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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 doesn’t come out until May 2, 2014, but Sony looks to be feeling fairly confident about the success of this rebooted franchise.

The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4 already have tentative release dates. Three and five years from now, respectively - June 10, 2016, and May 4, 2018.

THG NOTE: We checked on iCal and those are both Fridays! Well done Sony!

Sony Pictures’ Jeff Blake, said in a press release regarding the two films:

“Spider-Man is our most important, most successful, and most beloved franchise, so we’re thrilled to be in a position to lock in prime release dates over the next five years.”

The numbers don't lie. The first movie made $750 million-plus worldwide, with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 bringing equal if not greater expectations.

Man of Steel has finally hit theaters! You know what that means: a nauseating amount of "It's a bird, it's a plane" puns in headlines and articles.

Well not in this one, no! We Clark Can't bring ourselves to stoop to that level.

Dangit!

Man of Steel broke a June record opening weekends, earning $113 million over the three day period (plus an extra $12 million at Thursday evening preview screenings).

The previous record was held by Toy Story 3, which took in $110 million in its first three days in theaters back in 2010.

Hit the jump for the full weekend box office report.

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Man of Steel has earned an estimated $21 million from Thursday night screenings!

That puts the Superman reboot at 7th place all time for "midnight" earnings. The problem with that number is that $12 million of that $21 million came from special 7pm screenings.

We're not faulting Man of Steel for having those screenings, but the context for these numbers is constantly changing. Higher ticket prices for 3D and IMAX theaters, and ever-earlier premieres make it hard to really compare performances.

For reference, Iron Man 3 took in $15.6 million on its Thursday night opening.

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I'm super glad I'm not friends with anyone with the title "The Accuser." That does not sound like a fun person to have around.

But a fun person will play an Accuser in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

John C. Reilly will play Ronan the Accuser, to be exact.

Ronan the Accuser belongs to an alien race called the Kree. He wields a giant powerful hammer and possesses superhuman strength and speed.

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If you were building humanoid robot assassins, would you make them look young and virile, or old and flabby like a deflated basketball, and in the postscript of a political career and highly-publicized divorce scandal?

The latter, right?

Right. That's what I thought.

As such, Arnold Schwarzenegger will be returning to play The Terminator in Terminator 5.

The script is being prepared by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier, and a director is still not attached.

Fast and Furious 6 director Justin Lin had previously been in talks to direct, but ultimately chose that project over T5.

What do you think of a 65 year-old Terminator? How will it be justified in the movie? We'll just have to wait and see.

Steven Spielberg has predicted a Hollywood implosion.

That sounds awesome! Is it gonna get sucked into the ocean?? Oh! Can the vacuum it creates lead to a vortex of human bodies? How are they gonna do the effects?

No! Stop it Justin Dweeber! You're part of the problem!!!!

Speaking at a USC Film School event, Spielberg and his buddy George Lucas envisioned a near-future where mega-budget action films will cost $25 a ticket while a more "adult" film like Lincoln will cost only $7.

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Who better to produce an Elton John biopic than...Elton John?

John's company Rocket Pictures is currently working on a movie about the artist's life called Rocketman.

But here's the best part: Tom Hardy is the frontrunner to star.

Who doesn't want to hear Hardy with a Bane breather on, mumbling his way through Pinball Wizard?

FilmDistrict definitely does. The distribution company is near a $10 million dollar deal for the U.S. rights to Rocketman.

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We already know the Veronica Mars movie is happening (EEK!!!).

But creator Rob Thomas wrote an email yesterday to the Kickstarter backers who helped bring this upcomng film to life and broke the exciting news of others who will be joining Kristen Bell on the big screen.

Led by Tina Majorino as Mac.

"I really wanted Tina in Veronica Mars," Thomas said. "To say I wrote Mac with Tina in mind would be an understatement. I wrote Mac for Tina, and Tina only. Veronica needed a female friend, and a Q to her Bond.

"Tina felt like just the sort of girl that Veronica would like and respect. I couldn't be more pleased that she'll be with us for the movie."

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Fun fact: Michael Bay has only had two films reach above a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

But when it comes to giant action flicks, there's nobody....not better...what's the word I'm looking for?

Let's go with "Explodier."

That's why Bay is working with Ubisoft and Warner Bros. to develop a movie adaptation of the Ghost Recon video game.

The director, who is currently working on Transformers 4, may or may not direct the film. That all depends on what direction the screenwriter--yet to be found--decides to go with the project.

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From her roles in The Borgias, Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina and Bel Ami that Holliday Grainger can pull off a period dress (that sounds gross but it's not).

That's why we can feel pretty confident that she'll at the very least look good in her newly acquired role as one of the stepsisters in the upcoming live-action Cinderella.

Lily James will play the role of Cinderella, with Cate Blanchett signed on as the Evil Stepmother, and Richard Madden as Prince Charming.

Kenneth Branagh will direct the film, which may take a grittier approach to the superhero or may be more in the vein of  Oz: The Great and Powerful or Alice in Wonderland.