Set photos and videos from 'Red Dawn' remake

Dan Bradley's remake of "Red Dawn" is currently in production, and the first set photos and videos from the set have popped up online. Check out some of the material below. Ready for some boom boom?

Written by Carl Ellsworth, the new "Red Dawn," a group of teenagers form an alliance to defend their town after Chinese and Russian soliders invade their town.

Josh Hutcherson, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Adrianne Palicki and Edwin Hodge star in the remake. Also, Jeffrey Dean Morgan is in talks to play the leader of a U.S. Special Forces team.

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Josh Hutcherson, Isabel Lucas join 'Red Dawn' cast

The "Red Dawn" remake is still recruiting, and the latest to join MGM's upcoming Dan Bradley-directed film are Josh Hutcherson, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise and Edwin Hodge.

Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck and Adrianne Palicki are also on board, and last thing I heard even Kurt Russell was attached to star in the remake of the John Milius' 1984 action flick.

Written by Carl Ellsworth, the new "Red Dawn," a group of teenagers form an alliance to defend their town after Chinese and Russian soliders invade their town.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Hutcherson, who starred in "Bridge to Terabithia," will play the gang's tech expert. Lucas ("Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen") is set to play a cheerleader.

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This and that in film news: 'Dark Knight' sequel to shoot in 2010?; 'Pirates 4' shooting next Spring

Here are some things you shouldn't miss on this July 24, 2009:

• At Comic-Con, Gary Oldman, who stars in the upcoming "The Book of Eli," announced that a follow-up to "The Dark Knight" will shoot next year. "I think the next Batman is next year," he said. "We start shooting next year. You didn't hear that from me." Already? (via Coming Soon) UPDATE: Well, turns out Oldman was kind of joking. What the hell?

• Coming Soon also chatted with Disney's Oren Aviv, who said this about "Pirates of the Caribbean 4": "We're going to shoot 'Pirates 4' in April or May of next year," he said. "It's important to get the story right and it's important to me to scale it down, because we can't get bigger."

• A sequel to the recent horror flick "The Strangers" is set for principal photography this fall. The first one grossed $54 million. Laurent Briet will direct "Strangers 2," which Bryan Bertino wrote. Plot details are kept under wraps. (Variety)

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