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News Shorts: October 30th 2012

A photo of Jai Courtney in Jack Reacher, Bruce Willis and Anthony Hopkins shooting RED 2, and a shot of Jamie Foxx and Roland Emmerich on the set of White House Down.

Posters for Stoker, Hitchcock, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Impossible, On the Road, Les Miserables, and concept art from Monsters University.

“NBC’s sitcom ‘Community’ will premiere its fourth season starting February 7th in its old Thursday 8pm timeslot. ’30 Rock’, which is currently in that slot, is expected to wrap its final season before then…” (full details)

“Pascal Laugier (‘The Tall Man,’ ‘Martyrs’) says he’s moving away from horror as his next film is a ‘sex movie’ and ‘I’ve never filmed people f–king because it’s been done so many times and so badly. [The film] is a love story that turns into something very twisted’…” (full details)

“Rockstar Games’ much anticipated ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ is officially set for a Spring 2013 release. No specific date is stated but the fourth game in the series launched the final week of April in 2008, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if GTA5 hits on the same weekend next year…” (full details)

“Marvel Studios’ ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ will use the title ‘Freezerburn’ during location shoots…” (full details)

“Kasi Lemmons is attached to adapt and direct the critically acclaimed South African novel ‘Agaat’ by Marlene van Niekerk…” (full details)

“Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired Ashleigh Powell’s thriller spec script ‘Somacell’ with David S. Goyer attached to produce. The story follows a female prison guard that discovers a virtual reality program that rehabs inmates is not what it seems…” (full details)

“Comic-Con International has re-upped their contract with San Diego and will keep their popular convention going there through at least 2016…” (full details)

“Universal Pictures has acquired Morgan Jurgenson and Alex Ankeles’s sci-fi comedy spec script ‘Subdivision’. ‘Fast Five’ director Justin Lin is set to produce and develop the project as a potential directing vehicle. Elaine Chin will also produce…” (full details)

“Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights to the Noel Clarke-led horror thriller ‘Storage 24’. The film premieres on video on demand platforms on December 6th, followed by a theatrical release in early January…” (full details)

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