 8:00pm EST on ABC withClark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, andElizabeth Henstridge. If you don’t want to wait almost two months to get a new look at the first episode, we’ve got a bunch of official images below....

Noah Baumbach’s Next Movie Stars Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman And Emma Thompson You’ve got to hand it toNoah Baumbach– it takes a lot a guile to assemble a cast of movie stars for a small indie drama and then start filming without telling anyone, which is the case for his new movie, a seemingly untitled project that is undergoing production in New York City right now. This is par for the course for Baumbach, who has spent the past few years working quickly and quietly, seemingly only pausing to attend the film festivals where his work screens....