If you weren't sold on the Chris Evans-starring Captain America: The First Avenger yet, let the newly released theatrical trailer assuage your fears that it'll turn out to be another tame, Thor-level Marvel meh-fest. Instead, the trailer tells us, literally, what Edith Zimmerman learned the drunken way: Evans, and Captain America, is "gonna get so many girls." And boys. And anyone with a lingering fetish for the retro-futuristic stylings of Raiders of the Lost Ark and director Joe Johnston's underappreciated 1991 adventure The Rocketeer.
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And now, a safe prediction about Cars 2: Its best part will be the short that precedes the movie. In the mini adventure, both Woody and Buzz (still voiced by Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, respectively) and the rest of the toys stage a Hawaiian getaway for Ken (Michael Keaton), whose botched travel plans with Barbie (Jodi Benson) force him to remain in Bonnie's bedroom. A just-released still from the short is enough to bring back my tears from Toy Story 3. I could live in these damn movies.
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I'm waiting on certain Hollywood legends to find descendents in current cineplex stars. Far as I'm concerned, we're in dire need of a new Jack Lemmon, a new Shirley MacLaine, and a new Madeline Kahn, along with many, many others. But every so often, a millennial star finds a way to exhume the spirit of an old star while adding refreshing relevance. I present to you the following hypothesis in silver screen genealogy: Cameron Diaz is our new Goldie Hawn.
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Michael Bay is notoriously tough on actors -- just ask Megan Fox -- but it appears he gave new Transformers: Dark of the Moon star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley some preparedness training before he even cast her in the new robot-killing film. Warning: this story involves the desert, high heels, and underwear.
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You know how David Wain was toying with the idea of directing a Wet Hot American Summer prequel in which all of the middle-aged cast members appear as 16-year-olds? Well, that project may not just be another sequel pipe dream because five of the original film's actors have already agreed to return to Camp Firewood.
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Exciting casting news this Thursday: Julia Ormond is reportedly in talks with Warner Bros. and Zack Snyder to play Superman's Kryptonian mother Lara Lor-Van in Man of Steel. The actress could be joining Russell Crowe, who is circling the role of Superman's father Jor-El, and Immortals star Henry Cavill will play the titular superhero. Join us after the jump for a Man of Steel cast gallery.
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While the new Captain America: The First Avenger trailer premieres tonight at 7:30 p.m. EDT (how blogger-inconvenient), the new poster hits you right now, square in the face, with a jawline from the gods and a shield from an early season of American Gladiators (when Human Cannonball was still a thing). BREAKING: Chris Evans looks like John Edwards from the side.
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The alleged greatest 3-D film ever made held its world premiere today in Moscow, where Michael Bay and his Transformers: Dark of the Moon cast swept into town to kick-off the Moscow International Film Festival. Hit the jump to ogle Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, John Malkovich, McDreamy himself, the guys from Linkin Park, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's sheer couture number on the red carpet.
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That sound you just heard was the entire Internet saying in unison, "Good job, Joel Courtney!" The adorable Super 8 star has just been cast as Tom Sawyer in Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn. Per Variety, the Jo Kastner-directed adaptation will shoot in Bulgaria instead of Missouri, which is... odd. Otherwise, mint! Courtney is also in talks for the supernatural thriller The Healer. Spooky, scary, etc. [Variety]
When Gary Ross picked rocker Lenny Kravitz out of nowhere to play Katniss's stylist Cinna in 2012's The Hunger Games, many folks were taken by surprise. But none, perhaps, were more surprised than Kravitz himself, who admits he didn't even know what The Hunger Games trilogy was until he got Ross's phone call.
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· Bad Teacher isn't the only R-rated comedy on the horizon. Warner Bros. has Horrible Bosses coming in two weeks, and the latest clip has arrived online, sans R-rating. Instead, you get Kevin Spacey laughing in Jason Bateman's face over his dead grandmother. No wonder the posters are calling Spacey a "psycho." Click through to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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Hollywood Out of its Effing Mind, Part MMCXLVI: "A reliable individual [said] that the movie will net out at a cost of about $215 million, after allowing for all the tax rebates. That's nearly twice the cost of Men in Black II. Sony would not confirm the budget figure." [TheWrap]
Considering there's going to be an ensemble film adaptation of What to Expect When You're Expecting, the chances are good that some Hollywood executive has already purchased the film rights to the trend piece in the New York Post on Wednesday about marijuana smoking mothers. Sorry: "Smokin' Pot Mamas," as the piece is titled. Yes, this is apparently a thing -- and yes, this sounds like a Hollywood comedy waiting to happen. In an effort to help the process along -- and to not bogart creative ideas -- Movieline has cast the inevitable film adaptation of Smokin' Hot Mamas with a cadre of big Hollywood stars. Fire one up, and click ahead for a look.
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The push to get audiences to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon in glorious 3-D is getting a bit harder. In fact, this one feels more like a shove. Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, star Shia LaBeouf said that Dark of the Moon is the "greatest 3-D film ever made." Oh, is that all?
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With filming on The Hobbit series underway in New Zealand -- and with Peter Jackson possibly done with major casting; maybe -- it seems like just the right time for a set photo from the film to emerge from the wilds of Middle-earth. Lo and behold, here you go! EW does the honors, debuting this pensive shot of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins. First impression: those ears are big! Click through for a first look at The Hobbit.
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