Superman IS Jason Bourne – The Cold Light of Day One-Sheet

Before Chris Nolan and Zack Snyder came calling, Immortals and The Cold Light of Day were the biggest starring roles available to Henry Cavill. So he said "Yes." Dude's gotta eat, yo.

Coming Soon has the one-sheet for The Cold Light of Day co-starring Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver. This appears to be aping on the Jason Bourne trilogy akin to Immortals' approach to 300.

Reservations of Cavill's weak acting abilities notwithstanding, he'll turn out fine as the new Superman in The Man of Steel. I'm just not going to hold these against him. Both will be a distant memory by the time Kal-El and his dorky alter-ego return to the multiplex come June 2013.

Yep, They're Calling Bond (2)3 Skyfall

As filming begins today (straight from the mouth of Daniel Craig), the Broccolis threw the big press conference shindig for the twenty-third James Bond cinematic adventure. Among the confirmed tidbits included Skyfall as the film's official title, the logo and confirmation of Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ralph Fiennes and Albert Finney to the cast as leaked by the UK tabloids.

You fellas don't wanna read the whole damn press release. Hence here's the only interesting thing to come from it; the albeit vague plot synopsis:

"In Skyfall, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost."

I'm sticking to my guns that Judi Dench's M eats a led sandwich and her death is the spark getting Bond in trouble.

The only other real highlights (not including all those ass-kissy "My fondest memories as a kid is seeing Bond movies with my family" type quotes because, come on folks, we hear that every time at these events) is Harris is playing a field agent named Eve with no referencing of her working at M's offices flirting with 007 as the new Moneypenny. Then again...I don't recall us ever getting her first name. So yeah, connect the dots. And as usual after a film or two of being "different," they're going back to the tried and true formula of the franchise. Skyfall will be a self-contained installment and not a continuation of the story arc from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

21 Jump Street Red-Band Trailer is Awesome

Don't take my word for me. Check out the red-band trailer below. Embed courtesy of The Film Stage or you check it out on its official Facebook page where it premiered:

Evident that Jonah Hill's comedic routine isn't "Fatty make funny" and still vibrant in his newly-skinny shape, his chemistry with Channing Tatum, seeing Nick Offerman not as Ron Swanson (and doing it well), the one-liners ("Hey, you want me to beat your dick off?"), acknowledging how both guys look too damn old to sub as high-school students, Ice Cube and so on. This trailer works.

I can't wait to see the finished product and this trailer in front of an audience. Best of all they didn't spoil Johnny Depp's cameo.

Denzel Finds Something Amusing in Safe House One-Sheet

Denzel Washington is sporting a "Yeah, I'm gonna kick your ass" smirk on his face in this one-sheet of Safe House via Moviefone. Did someone tell him a joke he can't tell us?

Ryan Reynolds co-stars in the action thriller but don't worry. They're not going to shove them down our throats anymore after Green Lantern and The Change-Up had the box-office equivalent of food poisoning shitting their pants uncontrollably. We still have R.I.P.D. a year and a half from now to deal with that. This is all about Denzel, baby.

Joel Edgerton In Talks for 300 Prequel

Stardom remains in Joel Edgerton's sights yet still elusive.

His performance in the magnificent Warrior was his biggest profile role to date but the Gavin O'Connor-directed MMA-drama tanked and most of the pre-release talk/press focused on the Tom Hardy hype machine and Nick Nolte's supporting turn as the two leads' pitiful and sober father. Both were also wonderful but your heart went out to Edgerton and his turn as a good guy doing whatever he can to put bread on the table for his family even if it means getting the shit beat out of him and losing his high-school teaching position. He was also in that shitty Thing prequel but we won't hold that against him, and, at the moment, filming Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. But again by the time that drops next Christmas, the talk will center on the bigger names Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire.

Here lies his next shot at household name status. Vulture reports the Aussie actor is in talks to headline 300: Battle of Artemisia, the highly-touted prequel to Zack Snyder's 2007 smash. The leading role in question is that of Themosticles, the general who led the Greeks against the Persians in 480 BCE.

Remember how Gerald Butler was a lesser-known before 300, turned his career around from doing strictly-crap cinemas where everyone knew his name only for him to go right back to the schlock? Well, Edgerton is a much better actor generally-speaking and 300 was quite the popular yarn for the masses and continues to make a nice profit for Warner Brothers. How do you think Snyder got the Superman gig?

Not crazy about him latching on what feels like second-helpings, but if it makes the public finally embrace the guy, then fine. It's about damn time it happened.

Amanda Seyfried Starring in Linda Lovelace Biopic

People have a funny way of identifying actors. For as much press as someone like say Ryan Gosling's had this year for the extraordinary Drive and good-but-not-great The Idles of March, I don't know anyone who knows him by name. If we pulled people from the street and showed his mug, my gut says the majority would say, "Oh yeah, that’s 'The Notebook' guy!"

Well if this works out for Amanda Seyfried, no one will ever look at her as "the girl from 'Mamma Mia!'" again. Variety has the lowdown she’s in negotiations to play 70s porn actress Linda Lovelace in Lovelace.

