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Longtime friend of Henry Selick, Brad Bird was on hand tonight at the Portland premiere of "Coraline", treating MTV News to updates on his first live-action feature, "1906” and updating us on the status of "Toy Story 3."

"The best way to sum up ["1906”]," says Bird, "would be that it's a romantic, epic, mystery with lots of action in it, based around events leading up to and through the earthquake in San Francisco in 1906."

The basest level of pre-production has already begun as Bird is looking for places to shoot while trying to put finishing touches on the script.

"It's really a hard script to write. Mostly because there are so many things going on in that place in that particular period of time. Any time you're going toward something, you're going away from five other cool things... We'll see if they have the courage to make it. We're proceeding as if." Read more...

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For those of you who don't live in New York City, let me tell you that yesterday was bitterly cold. The Weather Channel tells me that the high yesterday was 22 degrees, the low 11, and the wind was relentless. Which brings me to my point: Isla Fisher and the other women posing on the outside red carpet for the "Confessions of a Shopaholic" premiere all wore fashionable, short dresses. No jackets.

I totally get that this movie is about the clothes, but, OMG!, can you imagine how freezing they were? You have to hand it to the girls, they are extremely brave. There have to be fashionably fierce coats for these women to wear on such an important occasion -- how did their stylists not insist on those? (Check out the fab mini-dresses after the jump, and then see our photo gallery from the "Confessions of a Shopaholic" premiere here.) Read more...

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It's nice to see Ewan McGregor back on the big screen, in the trades, and away from his motorcycle. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he's tapping into that daredevil side for his next film, "The Electric Slide" which will see him robbing the rich to ... well, feed himself. British actress Carey Mulligan is in talks to join McGregor.

Directed and scripted by newcomer Tristan Patterson, "Slide" is based on the true story of Eddie Dodson, a former antiques dealer who ran with with the rich and famous of Hollywood. In order to feed his heroin habit and impress his new girlfriend, he decided to rob a bank -- the first of 72 he would rob in his lifetime. Dubbed "The Yankee Bandit" for the Yankees hat he always wore, he always slipped away just as the authorities arrived. He was eventually caught, and died in prison in 2003. Read more...

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New York Comic Con kicks off tomorrow, and that means MTV News is not only going to have regularly updated coverage of the show all weekend throughout MTV.com, but we'll also be on the floor and in the panel rooms bringing you news, previews, announcements and multimedia reports from our on-site MTV News Skybox at the convention center. Keep your eyes here on MTV Movies Blog, as well as Splash Page and our mecca of all things gaming, MTV's Multiplayer Blog, throughout the next three days of Comic Con for all the news as it happens.

Oh, and if you're at the show, here's a quick list of events where you'll be able to find your intrepid MTV News team: Read more...

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Have you ever wondered what happened to the ladies of "Sex and the City" after the first movie faded to black? Brace yourselves and polish your favorite pair of Manolos, because the word on the street is that one day in the near future you'll find out!

"Sex and the City" is more or less all set to return to the big screen for a sequel, E! News is reporting. "Everything was finalized yesterday afternoon," a source told the Web site. And that everything includes all four ladies: Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis.

Also reportedly on board is writer/ director Michael Patrick King, who has yet to write a script. But shooting will reportedly begin this summer with a release date sometime in summer 2010. Reps for the actresses and the studio have yet to comment on the news. Read more...

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FROM SPLASH PAGE: David Fincher might have been interested in filming the story of a serial killer in “Zodiac” or the macabre crime tale from Brian Michael Bendis’ graphic novel “Torso.” Ask him to do a superhero movie, however, and you may get an unenthusiastic wince.

“No, I'm not interested in doing a superhero,” the “Fight Club” director recently told The Guardian. Taking a round of audience questions during a discussion about his recent work on “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Fincher provided further explanation of his position on Spider-Man.

“I was asked if I might be interested in the first ‘Spider-Man,’ and I went in and told them what I might be interested in doing, and they hated it,” he said.

Read more about David Fincher's "Spider-Man" movie idea at SplashPage.MTV.com.

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“I’m terrified -- the scariest thing I’ve ever done.” So begins a conversation these days with William H. Macy as he takes over Jeremy Piven’s role in the David Mamet play “Speed-the-Plow.”

After Piven dropped out in December because of mercury poisoning resulting from eating too much seafood, Macy was forced to jump right in and learn his lines in less than two weeks.

“I’ve had a rough three or four weeks,” Macy told MTV News. “I had to be off-book in ten days, which is crazy. Mamet said to me, ‘Bill, you’ll be okay. The script is more of a guideline than something you need to follow word for word.’ But every time someone told me I’d be great, it just killed me.” Read more...

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The search for the Greatest Movie Badass of All Time is on! MTV News has asked accomplished filmmakers, actors and you, the audience, to vote for your favorites. Now we've tabulated the results and found our 10 finalists for the top spot. Who will reign supreme as the Greatest Badass of All Time? Find out on February 6 at 7:15 p.m. when MTV announces the winner live at New York's Comic-Con and right here at MTV.com.

WHO: John August
WHAT: "Go" (writer), "Charlie's Angels" (2000, writer), "Big Fish" (writer)

THE LIST:

10. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), "Silence of the Lambs" -- If he can't eat you, he'll find a way to get you to eat yourself. Read more...

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After he shot to fame in "The Lord of the Rings," it seemed like Orlando Bloom was in starring in every other big-budget film. His star dimmed a bit, and he hasn't really been attached to any blockbuster projects in the last year. But it looks like 2009 is set to be a bit of a comeback for him, as Variety reports that he has just signed on to star in "The Cross" alongside Olga Kurylenko ("Quantum of Solace"), and Vincent Cassel ("Eastern Promises.")

Directed by Andrew Niccol, the film is set in a border town in the near future, but story details are vague. Bloom will play a man seeking to be the first person to cross a mysterious border. Cassel will play a border guard determined to stop him, and Kurylenko is simply "the female lead." Read more...

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Johnny Depp's "The Rum Diaries" seems to have been stuck in pre-production for ages now (since 2003 if you want to be really precise), but it may have just gotten a big push forward. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Amber Heard is in negotiations to costar with Depp in the Hunter S. Thompson adaptation.

Directed by Bruce Robinson, "Diaries" is the story of a washed-up, hard drinking journalist named Paul Kemp. Heard will play Chenault, who becomes the center of a love triangle between Kemp and his fellow journalist Sanderson, a part which has yet to be cast. She's Sanderson's free-spirited girlfriend, but cheats with Kemp, and tries to convince him to run away with her. Read more...

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