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    Inside Pablo Escobar: Oscar Isaac To Play Famed Drug Kingpin In Upcoming Biopic

    So how good is it to be Oscar Isaac right now? Thus far, he's worked with directors Nicolas Winding Refn, Ridley Scott, Zack Snyder, Steven Soderbergh and of course, the Coen Brothers on their upcoming "Inside Llewyn Davis." And with that film set to light up Cannes next week and likely to send Isaa...

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    Rumor: Brad Furman, Harald Zwart & Jeff Wadlow In The Mix To Direct 'Fast & Furious 7'

    As every new trailer shows, the “Fast and Furious” franchise is slowly inching toward “Speed Racer” with tank tops, but that journey hit a bump last week when it was revealed that 'Furious 6' director Justin Lin would not return for the series' seventh installment. That didn't stop rumors from swirl...

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    Ben Affleck & Justin Timberlake Go Online Gambling In 'Runner, Runner'

    After playing Napster guru Sean Parker in David Fincher's "The Social Network," it looks like Justin Timberlake is getting ready to go back online, only this time the roll of the dice will be for something other than MP3s.

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    'The Lincoln Lawyer' Director Brad Furman To Take On Pablo Escobar Biopic

    Notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has captured the public imagination due to both to his extraordinary success and wealth thanks to his criminal activities and the brutality with which he cut down anybody in his path. At the height of his powers in the late '80s, Forbes listed him as the seventh richest person in the world and while he would die only a few short years later at the age of 44, even at the end of his life he courted controversy with competing versions of just how one of the most powerful figures of our time met his fateful end. Hollywood has certainly been trying to make a movie out his extraordinary life with Oliver ...

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    Sorry, 'Terminator'; All Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Projects On Hold Til Further Notice

    After eight long years away from the movies in favor of, you know, being the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger was on his way to an acting comeback in a big way. After circling several projects, the Austrian Oak agreed to star in the drama "Cry Macho," about a horse trainer in a kidnapp...

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    Arnold Schwarzenegger Will 'Cry Macho' This Fall

    After a back-and-forth over his next project, Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to the big screen in "Cry Macho." The drama, to be directed by "The Lincoln Lawyer" helmer Brad Furman, deals with a former horse trainer who is forced to kidnap a boy, only to realize the boy's mother is in no way inte...

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    Arnold Schwarzenegger Adds 'Cry Macho' To List Of Potential Projects

    Hollywood wants Arnie (whether the rest of us do or not remains to be seen) and the former Governator (who turned that moniker into an animated series) has his pick of projects. A new "Terminator" film is currently out at the studios looking for a buyer, and earlier in the year, he was linked to Ji-...

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    Darren Aronofsky NOT Producing Drug World Drama 'Intricate' For Brad Furman To Direct

    Update: Oops! Looks like the LA Times made an error. Reps for Darren Aronofsky tell us neither he nor Protozoa Pictures have anything to do with this project. As you were.

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