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9 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Sony Dates Third and Fourth 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Films

Sam Raimi is probably somewhere chuckling right now. As you know, he was intended to take his Spider-Man franchise into a fourth film, but that idea was canned and it instead became Marc Webb 's The Amazing Spider-Man reboot.

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Related Topix: The Amazing Spider-Man, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Spider-Man 2

9 hrs ago | Cinema Blend News

Amazing Spider-Man Sequels Set 2016 And 2018 Release Dates

Sony spent a long time trying to wrangle Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire back for a Spider-Man 4 , getting as far as casting a villain and planning a release date before finally giving up and going for the reboot.

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Related Topix: Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Spider-Man, Activision, Beenox, Video Games, Spider-Man 2, Tobey Maguire, The Amazing Spider-Man

Fri Jun 14, 2013

NowPublic

Movie Review: 'Spider-Man 2'

Rating: PG 13 Length: 127 minutes Release Date: June 30, 2004 Directed by: Sam Raimi Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy Stars: 3.5 out of 5 Movie sequels are really hard to pull off, as most seem to be mere shells of the first installments.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Spider-Man 2, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Spider-Man, Activision, Beenox, Video Games, Tobey Maguire, Stan Lee, Celebrities, Kirsten Dunst

BroadwayWorld.com

Official: Joe Manganiello to Lead Yale Rep's a Streetcar Named Desire

Yale Repertory Theatre has announced that Ren Augesen will play Blanche DuBois and Joe Manganiello will play Stanley Kowalski in its first-ever production of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, the Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece by Tennessee Williams .

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Related Topix: Thriller, True Blood, Action Movies, Entertainment, Science Fiction Movies, Television, Joe Manganiello, Music!, Drama Movies, A Streetcar Named Desire, Theater

Tue Jun 11, 2013

The Doings Weekly

New releases on DVD, Blu-ray

Credit director Sam Raimi for "da noive," as the Cowardly Lion might put it, to skip down the same Yellow Brick Road as one of the most beloved and iconic of all Hollywood movies.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Kansas, Snitch, Doctor Who, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Television

Mon Jun 10, 2013

EDGE

Oz the Great and Powerful

Is it possible to make a prequel to a young girl's fever dream? The original "Oz" books by Frank L. Baum posited that the magical realm of munchkins, witches, and The Emerald City was a real, if far-flung and hard to access, place.

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Related Topix: Oz the Great and Powerful, Science / Technology, Inventions, Animation Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Family, The Wizard of Oz, Adventure, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Judy Garland, Jazz, Thriller, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies

The Virginian-Pilot

Oz' prequel lands on Blu-ray - " with extras not to be missed

Blu-ray widescreen, 3D Blu-ray, DVD widescreen and digital copy, 2013, PG for sequences of action, scary images and brief mild language Best extra: "Before Your Very Eyes: From Kansas to Oz" and "Walt Disney and the Road to Oz" in HD DISNEY'S FANTASTICAL adventure, "Oz The Great and Powerful," directed by Sam Raimi , imagined a sort-of prequel to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Oz the Great and Powerful, Thriller, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Animation Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Family, The Wizard of Oz, Adventure, Musical Movies, James Franco, Celebrities, Judy Garland, Jazz

Wed Jun 05, 2013

Examiner.com

June 11, 2013 DVD, Blu-ray and 3D: Disney's 'Oz the Great...

Disney and Spider-Man Trilogy 's Sam Raimi go deeper into the Land of Oz in the all-new epic adventure film Oz the Great and Powerful .

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Related Topix: Oz the Great and Powerful, Thriller, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Hot Chicks, Rachel Weisz

Tue Jun 04, 2013

ScreenCrave

'Man of Steel' First Clip: Lois Lane is in Trouble

Though it features no super-punching, the first clip from Man of Steel is now online, and it gives us our first solid look at Laurence Fishburne 's Perry White.

