Casting Bits: John Lithgow In ‘Dog Fight;’ Rachel Weisz In ‘The Railway Man;’ Luke Wilson And Kevin Connolly In ‘Elvis & Nixon’ Dog Fightis going to be one of the more visible political satires to hit just before the 2012 Presidential election; the movie will be from directorJay Roach, featuringZach GalifianakisandWill Ferrellas North Carolina politicians who are running opposite one another for a congressional seat in a district election.Brian Coxrecently joined the cast, whichalso includesJason Sudeikis,Dylan McDermott,Sarah BakerandKatherine LaNasa....

Christina Hendricks' ‘Toy Story 4’ Villain Is “Like The Godfather”, And Here’s How Keanu Reeves' Stuntman Helps Woody And Bo Peep In Pixar’sToy Story 4,Mad MenactressChristina Hendricksis lending her voice to a new character named Gabby Gabby, a villain with a voice box defect who’s been living in an antique shop for more than sixty years. Also joining theToy Storyuniverse for the first time isKeanu Reeves, voicing a stuntman named Duke Caboom....

Do These Marvel Trademarks Hint At Future Films? The MCU may be mapped out through 2028, butKevin Feigeisn’t always forthcoming about specific details on those plans. However, a recent raft of trademark applications from Marvel may offer a few clues. Some of the trademarks, likeGuardians of the GalaxyandAge of Ultron, have obvious connections to films we already know about. But others, likeStrikeforce MorituriandJourney Into Mystery, could just be hinting at other projects to come....

Does ‘Finding Dory’ Feature Pixar’s First Lesbian Couple? Disney has been known to be a very progressive company (having brought the first openly gay sitcom character to network television in 1997on theEllenshow) but they have recently come under fire from GLADD for not featuring even one gay character in the 11 feature films they released last year. There is no denying it, there is alack of representation of gay charactersin Disney’s big screen movies....

Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis Biopic Turns To Crowdfunding Don Cheadlehas been trying to make aMiles Davisbiopic happen for years, and he’scloser than everto making it a reality. But he needs one final push to get it going for real, and he’d like you to help. TheIron Man 3actor, who’s set to star in and directMiles Ahead, is turning to Indiegogo in hopes of raising $325,000 by July 6. Hit the jump to watch his pitch video....

Exclusive: Matthew Vaughn Talks Leaked ‘X-Men: First Class’ Photo, Reveals Magneto And Professor X Images Remember thatX-Men: First Classcast photo that leaked onlineyesterday that you hated? DirectorMatthew Vaughnhated it too. While I was heading out the door to the airport (Sundance Film Festival here I come) I received a phone call from Vaughn who wanted to set the record straight about the photo. And to make up for it he gave us two much more inspiring images of the main characters in his upcoming superhero film....

First Look: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, And More In David Ayer’s WWII Drama ‘Fury’ Four years afterInglourious Basterds(pictured above),Brad Pittis heading back to World War II to take another crack at destroying the Nazis. But this time around, he’ll take a very different approach. Pitt leads the cast ofDavid Ayer’sFury, which follows a heroic attempt by a Sherman tank crew to fight the bad guys from behind enemy lines. Also along for the ride areShia LaBeouf,Michael Peña,Logan Lerman, andJon Bernthal....

Frank Frazetta Kickstarter Will Bring Iconic Fantasy Art To Silkscreen Prints Even if you don’t know his name, you know the work ofFrank Frazetta. The legendary artist, who passed away in 2010, left lasting fingerprints on the world of fantasy art with his detailed, dramatic, bold, and yes, ridiculously macho depictions of warriors and creatures and damsels in distress. His work has been seen in books, comics, album covers, and just about every form of media you can imagine....

Gollum Becomes The Hero Of His Own Story In ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Prequel Game Trailer Last year, we learned that a company called Daedalic Entertainment was developingan action-adventure video gamecalledThe Lord of the Rings: Gollum, which is set after the pitiful, obsessive creature loses The One Ring to that sneaky little hobbit Bilbo Baggins but before he’s captured by Sauron’s forces. Now the first teaser trailer for the game has arrived, and if you’re wondering, “Hmm, does this teaser begin with fish carcasses?...

Grisly Biopic On “The Ice Man” Now On Ice Due To Channing Tatum’s Bad Casting For all of the blame being placed on “flyover state people” for the success ofG.I. Joe, the most outspoken journo-champions for this trendy daycare fare are based inL.A.andNew York. It’s one thing to be an adult cashing a check by playing a literal piece of plastic—that is to say: gross—it’s another stumble entirely to be an intelligentadultcheering the result....

Hans Zimmer Sees “So Many Good Reasons Not To Do” ‘Batman Vs Superman’ Hans Zimmercrafted strange and memorable scores for all three of Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies, and when the director did producing duties onMan of Steel, the composer was brought on to the new Superman movie as well. The result was great; Zimmer’s score forMan of Steelwas instrumental in crafting an identity for the film. So it’s natural for fans to expect, or at least hope, that Zimmer would return to work withZack SnyderforBatman Vs Superman, or whatever theMan of Steelsequel will be called....

Hey Stella, A Marlon Brando Biopic Is In The Works The life of actorMarlon Brando, one of the greatest performers in cinema history, is coming to the big screen in the form of a new biopic. ProducerBrian Oliver(Black Swan, The Woman in Black) has optioned the rights to a new memoir from one of Brando’s longtime friends and collaborators, so the film won’t just be about the actor’s towering and legendary performances, but also an intimate portrait of a friendship....

Iron Man 2’s War Machine Sort Of Revealed Typically, the likeness of a movie star face when sculpted into the dinky wee visage of an action figure is pretty darn poor. For one thing, the figure manufacturers might not have been granted the rights to use the actor’s face and for another, most of these things seem to be badly designed and very badly built. Surprisingly, this toy version ofDon CheadleinIron Man 2’s War Machine get up pretty much knocked me over backwards and right into the uncanny valley with its vivid likeness....