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Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox have agreed to provide their likenesses and voices for Transformers: The Game, which is coming from Activision on June 19th. The game, based on the feature film, will be available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and PC. Activision was given an all-access pass to the source material by the film’s director Michael Bay and his creative team as the game was being developed....

It is that time of the year when the spring season approaches; the weather grows warmer and the flowers blossom. I could go on and on about Mother Nature and how it is affected by the changing seasons, but the fact of the matter is I write for MovieWeb. Therefore, I see the seasons unfold based on movie-related activities. Not only do the flowers bloom, but so do the movies. Studios have finally gotten past the frigid winter of January dumping grounds and begun focusing on the promising spring releases, the summer blockbusters, and the year-end award hopefuls....

IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. announced an agreement to release the studio’s first three 3D motion pictures worldwide in IMAX 3D. The IMAX 3D releases will include Monsters vs. Aliens in March 2009, How to Train Your Dragon in November 2009 and Shrek Goes Forth in May 2010. A fourth DreamWorks Animation title, Kung Fu Panda, will be released in IMAX’s 2D format in June 2008. The IMAX 3D titles are expected to be among the first presented with IMAX’s digital 3D projection system, which is scheduled to be launched beginning June 2008....

Many people have expanded on the truth to get themselves a job, and it seems that Hollywood stars are no different as Simu Liu revealed that he wasn’t entirely honest about his experience in martial arts when securing the role of Shang-Chi in the MCU. In a new interview for Variety’s Actors on Actors series, the star explained how he exaggerated his background in order to clinch a role that he had no intention of letting slip by him....

“Hear yee! Hear yee! The circus is back in town.” Over the course of the last year and a half, it has become customary for the bigger studios to wheel out their upcoming monster franchises and show off at least twenty minutes worth of footage to any lingering press. Like a ringmaster enticing potential customers with pictures of the Incredible Alligator boy, the director will tempt and tease. And answer questions about their film afterwards in a town hall-like setting....

A new comedy movie is in the works at MGM with Snoop Dogg on board to star and executive produce. Called The Underdoggs, the movie will feature Snoop as a youth football coach leading his team of young players to success. Per Deadline, the film tells the story of “Jaycen Jenning, ‘2J’s’ (Snoop Dogg), a former NFL superstar who, after a run-in with the law, agrees to coach a youth football team in lieu of prison in the hopes of relaunching his fledgling career....

Ahead of the first trailer dropping this week, an all-new poster has been released for the anticipated sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Along with the returns of Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic and Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik, the sequel also brings in Sonic’s pal Tails with Colleen O’Shaughnessey in the role. All three are featured in the brand new poster high above the ground, with Tails piloting a plane and the mustachioed villain hovering in his own aircraft close behind....

FX’s highly-anticipated Sons of Anarchy spin-off entitled Mayans MC is starting to come together, with another integral cast member signing on. John Ortiz has taken a lead role in the upcoming series, playing Esai “Taino” Osorio, the president of the Mayans MC Santo Padre Charter. The series lead character, EZ Reyes, a prospect in this club, has still not been cast at this time, but John Ortiz joins a growing cast that includes Edward James Olmoss and Clayton Cardenas....

A few months ago, it seemed that having a theatrical release date was a thing again for big Hollywood releases. Today, however, Sony once again has delayed the release of Morbius due to the recent surge of Omicron COVID cases. The Jared Leto film has already been delayed several times, from an original release date of July 2020, through to January and October 2021, before seeming to settle on a January 28th, 2022 release....

Turns out, we aren’t so scared of spiders after all. According to a survey of U.S. consumers, Spider-man ranks as the most influential super-hero, edging two other heavyweight crime-fighters, Batman and Superman. While Batman is the best-known super-hero among Americans, Spider-man is tops in terms of appeal, notice, and influence, according to the Davie Brown Celebrity Index (DBI), an independent index for brand marketers and agencies that determines a celebrity’s ability to influence brand affinity and consumer purchase intent....

