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Sony Pictures has recently announced that it has greenlit "The Amazing Spider-Man 3" and "The Amazing Spider-Man 4". The follow-ups to "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" will be ready to be unleashed to theaters nationwide on June 10, 2016 and on May 4, 2018 respectively. The second installment itself is not released yet until May 2, 2014.

"Spider-Man is our most important, most successful, and most beloved franchise," said Jeff Blake, the chairman, worldwide marketing and distribution for Sony, in a statement. "So we're thrilled that we are in a position to lock in these prime release dates over the next five years."

"World War Z" builds anticipation before its wide release with a new clip, featuring Brad Pitt in his portrayal of Gerry Lane. Trapped in a difficult situation where zombies invade the town and go for human hunting, Lane attempts to make a daring rooftop escape to save his family from the scary-looking creatures by getting them all to the chopper.

In "World War Z", Gerry Lane is a United Nation employee who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. The story itself is based on Max Brook's horror novel "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War".

Russell Crowe was presented with a Taormina Art honor at the Taormina Film Festival in Italy on Saturday, June 15. Crowe, who received it ahead of the screening of his latest film "Man of Steel" at the event, was humbled when a chorus of cheer from the crowd was given to him as Taormina artistic director Mario Sesti welcomed him to the stage.

"This is my first time in Sicily, and you are already giving me an award. I should come here more often," Crowe said, reading from notes, and added, "I have always had a deep love for Italy, even before I became a gladiator," referring to his iconic role in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator", which helped him take home an Oscar for Best Actor.

Martin Scorsese has just dropped a trailer for his upcoming film "The Wolf of Wall Street". With Kanye West's "Black Skinhead" setting the mood, the video captures DiCaprio in his wildest moments ever as an arrogant wealthy man named Jordan Belfort, who is seen throwing some money into a bin and even strangely taking a chimp to work day.

Additionally, the first promo video for the movie features appearances from Matthew McConaughey, who sports a retro hairstyle for his role as Mark Hanna, Jonah Hill, who is about to put a bug in his mouth, and Margot Robbie, who gets Belfort's full attention as the hot chick in a bra.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt shows some love to all fathers around the world with a clip from his directorial debut "Don Jon". For viewing pleasure, he introduces Scarlett Johansson as a nice and desirable future daughter-in-law. In the video, Gordon-Levitt's womanizer Jon is seen bringing Johansson's Barbara home to introduce her to his parents.

Making its debut at Sundance, the drama comedy centers on a modern Don Juan named Jon Martello who falls for Barbara Sugarman, a beautiful girl who's raised on romantic Hollywood movies. Wrestling with good old fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, the couple struggles against a media culture full of false fantasies to try and find true intimacy.

Vin Diesel has taken to Twitter to debut a new poster for his upcoming film "Riddick". The 2013 Comic-Con poster features him as the Furyan murderer drenched in red-tinted darkness, looking menacing and very deadly with his piercing stare and a knife on his hand. "It's been over decade, since I've been to Comic-Con...Grrr...The Furyan...," he captioned it.

The sequel to "The Chronicles of Riddick" revolves around the infamous Riddick, who has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet. Soon, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.

Tom Hiddleston apparently won't be involved in "The Avengers 2". Currently working on the sequel's script, director Joss Whedon has confirmed the absence of Loki, the villainous character that the English actor has portrayed in "Thor" and "The Avengers", when appearing recently on the podcast of the U.K.'s Empire Magazine.

"Everyone is going to be looking for the Loki-Hulk smash moment and you'll be looking for 'quim' [Loki's infamous insult to Black Widow]," Whedon said. "No, first of all, imitating what I did before is the surest way to do it not as well. Second of all, Loki's not there to say those terrible things. Although I do think we should bring the word back, not as an insult, it's just a nice word."

"Man of Steel" not only lands atop the box office, but also scores new record for the highest opening in June. The Warner Bros. feature from director Zack Snyder and scribe David S. Goyer debuts to a strong $116.6 million, beating the opening of "Toy Story 3" with $110.3 million in 2010. Additionally, it outperforms 2006's "Superman Returns", which collected $84.6 million.

"Anything over $100 million means the franchise is back. The studio gave the movie the right tone for today's audiences - something dark," Jeff Bock, vice president and chief analyst of Exhibitor Relations, says to USA Today of Henry Cavill's movie. Though it captures most moviegoers' hearts (as suggested by an "A-" CinemaScore), it apparently does not go along with critics (a 57% rating on Rotten Tomatoes).