Lovelace was the star of the infamous 1972 porno Deep Throat, to this day one of the most successful independent films ever made and briefly shot the adult cinema into the mainstream. Peter Sarsgaard (walking away scar-less from the Green Lantern fiasco) will play her husband Chuck Traynor.

The film will chronicle her rise in porn peaking with Deep Throat, abusive relationship with husband Traynor (a role Sarsgaard will sink his teeth into), leaving the industry and pulling a 180 as an anti-porn activist.

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (the Oscar winning duo behind documentaries The Times of Harvey Milk and Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt and last year's "Eh..." received Howl) will direct from a script by Andy Bellin and W. Merritt Johnson adapted from the Eric Danville-penned book The Complete Linda Lovelace.

Taylor Lautner Going Indie with Gus Van Sant

As the case with teen heart-throbs, they get older and interest begins to wane. Not right off but slowly all those fainting teenage girls standing in line for hours to see the object of their desire/lust give an autograph migrate to someone else. Sometimes said idol has the talent and drive to prove their more than a pretty face rocking Teen Beat. Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio are prime examples.

Taylor Lautner is hoping he can following in that direction.

THR reports Lautner is teaming with helmer Gus Van Sant on a low-budget affair with the sole information being a non-fiction The New Yorker magazine as the film's source.

He's beginning to face the twilight (errr, no spun intended, I swear!) of his career after the failure of his first non-Twilight solo endeavor Abduction. It was shit as was his performance. He might be a nice kid but severely lacking in the thespian department, he is. The hope is Van Sant, a hit-and-miss director let's be honest, can reach in and get something outta him we've yet to see onscreen. The script, for which a writer is expected to be announced later in the week, will help too.

News, Rumors & 100% Grade-A Internet Bullshit - October 28, 2011

- When we heard that Evil Dead remake was happening, I thought they'd switch the gender of the lead this time out. You know, to make it different from the Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell trilogy. Not so, as per Bloody-Disgusting, who after some deep digging discovered a plot point as to why five college kids would even go out to a log cabin in the middle of nowhere for a weekend, besides all the sex, drinking and deer mooning. Our hero, who we're guessing won't be named Ashley J. Williams, takes his younger sister to their family's cabin in an attempt to wean her off a drug addiction.

- Craig Gillespie is the latest filmmaker to spend months of his life working on Pride & Prejudice and Zombies only to walk, reports "TOLDJA." If this ever gets made (Most likely since Lionsgate is Hellbent and zombies are hot thanks to The Walking Dead), the IMDB Trivia section will be filled with all the gory details of the directors and actors this got thrown at. Suggestions, anyone?

- Perfectly alright Access Hollywood puff piece on David Giuntoli, star of NBC's Grimm premiering tonight against the World Series which means none of us will watch, reveals the li'l factoid he tested for The Man of Steel. The guy looks like the last cinematic Kal-El Brandon Routh's little brother. Factor in how Routh was seriously touted within certain high-ranking offices in Burbank to retain his old job and the fact everyone is right-mindedly distancing themselves from Bryan Singer's 2006 sequel, you see how this is odd.

- Daily Mail reports in addition to the likes of Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney has joined the cast of Bond (2)3, presumably playing M's boss, which is great because who hasn't been begging to see Judi Dench get laid onscreen?

A Nixon & Elvis Movie: Need I Say More?

It's fitting to have such strange casting given the subject matter.

The meeting of Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon remains one of the strangest pairing of figures in pop culture. Not the first time we've seen the event recreated but Cary Elwes (Yes, the same actor from The Princess Bride and Saw) is stepping behind the camera for his directorial debut on the event for the adequately titled Elvis & Nixon.

Variety reports Danny Huston will fill out one half of the duo as Nixon. Not the "strange casting" I alluded to earlier. Quite the opposite, Huston looks more like our thirty-seventh President than Anthony Hopkins or Frank Langella. No, I'm referring to who will grow the side-burns, puff up his cheeks and sport that jumpsuit: Eric Bana. One of those brilliant out there choices that makes you go, "Of course!" once it settles in. Couldn't you imagine Bana (so good at disappearing into roles) walking around with that Elvis swagger?

If anything the hiring of Bana and Huston has ensured Elwes already sold one ticket in advance even before cameras roll: mine.

AMC Hungry for More Walking Dead – Renews It for Third Season

Ever since AMC decided to be dicks to Frank Darabont firing the guy responsible for their legitimately successful horror series (Great as Mad Men and Breaking Bad are, they're not ratings-winners), many have been looking to hate on The Walking Dead's sophomore season.

Not that there weren't issues with season one. That season ender with Noah Emmerich was a real divider amongst fans. But there's been some fear the epic zombie-apocalyptic show will be another "One Season Wonder" where the freshman year everyone has a love affair with it and then the moment the second year starts, reality sets in. You can look to recent examples like Heroes (Remember when everyone bitched about that?) and Glee.

Two episodes in and the overall reception seems to be the premiere lacked focus given its extra running length (Read: it sucked) and last Sunday's episode was a considerable improvement. Nevertheless the ratings are still kicking ass and AMC has officially renewed The Walking Dead for a third season.

We still have eleven more episodes before we can even think about next season. Hopefully the quality doesn't continue wobbling and they're able to manage without Darabont.