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    Simon Crane Directing 'Hot Wheels' For Legendary

    Universal has the Fast and Furious films, DreamWorks now has the Need for Speed video game adaptation, and Legendary is working on a high-octane film version of Hot Wheels. And by "film version of" I mean "movie branded with the same name" as there's clearly no story to adapt from a long-running brand of little…

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    Ridley Scott To Direct Showtime Drama Pilot 'The Vatican'

    As a producer, Ridley Scott has maintained a strong presence on television with shows like The Good Wife and Numb3rs. As a director, he hasn't crossed over to the small screen in four decades. That'll change next year, however, as Scott has just signed on to helm a Showtime drama pilot titled The Vatican. More details…

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    New Writer Hired To Get 'Scarface' Remake Ready To Cast And Shoot

    The popularity of Breaking Bad -- a sort of alternate Scarface where a Regular American becomes a totally compromised drug trade figure -- is probably all Universal needs as encouragement to make a new take on Scarface. Well, that and the enduring popularity of images related to the 1983 film directed by Brian De Palma…

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    Darren Aronofsky To Direct Damon And Wahlberg In The Fighter?

    Rumor has it that Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky will helm The Fighter for Paramount, reuniting The Departed co-stars Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon. The film will follow boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's (Wahlberg) unlikely road to the world lightweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky (Damon), a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded…

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