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Who didn't see this coming after Clint Eastwood started talking to an imaginary Obama, by way of a chair, on stage at the Republican National Convention? Variety is reporting that Beyonce has “fallen out of” the somewhat highly anticipated “A Star is Born” remake which Mr. Eastwood is slated to direct. The PR line is that Bey has a lot going on and since no clear start date for filming had been set, figuring out her schedule for projects was becoming too complicated. See sentence one for the likelier explanation.

It looks like Jessica Biel could be joining Colin Farrell and Bryan Cranston in the cast of the "Total Recall" remake.

Iconic filmmaker Tim Burton will reportedly direct a new 3-D stop-motion animated feature based on Charles Addams creations.

Wish the 2004 medieval action movie “King Arthur” had featured more wizardry? What about a more epic narrative? Fans of the Camelot story who take their Arthurian legend with a side of magic and myth will be delighted to hear that Bryan Singer (“X-Men”) is negotiating to produce, and possibly helm, a remake of the ...

Nimrod Antal, the director of the horror film "Vacancy," has been hired to direct "Predators" for Fox and producer Robert Rodriguez.

Now that we've launched these two new genre sites -- Horror Squad and ScFi Squad -- there's going to be a good amount of content over there that's not over here. Like this post from SciFi Squad about Joss Whedon and how he was offered the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, but turned it down.

The actor to play the Kevin Bacon role in the anticipated remake has been confirmed.

Tracy Morgan and Martin Lawrence are joining Chris Rock in Screen Gems and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment's remake of "Death at a Funeral."

Moviehole reports that Melbourne actor Damian Walshe-Howling will play the villain--a sea pirate named Dali--in the Jan de Bont-directed Point Break Indo. Walshe-Howling has appeared in Ned Kelly and series "Blue Heelers" and "Underbelly."

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. So, yeah, Lindsay Lohan will be our new Nancy in Platinum Dunes' remake of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, per producer Andrew Form to JustJared.com.