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Marvel's Wonder Man Series Might Have Found One of its Directors

The Yahya Abdul-Mateen II starred show continues to build its team, with an interesting name in consideration for the director's chair.

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James Ponsoldt Interview for Summering
Exclusive: James Ponsoldt Discusses His Coming-of-Age Movie Summering

James Ponsoldt, the director behind The Spectacular Now and The End of the Tour, talks to MovieWeb about his sweet new movie Summering.

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Star Wars 7 John Boyega Joins The Circle with Tom Hanks

Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega has signed on for a lead role opposite Tom Hanks and Emma Watson in The Circle.

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Emma Watson Joins Tom Hanks in The Circle

Emma Watson replaces Alicia Vikander in The Circle, which centers on a tech company linking all data from their users to create an online identity.

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End of the Tour Trailer Starring Jason Segel & Jesse Eisenberg
End of the Tour Trailer Starring Jason Segel & Jesse Eisenberg

Jason Segel stars as acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace in The End of Tour, which gets its first trailer and poster.

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Bourne 5 & Assassin's Creed Both Want Alicia Vikander

Ex Machina star Alicia Vikander is in talks to star in both the next Bourne sequel and the video game adaptation Assassin's Creed.

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Alicia Vikander Joins Tom Hanks in The Circle

Alicia Vikander plays a college graduate who lands a job at a powerful tech company, owned by Tom Hanks' character in The Circle.

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Tom Hanks Lines Up Dave Eggers Adaptation The Circle

Tom Hanks is attached to star in an adaptation of Dave Eggers' novel The Circle, which is set within a powerful Internet company.

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Channing Tatum Will Direct Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Channing Tatum Will Direct Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

Channing Tatum will make his directorial debut with an adaptation of the Matthew Quick novel Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock.

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The End of the Tour with Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg Goes to Sony

The Spectacular Now director James Ponsoldt will helm this biopic about Infinite Jest author David Foster Wallace.

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Brian Gallagher's Top 10 Movies of 2013
Brian Gallagher's Top 10 Movies of 2013

Dramas featuring a troubled social worker, a financial whiz kid and a lonely writer are among this year's picks. Did your favorites make the cut?

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Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg Join The End of the Tour

The film follows David Lipsky's five-day road trip with David Foster Wallace during his Infinite Jest tour. James Ponsoldt is directing this adaptation.

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Amazon Prime Reaches Streaming Deal with Spring Breakers Studio A24

The Bling Ring and The Spectacular Now are part of the deal. Prime Instant Video subscribers can stream these films shortly after their Blu-ray release.

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Me Before You Gets The Spectacular Now Writers

Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber will be adapting Jojo Moyes' bestselling novel. The Twilight Saga's Karen Rosenfelt is producing.

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The Spectacular Now 'First Kiss' Clip
The Spectacular Now 'First Kiss' Clip

Director James Ponsoldt releases a statement about this pivotal scene in his critically-acclaimed drama, in theaters August 2nd.

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Carey Mulligan Wanted for Hillary Rodham Clinton Biopic

Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Chastain and Emma Stone are also candidates, but Carey Mulligan remains the favorite of director James Ponsoldt.

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James Ponsoldt to Direct Hillary Clinton Biopic Rodham

The director of Smashed and the Spectacular Now will work from a 2012 Black List screenplay by Young Il Kim.

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James Ponsoldt Talks Smashed and The Spectacular Now [Exclusive]
James Ponsoldt Talks Smashed and The Spectacular Now [Exclusive]

The director looks at his comedic drama currently available on Blu-ray, while also looking forward to the future with his SXSW smash.

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2013 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners

Fruitvale wins the U.S. Grand Jury Prize Award, while Jiseul wins the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize Award.

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The Spectacular Now Acquired by A24 Films
The Spectacular Now Acquired by A24 Films

Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead star in James Ponsoldt's drama, which had its debut at the Sundance Film Festival.

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