Julia Stiles & America Ferrera: "It's A Disaster"

Julia Stiles and America Ferrera are set to star in It's a Disaster, a comedy about four couples who meet for Sunday Brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end. A film by Vacationeer Productions, It's a Disaster will be directed by Todd Berger, who also wrote the script.

Kevin M. Brennan, Jeff Grace, Blaise Miller, and Todd Berger of comedy troupe The Vacationeers will also star in the film, which will shoot in Los Angeles in early fall and is currently in pre-production.

Todd Berger is the writer behind the Lionsgate/Jim Henson Co. film Happytime Murders and also wrote and directed The Vacationeers' first feature film, The Scenesters. The Scenesters won the "Rosebud Award" at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival, was one of the top 20 downloaded Independent films on iTunes in it's first week, and was released theatrically by Monterey Media in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and Phoenix.

"It's a crazy story and I was convinced Julia and America would think I'm crazy too, but I'm thrilled they get my sense of humor. I'm excited to have them on board," said Berger

"Cowboys & Aliens" Clip & Featurette

Jury is still out to me on how this film will fair with the general public. I could see the audience really taking to the story and getting lost in the action. I'm not sure if Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig are going to put asses in the seats or not. I think it looks good, but on one hand it has a "Jonah Hex" vibe to it. Granted, I'm not saying this movie is going to perform like Jonah Hex, but this movie along with "Super 8" and "Green Lantern" were the hardest to predict if you ask me.

See below courtesy of Moviefone

"The Pirates, Band Of Misfits" Trailer

Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It's a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!

2011 Emmy Award Nominee List

Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison - "The Big C"
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton - "Nurse Jackie"
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope - "Parks and Recreation"
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn - "Mike & Molly"
Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance - "Raising Hope"
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - "30 Rock"

Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc - "Episodes"
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - "The Big Bang Theory"
Steve Carell as Michael Scott - "The Office"
Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter - "The Big Bang Theory"
Louis C.K. as Louie - "Louie"
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy - "30 Rock"

Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester - "Glee"
Betty White as Elka Ostrosky - "Hot In Cleveland"
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy - "Modern Family"
Kristen Wiig as Various characters - "Saturday Night Live"
Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney - "30 Rock"
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett - "Modern Family"

Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper - "Two and a Half Men"
Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel - "Glee"
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett - "Modern Family"
Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett - "Modern Family"
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker - "Modern Family"
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy - "Modern Family"

Comedy Series
Glee (FOX)
Parks And Recreation (NBC)
The Office (NBC)
Modern Family (ABC)
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson - "Mad Men"
Connie Britton as Tami Taylor - "Friday Night Lights"
Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Mireille Enos as Sarah Linden - "The Killing"
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick - "The Good Wife"
Kathy Bates as Harriet Harry" Korn" - "Harry's Law"

Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson - "Boardwalk Empire"
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan - "Dexter"
Kyle Chandler as Coach Eric Taylor - "Friday Night Lights"
Jon Hamm as Don Draper - "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House - "House"
Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens - "Justified"

Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder - "Boardwalk Empire"
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris - "Mad Men"
Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen - "The Killing"
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma - "The Good Wife"
Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett - "Justified"
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart - "The Good Wife"

Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
John Slattery as Roger Sterling - "Mad Men"
Andre Braugher as Owen - "Men of a Certain Age"
Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder - "Justified"
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister - "Game of Thrones"
Josh Charles as Will Gardner - "The Good Wife"
Alan Cumming as Eli Gold - "The Good Wife"

Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
Friday Night Lights (DirecTV)
Dexter (Showtime)
Game of Thrones (HBO)

Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce - "Mildred Pierce"
Elizabeth McGovern as Cora/ Countess of Grantham - "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)"
Diane Lane as Patricia Loud - "Cinema Verite"
Taraji P. Henson as Tiffany Rubin - "Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story"
Jean Marsh as Rose Buck - "Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece)"

Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy - "The Kennedys"
Barry Pepper as Bobby Kennedy - "The Kennedys"
Edgar Ramirez as Carlos - "Carlos"
William Hurt as Henry 'Hank' Paulson - "Too Big To Fail"
Idris Elba as John Luther - "Luther"
Laurence Fishburne as Thurgood Marshall - "Thurgood"

Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Guy Pearce as Monty Beragon - "Mildred Pierce"
Brian F. O'Byrne as Bert Pierce - "Mildred Pierce"
Tom Wilkinson as Joe Kennedy - "The Kennedys"
Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke - "Too Big To Fail"
James Woods as Richard Fuld - "Too Big To Fail"

Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Conan (TBS)
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

Reality - Competition Program
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
American Idol (FOX)
Dancing With The Stars (ABC)
Top Chef (Bravo)

Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program
Jeff Probst as Host - "Survivor"
Cat Deeley as Host - "So You Think You Can Dance"
Phil Keoghan as Host - "The Amazing Race"
Tom Bergeron as Host - "Dancing With The Stars"
Ryan Seacrest as Host - "American Idol"

Trailer For "The Thing"

The trailer for "The Thing courtesy of the good people over at MSN

Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. The shape-shifting creature, accidentally unleashed at this marooned colony, has the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being. It can look just like you or me, but inside, it remains inhuman. In the thriller "The Thing," paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers as they're infected, one by one, by a mystery from another planet.

Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up.

When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.

"The Thing" serves as a prelude to John Carpenter's classic 1982 film of the same name.

A Web Of "The Amazing Spider-Man" Photos

I was wondering when we would finally see some more promo shots or footage from "The Amazing Spider-Man" while talking shop with Jamie, now we have this.

I have to say, I really like the look of this version of the suit. Still has that classic look to it, but the colors pop and there is a modern edge to it. They did a good job making it different but keeping it in the same ballpark as we've seen previously on film. The colors really pop.

Enjoy the highly detailed shots below courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.

John Carter Trailer Is Damn Good

Given its influence over the decades from Star Wars to as recently as Avatar, it will be interesting to see how audiences' react to John Carter, formerly John Carter of Mars and A Princess of Mars before that.

I know everyone is nerdgasming over the prospects of Brad Bird moving from animation to live-action directing. But me personally, I've been anticipating Andrew Stanton more going off his strong work on Wall-E and Finding Nemo, Pixar's finest efforts in my opinion. Maybe I'm being hokey, but off this newly-released trailer (The movie is due out March 9, 2012) feels like they're taking me to a place I've never been to before.

And at the end of the day, isn't that the point of these fantasy, escapist epics?

New Clip Shows Off The Cowboys (and some Aliens)

Between the impending releases of Harry Potter and Captain America, and the madness unleashed by the news of a trailer for the The Dark Knight Rises, it's almost easy to forget that Cowboys & Aliens is just two weeks away.  But don't forget about it, because it looks damn cool.

In a new clip released to Yahoo Movies, we get to see Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig have a slight disagreement over what to do about their town's nasty-looking pest problem.

No offense to Daniel Craig, but when Harrison Ford needs me to do something, I would do it.  He's Han Solo, for god's sake.

Cowboys & Aliens opens in theaters on July 29.

Contagion Trailer Is Scary As All Hell

The trailer for Steven Soderbergh's Contagion is here – courtesy of iTunes Trailers and at the bottom of this post. Pick your poison, good reader. But if you're the type who likes to go into your films as spoiler-free as possible, then it's best to carry on with your day reading something else.

What little I'll say is this. This is scarier than anything today's croup of horror filmmakers or Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer could cook up with F/X, mask-wearing psychos or shitty spoof movies. It feels like we're watching real people (who happens to be played by big-name actors) going through this horrific event before our eyes.

David Goyer Adding His Reboot Magic to Godzilla

"TOLDJA" says David Goyer has shifted his efforts from vigilantes dressed as bats and Kryptonian superheroes to giant Japan-wrecking lizards. He's penning Legendary Pictures' long-intended Godzilla reboot/remake/rewhatever for helmer Gareth Edwards.

Following the pattern set before. There will be cool ideas spread throughout, some bad dialogue here and there and a totally jumbled-up third act. And then Christopher Nolan will step in and fix it.