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A year ago, Natalie Portman was the hottest actress around. The “ Black Swan ” star was sweeping awards and earning the sine qua non of actor heat, the "Saturday Night Live" parody. She even survived an ill-timed dorky laugh. But Portman didn’t get to indulge in the main perk that comes from winning an Oscar — booking a big, prestigious movie. Portman was five months pregnant when she accepted the golden statuette last February, and pretty much stopped working afterward so she and costar/choreographer Benjamin Millipied could have their son, Aleph, who was born in June. She hasn’t worked since. (Portman could be seen in several movies last spring — “Your Highness” and “Thor” — but she shot those before her pregnancy.) Could Portman soon be coming out of her baby-induced hiatus? According to a person briefed on the project who was not authorized to talk about it publicly, the actress has been courted by Lana and Andy Wachowski to star in “ Jupiter Ascending ,” the science-

Ghost House and Mandate Pictures are going BIG with their casting for their forthcoming remake of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead , which begins lensing this March in New Zealand. Bloody Disgusting has learned exclusively that Lily Collins (The Blind Side, Priest, Mirror Mirror) is in final negotiations to play " Mia " in FilmDistrict's reboot aiming for release on April 12, 2013. *Update* Mia is the LEAD , and is (sort of) the female version of Ashley J. Williams (Ash), once donned by Bruce Campbell in the original trilogy. To reveal more would ruin the movie. In this version, the story centers on five friends (David, Natalie, Eric, Olivia, and Mia) holed up at a remote cabin where they discover a Book of the Dead with a demonic force unleashed possessing each until only one is left to fight for survival. As we also exclusively reported, there is a drug subplot. As previously explained, David is a mechanic and is engaged to Natalie. Mia is the friend who is heading

Red Tails  has been on my radar once it was announced that  Lucas was going to produce the movie. Now USA Today sat down with the man genius and asked him about his upcoming film RED TAILS . They get him to open up Why Red Tails took 23 years to make or Why he financed the film himself .  The film was directed by Anthony Hemingway, from a script by John Ridley and story by executive producer George Lucas. It is based on the Tuskegee Airmen , a group of African American combat pilots during World War II, and is the first Lucasfilm Ltd. production since Radioland Murders (1994) not to be associated with the Indiana Jones or Star Wars franchises. New Trailer & Poster RED TAILS- Why Red Tails took 23 years to make: "I wrote the script many years ago, and it turned out just like Star Wars in that it was way too big for one movie. There was the story of how they got trained at Tuskegee (Institute in Alabama), and how Eleanor Roosevelt became their champion. Then there

I really wished I had the talent and patience's to put something like this together. It is AMAZING ! Check out this new ani-mashup trailer using dialogue tracks from The Dark Knight Rises teaser synched to visuals plucked from Disney's The Lion King . The wild parody was created by YouTube mixmaster Brad Hansen ( AKA moviemaestroten ) and is guaranteed to induce a mighty roar. Christopher Nolan's third and final Batman epic doesn't swoop into cinemas until this summer, but the feverish anticipation is spreading like an African brushfire. This snarlingly good trailer, entitled The Lion King Rises , features Simba as the Dark Knight, Scar as Bane, Nala as a purring Catwoman and Zazu in the role of Alfred. Watch the actual trailer  here - Please Leave A Comment- Source- SyFy

We have the trailer for All Things Fall Apart . The film stars Ray Liotta, Curtis"50 Cent" Jackson, Mario Van Peebles, and Lynn Whitfield . It’s been reported that 50 Cent lost more than 50 pounds for the role. Deon is a football player who suffers a deadly disease. However, despite receiving love and praise for his entire life due to his athletic ability, he’s still a good person who loves his family and is willing to share the glory on the football field. His mother Bee is incredibly proud, his younger brother Sean is understandably jealous, and Bee’s boyfriend/Deon’s surrogate father Eric sees the football star as a winning lottery ticket. Watch the trailer after the Jump... Please Leave A Comment-

SPOILER ALERT OK, so we all know that Loki is the main villain in The Avengers . But what we haven;t been able to determine is, who is the other villain(s)? The most popular theories have been Thanos, Annillus, Skrulls/Kree or some other alien race. Well, we may now have an answer. Now before I continue, this is not my personal opinion. I found this information and decided to let the masses decide. I went on to bigbadtoystore.com and saw on their main page that they had Avengers Heroclix available for pre-order. Here's the description for the Countertop Display: Charging straight out of theaters and onto your tabletop, the Avengers Movie HeroClix set features heroes like Captain America and Thor as they battle the villainy of the Red Skull and Loki ! Each Counter-Top display includes standard one-figure boosters as well as new three-figure "Team Packs"! Team Packs are designed with strong thematic undertones - play a Hydra force or defend freedom with a S.H.I.E.L

Check out this new featurette on Glenn Close’s transformation and the makeup used in ALBERT NOBBS : on itunes . Award winning actress Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making. Mia Wasikowska (Helen), Aaron Johnson (Joe) and Brendan Gleeson (Dr. Holloran) join a prestigious, international cast that includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Janet McTeer, Brenda Fricker and Pauline Collins . ALBERT NOBBS opens in theaters everywhere January 27, 2012. For more info, visit: http://albertnobbs-themovie.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AlbertNobbs Directed by Rodrigo Garcia Starring Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Brendan Gleeson, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Pauline Collins, and Brenda Fricker Synopsis: Award winning actress Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman passing as a man in order

