Jodie Foster Joining Neil Blomkamp's Elysium

It seems like Jodie Foster has a fortunate position in showbiz. She can take a year or so off, live her live, raise her kids, etc. Then come back and headline a movie and nary a person in the general populous will say, "Where have you been?"

So no matter what happens to The Beaver (Perhaps it isn't a dull and generic looking as its trailer suggests and is as good as those who have seen it said), there shouldn't be any doubt she'll keep working.

"TOLDJA" says she's just committed herself to Neil Blomkamp's Elysium. The sci-fi actioner (Mum's the word on plot although it will also have a political-bent like District 9) remains without a distributor. But there won't be a problem for long.

Foster will co-star alongside Sharlto Copley and Matt Damon.

Neither Batman or Superman Will Tap That

Soon-to-be Oscar nominee (Odds of winning look good unless Annette Bening can be pull the sympathy/"career win" card) and bun-firmly-cooking-in-oven Natalie Portman has denied those The Dark Knight Rises and Superman: The Man of Steel rumors.

Regarding the Superman reboot, she remarked "What is that? No, I haven't heard anything" followed by "Oh, I don't know anything about that" regarding the third Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale Batman outing. This comes from Entertainment Weekly (via Coming Soon).

There shouldn't be any doubt the studios (Warner Brothers/Legendary Pictures) and filmmakers (Nolan and Zack Snyder) have thrown her name around. But, she'll most likely spend 2011 getting married, being preggers, attending the Oscars and promoting her slate of flicks hitting this year. Doubt she'll use her free time doing a big comic-book tentpole – especially when she has one already coming out this summer and from an opposing studio/comic property, no less (Thor).

Shameless Avengers Whoring Continues - Hawkeye Appearing in Thor

Things are finally getting back to normal with the holidays over. Although we still have to deal with ball-shrinkingly cold weather, Goddamnit. But we apologize for having led in our asses last week what with next-to-nothing going on and bullshitting with our families and so forth. So besides what hits today, it's catch-up time at Think McFly Think.

You might have heard we're getting an Avengers movie in May 2012. It was only shoved down our throats at the end of The Incredible Hulk and plenty of wasted time/bullshit setup in Iron Man 2.

They say it's totally gonna rock and all because Joss Whedon is directing (He's a fanboy Messiah I'm told for reasons that can't be logically explained) and it has all the superheroes everyone wants to see together fighting bad guys. If the heroes in question were Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, Christian Bale's Batman, Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man, somebody as Superman and Downey's Iron Man. The general public would lose their shit over such a movie, but thank you very much asshole rival studios for not making that movie.

Alas, you'll have to settle for Shellhead, two unproven onscreen heroes (Chris Evans as Captain America and Chris Hemsworth as Thor – both solo flicks hitting this summer), Marc Ruffalo as the angry green giant and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye.

The Wrap says to expect Jeremy Renner in Thor. A mole alleges to have seen an early cut of Kenneth Branagh’s epic, and Renner pops up. Because Marvel didn't waste enough time already stopping the movie just to tell us idiots in the audience, "SETUP!"

Fox Passes on '24' Movie Script

This was a sad weekend for fans of Kiefer Sutherland and 24.  EW reports that 20th Century Fox recently passed on the feature-film script by Billy Ray (State of Play) which would have continued the story of everyone's favorite rouge-government agent.  But don't worry, this doesn't mean the development of a 24 film is dead.  Longtime executive producer of the series, Howard Gordon, tells EW that Tony Scott (who's said to be attached to direct the film) would be meeting with Sutherland sometime soon to find a new way to approach the story.  Gordon sounds hopeful the film we eventually get made:

“I was disapppointed [Fox] passed on the script but I’m certainly hopeful that the movie will get made at some point,” he said. “Anecdotally, I’ve heard from people who are really missing the show and I do think there is more life in Jack Bauer.”

Sounds like we'll be hearing more about this project in the new coming year.  With that said, Happy New Year everyone!

Trailer For "Falling Skies"

Premiering in June, "Falling Skies" stars Noah Wyle as a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force. Moon Bloodgood co-stars as Anne Glass, a therapist who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic situation. The series also stars Drew Roy as Hal and Maxim Knight as Matt, Tom's two sons; and Seychelle Gabriel as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps run the group's commissary. Will Patton plays a fierce leader of the resistance.

Official Tomar-Re Image From Green Lantern

 In today's issue of Green Lantern #61, DC is continuing its preview of the upcoming film. This week we get a great shot of Tomar-Re with Geoff Johns explaining a bit of the process in creating all of the alien Lanterns. Thanks to Daily Blam for the scan and article.

 IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS... is a mantra Tomar-Re lives by which has aided him in becoming an honored and highly respected Green Lantern. It's also a mantra that the filmmakers, like production designer, costume designer Ngila Dickson and visual effects supervisor Jimmy Berney have taken as their own. Producer Donald De Line and director Martin Campbell have assembled an amazing corps.

