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Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe leads the world premiere cast of Richard Foreman's Idiot Savant , which officially opens at the Public Theater Nov.

Nerds need love too. In "I Love You, Beth Cooper," which comes out on DVD Tuesday, Nov.

Tobey Maguire has urged his fellow Americans to show more support towards troops returning from combat overseas after playing a life changing role in a new film.

HE'S played one of the world's greatest painters, cinema's goriest serial killers and history's trickiest presidents.

You've got to hand it to director Sam Raimi. The man has been behind one of the biggest cult classics of all-time with "Evil Dead II" and at the other end of the spectrum, he''s helmed three of the most commercially successful movies with the "Spider-Man" franchise.

Sam Raimi 's low-budget horror classic The Evil Dead will be returning to the big screen for a midnight movie run.

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It looks like the Spider-Man team took a hint. According to MarketSaw , Spider-Man 4 will shed the Spider-Man 3 multi-villain disaster and stick to just one villain, and that baddie will be - drum roll please - The Lizard! Last week we told you that Dylan Baker confirmed his involvement in the fourth film.

HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Dafoe was first choice for Batman's The Joker SHOWBIZ Tuesday October 27,2009 JACK NICHOLSON almost lost out on the role of The Joker in 1989's BATMAN movie - because SPIDER-MAN star WILLEM DAFOE was director TIM BURTON's first choice.

Self-mutilation and decapitation and murderous demons are not typically the stuff of musical theater, even at its edgiest or campiest best.

Curt Conners exposes himself to chemicals that end up mutating him into a lizard-like creature with super strength.

But it's not clear whether the "Spider-Man" star will play a role. A judge yesterday set a Dec.

The Ringwald's staging of "Evil Dead: The Musical" comes with an important distinction: It's playing just a stone's throw from the building where the "Evil Dead" filmmakers once had their production offices.

It may have been a foregone conclusion, but Dylan Baker himself confirmed the good news that he would indeed be reprising his role as Peter Parker's one-armed Professor/mentor, during a Q&A for Mike Dougherty's "Trick-r-Treat" . While Dr.

Emily Kester and TJ Austin are in UNCGa s production of Evil Dead. Credit: Chris English/News & Record Want to go? What: "Evil Dead: The Musical" When: 7 and 10 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Oct.

Actor Tobey Maguire and filmmaker Adam Shankman are teaming up to adapt Broadway musical Rock Of Ages for the big screen.

Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. It's difficult to think of another actor working today that has the range, the credibility, and the guts that Willem Dafoe has, and has had for nearly 30 years of film acting.

Plus see the Toy Story 3 trailer, Los Lobos releases a Disney album, and does Ryan Reynolds in drag really sound all that funny? Actor Chris Pine parades on the red carpet as hhe arrives at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood for the premiere of the movie 'Star Trek' in Los Angeles on April 30, 2009 - AFP/Getty Images Sacha Howells , Oct 16, ...

Tobey Maguire, right, presents Stan Lee with the Comic-Con Icon Award at the "Scream Awards" on Saturday, Oct.

Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst make an awkward couple. I'm a fan of Across the Universe and even though 21 isn't a quality film, Sturgess still shows he's harboring major potential.