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'The Debt': See Sam Worthington In This Exclusive Photo, Part Of MTV's Summer Movie Preview Week!

Posted 4/25/11 11:28 am EST by in Photos


It's Summer Movie Preview week here at MTV News, meaning you can keep checking back here on Movies Blog and elsewhere in the MTV Movies universe over the next five days for exclusive interviews, photos and clips from the summer season's most hotly anticipated flicks. The only thing we don't have is popcorn, but I'm sure you can figure that out on your side of the computer screen.

We're kicking things off on Movies Blog with an exclusive first look at Sam Worthington in "The Debt," director John Madden's remake of the 2007 Israeli film of the same name. The thriller focuses on three Mossad agents who supposedly tracked down and killed a famous Nazi war criminal in 1965, but when he resurfaces 30 years later willing to confess to his crimes, the three retired spies take it upon themselves to finish what they started all those years ago.

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'Rio' Flies And 'Water For Elephants' Thrives At The Weekend Box Office

Posted 4/25/11 10:53 am EST by in Box Office


RioFROM MTV MOVIES: The box office got a boost from kids over the holiday weekend as "Rio" held on to the top spot with moviegoers and the Easter-themed "Hop" crossed the $100 million mark, according to studio estimates. Overall ticket sales were up 39 percent from the same period last year. Strengthened by 3-D showings, the animated "Rio" earned $26.8 million for a two-week domestic total of $81.2 million.

Filmmaker Tyler Perry has released three movies around Easter, and this year's entry, "Madea's Big Happy Family," sat right in the middle of his scorecard, with a $25.7 million debut ("Meet the Browns" opened with $20.1 million in 2008; "Why Did I Get Married Too?" made $29.3 million last year) but suffered the lowest debut of any of the entries in his poorly reviewed "Madea" series. Still, that was good enough to take the #2 spot for the weekend.

Robert Pattinson did double the business of his last non-"Twilight" starring role with "Water for Elephants," which debuted with $17.5 million to land at #3 on the box-office tally. Of course, last year's "Remember Me" didn't have Academy Award winners Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz or best-selling source material from novelist Sara Gruen. The romantic drama opened on par with the similarly themed "The Notebook," adjusted for inflation. "Elephants" has split critics almost down the middle, according to movie review website Rotten Tomatoes.

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'Game Of Thrones' Recap: Episode 2, 'The Kingsroad'

Posted 4/25/11 10:13 am EST by in Commentary, Reviews, TV


Game of ThronesEpisode Title: "The Kingsroad"

Written By: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss

Story: Picking up right where episode one left off, the royal court readies to depart from Winterfell and head to King's Landing with Ned Stark (Sean Bean) as the Hand of the King. But no one, especially not Queen Cersei (Lena Headey) and her twin brother Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), are happy to leave the comatose Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) behind before he wakes up and shares why he "fell" out of a high tower. With his mother Catelyn Stark (Michelle Fairley) watching over him at all times, Ned heads south and his bastard son Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) heads north to dedicate himself to the Night's Watch at the Wall.

Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clark) begins to adapt to Dothraki culture instead of just being a victim to her husband Khal Drogo's (Jason Momoa) brutish ways. Her brother Viserys (Harry Lloyd) does not find it as easy. Word of her recent marriage reaches King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy), who is angered to find a Targaryen still alive and posing a threat to his kingdom. He is less worried about the fate of his son Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) after he is attacked by Ned's daughter Arya's (Maisie Williams) direwolf, though it is her sister Sansa's (Sophie Turner) pet that must pay the ultimate price.

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Ian Holm Joins 'The Hobbit' And 'The Hunger Games' Casts Katniss' Mom In Today's Dailies

Posted 4/22/11 6:28 pm EST by in Dailies


Gollum GollumHere's the best news you've heard all day: Ian Holm will be back for "The Hobbit."

We literally have no other information other than that, but Peter Jackson took to his Facebook to clarify that the voice we heard at the end of his recent video blog was Martin Freeman's, not Holm's from the previous "Lord of the Rings" narration. That being said, Jackson dropped a bomb on us by stating that "Ian will be returning as the older Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit." Ahh, the wonders of Facebook.

The rest of today's news is after the jump, including the newest boss in town on "The Office," an extended trailer of "Green Lantern" and the newest "Hunger Games" casting announcement.

