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Warner Bros is working on not one but two high-profile films about the illegal poaching and trafficking in endangered animals around the world. Both projects are being produced by Tobey Maguire‘s Material Pictures, Leonardo DiCaprio‘s Appian Way and Tom Hardy‘s Executive Options. I don’t know if both of these projects get made, but at a time when Hollywood studios are preoccupied with pretend crises like zombies and vampires, bravo for a major to step up and try to weave in a global problem like ivory trafficking into a drama. The first project is being written by Up In The Air co-writer Sheldon Turner as a star vehicle for Hardy , based on an idea by the Dark Knight Rises and Warrior star. The untitled film is set in Africa and the aim is for Hardy to play a former Special Forces soldier who signs on with a friend to work in the bush, training rangers to fight off the poachers decimating the rhino and elephant populations in Zimbabwe. The soldier falls in love with the land,

Michael Jai White has joked in the past that the sequel to Black Dynamite will be "blacker and dynamitier." But we shouldn't take that to mean it'll necessarily chronicle the further adventures of the titular CIA 'Nam vet however. According to White, it's likely that the next film will be a Western . Black Dynamite , if you're unlucky enough not to have caught it so far, is a blaxploitation spoof in which BD, on the trail of his brother's killer, foils a dastardly plot involving Anaconda malt liquor, the kung-fu island of Fiendish Dr Wu, and Nixon's White House. Arsenio Hall co-starred as Tasty Freeze, with Bokeem Woodbine as Black Hand Jack and Tommy Davidson as Cream Corn. If you want further adventures from those characters, there's an animated spin-off, but next? "In the inception of Black Dynamite, there were a few types of ideas we were going to do," White tells CraveOnline . "Kind of like Monty Python, [we thou

As packages firm up for AFM, here’s one that will surely reverberate in Santa Monica. Robert Pattinson is signing on to star with Carey Mulligan in Hold On To Me . The film will be directed by James Marsh, who won an Oscar for the docu Man On Wire and followed with Project Nim. Pic is based on a true story about a femme fatale who with her boyfriend kidnaps and ransoms the town’s richest man. They bury him in a box and things go horribly awry. Pattinson plays the flashy supporting role of the woman’s life love, Jimmy, who isn’t involved in the crime. The project was scripted by Brad Ingelsby. Alexandra Milchan is producing with Indian Paintbrush‘s Steven Rales, Mark Roybal and Michael Pruss. Also producing is Todd Field, who originally developed the film to direct but stepped off to helm Creed Of Violence for Cross Creek. Pattinson adds this to an early 2013 schedule that will have him starring opposite Guy Pearce in the David Michod-directed The Rover, and he is also starring

Lee Daniels is in talks to direct Get It While You Can , a Janis Joplin biopic that has Amy Adams attached to star as the queen of rock 'n' roll. Robert Katz and Andrew Sugerman are producing along with Ron Terry, who wrote the screenplay with his wife, Theresa Kounin-Terry. Jay Tobin is exec producing. Joplin was the hard-living singer behind such rock classics as " Piece of My Heart " and " Me and Bobby McGee ." She crested on the wave of the 1960s counterculture as one of the faces of hippiedom, and she performed at Woodstock. Joplin, who has influenced artists ranging from Stevie Nicks to Florence Welch (of Florence + the Machine), died of a heroin overdose in 1970, just weeks after Jimi Hendrix succumbed to his drug demons, giving a one-two punch to the face of the Age of Aquarius. Daniels' involvement is the latest development for the project, which over the years has had Fernando Meirelles and Catherine Hardwicke attached as directors

My man Tom Cruise is back in action in the trailer for JACK REACHER . JACK REACHER based on ONE SHOT (based on Lee Child‘s novel) adaptation starring Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. Rosamund Pike will play a local defense attorney who collaborates with Reacher. David Oyelowo will play a veteran homicide detective Richard Jenkins plays the district attorney who prosecutes the sniper.11 The screenplay was penned by Christopher McQuarrie who scripted Valkyrie for Cruise. McQuarrie is also set to direct this project. Robert Duvall ’s character is currently unspecified but described as a small role but significant to Reacher’s storyline11 Jai Courtney plays a highly trained sniper who is motivated to stop Reacher (Cruise) Werner Herzog plays an ex-prisoner of war named The Zec, who arranges and stages the killing and is the head of the conspiracy. JACK REACHER opens December 21, 2013 Watch the trailer Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of t

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for CHASING MAVERICKS ! The screening is on Tuesday, October 23 @ 7:00PM at Century Stadium 14. CHASING MAVERICKS  is a 2012 biographical film co-directed by Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted about the life of American surfer Jay Moriarity . CHASING MAVERICKS  is based on the life of surfer Jay Moriarity. It chronicles his quest to surf America's most dangerous wave, and Frosty Hesson ( Gerard Butler ), the local legend who takes him under his wing in order to train him to survive it. In the course of Moriarty's training, the two surfers form a unique friendship. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY Make sure to LIKE SandwichJohnFilms on Facebook and why not come and follow me on Twitter also.  Official Site - See how to win tickets after the Jump... Please go to Gofobo.com Enter Code: SANDTCPA DISCLAIMER: ARRIVE EARLY! SEATING IS FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED, EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE REVIEWING PRESS. THEATER

NOBODY WALKS opens in select theaters this Friday, October 19! The film was directed &by Ry Russo-Young. He also wrote the film with Lena Dunham. The film stars John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Justin Kirk . For a list of theaters, visit: http://www.magpictures.com/dates.aspx?id=4e68387a-94fd-4fd5-b718-68f978471251 Martine ( Oliva Thirlby ), an artist from New York, arrives in Los Angeles to work on her film. She is staying with friends of a friend, Julie ( Rosemarie DeWitt ), her husband Peter ( John Krasinski ), Julie's teenage daughter Kolt ( India Ennenga ), and their young son. From the day that Martine walks into the lives of this open-minded, relaxed California family, everything is subtly set off balance. Peter is helping Martine complete the sound design on her art film and they collaborate closely together, working in the studio off the pool house where Martine is staying. They develop a connection that is rare for Peter and necessary

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days on Blu-ray & DVD December 18, 2012.11 Everybody’s favorite wimp, Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon), is back for three times the fun in the latest film based on the super-popular book series! When Greg’s dad (Steve Zahn) threatens to send him to military school if he doesn’t stay out of trouble, Greg finds all-new ways to land himself in the doghouse! For starters, Greg’s in over his head when he pretends to work at the swanky country club where Rowley’s family has a membership. Things don’t go much better on a father-son camping trip with the Wilderness Explorers, and then there’s the Heffley’s new dog, Sweetie, who fetches even more trouble for Greg in this hilarious family film!11 DVD Exclusive Special Features:  ● Commentary by Director David Bowers  ● Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director David Bowers  ● Class Clown Animated Short  ● Gag Reel  ● Theatrical Trailer Blu-ray Exclusive Special Features:  ● C