First Trailer For Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Will Bring A Tear To Your Eye

Working with child actors in central roles can be a major gamble. While you could end up with a revelation like the Coen brothers did when they cast Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in True Grit, the other side of that coin is Jake Lloyd in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Enter Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Star Thomas Horn will be making his acting debut in the movie after gaining notoriety for winning on Jeopardy. But how will he do? The first trailer for the film suggests that he'll be just fine.

Directed by Stephen Daldry and based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is about a young boy named Oskar Schell who loses his father (Tom Hanks) during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Searching around his home, he finds a mysterious key that belonged to his dad and goes on a quest to find out what it unlocks. The film also stars Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, and James Gandolfini. To go along with the trailer, Apple has also posted the film's first poster:




The film arrives in theaters on December 25th.

First Trailer For Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Will Bring A Tear To Your Eye

Working with child actors in central roles can be a major gamble. While you could end up with a revelation like the Coen brothers did when they cast Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in True Grit, the other side of that coin is Jake Lloyd in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Enter Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Star Thomas Horn will be making his acting debut in the movie after gaining notoriety for winning on Jeopardy. But how will he do? The first trailer for the film suggests that he'll be just fine.

Directed by Stephen Daldry and based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is about a young boy named Oskar Schell who loses his father (Tom Hanks) during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Searching around his home, he finds a mysterious key that belonged to his dad and goes on a quest to find out what it unlocks. The film also stars Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, and James Gandolfini. To go along with the trailer, Apple has also posted the film's first poster:




The film arrives in theaters on December 25th.

Brad Pitt And Doug Liman Wanted For Warner Bros. Sci-Fi Thriller All You Need Is Kill

Sorry, Doug Liman. You won’t be going to the moon, after all. The Fair Game director, who proved himself as an action director with the first Bourne adventure and the playful Mr. & Mrs. Smith, has been trying to mount Luna, a space-heist thriller about former astronauts stealing valuable tools to help them get back to the moon where they’d hoped to “acquire an energy source.” But Vulture now says the project is dead, because Paramount and co-financier Skydance pulled the plug on what potentially was going to be a $100 million-plus endeavor.

That’s bad news for Andrew Garfield, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans and Jake Gyllenhaal, as all had been attached to the project in various stages of casting. But it’s potentially good news for Liman and his Smith co-star, Brad Pitt. Vulture is reporting in its story that Warner Bros. has offered the Moneyball star the lead role in All You Need Is Kill, which they’d like Liman to direct now that Luna has been grounded.

Kill adapts Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s manga comic about a young soldier fighting in an intergalactic conflict who dies on the day the aliens invade our planet. But in a strange, Twilight Zone-inspired plot twist, the soldier is repeatedly resurrected to the day before the day he dies, allowing him to fight on. The site says rewrites have corrected issues the studio had with Dante Harper’s script, and they’re ready to go ahead of Pitt’s interested.

Plot wrinkles aren’t the only problem, though. Pitt also is circling The Mission, a story of heroic Navy SEALS fighting to rescue 15 hostages from FARC rebels. Vulture says The Fighter director David O. Russell wanst to jump to Mission as soon as he concludes The Silver Lining Playbook, which he’s currently prepping with Bradley Cooper. Plus, there’s the Pitt issue of him potentially earning an Oscar nomination for his work in Bennett Miller’s Moneyball, which could grant the already powerful actor even more clout to make the movies he wants to make. Needless to say, Pitt’s a man in demand these days, and we’ll have to see if he reunites with Liman for Kill, takes a chance on Russell, or heads in an altogether-different direction.

Brad Pitt And Doug Liman Wanted For Warner Bros. Sci-Fi Thriller All You Need Is Kill

Sorry, Doug Liman. You won’t be going to the moon, after all. The Fair Game director, who proved himself as an action director with the first Bourne adventure and the playful Mr. & Mrs. Smith, has been trying to mount Luna, a space-heist thriller about former astronauts stealing valuable tools to help them get back to the moon where they’d hoped to “acquire an energy source.” But Vulture now says the project is dead, because Paramount and co-financier Skydance pulled the plug on what potentially was going to be a $100 million-plus endeavor.

That’s bad news for Andrew Garfield, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans and Jake Gyllenhaal, as all had been attached to the project in various stages of casting. But it’s potentially good news for Liman and his Smith co-star, Brad Pitt. Vulture is reporting in its story that Warner Bros. has offered the Moneyball star the lead role in All You Need Is Kill, which they’d like Liman to direct now that Luna has been grounded.

