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Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren and Mary-Louise Parker return for Summit Entertainment's sequel to the 2010 surprise hit "Red." Watch trailer:

Two Hollywood heavyweights are returning to the bigscreen next year in sci-fi fashion. Tom Cruise toplines "Tron" director Joseph Kosinski's latest, "Oblivion," from Universal Pictures while Will Smith pairs with helmer M.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Here's another trailer for Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," which opens Christmas Day. Starring Jaime Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz, The Weinstein Company pic follows a slave-turned-bounty hunter (Foxx) on a mission to rescue his wife from her sadistic slavemaster.

Today, the Walt Disney Co. announced the acquisition of George Lucas' Lucasfilm, as well as a new Star Wars feature in a whopping $4.05 billion deal. Disney chief Bob Iger says Lucas' company 'fits perfectly with Disney's strategic priorities' in an internal memo to Disney employees.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

After helping “The Avengers” save the world this past summer, Tony Stark is falling back to earth (literally) in the first trailer for “Iron Man 3.” Set for release May 3, 2013, Disney and Marvel’s upcoming tentpole reunites Robert Downey Jr.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Disney has issued a new teaser-trailer for Gore Verbinski’s Wild West tentpole “The Lone Ranger.” Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, “The Lone Ranger” is based on the popular TV series from the 1950s about a Texas Ranger and his crime-fighting sidekick, Tonto.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

“Old Boy” director Chan-wook Park makes his English-language debut on “Stoker,” the Fox Searchlight thriller starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode. Written by “Prison Break” actor Wentworth Miller, story follows a mysterious, charming man who has ulterior motives in an already unstable home.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

While we still don’t know what Daniel Day Lewis’ “Lincoln” sounds like, Google Play has unveiled a glimpse of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming drama in a preview of the pic’s trailer, which Spielberg, himself, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will introduce in a special event Wednesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Paramount's "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" -- one of several upcoming pics taking twists on a classic story -- toplines Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as the fairytale siblings, set 15 years after the pair kill the witch who kidnapped them.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Prolific director Tony Scott, who died Sunday at the age of 68, recently talked about working on the set of his last two completed features: "Unstoppable" and "The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3."