How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders is the frontrunner to play Samuel L. Jackson's female sidekick in Joss Whedon's upcoming superhero flick, The Avengers, Deadline.com reports.
Smulders is set to play SHIELD Agent Maria Hill, who was the ruthless interim executive director of SHIELD in the comics. Smulders, whose deal is expected to close soon, reportedly beat out such actresses as Morena Baccarin, Jessica Lucas and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Whedon first took note of Smulders when he was trying to cast his failed Wonder Woman film....
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On the heels of being honored by the American Film Institute and the L.A. Film Critics Association, The Social Network was named the year's best film Monday by the New York Film Critics Circle.
Social Network named best picture by L.A. critics
The movie's director, David Fincher, also won ...
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Mark Ruffalo made his first appearance as the new Incredible Hulk as Marvel unveiled the complete cast for The Avengers film at Comic-Con Saturday.
The 42-year-old actor, best known for dramas such as Shutter Island and Collateral, will be the third actor to take on Bruce Banner, and his very green alter-ego, in seven years. Eric Bana starred in 2003's Hulk and Edward Norton headlined The Incredible Hulk in...
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Mark Ruffalo has been offered the role of Hulk alter ego Bruce Banner in The Avengers, but he has yet to decide whether to take it, his management tells TVGuide.com.
A Marvel Studios spokesman declined to comment...
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Winter's Bone, a film about a teenage girl who must venture deep into the wilderness to find her meth-making father, took home the grand jury prize for U.S. dramatic film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
The U.S. documentary prize went to Restrepo, about an Army platoon in Afghanistan. The award for world cinema went to...
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