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Bob Odenkirk Built Saul Goodman Around A Dark Part Of His Past When the character of Saul Goodman first turned up on “Breaking Bad,” he was seen as an injection of comic relief into the increasingly dramatic series if for no other reason than his being portrayed by actor Bob Odenkirk. Before his appearance on the show, Odenkirk had been most well known for his storied comedy career, being an integral part of series like “The Larry Sanders Show,” “The Ben Stiller Show,” and “Mr....

Brendan Fraser Joins DC Universe’s ‘Doom Patrol’ As Robotman InBrendan Fraser’s 26-year career, you’d think the formerly floppy-haired dreamboat would have played a superhero by now. He’s swung shirtless through jungles and battled mummies, but now he gets to don the (proverbial) tights and cape to become a real superhero in DC Universe’s oddball TV series,Doom Patrol. And with the Fraser-ssance in full swing, it couldn’t come soon enough. TheDoom Patrolcast has added Brendan Fraser in the lead role of Robotman,Deadlinereports....

Brendon’s Avatar Day Experience - The Footage, Guy Ritchie And Joel Silver Reactions Let’s get past the 3D (you probably already know I’m a staunch supporter) and the CG (you’ve seen the trailer, I’m guessing and know how… um… odd it is) and actually think about some of the other elements of theAvatar Dayfootage for a moment. Just for a moment… Perhaps the least unexpected element of the presentation is how well executed the action moments are....

Coen Brothers Cast Hailee Steinfeld As The Young Heroine Of True Grit WhenJoel and Ethan Coenannounced their new adaptation of theCharles PortisnovelTrue Grit, much of the primary cast came together quickly.Josh Brolin,Matt DamonandJeff Bridgeswere all announced in short order. The last piece of the puzzle has been the actress who will play Mattie Ross. The girl propels the story by hiring a US Marshal, ‘Rooster’ Cogburn, to find her father’s killer....

Cool Stuff: Hasbro Releasing Force FX Elite Darksaber And Repainted Boba Fett Helmet From ‘The Mandalorian’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Now that the second season ofThe Mandalorianis over, it appears thatMando Mondayswill be coming to an end for a little while. But Hasbro is going out with a bang by revealing two new role-playing items that will get fans ready for the return of cosplaying at conventions next year....

Director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Offers An Update On That ‘Highlander’ Reboot The Huntsman: Winter’s Warwasn’t originally going to beCedric Nicolas-Troyan’s feature directorial debut. The former visual-effects supervisor and second-unit director onSnow White and the Huntsmanwas first set to direct theHighlanderreboot, which, over the years, has had plenty of directors and talent involved that have come and gone. Nicolas-Troyan confirmed with us he’s still attached to the film. Learn more about theHighlanderreboot below....

Disney Is Tweaking The Millennium Falcon Ride At Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge WhenStar Wars: Galaxy’s Edgeopens at Disney theme parks next year, guests are going to be waiting in line for hours to experience the yet-to-be-titled Millennium Falcon ride. It’s a completely interactive motion-simulator attraction in which the ship’s flight is impacted by the riders' decisions, but a new report suggests that Disney has hit a few snags during the testing phase....

Dreamworks Issues Casting Call For Real Steel Disney’s Touchtone Pictures and DreamWorks' have issued a public casting call, searching for the lead role forShawn Levy’s futuristic robot boxing movieReal Steel. The film, set to hit theaters on November 18th 2011, tells the story of a father and his estranged 11-year-old son who enter the world of robotic boxing. You see, in the future, human boxing has been outlawed, replaced with sports combat between human-trained 2000-pound heavy steel robots....

Emma Stone May Play That Vampire Bat, That Inhuman Beast Cruella De Vil For Disney Last year, screenwriterKelly Marcelwas given the unenviable taskof writing a live-action moviecentered around Cruella de Vil, the nastiest and most inherently unlikable character in the Disney animated canon. Other baddies may have larger plots (like seizing control of entire kingdoms), but the villainess from 101 Dalmatians wants toabduct and murder puppies so she can make coats....

First Look: ‘Strange Magic’ Is A New Lucasfilm Animated Feature We knewthat Lucasfilm was making a new animated movie; now it is already set for release in January 2015. Recently rumors surfaced of a possible sequel title forFrozen, when Disney registered URLs using the title “Strange Magic.” As it turns out,Strange Magicis the name of an already-completed animated film from Lucasfilm. The movie features the voice talents ofAlan Cumming,Evan Rachel Wood,Kristin Chenoweth,Maya Rudolph,Alfred MolinaandElijah Kelley....

Groundbreaking Cinema: 15 Films From 2010 That Challenged & Advanced The Medium For an awards show that purports to honor outstanding achievements in film, the Academy Awards seem oddly drawn to the familiar. The movies with the most nominations at this year’s Oscar race, for example, areThe King’s SpeechandTrue Grit— two films with a great deal of critical acclaim backing them, but ones that are decidely lacking in any grand ambition beyond presenting a traditional, accessible story....

Gus Van Sant’s ‘Promised Land’ To Get Oscar-Qualifying Late December Release A few titles have lately dropped out of the ultra-competitive year-end release calendar, but now one more has jumped into the fray.Gus Van Sant’sPromised Landis getting a limited NY / LA release in late December, in order to give it a shot at the next Oscar race. The film will then roll out to additional markets starting in January....

Harry Potter Diagon Alley Opening Date Revealed I’m in Orlando covering the media happenings this week at Universal Orlando resort. This morning at the “State of the Universe” press conference, Universal heads andHarry Potterfilm co-stars were on hand to announce The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley opening date. Learn more after the jump. The expansion will open on July 8th 2014. Universal has been promoting a Summer 2014 opening for a while now and I’ve heard the date had been pushed back to get things right....