Some new details are emerging from the fallout of yesterday’s bombshell news that Spider-Man 4 is being dropped in favor of a reboot of the whole franchise. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that it seems Sony was planning on rebooting the franchise all along, although earlier than it had anticipated. Here’s an excerpt from the article. Vanderbilt’s remake script was also said to be a grittier take on Peter Parker’s world....

There is a lot of anticipation ahead of the arrival of Netflix dropping the first half of Stranger Things’ penultimate fourth season at the end of this month. Last night saw the world premiere of the first episode of the season, which was screened for cast and crew members as well as a small number of media members. When a number of reactions were subsequently shared on social media, there was nothing short of a perfect positive wave of praise for the long awaited return of the series....

BLUE STORES DEEPER IN RED Shares of Blockbuster took another hit Thursday as it reported a $44.7-million loss in the last quarter, worse than analysts had expected. It blamed the loss on the costs of closing unproductive stores (it dumped 233 of them last year) severance pay to laid-off employees, and the legal costs incurred in its failed effort to take over Circuit City Stores. On the other hand, it said, sales at its remaining 7,619 stores rose 9 percent in the quarter, leading CEO James Keyes to predict that the company would wind up with a profit of $21-36 million for the year....

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE? Raising the question of who blinked first, the New York Timesreported today (Monday) that David Letterman is working out a deal with the Writers Guild of America that would allow him to return to the air on CBS in early January with his usual writing staff even if the strike continues. Executives of Worldwide Pants, Letterman’s production company, told the newspaper that they were hopeful the deal with the writers could be concluded this week....

i>HOUSEWIVES HOLD THE LEAD For the third consecutive Sunday, ABC’s Desperate Housewiveshas beaten back the challenge of NBC’s Sunday Night Football. In fact the NFL contest between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Diego Chargers and its pregame show never rose above second place at any time during primetime, averaging a 7.3 rating and a 12 share. By contrast, Housewiveswas easily the highest-rated show of the night, scoring a 12.9/19. But if football had a tough time competing, baseball had a tougher one, with the National League playoff game drawing only a 4....

Martian Child is charming its way to DVD on February 12, and we love the Cusacks (both John and Joan) so we’re giving away copies of this DVD to our readers. You won’t want to miss this family fun on DVD, so enter up right away. Winners Recieve: Martian Child DVD CLICK HERE to enter this giveaway. The comic drama Martian Child stars John Cusack as a recently widowed science fiction writer who adopts a young boy that claims to be from Mars....

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Equity Games Production and Halcyon Games have announced Terminator Salvation - The Videogame, an action-packed, third-person shooter, to be released in conjunction with the highly anticipated Warner Bros. Pictures and Sony Pictures film, which opens nationwide on May 22, 2009. Based on the upcoming Terminator Salvation film, the game offers players the chance to assume the role of John Connor, a soldier in the resistance, battling for survival against the far superior forces of Skynet....

In anticipation of the July 3, 2012 worldwide release of The Amazing Spider-Man in 3D, the cast and filmmakers will discuss the movie for the first time as they address the fans at Comic-Con San Diego. One fan can be a part of the action by proving he or she is the ultimate Spider-Man fan in The Amazing Spider-Man Face of the Fan contest. The contest winner will be the “face of the fan” at Comic-Con, and have the opportunity to meet the talent and filmmakers and conduct an interview with them....

Animals are humans’ best friends. Animals in films are incredibly popular because audiences love seeing them and giving the animals a substantial part is even better. It only made sense that a hero’s best friend should be a cute animal that audiences could fawn over. While this cute addition to filmmaking is wonderful, many films have used animals as a sidekick to the protagonist. Some of the best sidekicks in movie history are animals....

With the domination of superhero movies over the past decade, it has given us character after character and hero after hero to root for. Many have similar powers, or at least share common attributes in terms of what makes them incredibly uncommon. Take speedsters, for example — both the MCU and DCU have them: from Quicksilver, the original mutant molded into a lab experiment for the Avengers storyline, to The Flash, who has had different versions portrayed in multiple franchises, to Makkari, the newest speedster from Eternals....