The Hangover 2 Getting Presidential With Its Cameos

Here's how you write the perfect Hangover 2 cameo.

Have one of your leads (preferably Zach Galifianakis or Ed Helms) wake up after a night's worth of boos, drugs and sex saying, "God...damn...got the taste of shit in my mouth, man!" The camera pans over to said actor's face to reveal a bare ass right next to them. Once they get up, you reveal the surprise cameo. Which honestly would be fitting considering who is the latest spoiled cameo for the 2011 sequel.

People reports joining the ranks of Mike Tyson and Mel Gibson...whoops...Liam Neeson is Bill Clinton. I'd imagine his bit walk-on role won't be anywhere near as memorable as what I suggested earlier or Tyson's "What the fuck?!" appearance from the original.

All this blabbing of cameos is taking quite a bit away from the element of surprise here. Something the first film had - yes, even despite a fair chunk of jokes being given away in the trailers.

Cowboys & Aliens Teaser Poster

The marketing department behind Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens kept their eye on Daniel Craig's perfectly formed arse for the teaser poster – courtesy of Yahoo! Movies.

The teaser trailer hits tomorrow afternoon, so I'll reserve all remarks until then.

Plenty of Name-Actresses Up for The Dark Knight Rises

It's become an unwritten rule for comic-book tentpoles. Someone is going to pull out a list of finalists, usually for the lead role like what happened on Captain America and the Spider-Man reboot. Hell, Peter was just saying last night how we hadn't gotten one for Superman yet.

"TOLDJA" has thrown up a list of actresses Christopher Nolan will soon meet with for The Dark Knight Rises – Anne Hathaway (Funny, I had her more pegged for Superman and remember when she was up for Spider-Man 4), Keira Knightley (I thought she said she was done with blockbusters after the shit stench from those Pirates of the Caribbean sequels?), Blake Lively (She just did Green Lantern and there's always the chance of her appearing in a hypothetical sequel), Natalie Portman (We've already heard those Superman whispers from Movie Hole), Naomi Watts and Rachel Weisz.

They're said to be up for two roles – the love interest for Bruce Wayne (He needs lovin' since Rachel Dawes turned to dust) and a villain. Like Catwoman, perhaps?

Elizabeth Banks Joining Welcome to People

"Want to be a director? Get in line, asshole."

That's what you’d be normally told, unless you happen to be an established screenwriter/producer responsible for a string of popular fare. In this case, we’re talking about Alex Kurtzman and his directorial debut Welcome to People.

The drama/comedy has already attracted the attention of Chris Pine, star of the Kurtzman written Star Trek reboot and its 2012 sequel, who will star as a young man delivering $150,000 to an alcoholic older sister and nephew he was never aware of after his father’s death.

As per Risky Business, the always-reliable Elizabeth Banks will co-star as the sister. After having been wasted in supporting roles for years (Most people know her from The 40 Year Old Virgin, her television ads pimping L'Oreal and in an "Oh, it's that lady!" manner), studios are starting to take notice of her talents.

She has a slew of projects in the foreseeable future – both already shot and waiting for release and others gearing up to start next year. If I had to guess, I'd say it's the Disney film Tink that'll break her out big time.

Spider-Man Casting Rumor #12452234 - Betty Brant

Of all the characters to appear (mostly reappear) in Marc Webb's Spider-Man reboot, I didn't expect to see Betty Brant again. She was nothing but a wee bit-player in the Sam Raimi films always appearing in the Daily Bugle sequences – nothing more, nothing less.

Showbiz Spy claims Brant will pop up and Webb (Excuse me, "Webber") wants his 500 Days of Summer star Zooey Deschanel for the role. "Big plans" are said to be on the horizon for J. Jonah Jameson's secretary, who if my nerdology is correct was Spidey's first girlfriend in the original 60s era comics.

A bit on the questionable side, kids. But there are morsels here that could add some credence. Webb & Co. are making a clear effort to do their own thing with the reboot and any follow-ups down the road, i.e. no Mary Jane Watson, focusing 100% on a high-school aged Parker (depending on who you listen to), we haven't heard a peep about Harry Osborne, etc.

But I don't know. Could you imagine Deschanel and Andrew Garfield as a couple? For the time being, I'll file this under, "Smells like bullshit."

Pixels Finds Its Writer

Way too early to make a call here and frankly stupid on my part, but damn it I don't care.

Pixels will be a big, big hit. Just the concept (retro video games come to life and wreak havoc in New York City) and watching the original short film (which you check out below) was enough to get Adam Sandler and his Happy Madison production company to lap up the rights. It's easy to see why.

Heat Vision reports Tim Herlihy (longtime alum of Sandler's starting at the very beginning with 95's Billy Madison) will adapt the short-film to a feature-length screenplay. Patrick Jean, the writer/director of said original short, is expected to direct.

Little Fockers Theatrical Trailer

No need of bad-mouthing Little Fockers because we've all heard it before and it's still going to make a fortune next month regardless. Sorry, Phil. You're my buddy, and I'd prefer you were right on this one. But I can't imagine audiences not eating this up like they did the first two films.

Yahoo! Movies has the new trailer up. Now with Dustin Hoffman!

The Invasion Got Cancelled

There goes one less piece of Roland Emmerich-brand cheese to clog up our ass.

Heat Vision reports the plug's been pulled on The Zone, what was expected to be a surprisingly-smaller-scale affair from the Independence Day and 2012 helmer. Production was expected to begin next week on the project, said to be another in a recent-line of "found-footage" themed features. Here the plan was to cover an alien invasion, using a cast full of unknowns and be heavily written/improved on set.

Everyone's guessing as to the reasoning to cancelling Zone this late in the game. But it's fairly obvious. There are a number of similar-themed projects in development from rival studios, and audiences have already gotten a taste of that sub-genre with Cloverfield and two Paranormal Activity movies.

But don't weep for Emmerich. He'll find a way to blow shit up again, just you wait!

Channing Tatum is Beating Up Teenagers

Word leaking through the cracks over at "TOLDJA" says Channing Tatum is in talks to star in 21 Jump Street, Sony's film version of the popular 80s series.

He'll join Jonah Hill (also a screenwriter/producer here) as two undercover cops posing as high-schoolers to bring down all the naughty stuff teenagers do: joining gangs, underage sex, illegally downloading music, watching Glee, etc.  

First thing they have to do is acknowledge how neither Tatum nor Hill really look like they belong in high-school. Just have a throwaway exchange between the characters about "being held back...a lot" and boom, you've got that 800 lb. gorilla resolved and a laugh from the audience.

Production will start in the spring under the direction of Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs). Does this mean that G.I. Joe sequel Paramount's been talking up, in a rather on-and-off/maybe, sorta, iffy fashion is dead and buried?

Spider-Man Must Be Old Enough to Wipe His Ass

Have the funniest feeling some are totally going to read more into this than it's worth.

What's Playing says Sony has decided to spike the age of Peter Parker for a planned flashback sequence in the Spider-Man reboot. They were originally looking for a 4-to-6 year old tyke, but their search is running dry I suppose and are now aiming for a young lad between 6-to-9.

The sequence in question involves Pete's mom and dad and likely explains how the li'l webslinger came into the care of Uncle Ben and Aunt May. In the comics, his parents were S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and you just know some are going to speculate of a possible Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) cameo.

Don't hold your breath unless the prospects of one big cinematic universe pleasing fanboys is deemed a higher priority by two major corporations than wanting to earn some cash.