2011 April - Part 9

'Hunger Games' Casts Prim Everdeen And Catherine Zeta-Jones Hits 'Rock Of Ages' In Today's Casting Call

Posted 4/21/11 12:15 pm EST by Aly Semigran in Casting Call

Earlier this week, it was announced that Hollywood newcomers Jack Quaid, Leven Rambin, Amandla Stenberg, and Dayo Okeniyi would play "Hunger Games" competitors, and now another relative unknown has been cast.

As reported by our friends at Hollywood Crush, a young actress by the name of Willow Shield will be playing the coveted role of Primrose Everdeen. The 12-year-old stars as the little sister of "Hunger Games" heroine Katniss, played in the film by Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence. Director Gary Ross said Shield will "make an amazing Prim and we’re very lucky to have her."

Check out the rest of Thursday's biggest casting news in the biz, including Catherine Zeta-Jones' return to movie musicals and Kate Beckinsale (possibly) making a "Total Recall"!

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Lindsay Lohan Returns To 'Gotti,' But In A New Role

Posted 4/21/11 11:30 am EST by Jocelyn Vena in Casting Call, News

FROM MTV MOVIES: After some momentary drama on Wednesday, when it seemed that Lindsay Lohan's role in the mob family biopic "Gotti: Three Generation" was in jeopardy, later that day it was confirmed that the embattled starlet would still be in the film.

Originally up for the role of Victoria Gotti, Lohan is now set to play the wife of John Gotti Jr., Kim Gotti. "I'm really excited to be back on set and clear up all the misinterpretations about me and show this is what I love to do," Lohan said about the casting, according to The Associated Press. "I think it's such an iconic story. I think it's a great story to be told. I'm honored to be working with John Travolta and Joe Pesci."

The movie's producer, Marc Fiore, explained to People.com that it was Lohan herself who managed to make sure she got cast in the flick. "She was definitely out as of earlier today, but she really wanted the part," he said. "She not only is back in the movie, but she single-handedly put it all together. She called me personally and put her team on it, and we came to an agreement."

Read the full story at MTV Movies!

Tags Gotti: Three Generations, lindsay lohan

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'The Change-Up' Red Band Trailer Puts Ryan Reynolds And Jason Bateman In Each Other's Shoes

Posted 4/21/11 10:48 am EST by Josh Wigler in News, Trailers

The Change-Up Let's face it — whether it's Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster or Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan swapping bodies, "Freaky Friday" just isn't a movie for the dude crowd. But Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman trading places for a hardcore R-rated comedy romp? Maybe that's a different story.

We've got a funny feeling that their upcoming team-up "The Change-Up" is going to deliver the goods, and if you don't believe us, all you have to do is click past the jump and check out the restricted trailer that was just released by Universal.

But be warned — you're heading into severe NSFW territory. Proceed at your own risk!

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'Harry Potter' May Receive 3-D Theatrical Rerelease, And Here Are The Moments We'd Love To See

Posted 4/21/11 10:11 am EST by Terri Schwartz in Five Reasons, News, Video

For those of you worried that the magic of "Harry Potter" might die with the July 15 release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," let your fears rest easy, because a rerelease of the epic film series might be in our near future.

We've been teased several times over the past year about the idea of a rerelease of the previous "Potter" flicks in post-converted 3-D, and when MTV News caught up with producers David Heyman and David Barron recently they continued adding fuel to those rumors. "We're doing 3-D for the DVD of '7, Part 1,' and there's been no discussion of anything else yet, but I suspect the studio is going to be reluctant to let it die," Heyman said. "I'm sure it's just a matter of time."

That concept got us wondering, just what will the earlier "Potter" movies look like in 3-D? We picked out the five scenes from the course of the franchise that we would love to see pop out at us in three dimensions.

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Skynet? No Problem! Five Reasons Why The 'Terminator' Apocalypse Might Not Be So Bad

Posted 4/20/11 6:30 pm EST by Jeremy Gordon in Commentary, Hot Stuff, Humor, News

The apocalypse approaches. April 21 brings us the Judgment Day foretold for years and years by the "Terminator" franchise -- the day Skynet becomes self-aware and makes a mess of things. Earlier today, I mused on the best ways to survive Judgment Day, if you're into staying alive: networking, wearing sun screen, being a team player... I'm pretty sure I covered most of the basics.

But must judgment be so unfortunate? Is Skynet's looming takeover really such a terrible thing? Who knows -- our robot rulers might be more gracious than our human overlords.

After the jump, check out five reasons why the robot apocalypse might not be the end of the world -- even though it technically will be. Oh well!