According to Sony, the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire , is still moving forward despite the lingering perception that Dragon Tattoo has underperformed. “[Dragon Tattoo] continues to do strong business and nothing has changed with respect to development of the next book,” a Sony rep tells EW . In November, Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal told us that The Girl Who Played With Fire was definitely a go, with a targeted late-2013 release date. But Dragon Tattoo, which has grossed $60 million in the U.S. since its release on Dec. 20, is being perceived as something of a box-office disappointment (although moviegoers are enthusiastic — it received an A from audience-survey firm CinemaScore — and it seems to be holding up well over time as it chugs toward the $100 million mark). Given the film’s merely decent performance, there’s been much speculation about whether Sony will now actually move forward with the sequel. But the Sony rep tells us th

Premieres February 6, 2012 We have your access to the premiere episode of NBC's SMASH . NBC, DreamWorks Television & Universal Television has provide me with an Exclusive code for the fans to get access to the screening in San Francisco,Ca . SMASH is an upcoming American musical series set to premiere on NBC, Monday, February 6, 2012 The SMASH screening will take place on January 9, 2012 - 7:30 PM at AMC Metreon 16 with IMAX There's nothing more exciting than the opening night of a hit Broadway musical, except maybe what happens getting there. While Wicked and The Lion King pack audiences in on the Great White Way, Julia and Tom, a successful songwriting team played by Debra Messing and Christian Borle , begin work on a new musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe . When a tenacious producer ( Anjelica Houston ) jumps aboard, so begins the difficult task of casting the silver screen icon. Ivy Lynn, a tough Broadway veteran, seems like the obvious choice.

IN THEATERS JANUARY 13 With all the issues we had with getting tickets out to fans that won. I am going to try something new for this screening. The first 50 people who answer the question below correct will get tickets. I will need your full name. (each winner can bring ONE guest with them as indicated on the ticket, I do not need your guest name). I will send out the pass to the winners. The ticket indicates that winners names will be on a list and that the ticket cannot be duplicated. I also put a watermark on the ticket and a smiley face. We have your access to CONTRABAND . Universal Pictures has provide me with Exclusive passes for the fans to get access to the screening in Sacramento,Ca. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY  CONTRABAND is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, starring Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster , and Kate Beckinsale . Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of CONTRABAND , a fast-paced thriller about a man trying

Now that Howl duo Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman are hard at work shooting Linda Lovelace biopic Lovelace , they’re adding a few faces to the cast, with Demi Moore , Adam Brody and Eric Roberts all signing on. Lovelace tells the tale of Linda Boreman ( Amanda Seyfried ) who shot to infamy as the world’s first erotic superstar when she was plucked from obscurity by Chuck Traynor ( Peter Sarsgaard ) to star in Deep Throat . But her life was filled with addiction, abuse and depression and she eventually campaigned against pornography. Moore is aboard to play Gloria Steinem , the activist who founded Ms Magazine and penned a key article about Lovelace’s unhappy life. Brody is on as Throat co-star Harry Reems , while Roberts will be Nat Laurendi , who carried out a lie detector test on Linda at the request of the publisher when she wrote her memoir Ordeal. The three newcomers join a cast that already includes Seyfried, Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Wes Bentley, Hank Azaria, Bob

Horror fans can mark it down in their calendars -- there will be a Paranormal Activity 4 in 2012. Paramount officially revealed Monday it is pursuing another chapter in the hit Halloween franchise, though it hasn't yet dated the movie. Already set to open on Oct. 26 is Dimension Films' Halloween 3D . The success of the Paranormal Activity films, made on a shoestring budget, is a sizable victory for Paramount and producers Jason Blum, Oren Peli and Steven Schneider. Paranormal Activity 3 grossed $202.2 million worldwide -- besting the first two films, unusual for a third outing. Paranormal Activity 3 opened to a massive $54 million at the domestic box office during the Oct. 21-23 weekend in 2011 -- the top launch of all time for a horror pic and the best October debut ever. The first Paranormal, which cost $15,000 to produce and opened in a limited run in September 2009, went on to gross $193.4 million worldwide. Paranormal 2 cost $3 million to produce and grossed $177

Update: Well, fmug. New York Times writer Dave Itzkoff has tweeted : 'Warner Bros. says " no truth " to reports of new Dark Knight Rises prologue trailers going out with fixed Bane audio." Looks like we'll just have to bring ear trumpets to the film. Thanks to The Playlist for the spot. You’ll recall that back in early December, we reported on the first screening of the Dark Knight Rises prologue currently playing in front of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol on IMAX screens. While the footage scored some glowing reviews (including our own), the first inklings of an issue began to appear, with concerns raised about Bane (Tom Hardy)’s raspy, metallic, and accented dialogue being hard to understand. Chris Nolan has said he won’t overhaul it, but now comes word that he may at least have tinkered with it to help audiences make out the big bad’s breathy pronouncements. We’re taking Collider’s sourced story with a few grains of salt as there’s been no officia

Dirty Girl DVD Review By: RAMA So what did RAMA think of Dirty Girl ? Please make sure to follow him on Facebook and Twitter . DIRTY GIRL is irresistible, funny, and heartfelt. A great blend of drama and comedy. Indie star Juno Temple is a force to be reckoned with. Equally stellar performances from the supporting cast. This is one movie you need to watch… DIRTY GIRL is the story of Danielle ( Juno Temple ), the dirty girl of Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma, circa 1987. Her reputation takes an unexpected hit when her misbehavior gets her banished to a remedial class, where she is paired on a parenting project with Clarke ( Jeremy Dozier ), an innocent closet-case with no friends. When her mother ( Milla Jovovich ) announces her engagement to her family-minded boyfriend ( William H. Macy ), mortified Danielle vows to get to California to find the father she’s never met! Clarke is desperate to escape being sent to military school by his homophobic dad ( Dwight Yoakam