Kill adapts Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s manga comic about a young soldier fighting in an intergalactic conflict who dies on the day the aliens invade our planet. But in a strange, Twilight Zone-inspired plot twist, the soldier is repeatedly resurrected to the day before the day he dies, allowing him to fight on. The site says rewrites have corrected issues the studio had with Dante Harper’s script, and they’re ready to go ahead of Pitt’s interested.

Plot wrinkles aren’t the only problem, though. Pitt also is circling The Mission, a story of heroic Navy SEALS fighting to rescue 15 hostages from FARC rebels. Vulture says The Fighter director David O. Russell wanst to jump to Mission as soon as he concludes The Silver Lining Playbook, which he’s currently prepping with Bradley Cooper. Plus, there’s the Pitt issue of him potentially earning an Oscar nomination for his work in Bennett Miller’s Moneyball, which could grant the already powerful actor even more clout to make the movies he wants to make. Needless to say, Pitt’s a man in demand these days, and we’ll have to see if he reunites with Liman for Kill, takes a chance on Russell, or heads in an altogether-different direction.

Photos Of Anne Hathaway Dressed As Catwoman On Set Of The Dark Knight Rises

While the recently released photos of Anne Hathaway on the set of The Dark Knight Rises showed off Selina Kyle’s glamorous side, these new ones show her looking purr-fect in a skin-tight Catwoman costume. Needless to say, Hathaway looks as good as Catwoman as she does as Selena Kyle. Die-hard Batman fans may feel differently. We'll let you decide.

JustJared.com posted the images, two of which can be seen below
Unsurprisingly, Hathaway’s Catwoman costume fits her like a glove. Do cats need to breathe? Her need for oxygen may explain the look of concentration on her face in this first photo.





By contrast to Batman’s get-up, Catwoman is keeping it simple. Digging the thigh-high boots and the handy utility belt.

Photos Of Anne Hathaway Dressed As Catwoman On Set Of The Dark Knight Rises

While the recently released photos of Anne Hathaway on the set of The Dark Knight Rises showed off Selina Kyle’s glamorous side, these new ones show her looking purr-fect in a skin-tight Catwoman costume. Needless to say, Hathaway looks as good as Catwoman as she does as Selena Kyle. Die-hard Batman fans may feel differently. We'll let you decide.

JustJared.com posted the images, two of which can be seen below
Unsurprisingly, Hathaway’s Catwoman costume fits her like a glove. Do cats need to breathe? Her need for oxygen may explain the look of concentration on her face in this first photo.





By contrast to Batman’s get-up, Catwoman is keeping it simple. Digging the thigh-high boots and the handy utility belt.

James Bond 23 Eyes Istanbul, May Have Found Next Bond Girl

James Bond sequels regulary end up being international affairs. The secret agent’s license to kill usually works as a passport to global hotspots. I’d be hard pressed to come up with any major international location that didn’t serve as the backdrop for at least one 007 adventure.

As director Sam Mendes puts the finishing touches on pre-production for his as-yet-untitled Bond 23, we continue to hear about new locations that plan to host 007’s crew. India was on the list, until railway officials gave Mendes a hard time about an elaborate railway stunt that would “promote” train hopping by locals (a no-no in India). South Africa was selected as an alternate shooting location. Now MI6-HQ.com, a Web site dedicated to the latest James Bond news, says longtime producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli met with officials in Istanbul, Turkey, to finalize plans to shoot multiple scenes in the city in November. At the very least, the film’s opening sequence – usually involving an eye-popping stunt – will be shot in Istanbul, though officials say the production could bank footage around town for use in different spots in the film.

As Turkey tourism officials point out, Bond fans often travel to filming locations to see where 007 left his mark. MI6 reports that Mendes will film in the historical neighborhood Sultanahmet Square, as well as along the shores of the Bosporus. Previously, Istanbul played host to two Bond sequels over the years: Sean Connery’s excellent From Russian With Love and Pierce Brosnan’s less-impressive The World Is Not Enough.

"It really just feels like we are coming home," Wilson told area reporters.

In other Bond-related news, Twitch is reporting that French television actress Berenice Marlohe has been cast as the next Bond Girl, a coveted role occupied over the years by everyone from Ursula Andress to Halle Berry. But nothing has been confirmed, so take this with a grain of salt until we hear something official from producers.