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Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson And A Runaway Bank Vault In New 'Fast Five' Clip In Today's Dailies

Posted 4/20/11 5:16 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Dailies

What's a police barricade or a concrete wall when you've got The Rock and Vin Diesel on your side?

A new clip from "Fast Five," out next Friday, has hit the Internet courtesy of The Sun (via Latino Review), and if you were on the fence about getting fast and furious again, this should be enough to convince you. The clip follows Diesel and buddy Paul Walker stealing a bank vault with Dwayne Johnson in hot pursuit. It's a gig that would put Danny Ocean to shame.

After the jump, find out which Marvel movies will be coming out after "The Avengers," what happened to Lindsay Lohan's role in "Gotti: Three Generations" and what "I Am Legend's" monsters could have looked like without GC.

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Happy 4/20: Kevin Smith Reveals His Seth Rogen-Inspired Stoner Philosophy

Posted 4/20/11 4:20 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Humor, Video

Today is April 20, a day that's known for several reasons: it's the day after Skynet became self-aware (and the day before he kick-started a nuclear holocaust that destroyed mankind), yes, but it's also the unofficial holiday for stoners across the world. While we're not about to endorse 4/20 in any way here on Movies Blog — though if you're looking for some appropriate movies to zone out to today, we've got some suggestions — it does strike us as an opportune time to dig back into the not-too-distant past archives of our interview with "Clerks" and "Red State" filmmaker Kevin Smith.

You might think that Smith is a lifelong stoner based on the subject matter his movies tends to cover, but when we spoke to him back in February, Kevin said that he only started smoking very recently — all thanks to his "Zack and Miri" collaborator Seth Rogen.

"One of the most talented people I worked with in my life was Seth Rogen," Smith told us. "I got so much from him. He re-energized me in a weird way… I became a stoner because of Seth Rogen."

Tags kevin smith, seth rogen

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'The Great Gatsby' Casting Couch: Ben Affleck's Out, So Who Should Play Tom?

Posted 4/20/11 4:00 pm EST by Jocelyn Vena in Casting Call

News dropped this morning that Ben Affleck is no longer attached to Baz Luhrmann's 3-D take on "The Great Gatsby" playing the story's resident drunken cad, Tom Buchanan, so we here at MTV Movies Blog have decided that the task of finding the man to play the part should fall upon us.

As daunting as that seems, and after a heated debate this morning, we feel we've found five viable options for the role. Here's what we got...

Jon Hamm
He's about the right age, has the experience playing this guy on "Mad Men" and has girls swooning. (For instance, we swooned as we typed his name!) Then again, he already plays a guy like Tom on the small screen. Nothing is worse than seeing someone as talented as Hamm get typecast, no matter how good he looks in a suit.

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Daniel Radcliffe's Director Wish-List Includes Christopher Nolan And The Coen Brothers

Posted 4/20/11 3:12 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Commentary, Interviews, Video

Daniel Radcliffe is at a point in his life where, in our opinion, he can do just about anything he wants.

Fortunately, as the "Harry Potter" star already told us when he stopped by to chat about his new musical "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying," he's already pushing himself to try as many new and exciting things as he can without falling into any sort of "child star" trap. We definitely recognize and respect that motivation, and we're sure that's a sentiment echoed by many people in Hollywood.

So when DanRad started listing off his dream group of film directors and actors that he would love to work with, we didn't think those hopes actually coming to life was as unrealistic as he seemed to. After the jump, we go through the people Radcliffe said he'd love to work on a project with and then offer our suggestions as to some potential team-ups.

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'Restrepo' Filmmaker Tim Hetherington Reportedly Killed In Libya

Posted 4/20/11 2:57 pm EST by Josh Wigler in News

The 2011 Oscar-nominated documentary "Restrepo" did a marvelous job capturing the dangers and horrors of war in Afghanistan, thanks to the unspeakably brave efforts of co-directors Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger. Sadly, it appears that war has claimed the lives of one of those filmmakers.

ABC News reports that Hetherington was killed today in Libya. The award-winning photojournalist reportedly died during a mortar attack in Misrata, Libya, and it's been reported that a second photographer, Chris Hondros, was also killed. Three other journalists are believed to have been injured in the attack as well.

The news was first reported on French photographer Andre Liohn's Facebook page. Liohn said that he was in the hospital with both Hetherington and Hondros at the time of their deaths. The original Facebook post is currently unavailable, though numerous reports and condolences continue to pour out on Twitter and other social networking outlets.

Tags Restrepo, Tim Hetherington

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