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Fans of the long-cancelled television series "Veronica Mars" have spoken with their wallets, and the show will be getting a second life on the big screen.

On Monday, the creator of the long-cancelled cult favorite show, Rob Thomas, launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $2 million to finally get the long-talked-about project off the ground, with star Kristen Bell and much of the original cast committing to the project if it was financed. The response was immediate and enthusiastic: within four hours, over $1 has been pledged towards the project, and the campaign had exceeded its goal eight hours later. With finding in place, shooting is expected to take place this summer.

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An ongoing dispute between Warner Bros. Studios and the J.R.R. Tolkien estate has taken a dramatic turn, with millions of dollars of merchandizing tied to the "Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" franchises in the balance.

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Before the white smoke ever floated from the Sistine Chapel, Twitter was billowing with #Pope talk. One of the buzzier hashtags of recent memory, #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithPope, continues to trend today, offering a seemingly endless stream of entertaining possibilities. But to save you such a time commitment, we've filtered through and found some of the most well-pontificated expressions.

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Will Kurt Wagner, aka Nightcrawler, teleport himself to the set of "X-Men: Days of Future Past"? While the answer remained as elusive as the wily mutant himself over the past few months, current evidence unfortunately leans toward the negative.

It's been mutant mania as several "X-Men" movie alums have been signing on for director Bryan Singer's return to the franchise, which merges the worlds of the original "X-Men" trilogy and 2011's reboot/prequel, "X-Men: First Class." However, Alan Cumming, who played the scene-stealing Nightcrawler in "X2" (2003), won't be coming back for another semester at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

You loved 'em in "The Wedding Singer." You loved 'em in "50 First Dates." Now, Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler and a bunch of movie suits are banking on you loving 'em one more time.

Warner Bros. announced Wednesday morning the two stars are teaming up for a brand new romantic comedy.

'My Amityville Horror' (Photo: IFC Films)

"The Amityville Horror" scared audiences when it opened in 1979, but what was it like living in the home that inspired the hit horror flick?

A new documentary, "My Amityville Horror," which opens in select theaters and goes on-demand this Friday, tells the story of Danny Lutz, who moved into the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York, in 1975.