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'The Hangover: Part II' TV Spots Have Gun Shots, The Jonas Brothers And Fun For The Whole Family

Posted 4/22/11 5:11 pm EST by in Trailers


The wolf pack is back, ladies and gentlemen, but that doesn't mean they're any better at partying.

Four new TV spots have hit the web to show off "The Hangover: Part II's" hot stuff, and the adventures Stu, Phil and Alan get on in Bangkok seem to be more violent and crazier than ever. Fortunately for us who are counting down the days until May 26, the videos have a whole slew of insanity that we haven't seen before that has us even more excited for the upcoming film.

Read on to find out some of the hilarity we have in store for the second best hangover we've had in three years.

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'Stake Land' Star Connor Paolo Presents 'Crackhead' Vampires In This Exclusive Clip

Posted 4/22/11 4:56 pm EST by in Interviews, Video


"Stake Land" arrives in New York City today, and make no mistake — though this is a vampire movie, it's about as far away from "Twilight" as you can possibly get.

Think more along the lines of "The Walking Dead," the AMC survival horror series filled to the brim with grotesque flesh-eating monsters and hopeless humans seeking shelter from the storm. Set in a world where a vampire outbreak has completely derailed civilization and devoured much of mankind in the process, the blood-suckers of "Stake Land" are straight-up nightmare fuel. And if you don't believe me, just watch the exclusive clip below for all the evidence you could possibly need.

But deadly as they are, these vampires aren't indestructible.

"These vampires are hungry, but very hurtable," insists "Stake Land" star Connor Paolo, who plays normal teen turned ruthless slayer Martin. "They're strong, but only in a crackhead way. There's nothing malevolent about them – they're instinctual."

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50 Cent Faces Down Luke Goss In This Exclusive 'Blood Out' Clip

Posted 4/22/11 4:00 pm EST by in Video


One of the many new film projects that Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has been working on, "Blood Out" brings together "50," Luke Goss, Val Kilmer and more for a bloody action flick about a small town sheriff (Goss) going undercover to avenge his slain brother's murder. Along the way he runs into Fif, and...well, you can see what happens in the clip below.

"Blood Out" hits DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Download and On Demand on April 26.

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Good Friday, Earth Day And Madea's Big Opening Night In Today's Twitter-Wood

Posted 4/22/11 3:45 pm EST by in Twitter-Wood


MadeaIt's Good Friday, and not just because Robert Pattinson has a new movie out. The Easter weekend has officially kicked off and the tweets are alive with celebratory glee. You don't want to miss how Hollywood's funniest comedians are celebrating the good-est Friday of them all!

While a ton of big name films are opening today, only one has been trending for the past 24 hours. "Madea's Big Happy Family" has taken over the Internet but not everyone is excited. One TV personality has a complaint to file with the concept of justice.

I'm @TravisHelwig and this is Twitter-Wood for April 22nd, 2011.

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'Water For Elephants' Director Francis Lawrence Pulls 'Houdini' Out Of His Hat

Posted 4/22/11 2:34 pm EST by in Interviews, Video


It's been about a month since we heard anything about Francis Lawrence's planned Houdini film, but with "Water for Elephants" hitting theaters this weekend he's ready to start looking ahead.

When MTV News caught up with the director at the "Water for Elephants" red carpet, he was willing to share what originally drew him to the project. "I'm interested in worlds and one of the things that's really exciting about being a filmmaker is you get to kind of dive into something that you're not an expert in and you get to immerse yourself in," he said.

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'Scream 4': Wes Craven Speculates On The Franchise's Future And More Prescott Family Drama

Posted 4/22/11 2:02 pm EST by in Interviews, Video


With all the hype and excitement surrounding "Scream 4," I'm actually surprised it didn't perform better at the box office last weekend. Wes Craven directing! Kevin Williamson writing! All of the original characters (those who survived) back in action! I'm not even a fan of the "Scream" franchise and I enjoyed it.

Anyway, before the numbers came in last weekend, the word on the street was that there were two more "Scream" movies on the way. Screenwriter Williamson had planned the fourth film as a kickoff to a new trilogy, of sorts. When I caught up with the cast and Craven at the film's press day recently, I asked them to give us a tease of what they had planned for two more films. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette didn't want to speculate at the time, citing the notion that if they commented it would spoil the fact that their characters survived. However, Mr. Craven was more than happy to offer a few words on what might happen in future installments.

Warning: some spoilers for the ending of "Scream 4" lie ahead!

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