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Although odds makers would definitely favor Daniel Craig over Ben Whishaw if the two ever came to fisticuffs, the two “Skyfall” actors may be more evenly matched than their radically different physiques would suggest.

Photo: GettyFinally, Sandra Bullock is getting the chance to show the dark side that those who suffered through “Hope Floats” always knew she possessed. The perennially sunny star will voice Scarlet Overkill, the resident super-villain of “Minions,” the upcoming spin-off of 2010’s “Despicable Me.”

As Deadline reports, Bullock’s character will pair high fashion with sky-high ambitions to become the world’s first lady super-villain. Set in the 1960s, the animated comedy will feature its title characters vying for the opportunity to be Bullock’s henchmen, a job previously held by Jesse James. The 3D CG film, which will be directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, is a production of Universal and Illumination Entertainment. It’s scheduled to be released on December 19, 2014; in the meantime, “Despicable Me 2,” starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, and Al Pacino, will hit screens on July 3 of this year and attempt to surpass the $540 million the original made worldwide.

As for Bullock, she’ll next be

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Sixteen years after they collaborated on “Donnie Brasco,” Barry Levinson and Johnny Depp are getting married to the mob once again. This time, the occasion is “Black Mass,” the true-life story of Whitey Bulger, the Boston mob kingpin who spent more than a decade on the FBI’s Most Wanted List before he was apprehended in June 2011.

As Deadline reports, Depp recently signed on to star as Bulger, whom Federal prosecutors have indicted for 19 murders.

Photo: Universal PicturesWith Best Supporting Actress statues for her work in “Les Miserables” from the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild, Anne Hathaway has one little hurdle left to cross in the race for awards season domination: the Oscars. But while she’s spent the season schmoozing with innumerable Academy voters, someone has gone and given her a “For Your Consideration” boost even more memorable than Melissa Leo’s cheesecake campaign for “The Fighter.”

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Jeremy Renner is a man in possession of impressive pectoral muscles and even more impressive powers of distraction. Barely a week after his latest effort, “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters,” became one of the worst-reviewed films of 2013 (quoth Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers, “a lame-brained, limp dick attempt to update a classic Brothers Grimm tale”), Renner has made us all forget about his leather-clad fairy tale frolic with the news that he’ll star in and co-produce “Kill the Messenger,” a thriller directed by Michael Cuesta.

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Attention, ladies and more than a few gentlemen: Valentine’s Day has come early, wrapped in a heart shaped box and tied with a bow by Channing Tatum: the actor has confirmed that a sequel to “Magic Mike” is in the works.

Photo courtesy of SXSWThat chain saw you hear? It’s but a grace note in the symphony of gore that is the trailer for Fede Alvarez’s “Evil Dead” remake, due to splatter across screens April 12. The film confidently bills itself as “the most terrifying film you will ever experience;” whether that’s true or not, the MPAA is making sure you’ll experience less of it.