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• Title: 300: Rise of an Empire
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With the distaste of Man of Steel still fresh, I offer up to you the first full-length trailer for the extended video game cut-scene 300 sequel 300: Rise of an Empire produced by Zack Snyder. The sequel centers on the Greek general Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) and the Greek naval battle with the Persians under the command of Artemesia (Eva Green) and Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). Jack O’Connell, Andrew Tiernan, Callan Mulvey, Mark Killeen, Andrew Pleavin, and Ashraf Barhom also star. 300: Rise of an Empire opens in theaters August 2nd.

HitFix is reporting John C. Reilly has been offered the role of Rhomann Dey in Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy as an outer space version of the Agent Coulson character

Deadline is reporting that Josh Brolin has joined the cast Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Inherent Vice (adapted from the Thomas Pynchon novel of the same name)

The Guardian is reporting that despite iniital disinterest, director Sam Mendes is now talks to direct the next James Bond film

• Title: Blood Ties
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From writer/director Guillaume Canet comes this tale of two brothers, a cop (Billy Crudup) and a recently paroled criminal (Clive Owen), in 70’s Brooklyn, New York. A remake of the French thriller Les liens du sang, the movie also stars Zoe Saldana, Mila Kunis, Marion Cotillard, James Caan, and Noah Emmerich. Blood Ties will open in theaters in the United States later this year.