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Earlier this week, Kevin Smith confirmed the return of Jason Lee and Shannen Doherty reprising their character in Mallrats 2. At the time, Smith was touting that he still had six to go, and it looks like two more have been locked down. Jeremy London, who played the pining ex-boyfriend of Claire Forlani in the original 1995 film, will be back as T.S. Quint. We’re not sure where his relationship stands after the two got married at the end of the original Mallrats, but we’ll surely find out. In addition, one of the memorable side characters from the mall will be back with Ethan Suplee back as William, who finally saw that sailboat. ›››

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“I can’t lose my daughter. I’ll give you my everything.” We’d already gotten a first look at a ripped Jake Gyllenhaal for his role in Antoine Fuqua’s boxing drama Southpaw, but now that the first trailer has arrived, it’s clear that this isn’t just another boxing movie. Gyllenhaal plays a champion who has his life torn away form him piece by piece, leaving him a shell of the man he used to be. There’s a really meaty story here, and the redemption that Gyllenhaal’s character seeks isn’t just for boxing glory. This is a summer release, but I hope this ends up getting Gyllehaal the Oscar nomination he didn’t get for Nightcrawler. ›››

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After raising $50,000 on Kickstarter, filmmaker Mischa Rozema and his buddies from an Amsterdam production house called PostPanic made a short sci-fi film called Sundays, and it went viral online on Monday. Well, the short created a frenzy in Hollywood as Deadline reports at least three studios weren’t fighting for the rights to the short, as well as the talent that is Mischa Rozema, and Warner Bros. came out on top with a deal to turn the short into a feature film. This is the new way to break into the exclusive club that is Hollywood, and it’s undoubtedly a dream come true for Rozema and his team. Wanna see the short? ›››

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Even though the Swedish drama Force Majeure wasn’t eligible for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, it was still one of the best international offerings of 2014, winning a bunch of awards that are the Swedish equivalent of the Oscar, as well as the Un Certain Regard jury prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film is available on Netflix Instant now, but for those who just can’t handle subtitles or would rather see the same story adjusted to your own American sensibilities, THR reports Fox Searchlight has picked up the rights to remake with “Veep” and “Seinfeld” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus in talks to star. ›››

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We already know Star Wars Celebration next month is going to have a huge kick off with J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy on hand, likely showing off the new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens before it arrives around the release of The Avengers: Age of Ultron. And now it sounds like there might be some news on the developing standalone films, because StarWars.com has announced that Gareth Edwards, the director of Star Wars: Rogue One and Josh Trank, the director of the next untitled spin-off, will be coming to the event to “share their experiences as the newest members of the Lucasfilm creative family.” ›››

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Briefly: Even though Michael Keaton didn’t win an Oscar for his performance in Birdman, it sounds like The Weinstein Company thinks he’s got another chance with his next project The Founder. Keaton is playing Ray Kroc, the salesman from Illinois who picked up a burger operation in 1950s Southern California and turned it into McDonald’s, which would become a multi-billion dollar fast-food chain in the world. The Blind Side director John Lee Hancock will be at the helm of the film with a script from Big Fan scribe Robert Siegel, and now THR reports the film has been set for a pretty prime awards season release on November 25th, 2016. We’ll certainly be looking forward to seeing this one late next year. Stay tuned. ›››

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