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After spending the better part of two-and-a-half movies (“Iron Man” “Iron Man 2,” and “The Avengers”) as basically a damsel in distress, it sounds like Tony Stark's main squeeze Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) might be getting in on the action in the upcoming “Iron Man 3.”

Potential spoilers ahead...

Good news for fans of director Edgar Wright and his actor pals Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the guys behind such cinematic gems as “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.”

"The World's End," the third film in their loose trilogy of films, will be arriving in North American theatres two months earlier than expected.

The English director took to Twitter yesterday to announce that Universal had moved the apocalyptic pub crawl movie from its original Oct. 25 North American release to Aug. 23 – just a week after the film’s U.K. release date.

Lil Bub.

First the Internet, now Hollywood? As spring film fest season ramps up, it looks like everyone’s favourite web cats are poised to make a big splash.

The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival kicks off in New York City in April, and, as usual, the Lower Manhattan film fest is full of earnest indies, quirky comedies, serious dramas, and grim documentaries. But there’s one film in this year’s Tribeca lineup that doesn’t really fall into any of the previously mentioned categories: “Lil Bub & Friendz.”

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Hollywood is buzzing today over the unexpected exit of director Lynne Ramsay (“We Need to Talk About Kevin”) from the upcoming Western “Jane Got A Gun.” The high-profile production starring Natalie Portman, Jude Law, and Joel Edgerton was supposed to begin shooting this morning, but Ramsay reportedly failed to show up on set for reasons unknown. According to Deadline, she has since been replaced by “Warriors” director Gavin O’Connor, although it now appears that Law has also withdrawn from the movie as well.

Ramsay isn’t the first filmmaker to quit a movie during production, but she is the first in a long while to do it so publicly. Here are some other directors who famously walked off of movies.

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We sense a great disturbance in the Force... Is there legitimate “Star Wars” news to report?

After months of a silence and speculation, Hollywood legend Harrison Ford -- who played space scoundrel Han Solo in the original “Star Wars” trilogy” -- finally confirmed his involvement in the upcoming “Star Wars Episode VII.”

See also: George Lucas lets slip that he's in negotiations with original 'Star Wars' actors

In a brief interview with local Chicago TV station WGN, Ford gave his first official comment on the highly anticipated J. J. Abrams directed sci-fi sequel. When asked if “the old gang” was getting back together for the new “Star Wars,” Ford had this to say:

"I think it's almost true. I'm looking forward to it.” Of course, he added the somewhat Solo-esque caveat, “it’s not in the bag yet, but I think it’s happening.”

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While it should come as no surprise that someone like Marvel golden boy Joss Whedon – director of last year’s hugely successful and very well received “The Avengers – would cheer on another major Marvel superhero property like the upcoming “Iron Man 3," his alleged reaction to seeing the film is worth noting.

Speaking with blog Two Kids and a Coupon, Marvel’s movie overseer Kevin Feige revealed that Whedon recently saw a cut of the upcoming third "Iron Man" movie and claimed that the filmmaker was left scratching his head after the movie ended.

“What am I supposed to do now?” Feige recalled Whedon saying after the screening. “What am I going to do in ‘Avengers 2’?”

Thumbs and Ammo

It's funny how just a little photo manipulation can completely change the tone of iconic movie scene. Replace the gun of a big screen action hero or heroine with a thumbs up gesture, and things go from “Stop or I’ll shoot!” to “Relax... everything is cool!”

That’s the concept behind Thumbs & Ammo, a new blog dedicated to remixing famous gun-toting film moments into thumb-flipping alternate versions of the same scene. The blog’s tagline reads “Real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude,” and the site definitely lives up to that mission statement. The blog invites users to submit their own gun/thumbs up mashups.

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It’s really hard not to like Paul Rudd.

The co-star of such films as “Anchorman” and “The 40 Year Old Virgin” has really come into his own over the past several years as a comedic leading man, and despite all this success, Rudd also always manages to come off as one of the nicest guys in Hollywood. However, nice guy or not, it’s getting a little difficult to ignore the fact that Rudd plays basically the same character in almost every movie he appears in.

The comic actor known for his affable goofball roles has long been a mainstay of the Hollywood romantic comedy scene. Since his breakout appearance in 1995’s “Clueless,” Rudd has played more charming dopes and screwups with hearts of gold than perhaps any other actor in Tinsel Town history. Rudd is set to appear in yet another rom-com later this week (as, you guessed it, the doofy love interest) with the release of “Admission,” starring Tina Fey.

So is this a case of an actor being typecast or is it something else?