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"Quantum of Solace" director Marc Forster wanted to complete a tale that took James Bond movies into new territory. With the 22nd second Bond flick out on shelves this week on DVD and Blu-Ray, and Forster looking ahead to his adaptation of the zombie apocalypse novel "World War Z," no director has been attached to the unnamed the 23rd installment. Even though Forster declined an invitation to return, he expressed hope that his darker Bond vision would lay the groundwork for a lighter follow-up.

"They asked me if I wanted to," Forster told MTV News. "I’ll never say never again, but at this point I would say no." Read more...

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By Josh Wigler

Originally titled "Nottingham," director Ridley Scott's upcoming "Robin Hood" adaptation was previously rumored to star Russell Crowe as both Robin Hood and the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham. While there's still no official word on the Sheriff's casting, a new press release reveals a ton of other information about the film.

According to the announcement, Crowe and the previously revealed Cate Blanchett (Maid Marian) and Alan Doyle (Allan Adayle) will be joined by Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand and Academy Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave. The movie is said to focus on Robin Hood and his merry men as they "protect their country from slipping into bloody civil war." Read more...

Tags alan doyle, cate blanchett, kevin durand, nottingham, ridley scott, robin hood, Russell Crowe, scott grimes, vanessa redgrave

G.I. Joe's arch-nemesis Cobra Commander appears to be getting a facemask overhaul for the Real American Heroes' August release of "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." Last month, the team's PIT Mobile Headquarters from the movie toy line revealed a few details about the film.

Now, pictures of a G.I. Joe Movie Cobra Commander toy figure potentially offer the first look at what the villain being played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt will look like, while the back of the toy's packaging could contain a few spoilers regarding the character's origin in the film. Read on for details... and quite a few POTENTIAL SPOILERS! Read more...

Tags G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, gi joe, joseph gordon-levitt

As the 20 million people who watch “Dancing with the Stars” already know—and may or may not lament—Denise Richards turned her final pirouette on the ABC competition last night. In what can only be a bittersweet turn of events, she was kicked off after losing in a dance-off to another sex symbol and E! reality show star, Holly Madison.

Now that Richards is off the network airwaves and fresh episodes of her reality show, “It’s Complicated,” are not due for some time, where oh where will you get your fix of the 38-year-old actress? Why, by exploring the vast, rich universe that is her filmography! Dry your tears and go rent these five movies that MTV Movies promises make up “The Very Best of Denise Richards.”

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Yesterday we reported the news that Chris Weitz cast the Wolf Pack -- the Native American entourage of Taylor Lautner -- with relative unknowns who will make their big screen debuts in "New Moon." Official photos are surprisingly not easy to come by, but the power of Google has helped Twilighters figure out what everyone looks like.

General consensus is positive, if your comments in yesterday's blog are any indication, with special appreciation that Weitz chose to cast actors of Native American descent as the Native Americans in the film. Read more...

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Day Two of my visit to the set of Rob Zombie's "H2: Halloween 2” starts out earnestly enough. I park my rental car in a rural Georgia town and approach the building where the crew will be shooting a large Halloween rave. That it was a Rob Zombie film became quickly evident when I encountered my first evil clown.

Hundreds of extras were gathered for what's probably the film's largest single shoot, each dressed in a unique outfit and adoirned in body paint and intricately applied make-up. Read more...

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The lure of the toys-into-movies trend is such that not even Tom Hanks is immune! According to Variety, Hanks is set to play 1970s action figure Major Matt Mason in a Universal live action movie. Graham Yost is writing the script, and Hanks will produce under his Playtone banner.

Unlike "Transformers" or "Stretch Armstrong," Matt Mason isn't a figure a lot of us played with, as he was originally developed in the 1960s to ride the NASA buzz. Read more...

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To back his upcoming interview antics in "Bruno", Sacha Baron Cohen created 30 or more fake companies, complete with detailed artificial websites, several of which have just vanished from the internet.

The Smoking Gun has been keeping a watchful eye on Cohen, spotting four fake film production companies online. Potential interviewees were directed to these sites in support of Cohen's new filmic alter ego, a flamboyant Austrian fashion critic, Bruno, who made regular appearances on "Da Ali G Show". Today, all four of those website have been erased, but records indicate that at least 27 additional companies have been registered by the actor. Read more...

Tags borat, bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen

Recently, rumors spread like wildfire across the Internet concerning a seemingly unlikely hybrid: “Twilight” anime. And if you picked up the film’s Special Edition DVD over the weekend, you’ve likely already heard director Catherine Hardwicke and Robert Pattinson plant the seed in their audio commentary.

To get to the bottom of the mystery, we went straight to the “Twilight” director herself. And, well, let’s just say that the only animated thing about Edward Cullen that you’ll be seeing in the near future is Robert Pattinson’s untamable hair.

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Tags Anime, catherine hardwicke, cowboy bebop, Kristen-Stewart, robert pattinson, Speed Racer, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

FROM NEWSROOM.MTV.COM: Quick: What do Eminem and Dustin Hoffman have in common? What about Dr. Dre and Tom Cruise? Until today, we here at MTV News couldn't have come up with much besides them all being really, really rich. But check out this photo from the set of Em's latest music video and tell us it doesn't look like the rappers are doing their best "Rain Man" impression.

Go with us on this one for a second. First off, there's Slim Shady all clean-cut, with dark hair sculpted into a neat side part. What, you don't immediately see the resemblance to Hoffman's autistic genius Raymond Babbitt? Fine. But now note those matching gray suits and white shirts. Hoffman and Cruise wore almost the exact same outfits in "Rain Man."

Read more and see our exclusive side-by-side photo comparison of Eminem & Dustin Hoffman at newsroom.mtv.com...

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