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Related Topix: The Muppets, Amy Adams, Action Movies, Thriller, J.K. Simmons, Science Fiction Movies

Daily Mail

Even Spider-Man wants to get to the bottom of THAT Michael Douglas story

He may be working on a summer blockbuster - but even Spider-Man appears to have an interest in current affairs.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Spider-Man, Activision, Beenox, Video Games, The Amazing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, Spider-Man 2

Mon Jun 03, 2013

Broadway

True Blood Hunk Joe Manganiello Will Bellow 'Stella' at Yale Rep's A Streetcar Named Desire

Magic Mike and True Blood star Joe Manganiello will incite desire this fall when he stars as Stanley Kowalski in Yale Rep's staging of A Streetcar Named Desire , according to The Wall Street Journal .

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Related Topix: True Blood, Entertainment, Theater, A Streetcar Named Desire, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Joe Manganiello

Computer And Video Games

World of Warcraft movie starts shooting early 2014

Evil Dead and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi originally signed up to make a film based on the game back in July 2009, although the project is now being directed by Duncan Jones , who helmed Moon and Source Code.

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Related Topix: Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft, Video Games, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Source Code, Moon, Activision, Software

Sat Jun 01, 2013

Daily Mail

Andrew Garfield surprises girlfriend Emma Stone with a big smooch as...

And though it was merely just a scene for the upcoming action flick The Amazing-Spider Man 2, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone couldn't hold back their excitement as they crossed the stage on Saturday.

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Related Topix: The Amazing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, Hot Chicks, Emma Stone, Spider-Man 2, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies

Fri May 31, 2013

Forbes.com

Will New 'Amazing Spider-Man' Films Change Gwen Stacy's Fate?

Let's face it, it's hard to surprise fans nowadays. Comic book readers or fans of cult shows, books, and other such things know so many ins and outs of the material, it's not just hard to manage a twist they won't see coming, any major storyline related to the source material is bound to include major plot points they're already familiar with.

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Related Topix: Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, The Amazing Spider-Man, Stan Lee

Thu May 30, 2013

Adweek

Ad of the Day: Farmers Insurance

It's been three years since actor J.K. Simmons first appeared in the role of Professor Nathanial Burke, the advice-doling academic in RPA's "University of Farmers" campaign for Farmers Insurance.

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Monsters and Critics

Evil Dead haunts DVD and Blu-ray in July

A secluded cabin. An ancient curse. An unrelenting evil. The original producers reunite to present a genuinely terrifying re-imagining of their original horror masterpiece.

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Related Topix: Evil Dead, Horror Movies, The Evil Dead, Thriller, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Spider-Man, Activision, Beenox, Video Games, Celebrities, Bruce Campbell

Tue May 28, 2013

DreadCentrol.com

Evil Dead Announced for Blu-ray and DVD

It's coming, kids! Faster than a demon barreling through the woods the remake of the Sam Raimi classic Evil Dead is hitting Blu-ray and DVD and we have the early word for you right here! Dig it! Sony Pictures is unleashing the film onto Blu-ray and DVD with UltraViolet on July 16th.

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Related Topix: Evil Dead, Drag Me to Hell, Darkman, Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Action Movies, The Evil Dead, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Spider-Man, Activision, Beenox, Video Games

USA Today

J.K. Simmons loves the mix of alien experts, blind dads

He may not be a paranormal expert - or an imprisoned Neo-Nazi leader, or a blind lawyer dad - but that's the great thing about being a character actor for 'Dark Skies' star J.K. Simmons.

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Related Topix: Oz, Entertainment, Drama, Television, J.K. Simmons, Thriller, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Dark Skies, Journalism, Movies

Thu May 23, 2013

The Huffington Post

Spider-Man Takes Break, Plays Basketball

Andrew Garfield was filming "The Amazing Spider-Man II" in New York when a bit of rain put a literal dampener on on-set activities.

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Related Topix: The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Activision, Action Movies, Beenox, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Video Games, Andrew Garfield, York, NY

Silver Bullet Comics

Diminishing Returns: 10 Completely Pointless Third Films in Otherwise Notable Franchises

So to mark this momentous occasion, we've decided to look back on 10 other film franchises that could have gotten by without their third films.

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