While Sony plays cat and mouse with U.S. audiences -- Was that Memorial Day Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trailer leaked by the studio? Will we ever know the answer now that the official promo has been released? -- they are straightforwardly plugging David Fincher's adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel overseas with a few scandalous posters that, dare we say, could be considered NSFW. Tilt your computer screen away from oncoming office traffic and click ahead.
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Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon promises some thrilling wingsuited, skydiving action, and in a new behind the scenes featurette you can learn more about the daring sky jumpers tapped to execute film's aerial stunts. Also: Paramount's released more pictures of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in peril and Shia LaBeouf sliding down a building, so happy Transformers Wednesday!
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In a move that swiftly eclipsed another celeb Twitter milestone of the day, NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal today tweeted his retirement from pro basketball after 19 seasons, six teams, four championships and two Olympic gold medals. While his celebrated career on the court will never be forgotten, the development raises a question about the dormant, notorious side gig he may yet resume. In short: Is Shaq coming back to the big screen?
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MTV is bestowing its Generation Award, the most prestigious Golden Popcorn statuette, to Reese Witherspoon at this Sunday's MTV Movie Awards. Sure, the honor has gone in years past to weaker thesps like Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler, but Witherspoon is a rightful Oscar winner with more interesting roles to her credit than, well, most survivors of Cruel Intentions. What's your favorite Witherspoon role?
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· The onset of the MTV Movie Awards continues with... this: The "Meme Mash-Up" series continues with the inevitable cross-over between wholesome "Friday" chirper Rebecca Black and not-so-wholesome psychological freak show Black Swan. Consider yourself warned, and read on for more Buzz Break.
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You've seen the Captain America: First Avengers trailer (Hitler included!), the candid set photos, footage of the epic shield throw and video of Chris Evans flunking a trivia quiz about his onscreen superhero alias. And now, Marvel has leaked three new posters meant to excite you even more about the epic July 22 release. Take a look at Evans, Hugo Weaving and Haylee Atwell in character as Captain America, Red Skull and Peggy Carter below.
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Never mind that there are only three novels in Suzanne Collins' bestselling Hunger Games trilogy -- Lionsgate will reportedly go the Summit/Warner Bros. route and squeeze an extra film out of their highly anticipated property, according to studio execs. You know what that means: put on your speculation hats and predict where Gary Ross & Co. will split the teen homicide-packed saga! [Deadline]
Who knew that Sean Young was such a hoarder archivist? The actress who last wowed us with her narrated 8-millimeter home movies from the set of Dune returns this week with Polaroids from the set of Blade Runner, and there are some good ones -- none better than her pose with, uh, befuddled leading man Harrison Ford.
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There's nothing like a little Euro-centric lesbian vampire tale to spice up your week. After the jump, watch a tantalizing exclusive new clip from Dennis Gansel's salacious vampire lesbian horror pic We Are the Night, in which newfound vamp Lena (Karoline Herfurth) finds herself in the middle of a sapphic bloodsucker pool party with a few uninvited (and ill-fated) guests.
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What's a Green Lantern? Why are your local nerds suddenly chanting the same oath over and over again? What the heck is a "construct?" Newbie Green Lanternites can learn all this and more in WB's new behind-the-scenes featurette for the June 17 superhero flick, while hardcore fans get new glimpses of Parallax doing its thing on an entire city block. There's something for everyone!
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The Weinstein Company is going for some kind of record with its found-footage moon-landing flick Apollo 18, moving the film's release date a fifth time to Sept. 2. It's the third shift in as many months, and one which sets up an Apollo 18/Shark Night 3-D genre smackdown for the notoriously drowsy Labor Day weekend. For now, etc. etc. This is the military brat of sci-fi films, seriously. [Box Office Mojo via /film]
Also in this humpday edition of The Broadsheet: Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix get a Life... Evel Knievel may soon have a biopic... DreamWorks Animation is in Wall St. jeopardy (sort of)... Jackie Chan made his 100th movie... and more...
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Every month at Movieline, we collect the best interviews, smartest features, and most compelling reviews we've produced, and curate them in one easy-to-use table of contents called the Virtual Newsstand, which pays tribute to our print magazine history. Here's the Virtual Newsstand for May 2011.
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It could happen again. Again. Following the over $200 million worldwide The Hangover Part II has made since its release last Thursday, Warner Bros. has "started the process" on part three. No deals are signed with anyone just yet, however -- though Craig Mazen is rumored to be on board to write the third installment -- and the threequel could get pricey; Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis do not have options for another film already in place, meaning they'll be able to negotiate off the massive grosses for The Hangover Part II. That said: next stop, Amsterdam? [Deadline]
From the mind that brought you Ichi the Killer, The Happiness of the Katakuris, Sukiyaki Western Django, and most recently, the gorgeous samurai pic Thirteen Assassins comes... a goofy children's martial arts comedy about youngsters at an academy for ninjas! After the jump, watch the trailer for Takashi Miike's Ninja Kids!!!, two minutes of silliness based on the long-running anime series Nintama Rantaro.
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