Henry Cavill - Batman Vs Superman delayed until 2016

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by Bang Showbiz | 20 January 2014

'Batman Vs Superman' has been delayed until 2016. The release date for the superhero blockbuster, which will see Henry Cavill reprise his role as Superman alongside Ben Affleck as Batman, has been pushed back by 10 months to allow filmmakers time to work on the ''nature of the story''.

A Warner Bros. spokesman told Total Film: ''We know that there is already great anticipation building for the next superhero film from Zack Snyder, and we are equally eager to see what he has in store for Superman and Batman as they share the big screen for the first time ever.'' The untitled 'Man of Steel' sequel, which is being directed by Zack Snyder, was originally slated for a summer 2015 release, but the date now stands at May 6, 2016.

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Batman Backlash: Fans Blast Bosses As Ben Affleck Is Confirmed To Replace Christian Bale As Dark Knight

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BY BECCA LONGMIRE ON AUGUST 23, 2013

Batman fans across the globe have been left angered today as Ben Affleck was confirmed to play the lead role in the 2015 sequel, taking over Christian Bale in the popular flick and sending the Twittersphere into chaos.

The actor whose film Argo has received critical acclaim, will star alongside Henry Cavill who will resume the role of Superman in the sequel which will see both of the iconic superheros in the same film.

Director Zack Snyder also added: "I can't wait to work with him."

 However, it seems like Batman fans don't share the same view as the director (to put it politely!) with them taking to Twitter to voice their strong opinions on the whole thing and even calling for a "petition" to stop Affleck playing the upcoming role.

One Twitter user tweeted: "Ben Affleck as Batman? With that retarded look of his? Wow Hollywood, you idiots." (sic)

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Henry Cavill and Nina Dobrev present Critics Choice awards

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What time are the Oscars? Where to watch pre-shows, post-shows and The Show (LA TIMES)

Compiled by Ed Stockly
February 24, 2013, 9:00 a.m.

The 85th Academy Awards take place Sunday night beginning at 5 p.m. Pacific, but you can make a full day of Oscars TV viewing.

Oscar coverage begins Sunday morning and builds up to red carpet arrivals, interviews and more. The ceremony itself airs live at 5:30 p.m. Pacific on ABC.

You also can join us on latimes.com for live coverage of the red carpet and ceremony, including video commentary during commercial breaks from film critic Kenneth Turan and writer Robin Abcarian. While the show airs, latimes.com will have live updates on all the winners. Follow along from your computer, tablet or mobile phone.

Hosted by Seth MacFarlane, the show promises to be full of jokes, songs and musical production numbers. "Argo," Ben Affleck's drama set amid the Iranian hostage crisis, is considered the favorite to win best picture, but who knows? "Lincoln," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Django Unchained," "Les Miserables,""Life of Pi," "Amour" and "Zero Dark Thirty" are all in the running as well.

READ MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT EVENTS: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/tv/la-et-st-oscars-2013-tv-20130222,0,434420.story

Gerard Butler: 'Argo' will take the Oscar Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY

HOLLYWOOD -- Gerard Butler's officially in Argo's corner.

"Ben Affleck is turning out to really be one of the forefront directors of our time," said a tux-clad Butler at the Sunset Tower Hotel Thursday night before he picked up hosting duties at the Hollywood Domino & Bovet 1822 Pre-Oscar Gala & Tournament. "His movies are so watchable and so sophisticated and classy. I loved Argo. I also really enjoyed Silver Linings Playbook." But, "I think Argo will take the Oscar," he predicted.

Butler joined Paul Haggis, Donna Karan and Madeleine Stowe in hosting the pre-Oscars charity event, which featured a live auction and Hollywood-infused dominos tournament. The evening raised over a half million dollars for Artists for Peace and Justice, a non-profit organization that addresses issues of poverty around the world, particularly in Haiti.

Butler's personal favorite film this season? The low-budget wonder Beasts of the Southern Wild. "The movie that I found the most charming and original was Beasts of the Southern Wild," said the upcoming Olympus Has Fallen star. "It's hard to say what movie deserves an Oscar. You watch a movie like that and you look at the imagination and the artistry that went into it, and the performances by people who had never acted before that wipe the floor with myself and many other actors in this town. How can you have a winner in those circumstances?"

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Benedict Cumberbatch is definitely not Khan in 'Star Trek Into Darkness': Alice Eve (EXAMINER)

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS FEBRUARY 11, 2013BY: MICHAEL SANTO

Despite rumors to the contrary, Benedict Cumberbatch's new "Star Trek" villain will not be Khan. That was made quite clear by "Star Trek Into Darkness" actress Alice Eve, as she walked the red carpet for the BAFTAs on Sunday (video embedded).

Succinctly, she said "He's not playing Khan."

Rumors have flown about the identity of Cumberbatch's new villain. There has been little clarity to this point. At the time of this writing, IMDB still lists his character as "Khan (rumored)."

