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1.<\/a> Columbia Pictures has released a new trailer for the quasi-biblical comedy Year One<\/a><\/i>, which opens June 19:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click here<\/a> if the video file above doesn\u2019t play properly. \u2014 ComingSoon.net<\/a><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> The first episode of Kings<\/a><\/i>, the quasi-modernized version of the story of Saul and David, turned out to have even lower ratings than expected when it aired last Sunday, even after NBC moved it from its originally-intended Thursday-night slot. The rest of the first season has already been shot, so the network might as well air the remaining episodes, but it is open to question whether the show will be renewed for a second season. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i>, Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>, Nikki Finke<\/a><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Rome<\/a><\/i> star Ray Stevenson says the prospect of a big-screen follow-up to that TV series is \u201cno longer a smoke and mirrors rumor. . . . From what I have heard, they are nearing the end of script development. We shall see.\u201d When series creator Bruno Heller discussed the possibility of a big-screen spin-off in November, he mentioned that the show would have dealt with \u201cthe rise of the messiah in Palestine\u201d if it had not been cancelled, though he did not say whether the movie would go in that direction. \u2014 MovieWeb<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> The Robe<\/a><\/i> (1953) was one of a number of films that were shot in two versions in the early days of widescreen filmmaking: one version was made in widescreen CinemaScope, and the other version was shot in the regular narrow aspect ratio, using \u201cradically different camera angles and blocking, as well as showing subtle differences in the actors\u2019 performances.\u201d A bonus feature on the \u201cspecial edition\u201d of the film that came out on Blu-Ray this week allows the viewer to watch both versions simultaneously. Fox is also working on a high-def release of John Huston\u2019s The Bible: In the Beginning<\/a><\/i> (1966). \u2014 New York Post<\/a><\/i> (x2<\/a>), Parallax View<\/a><\/p>\n

5.<\/a> Alan Doyle<\/a>, recently cast as Allen a-Dale in Ridley Scott\u2019s Robin Hood movie<\/a>, says there will be \u201ca lot of singing\u201d in the film: \u201cA lot of it by different people in different parts of the film. I don\u2019t know quite yet if Russell and I will be singing together. But there will be lots of music in the film.\u201d Meanwhile, scholar Julian Luxford has found evidence that medieval monks did not regard Robin Hood in a particularly positive light, Friar Tuck notwithstanding. \u2014 MTV Movies Blog<\/a>, Associated Press<\/a><\/p>\n

6.<\/a> Chow Yun-Fat will play the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius in a biopic<\/a> being produced by the Chinese government to mark the 60th anniversary of the People\u2019s Republic of China. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

7.<\/a> Ronald Harwood will write a movie about the final days of Russian Czar Nicholas II and his family, based on Robert Alexander\u2019s fictionalized account The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar<\/i>. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

8.<\/a> Tristan Wilds has been cast in Red Tails<\/a><\/i>, the George Lucas-produced movie about \u201can elite all-black unit of escort pilots\u201d that existed during World War II. \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

9.<\/a> Race to Witch Mountain<\/i> co-writer Mark Bomback is writing Agent Zigzag<\/i>, a spy drama based on Ben Macintyre\u2019s book about Edward Arnold Chapman<\/a>, a habitual criminal turned British-German double agent during World War II. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

10.<\/a> Defiance<\/a><\/i>, based on the true story of four Jewish brothers who led a resistance movement against the Nazis in Poland, \u201chas tanked at the Warsaw box office after months of criticism over what many Poles see as Hollywood rewriting history.\u201d \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"