Warner Bros Is "Wilde" For Lois Lane

A lot of WB/DC news is filtering out lately. Led by Henry Cavill being cast as the new Man of Steel in the Superman Reboot and Anne Hathaway clawing her way into the role of Catwoman in "Dark Knight Rises", Team Nolan is having their time in the sun, or the snow and rain depending where you live.

Just after some internet buzz from What's Playing that Kristen Stewart, Malin Akerman, Dianna Argon, Jessica Biel, and Rachel McAdams were on the minds of WB executives, the scoop juggernauts over at Latino Review are at it again with a new candidate for Lois Lane.

According to Latino Review Olivia Wilde of "House", "Tron: Legacy", and Cowboys & Aliens" fame has also tested for the role and their source is saying that this could effect her scheduling on "Kin", but of course "Kin" will accommodate if she is indeed cast as Lois.

If it's me, going off the names we have, Wilde is a no-brainer. She is a hot actress right now in every sense of the word. She has the acting chops and is more than qualified in the looks department, don't have to do much to make her believable as Lois. Maybe some Prada & Gucci?

It sounds like the Lois casting is heating up and I am expecting we're going to hear something in the next week or two, just a not so educated guess. I would imagine Deadline Hollywood is sitting on something as we speak, since we haven't heard from them yet on the Lois Lane casting front.

If the actresses have already read or been tested, you can bet they are going to come back in to test with Cavill. This is The Brothers Warner did with the finalists for Green Lantern, which ended up going to Blake Lively because of her chemistry with Ryan Reynolds. Her performance in "The Town" and her work on the CW show "Gossip Girl" had something to do with it as well. Speaking of Russell, you wonder if she is in the mix?

We'll find out soon. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel. Wait, wrong hero. Up, Up And Away.

Kristen Stewart & Four Others Battle For Lois Lane

Now that Team Nolan and Team Warner has their Superman in the young British actor Henry Cavill, the search for his flying partner seems to have accelerated into second gear.

According to What's Playing, WB has a short list of actresses that are clawing it out for the role of Lois Lane in the upcoming Superman film. Kristen Stewart, Malin Akerman, Dianna Argon, Jessica Biel, and Rachel McAdams are going toe to toe now.

Stewart made her mark toeing the line with werewolves and vampires in the Twilight series, she really needs no introduction. Dianna Argon is bringing in week in and week out on "Glee" and she is rumored to have read for both Spider-Man. You can see the interest in these two young ladies because of the notoriety among the younger demographic, imagine theaters crawling with Twihards or Gleeks?

One might think that Malin Akerman would have some sort of inside track because of her work with Snyder on "Watchmen", but that didn't really seem to work for Matthew Goode.  McAdams has long been a forum fanboy go to when casting Lois, she has the chops and worked with WB before on "Sherlock Holmes"

That leaves Biel. The reason she intrigues me the most is because we have heard her name before on a previous shortlist, except that was for the role of Catwoman in "Dark Knight Rises" which ultimately went to Anne Hathaway. Biel also read for the Wonder Woman role in the doomed from day one "Justice League: Mortal" Could Biel be in a similar situation as Cavill? He was in the mix for the role of "Batman Begins" and also cast as Superman in a previous incarnation during the McG days.

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Christopher Nolan On "Dark Knight Rises" & Henry Cavill

Sunday night Christopher Nolan was at the Santa Barbara Film Festival graciously excepting the honor of the Modern Master Award. Surprisingly there wasn't a WB secret service team shielding him in an octagon of dudes wearing sunglasses, protecting their investment from the rabid geekdom.

Hitfix revealed that The Brothers Warner even left him alone long enough to engage in a Q&A with Pete Hammond. The questions almost immediately turned to the world's greatest heroes. Nolan touched upon where he was going with "Dark Knight Rises", the last installment in his Batman series.

"I think really it was about finishing the story. For me it's about…knowing where I want to go with the thing and I think with Batman the story we're going to tell is Bruce Wayne's story. So, that's what gets me excited about getting back into something," Nolan says. "The sequel thing is rather interesting because there is a lot of comfort in the familiarity of it, but there is also a challenge of reinventing it for yourself as well as the audience.  You just can't do the same things again. But once you start thinking about Bruce Wayne's story you want to see where that goes."

Then of course was the inevitable "Superman" related question, fresh of the heels of Henry Cavill being cast in the coveted role. Is it me or does Nolan proest to much every time his involvement with "Superman" is brought up. I think its pretty safe to say he had the heaviest say when it came to the writer, director, and who would be playing "Superman."

"What I'm doing on that is that I hired a great director to take it on and it's more his problem than mine hopefully," Nolan says laughing. "I'm going to be very busy, but I'm super excited to watch Zack's movie when its done and I think Henry [Cavill] is going to be amazing."

Another "Scream 4" Poster.

I don't know. I just don't know. I'm really trying to embrace the idea of a "Scream 4". I just don't have that loving feeling for the franchise anymore. From the looks of it, I think the new installment of the Scream series will hit all the right notes, but to me that might be a problem.

Nothing I have seen has been "different". The trailer screams of the previous films, even the posters and official photos have a been there done that feeling. I sure will see this in the theater, because I am a "horror guy", but I hope I don't get a feeling of deja vu.

My mild rant now over, enjoy another poster from the upcoming slasher.

"Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" Set Photos

Set in Eastern Europe, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) returns for another ride through the gates of Hell as the flaming skull vigilante ‘Ghost Rider’.

New "Sucker Punch" Character Sheets

Close your eyes. Open your mind. You will be unprepared.

“Sucker Punch” is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality.  Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.

She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive.  Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls—the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish)—to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller (Jon Hamm).

Led by Babydoll, the girls engage in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents, with a virtual arsenal at their disposal.  Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive.  But with the help of a Wise Man (Scott Glenn), their unbelievable journey—if they succeed—will set them free.

"Breaking Dawn: Part 1" Official Logo

In the highly anticipated next chapter of the blockbuster ‘The Twilight Saga’, the newfound married bliss of Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) is cut short when a series of betrayals and misfortunes threatens to destroy their world. After their wedding, Bella and Edward travel to Rio de Janeiro for their honeymoon, where they finally give in to their passions. Bella soon discovers she is pregnant, and during a nearly fatal childbirth, Edward finally fulfills her wish to become immortal. But the arrival of their remarkable daughter, Renesmee, sets in motion a perilous chain of events that pits the Cullens and their allies against the Volturi, the fearsome council of vampire leaders, setting the stage for an all-out battle.

New "Scream 4" Images

Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courteney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.

New "Battle: Los Angeles" Poster

For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world - Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's greatest cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine Staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered before.

First "Source Code" Poster

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he's ever known, he learns he's part of a government experiment called the "Source Code," a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack.