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In the movies at least, it seems as if violent killers are getting younger every day. Following in the footsteps of Chloe Moretz’s Hit Girl in ‘Kick-Ass,’ Saoirse Ronan plays the title character in ‘Hanna,’ Joe Wright‘s new film about a teenage girl who’s been trained since birth to take out targets — and she’s every bit as good as her predecessor. Cinematical sat down with Ronan, the Oscar-nominated young star of films like ‘Atonement‘ and ‘City of Ember,’ and talked about the challenges of bringing to life a character who’s an unusual combination of lethal force and fascinating naiveté.

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Before ‘Hanna,’ Joe Wright was probably best known for his period dramas, and could easily have carved out a comfortable niche buttoning up beautiful actresses like Keira Knightley in too-tight clothing and putting them through the paces of anachronistic romances. But his new film reunites him with his other ‘Atonement’ star, Saoirse Ronan. This time, though, instead of ruining lives, she simply ends them, playing a pre-teen hitwoman who leaves a trail of bodies in her wake as she races to reunite with her retired-agent father (played by Eric Bana).

Cinematical sat down with Wright as the director discussed creating fairy-tale imagery, chatted about his collaboration with electronic music luminaries the Chemical Brothers and offered some insights into the unspoken and unrevealed stories beneath the film’s stylish surface.

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Taylor Swift and Zac Efron are falling in love — but before you get too excited, it’s just for the movies!

Coming Soon has the news that the two musicians/actors are set to star in the upcoming Universal adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s “The Lorax.” Efron will play the film’s lead, a boy named Ted who is searching for the one thing that will allow him to win the girl of his dreams. Swift will play the girl, named Audrey. In addition to the two of them, Danny Devito will voice the titular Lorax, Ed Helms is the the Once-let, Rob Riggle is financial king O’Hare, and Betty White is Ted’s Grammy Norma. The flick is set for release on March 2, 2012.

After the jump, find out which two major actors have joined Keira Knightly in the adaptation of “Anna Karenina” and who will be playing Clark Kent’s father in Zack Snyder‘s “Man of Steel.”

Jude Law And Aaron Johnson To Join “Anna Karenina”
Keira Knightly is returning to work with director Joe Wright for a third time, and this time she’s bringing in some new meat. According to Variety, Jude Law and Aaron Johnson are nearing completion on their negotiations for major roles in the film, which should begin production in the fall.

Kevin Costner Joins “Man Of Steel”
Teaming up with the previously announced Momma Kent, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner has agreed to come on board as Superman’s adoptive father Jonathan Kent in Zack Snyder’s adaptation of “Superman.” Costner joins Lane and Henry Cavill, who will be playing the titular man of steel.

Tripp Vinson Defends “Red Dawn”
In response to the recent news about “Red Dawn‘s” Chinese baddies being nixed for North Koreans, the film’s producer phoned up Ain’t It Cool News to explain their decision-making. “‘Red Dawn’ isn’t for everyone. So, if you are interested in seeing a movie filled with preachy political discussions – ‘Red Dawn’ ain’t for you. If you love movies in which Americans are the bad guys – ‘Red Dawn’ ain’t for you. If you get emotional watching daytime television – ‘Red Dawn’ ain’t for you. If you’re a vegetarian – ‘Red Dawn’ probably ain’t for you. But! If you like meat with your potatoes, muscle cars that roar, tanks, guns and things blowing the [f---] up by American’s kicking some Commie ass – then we have something special coming your way,” Vinson said.

Kevin Smith Shares How To “Hit Somebody”
Kevin Smith took a break from his tour of the country promoting “Red State” to post a scene from his next (and allegedly last) film, “Hit Somebody.” Posting it on his blog, the scene follows 11-year-old main character Buddy McCracken and his hockey coach Blue Jay Jennings, a role that was written for John Goodman.

Santa’s Back And He’s Badder Than Ever
There’s plenty of time before the holidays, but Christmas has come early for “Bad Santa” fans. The Wrap reports that Billy Bob Thornton is officially coming back for a sequel to the R-rated holiday comedy, and representatives from The Weinstein Company confirm the news: “Everyone loves the character and Billy Bob’s excited to be in talks with us.”

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Hanna Movie Poster

Hanna movie poster appears to be serving its function well by previewing action thriller and adventure packed drama for Hanna movie poster in undoubtedly effective as a one of a kind forerunner. What goes on to attract attention of moviegoers at first glance in this item is the profile of young leading lady Saoirse Ronan whose disheveled and bruised profile which suggest that this will be a not to be missed kind of a motion picture in eyes of onlookers. Caption which goes as young sweet innocent and deadly is also capable of generating curiosity.

As new Hanna movie poster has gone on to capture through it to a certain extent unusual life of a young girl will be the premise of this movie which has been directed by Joe Wright. A teenage girl who had been raised as a assassin from her early childhood is made to go on a mission which takes her across the European continent. At the same time she must also stay one step ahead of some government agents who are pursuing her.

In addition to upcoming actress featured in Hanna movie poster upcoming motion picture will also have Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana giving life to some major roles in movie. Packed with elements of action adventure and thriller in generous amounts this flick which is set to make it to theaters on 8th of April will definitely be a most fascinating cinematic experience for onlookers. So they can expect a heart racing and pulsating joyride.

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Until this afternoon, all we really knew about Joe Wright’s new film ‘Hanna‘ is that it stars the suddenly precocious Saoirse Ronan as a teenage assassin. That was enough to get us interested, but the wealth of details that Wright, Ronan, and co-star Eric Bana revealed to the New York Comic-Con crowd this afternoon — in addition to the two brief clips they brought in tow — have us somewhat convinced that ‘Hanna’ is going to be one of the spring’s most exciting movies when Focus Features release it on April 8, 2011. So here’s what we know now:

1. ‘Hanna’ is ‘Leon’ meets ‘The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser.’

Eric Bana might tell you otherwise, but the whole “cute girl who happens to be a deadly trained killer” thing is familiar stuff. From ‘Leon’ to ‘Kick-Ass’ to a whole sub-genre of anime titles like ‘Gunslinger Girl’ and ‘Kite,’ it can feel like every little girl in a movie these days is likely to be concealing an automatic weapon of some kind (this perspective has really tarnished the experience of watching ‘A Little Princess’).

But Joe Wright is a serious filmmaker (he may have gone a little Joe Wrong* with ‘The Soloist,’ but all of his films — especially ‘Atonement’ — are undeniably the work of a filmmaker possessed with a consideration and curiosity for his craft), and one gets the sense he wouldn’t have accepted stewardship of ‘Hanna’ if there weren’t a bit more to its story. And then, at the panel, he busted out that Kaspar Hauser reference, revealing that Hanna isn’t just a little girl with a deadly set of talents, but that she’s been raised beyond the limits of society and knows nothing of the world at large (as a kid, she had two books: an encyclopedia and a copy of ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’). Or as Saoirse Ronan described her…

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