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Cyclops, The Punisher And, Er, Billy Bob To Battle A Bear...
Variety bring word that James Marsden, Thomas Jane and Billy Bob Thornton have signed on thriller Red Machine. Marsden and Jane play brothers on a camping trip who find themselves menaced by a large, angry and presumably red grizzly nicknamed the Red Machine by the bear expert and hunter Billy Bob Thornton, who attempts to rescue the bros.  

Awards! These Films Got Some In London...
The London Critics Circle have handed out their awards. The Oscar front runner The Artist cleaned up collecting awards for Film Of The Year, Director Of The Year and Actor Of The Year (for Jean Dujardin). Iran's Oscar entry A Separation took home Best Foreign Film Of The Year, Best Screenplay Of The Year and Best Supporting Actress Of The Year (Sareh Bayat). The London critics reckoned the Best British Film Of The Year was We Need To Talk About Kevin.

Jim Broadbent To Class Up Irvine Welsh's 'Filth'.
The adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel Filth has just signed on some more actors. Jim Broadbent and Imogen Poots have joined the cast which includes James McAvoy and Jamie Bell. The story is about an extremely corrupt copper in Edinburgh.

This. Is. ATLAAAAAAAAAAAAANTIS!  
The producer of 300 and Immortals are has announced plans to adapt the five-issue graphic novel Atlantis Rising. Described as a "sci-fi, political, techno thriller", the story is about a ten millennia old undersea civilisation that rises to battle the world's military. MSN report that it is planned to become a franchise.

Kristen Wiig Signs On To Film That Isn't 'Bridesmaids 2'
The Hollywood Reporter have the scoop that Kristen Wiig has signed on The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty. The film, which stars Ben Stiller in the lead role of Walt, is an adaptation of the short story of the same name and is about a magazine photo manager who ends up on an adventure after misplacing a photo negative. Wiig will play Stiller's love interest.

Other People Don't Rate Chuck Norris's Films. Chuck Norris Rates Chuck Norris's Films... 
AICN have discovered that Chuck Norris only agreed to star in Sly's action-hero extravaganza The Expendables 2, if all the cussing was cut. AICN translated a foreign interview in which Norris said, "In Expendables 2, there was a lot of vulgar dialogue in the screenplay. For this reason, many young people wouldn't be able to watch this. But I don't play in movies like this. Due to that I daid I won't be a part of that if the hardcore language is not erased. Producers accepted my conditions and the movie will be classified PG-13". Sly later confirmed this and the PG-13 rating as being accurate info.

Today In Kevin: We need to talk about Kevin. Home Alone's Kevin McCallister that is...

Today In Trivia: Home Alone entered into The Guinness Book of World Records as the 'Highest Box Office Gross - Comedy'. Bringing in an astonishing US$533,000,000 worldwide. Ain't nothing funny about that.

Today's Bad Movie Tagline: The tagline for Kristen Wiig's 2006 comedy Unaccompanied Minors: "No planes, no parents, no problems". Wiig got 99 problems but a plane, a parent and some problems ain't one...

Happy Birthday!: To Birds leading lady and object of Hitchcock's infactuation Tippi Hedren who is 82 today.

TODAY'S POLL
Which Would You Rather Be Hunted By - A Grey Wolf Or A Grizzly Bear?
2012 is the year the animals turned the tables. Liam Neeson is hunted by a pack of Grey Wolves in The Grey and Billy Bob's being hunted by a Grizzly Bear in Red Machine. Think carefully and then let us know which you would rather be hunted by... 

The poll results will be in Monday's edition of The 3PM Dispatch.

THURSDAY'S POLL RESULTS
Most Flicksters agree with George Lucas' decision to "retire" from blockbusters.

Should George Lucas "Retire"?
43.75% - Yes - Yes he should.
31.25% - No - No, he shouldn't.
25.00% - Um - I have no opinion.