Columbia Pictures has hired Shane Black ( Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang , Lethal Weapon ) to direct Doc Savage , the Man of Bronze who was originally published in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s.

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NBC has been airing a series of winter sports-themed custom, CG-animated vignettes tied to DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon , opening in 3D theaters and IMAX 3D on March 26. There will be seven in total, but you can now watch the first five using the players below!

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Seann William Scott has had some talks with producers and Universal about his character Stiffler returning for the planned “American Pie” relaunch, plus director Kevin Smith has asked him to star in his next movie, the hockey comedy Hit Somebody .

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Paramount Pictures aired a new TV spot for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender during the Winter Olympics and you can watch the video using the player below!

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Vertigo Films has provided ComingSoon.net with this sneak peek at Bronson director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising , starring Mads Mikkelsen ( Casino Royale , upcoming Clash of the Titans ).

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Paramount Pictures’ Shutter Island exceeded expectations, opening with an estimated $40.2 million from 2,991 theaters and averaging $13,440 per site. The opening marks the best ever for director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio. Scorsese’s previous best was $26 million for The Departed in 2006, while DiCaprio’s best was $30 million for Catch Me If You Can in 2002. The psychological thriller, also starring Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson and Max von Sydow, cost about $75 million to make.

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ComingSoon.net’s horror arm ShockTillYouDrop.com visited the Chicago set of New Line/Warner Bros.’ A Nightmare on Elm Street last summer and has posted their set report, featuring quotes from Platinum Dunes’ Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, and an interview with the new Freddy Krueger, Jackie Earle Haley.

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Thandie Newton, Jason Isaacs and David Tennant will star in Magnet Films’ psychological thriller Retreat , reports Screen Daily .

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Deadline Hollywood reports that Kevin James is joining Vince Vaughn in the untitled Ron Howard comedy at Universal Pictures.

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IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that James Cameron’s Avatar has crossed the $200 million mark at IMAX theaters worldwide during the weekend from Friday, February 19, 2010 through Sunday, February 21. During its 10th weekend, the film grossed $4.3 million from 179 IMAX theaters domestically, representing approximately 27% of the film’s total domestic three-day weekend gross of $16.2 million. Internationally, the IMAX release grossed $3.9 million from 84 IMAX theaters, bringing the weekend’s global IMAX total to approximately $8.2 million and the film’s overall IMAX global total to more than $200 million.

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