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Apparently we’ll be seeing Doctor Horrible yet again, but on a larger scale. In an interview with MTV, the Horrible one himself, Neil Patrick Harris, mentioned that Joss Whedon & Co. plan on producing a feature length sequel to the 2008 internet series in the not-too-distant future.

“That’s their plan,” Harris said when asked about the feature.”I don’t know of what scale. They’re talking all options, because they made the first ‘Dr. Horrible’ in five days on no budget at all—that was its intention.”

In our humble opinion, bringing Dr. Horrible to the big screen will eliminate the charming, low-budget quirk of the original. Do you feel the character could successfully be adapted to the big screen?

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After 23 years, many of you are likely wondering if Wolfman still has nards. If you fall into that group, you’ll be happy to know that Paramount Pictures is remaking The Monster Squad. Rob Cohen, a producer on the original film, hopes to direct and produce this time out.

The Monster Squad told the story of a group of movie monster-obsessed kids finding out their town is infested with the creatures they once found endearing. Said creatures are looking for an amulet that will enable them to … TAKE OVER THE WORLD! Upon finding all this out, the kids band together as The Monster Squad to prevent them from their quest for control.

The film will be produced by Plantinum Dunes, which is comprised of Cohen, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form.

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It seems that Sony Columbia hopes to be callin’ someone other than Ivan Reitman to direct Ghostbusters 3. According to Total Film, the studio wishes to enlist a “younger, hipper” director to lure in a new audience, which they hope will be equally young and hip. Here is where the plot thickens!

Thanks to some excellent butt-covering legal documents, Reitman, Dan Akroyd, Harold Ramis, and Bill Murray have the final say on what Ghostbusters 3 actually is. So, if Reitman doesn’t wish to hand the project off to another, he could easily have it shelved.

Given Reitman’s recent efforts, allowing someone else to take the reins might not be such a bad idea. Agree? Disagree? Tell us below.

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Director Michel Gondry has teamed with real-life pixie Bjork to create a 3D “scientific musical,” possibly for showing in IMAX screens in museums across the globe.

“We have a very ambitious project, a sort of scientific musical,” Gondry tells ThePlaylist.Blogspot.Com. “[It's a movie], but maybe more for museums. Like a 40 minute IMAX project in 3D.”

We’re looking forward to this, With two crazies like Gondry and Bjork involved, the film produced will undoubtedly be unique, interesting, and whimsical.

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According to Ian “Gandalf” Mckellan himself, Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit begins shooting this June.

”THE HOBBIT’s, two films, start shooting in New Zealand in June,” says the bearded one on his website. “Filming will take over a year. …The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth. The director Guillermo del Toro is now living in Wellington, close to the Jacksons’ and the studio in Miramar.”

All signs seem to indicate that this film will be a 3D affair, which is a bit disheartening. Hopefully whatever digital avenues they travel upon produce results as natural as those Jackson utilized in LOTR.

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At the end of his press tour for Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Jason Segel commented that he was currently writing another Muppets movie- and now, cast as the human star of the film. While details are rather sparse on the upcoming puppet picture, Segel will be playing a man on a quest to reunite the Muppets after the show had gone off the air for years.

The glee for a new Muppet movie can be heard all around the ‘Funk offices. How about you, ‘Funk community? Glad to see another Muppet movie in the works?

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Paul Bettany is at it again- after the critically panned Legion, it seems the British actor is trying his hand at yet another supernatural film- Priest, based on the manwha (Korean comic) of the same name by Hyung Min-woo. The film has been kept under wraps for a while now, but basic plot details (such as an entirely different storyline) and some of the roles have been leaked. Here’s a small sneak peek at the film and some of the behind the scenes footage, as shown by Entertainment Tonight Canada.

Priest stars Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, and Maggie Q, to be released on January 14, 2011

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While out promoting Magruber at this year’s South By Southwest, actor Ryan Philippe confirmed that he’s being consider for the role of Steve Rodger/Captain America. He joins Channing Tatum, Chris Evans, Garret Hedlund, and Mike Vogel on the ever-growing list of potential heroes. John Krasinski, according to our source for this post, was passed over. We still love ya, Jim!

Think Philippe has what it takes, or, would you prefer someone else from the list? Depost your casting ideas in the comments, please.

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Lots of buzz is circulating ’round the internet on Pixar’s Day & Night, the short that will show before theatrical screenings of Toy Story 3. It features two hand drawn characters, Day and Night. While they’re traditionally animated, their bodies will serve as windows to a computer generated world. So, it’s 2D but with some 3D elements.

“I am very excited that the public will finally get to see it because it’s unlike anything Pixar has produced before.” UP art director Michael Shanks says on his blog, “[Day & Night is] one of the best times I’ve ever had working on anything”

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During a press conference at South By Southwest to promote Predators, director Robert Rodriguez made mention that he’d just turned in a new Spy Kids script to The Weinstein Company. It’s a reboot that will involve an all new family (no Antonio?!?). It will apparently be gritty and realistic; he called it ‘the Casino Royale” of the Spy Kids franchise.

Think Rodriguez will be able to deliver a gritty, realistic film about tween spies taking on a global threat?

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