Growing up on the planet Xudar, Tomar-Re comes from a peaceful avian race that focuses their efforts on the arts and sciences instead of war. His nature to examine everything has led the Guardians of the Universe to appoint him the archivist and protector of the sacred Book of Oa. When not studying the nature of the Corps, Tomar-Re patrols the sector of 2813 where he developed a close friendship with neighboring sector 2814's Green Lantern, Abin Sur. Tomar has taken an interest in Abin's replacement, Hal Jordan. Though Hal is not one for details, Tomar hopes to teach Hal what it means to be a Green Lantern.

Now the same thoughtfulness that Tomar-Re believes in is being utilized to bring him and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps to life on the big screen.

We've watched test after test supervised by digital effects supervisor Jim Berney based on the amazing design work by Grant and Ngila. Their passion for details is much like Tomar-Re's. Something I found extremely interesting was the mix of motion capture and straight up animation they used in creating the Green Lantern Corps. Some of the more humanoid Corps members like Tomar-Re and Kilowog started with motion capture, but most of their flying and movement beyond simple interaction was animated, some based on the movement of insects and animals and others created completely from scratch - giving them a unique, and alien, feel. It's this attention to detail - from the scales on Tomar-Re's skin to the way he turns when flies into the air - that will give the Green Lantern Corps more life than its ever seen.

With talented people like Grant, Ngila and Jim and his team pouring their heart and soul into this, it makes you realize even more than you might already how truly amazing the Green Lantern universe is.

As the New Year approaches, let's follow the advice that Tomar-Re would give to Hal: Follow your heart, believe in your will, and never, ever disrespect Sinestro!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! - Geoff Johns

Green Lantern, directed by Martin Campbell, stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Mark Strong, Peter Sarsgaard, Tim Robbins and Angela Bassett. The film is scheduled to hit 2D and 3D theaters June 17th, 2011.

Judi Dench Joining Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar

Like her blunt instrument Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench can’t sit and wait for the next James Bond to roll around. Even though all signs point to that proposed November 2012 release being a reality now that MGM has $500 million stuffed in their pockets.

In the meantime, she'll be joining Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Damon Herriman and, probably, Charlize Theron for Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar Hoover biopic. The info came straight from Eastwood while speaking to Sandwich John Films. Although he wasn't forthcoming about whom the Oscar-winner would be playing.

Production on J. Edgar is expected to commence this February.

Universal Ramping Up Death Race 3

Got a couple of bucks left from Christmas or Hanukkah, and don't know what to piss it away on, and that game you really wanted is still sold out? Why not pick up Death Race 2?

In a few weeks, you should notice it when you walk around Best Buy mumbling about how Donkey Kong Country Returns isn't back in stock. Alright, so I didn't see the original 1970s cult favorite with David Carradine and a pre-Rocky Sly ditto the 2008 Paul W.S. Anderson/Jason Statham remake. But that's beside the point.

Movie Hole reports Universal is confident their direct-to-video sequel will score some smackeroos (and that is a viable arena to make a profit with cheap genre flicks) as they’re already developing plans for a third one. It's also said to be getting good reviews thanks to its action and supporting cast of past bad-asses Sean Bean, Ving Rhames and Danny Trejo.

Whether any of them show up for Death Race 3 is unknown - probably not if I had to guess. They're all dead by the end of the movie, right? So they'll probably have to line up other classically trained direct-to-video thesps like John Cena or Dolph Lundgren.

Alf Was A Racist And A Pervert

I remember watching "Alf" when I was younger and any time Lynn Tanner appeared on the screen I felt a bit funny in the pants. I mean, she was no Six from "Blossom", but she really knew how to rock a pair of Keds and pegged washed out jeans.

Apparently our hairy alien friend Gordon Shumway, aka Alf felt the same way. In the clip below I am pretty sure he asks actress Andrea Elson (Lynn Tanner) to "straddle" him. The outtakes also feature Alf dropping the what in some circles is known as the "N Word" several times.

TMZ was able to catch up with associate producer of Alf, Steve Lamar about "Alfgate".

"You're talking about 20 years ago when the world was not so ridiculously PC. Anyone that's offended needs to lighten up already."

"The Other Woman" Trailer

Emilia (Portman) is a Harvard law school graduate and a newlywed, having just married Jack (Cohen), a high-powered New York lawyer, who was her boss -- and married -- when she began working at his law firm. Unfortunately, her life takes an unexpected turn when Jack and Emilia lose their newborn daughter. Emilia struggles through her grief to connect with her new stepson William (Tanan), but is finding it hard to connect with this precocious child. Perhaps the most difficult obstacle of all for Emilia is trying to cope with the constant interferences of her husband's angry, jealous ex-wife, Carolyn (Kudrow)