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Colin Firth, Michael Fassbender Set for Genius

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Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender are set to star in Genius, based on A. Scott Berg’s National Book Award-winning biography Max Perkins: Editor of Genius.

The film will chart the real-life relationship between literary giant Thomas Wolfe (Fassbender) and renowned editor Max Perkins (Firth), who developed a tender, complex friendship that changed the lives of both men forever.

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Roger Avary is bringing the video game Castle Wolfenstein to the big screen for Panorama Media and producer Samuel Hadida.

Avary will write and direct the action-adventure film, which centers on a young U.S. Army captain and a British special agent on a top-secret mission to Castle Wolfenstein, where Adolf Hitler will be for the unveiling of a new secret weapon. After reaching the Castle, the heroes are confronted with Heinrich Himmler’s SS Paranormal Division and must fight not only for their survival but for a mission that could alter the course of the war.

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The Beijing-based producer of Looper discusses Iron Man 3 and how Hollywood needs to look beyond “dragons and red lanterns” to crack the elusive Asian market.

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