Although it's been revealed that Cumberbatch would be playing John Harrison, it has thought that the name might be a cover. Still, earlier, Simon Pegg (Scotty) said the villain would not be Khan.

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BAFTA 2013 Highlights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPpokehgph4

2013 BAFTA's on BBC America, Sunday February 10, 8/7C (BBC AMERICA)

2013 BAFTA Award Nominees

BEST FILM
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Anna Karenina
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Seven Psychopaths
Skyfall

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
The Imposter
McCullin
Wild Bill
The Muppets
I Am Nasrine

DIRECTOR
Michael Haneke (Amour)
Ben Affleck (Argo)
Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

DOCUMENTARY
The Imposter
Marley
McCullin
Searching For Sugar Man
West of Memphis

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Michael Haneke (Amour)
Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)
Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Chris Terrio (Argo)
Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
David Magee (Life of Pi)
Tony Kushner (Lincoln)
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Amour
Headhunters
The Hunt
Rust and Bone
Untouchable

ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman

LEADING ACTOR
Ben Affleck (Argo)
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

LEADING ACTRESS
Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)
Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin (Argo)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Javier Bardem (Skyfall)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams (The Master)
Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Judi Dench (Skyfall)
Sally Field (Lincoln)

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Dario Marianelli (Anna Karenina)
Alexandre Desplat (Argo)
Mychael Danna (Life of Pi)
John Williams (Lincoln)
Thomas Newman (Skyfall)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anna Karenina
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

EDITING
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina
Great Expectations
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Snow White and the Huntsman

SOUND
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Skyfall

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel Avengers Assemble
Prometheus

MAKE UP & HAIR
Anna Karenina
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Lincoln

SHORT ANIMATION
Here To Fall
I’m Fine Thanks
The Making of Longbird

SHORT FILM
The Curse
Good Night
Swimmer
Tumult
The Voorman Problem


READ MORE: http://www.bbcamerica.com/bafta-awards/2013-bafta-award-nominees/

Jude Law: SAG Awards 2013 with Jack Huston (JUST JARED)

Jude Law makes his way on stage to present an award at the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Exposition Center on Sunday (January 27) in Los Angeles.

The 40-year-old actor announced Argo as the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture winner for the evening! Congrats, Argo cast!

READ MORE: http://www.justjared.com/2013/01/27/jude-law-sag-awards-2013-with-jack-huston/

Ben Affleck & Benedict Cumberbatch - BAFTA Tea Party 2013 (JUST JARED)

Ben Affleck and Benedict Cumberbatch arrive at the 2013 BAFTA Tea Party held at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on Saturday (January 12) in Los Angeles.

The actors were joined by many of their peers including Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, and Bradley Cooper.

Thanks again to Tee Poulson of Scoop It! for the connection.


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BAFTA NOMINATIONS - 2013 AWARDS CEREMON ON FEBRUARY 10, 2013, LONDON'S ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suY9gPgsK8o

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Liam Neeson: Thriller "Taken 2" earns second box office win (REUTERS)

Actor Liam Neeson poses before a news conference to promote his movie, '

'Taken 2'' in Seoul September 17, 2012.

Credit: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

By Lisa Richwine
LOS ANGELES | Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:06pm EDT

(Reuters) - Liam Neeson thriller "Taken 2" won a battle between two hostage movies over the weekend, holding on to its top box office rankings for a second week with $22.5 million from ticket sales at U.S. and Canadian theaters.

Ben Affleck's highly praised Iran hostage thriller "Argo" was as close second, earning $20.1 million from Friday through Sunday. Low-budget horror movie "Sinister" came in third with $18.3 million, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters.

Action sequel "Taken 2" stars Neeson as a former CIA agent who is captured while on vacation in Istanbul. The movie has pulled in $86.8 million at North American (U.S. and Canadian) theaters since its debut a week ago, plus $132.8 million from international markets.

"We continue to play broadly across all demographics and it is a testament to the strength of Liam's character and the property," said Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution at 20th Century Fox, which released the film.

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Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington, and Matthew McConaughey to Star in Epic 3D Film About Capture of Baghdad Casting Couch By Kate Erbland on May 15, 2012 |

True-life American military tales are gunning for a real resurgence lately – what with Ben Affleck’s Argo, Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, and the Robert Pattinson-starring Mission: Blacklist – and it looks like that means we’re not safe from a 3D take on such projects. A morning press release out of the Cannes Film Festival (oh, and heads up, get ready for a metric ton of these in the coming days) reveals that Freedom Films and Paradox Entertainment have made a deal to produce the “epic action pic Thunder Run,” based on the book “Thunder Run – The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad.”

In case that title doesn’t quite clue you in on the film’s subject matter, it will detail “the untold story of the dangerous and bloody capture of Baghdad by American Forces at the onset of the Iraq War. In April 2003, three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a violent thrust of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into the heart of a city of five million, igniting a three-day blitzkrieg, which military professionals often refer to as a lightning strike, or ‘thunder run.’”

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