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Back in March, “Thor” director Kenneth Branagh entered talks to head to the mother Russia to helm the latest movie featuring Tom Clancy’s hero Jack Ryan. With Chris Pine already locked in the starring role, it seemed that the troubled production, which had just lost Jack Bender as director, would finally see the green light.

Well, Branagh and Pine are one step closer, according to Variety. The trade is reporting that Branagh will also pull double duty, taking on the role of the main villain in the next Jack Ryan movie.

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Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight Trilogy” always had the benefit of a brilliant ensemble cast, pulling from some of the best actors working today.

In preparation for “The Dark Knight Rises,” we’re taking a look back at some of the cast’s best films.

Christian Bale – “The New World”Unfairly considered the film that people forgive Terrence Malick for, “The New World” mixes the director’s visually poetic style with a story older than our nation. Colin Farrell starts the film off as Captain John Smith and the lead of the film, but the movie then shifts its …

This morning’s tragic events in Aurora, Colorado, were not far from anyone’s thoughts outside the AMC Empire in New York City. MTV News hit the streets to gauge reactions to the horrific shootings from people as they came out of the theater.

Kristin Russ was conscious of the events heading into the movie but didn’t let the tragedy affect the occasion. “I had a heavy heart coming in, because I’m like, ‘I’m watching the movie that people were so anxious to see.’ Several of them died in Colorado,” she said. “It is just a tragedy. …

Fire Starter: Troy AveEssential info: A rapper has to possess a healthy amount of confidence to name himself after one of Brooklyn, New York’s most infamous streets, but then again, confidence has never been a problem for Troy Ave.

“If anybody knows about Brooklyn, Troy Ave is a notorious avenue in Brooklyn, so I figured what better way to represent where I’m from and my ‘hood than naming myself Troy Ave? So that’s what I did,” the rising MC told Mixtape Daily of his origin.

It was a pretty gutsy move considering how territorial the …