What do we know about Bond 23 for sure? Well, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan penned the script, which stars Daniel Craig in his third go-round as 007. MGM will get it into theaters on Nov. 9, 2012.

James Bond 23 Eyes Istanbul, May Have Found Next Bond Girl

James Bond sequels regulary end up being international affairs. The secret agent’s license to kill usually works as a passport to global hotspots. I’d be hard pressed to come up with any major international location that didn’t serve as the backdrop for at least one 007 adventure.

As director Sam Mendes puts the finishing touches on pre-production for his as-yet-untitled Bond 23, we continue to hear about new locations that plan to host 007’s crew. India was on the list, until railway officials gave Mendes a hard time about an elaborate railway stunt that would “promote” train hopping by locals (a no-no in India). South Africa was selected as an alternate shooting location. Now MI6-HQ.com, a Web site dedicated to the latest James Bond news, says longtime producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli met with officials in Istanbul, Turkey, to finalize plans to shoot multiple scenes in the city in November. At the very least, the film’s opening sequence – usually involving an eye-popping stunt – will be shot in Istanbul, though officials say the production could bank footage around town for use in different spots in the film.

As Turkey tourism officials point out, Bond fans often travel to filming locations to see where 007 left his mark. MI6 reports that Mendes will film in the historical neighborhood Sultanahmet Square, as well as along the shores of the Bosporus. Previously, Istanbul played host to two Bond sequels over the years: Sean Connery’s excellent From Russian With Love and Pierce Brosnan’s less-impressive The World Is Not Enough.

"It really just feels like we are coming home," Wilson told area reporters.

In other Bond-related news, Twitch is reporting that French television actress Berenice Marlohe has been cast as the next Bond Girl, a coveted role occupied over the years by everyone from Ursula Andress to Halle Berry. But nothing has been confirmed, so take this with a grain of salt until we hear something official from producers.

What do we know about Bond 23 for sure? Well, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan penned the script, which stars Daniel Craig in his third go-round as 007. MGM will get it into theaters on Nov. 9, 2012.

Superman Gets A New Krypton Mom In Ayelet Zurer, Replacing Julia Ormond

If you sighed in relief when the constant stream of casting news about Zack Snyder's Man of Steel finally ended when the film went into production in July, brace yourself: there's been a last-minute switcheroo. Julia Ormond had been cast back in June as Kal-El's Kryptonian mom, opposite Russell Crowe as Jor-El, but now Snyder has brought in Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer to play the role instead. Deadline confirmed the news but couldn't figure out a reason for the change.

Looking from the outside, it's hard for us to figure out a reason as well-- Ormond and Zurer are roughly the same age, and while Ormond has higher name recognition thanks to a pretty steady career since the 90s. Zurer was recently seen opposite Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons and has a role in the upcoming Darling Companion with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Dianne Wiest. The cynical answer says that there were interpersonal conflicts on the set that led to Ormond taking off, whether problems between her and Crowe or her and Snyder. It's unlikely we'll ever get any kind of real answer along those lines, and given how historically small the role of Kal-El's Krypton mother is, I doubt many comic book nerds will do the digging to find out. Zurer will be shooting her scenes this week as the Man of Steel production chugs along in Vancouver. The movie, as if you possibly could have forgotten, opens June 14 next summer.

Superman Gets A New Krypton Mom In Ayelet Zurer, Replacing Julia Ormond

If you sighed in relief when the constant stream of casting news about Zack Snyder's Man of Steel finally ended when the film went into production in July, brace yourself: there's been a last-minute switcheroo. Julia Ormond had been cast back in June as Kal-El's Kryptonian mom, opposite Russell Crowe as Jor-El, but now Snyder has brought in Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer to play the role instead. Deadline confirmed the news but couldn't figure out a reason for the change.

Looking from the outside, it's hard for us to figure out a reason as well-- Ormond and Zurer are roughly the same age, and while Ormond has higher name recognition thanks to a pretty steady career since the 90s. Zurer was recently seen opposite Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons and has a role in the upcoming Darling Companion with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Dianne Wiest. The cynical answer says that there were interpersonal conflicts on the set that led to Ormond taking off, whether problems between her and Crowe or her and Snyder. It's unlikely we'll ever get any kind of real answer along those lines, and given how historically small the role of Kal-El's Krypton mother is, I doubt many comic book nerds will do the digging to find out. Zurer will be shooting her scenes this week as the Man of Steel production chugs along in Vancouver. The movie, as if you possibly could have forgotten, opens June 14 next summer.