"Despicable Me 2" has its own way to celebrate Father's Day. This time, Gru is tapped to come out in the film's newly-released TV spot, sporting a pink lace ruffle dress complete with a blonde wig at a kids yard party. Apparently, his too-scary-to-be-called-fairy-princess appearance bothers a kid. "How come you're so fat?" asks a little girl bluntly.

The film from Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin follows supervillain Gru, whose life is now turned upside down when Agent Lucy Wilde of the Anti-Villain League visits him for a purpose. Despite his unwillingness, Gru is assigned to help take down a fellow villain, armed with some cool new cars, gadgets and weapons.

A batch of images, courtesy of Cleveland.com, from the set of Anthony and Joe Russo's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" gives much closer look at Steve Roger's brand new suit. Apparently, the Cap depicter, Chris Evans, is nowhere in sight as a young mystery man takes his place and is photographed hoping on a bike in full costume.

Joblo provides details of the new outfit: [SPOILER ALERT!] "This is Cap's S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform (obviously) but for circumstances unknown (either it getting destroyed or Cap hating it), at some point in the film, Steve breaks into the Smithsonian and steals back his 40's uniform. So for all of us that loved the Johnston suit, Captain America will be back in it by the end of the movie. Sort of takes the sting away from this lameness."

Lynn Shelton has just debuted a trailer for "Touchy Feely" with Rosemarie DeWitt mostly featured in it. In her role as Abby, DeWitt is seen enjoying so much her job as a masseuse and often receiving compliments from clients, thanks to her magic touch. However, in an indescribable situation, she all of sudden feels unable to do any bodily contact.

The upcoming dramedy is a closely observed examination of a family whose delicate psychic balance suddenly unravels. While sought-after masseuse Abby suddenly develops an uncontrollable aversion to bodily contact, her brother Paul, a struggling dentist, gets new life as clients pack his dental clinic to seek out his healing touch.

Gary Oldman's next directorial vehicle "Flying Horse" seemingly can reunite him with his co-stars in "Harry Potter" and "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". The Wrap reports that 55-year-old Oldman wants Ralph Fiennes and Benedict Cumberbatch to star in the Eadweard Muybridge biopic.

The site reports that Oldman has done writing the script, which centers on the courtship and love affair between Muybrige's wife, Flora, and famous theater critic Harry Larkyns, who was shot dead by Muybridge. Despite no official news yet, a fan of Oldman claims that the English director and actor himself has confirmed to her that Fiennes is already on board.

"Killing Season" finally unleashes its first trailer that totally lives up to its name. Featuring leading men John Travolta and Robert De Niro, the video highlights intense fighting between the two veteran actors' characters in the remote Smoky mountain wilderness. Additionally, it offers fans such rare chance to hear Travolta tackling a Serbian accent.

The upcoming action film introduces De Niro as American military veteran Benjamin Ford living in a remote cabin in the woods. Striking up an unlikely friendship with European tourist Emil Kovac (Travolta), Ford soon discovers that Kovac is a Serbian soldier bent on revenge. The two then go toe-to-toe across the grueling Appalachian mountain landscape.

John C. Reilly is finally confirmed to be added to the cast of "Guardians of the Galaxy". In the James Gunn-directed flick, the 48-year-old actor and comedian, who earned an Academy nomination for his supporting role in Richard Gere's musical "Chicago", is tapped to take on the role as Rhomann Dey.

Late last month, Reilly had been approached for a role that, at that time, was rumored to be Rhomann Dey. HitFix, which broke the news first, learned that the character was more of a human agent "who serves as a go-between, keeping the Guardians in line and reporting to SHIELD about their activities."

The Weinstein Company has unleashed first trailer for "Salinger", the first documentary that attempts to dive inside the very private life of "The Catcher in the Rye" author J.D. Salinger. The video seemingly promises to unveil some unsolved mysteries, including his service in World War II, his love affairs and his works after he stopped publishing his writing in 1965.

Additionally, the trailer includes interviews with people close to the late reclusive author. Among them previewed in it are Martin Sheen, Danny DeVito, Edward Norton and John Cusack. Controversies over "The Catcher in the Rye" are teased as well, featuring Mark David Chapman, whose obsession with the 1951 novel led him to kill John Lennon.