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.

First Pic Of Arnie On The Last Stand Set

Arnie's comeback is now well under way with him completing his shooting for The Expendables sequel and now beginning shooting on The Last Stand, with another movie entitled 'Black Sands' ready to go next.

Today he (or most likely one of his people) put the first set pic of himself, Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzman and Johnny Knoxville up on his Twitter account.

The film is set to open January 18, 2013 and you can see the pic as well as a synopsis via Comingsoon.Net, below.

Schwarzenegger stars as Sheriff Owens, a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. After a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the hemisphere is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a fierce army of gang members. He is headed, it turns out, straight for Summerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law enforcement will have their last opportunity to make a stand and intercept him before he slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately accepts responsibility for one of the most daring face offs in cinema history.

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.

Les Miserables Will Not Be Starring a Jonas Brother

Fans of the musical Les Miserables were able to breathe a small sigh of relief this week when it was announced that My Week With Marilyn star Eddie Redmayne has been cast as Marius, the lovestruck revolutionary student who was played in a recent concert version of the musical (as well as the show's London production) by Nick Jonas.  Yes, the Nick Jonas from The Jonas Brothers.  To be fair, Nick does have an impressive musical theater background - he even played little Gavroche in the Broadway production of Les Miz back in his pre-Disney Channel days.  But in the concert version it was somewhat obvious he was a bit vocally overmatched by the rest of the cast.  But he's a tween heartthrob, so many feared it might just be enough to keep him around for director Tom Hooper's upcoming movie version.

Alas, that is not to be, so crisis averted there.  So who the hell is Eddie Redmayne?  Well, he won a Tony Award in 2010 for his role in the play Red, where he starred opposite Alfred Molina.  And he's getting some early Oscar buzz for his role in Marilyn.  But can he sing?  Yup.  Check out a quick sample of his singing voice in this scene from the film Glorious 39, which appears about 50 seconds into the clip:

Yeah...he looks and sounds like a Marius to me.  Turns out he's going Redmayne will be joining a cast that so far includes Hugh Jackman (currently wowing audiences with his new one-man show on Broadway) as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, and Anne Hathaway as Fantine.  More casting announcements should be coming soon.

Les Miserables starts filming early next year, and is scheduled to open in theaters on December 7, 2012.

Four New Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows Posters

Yahoo! Movies have debuted four new posters for the eagerly anticipated Sherlock Holmes sequel, they are in the same style as the previous posters and are pretty cool.

The films opens on December 16th and you can see a synopsis and the posters below.

Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room... until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large -- Professor Moriarty -- and not only is he Holmes' intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead, the evidence, as construed by Inspector Lestrade points to suicide. But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been the victim of murder -- a murder that is only one piece of a larger and much more portentous puzzle, designed by one Professor Moriarty.

Mixing business with pleasure, Holmes tracks the clues to an underground gentlemen's club, where he and his brother, Mycroft Holmes are toasting Dr. Watson on his last night of bachelorhood. It is there that Holmes encounters Sim, a Gypsy fortune teller, who sees more than she is telling and whose unwitting involvement in the prince's murder makes her the killer's next target. Holmes barely manages to save her life and, in return, she reluctantly agrees to help him. The investigation becomes ever more dangerous as it leads Holmes, Watson and Sim across the continent, from England to France to Germany and finally to Switzerland. But the cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead as he spins a web of death and destruction -- all part of a greater plan that, if he succeeds, will change the course of history.

New Underworld Awakening Trailer

Comingsoon.Net via Screen Gems have gotten hold of the second trailer for Underworld Awakening, which will be the first movie in the franchise to be in 3D for those that are interested.

In truth it's not a lot different to the first trailer with just a couple of extra moneyshots, but it expands on the story of the movie, which looks like the same slick action fest as the other two Underworld's directed by Len Wiseman, the prequel was a different sort of action film.

Sony's Screen Gems has released the new trailer for Underworld Awakening, hitting 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on January 20. Directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, the anticipated film stars Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley and Charles Dance.

Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.

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.