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Carey Mulligan Says 'No Singing' In 'The Great Gatsby'

Posted 7/26/11 3:45 pm EST by in Comic-Con, Interviews, News, Video


One of the hottest upcoming films in Hollywood is Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," so it's no surprise that leading lady Carey Mulligan was a bit nervous about landing the role.

MTV News caught up with the "Never Let Me Go" star when she was at San Diego Comic-Con promoting her latest flick, "Drive," that costars Ryan Gosling and Bryan Cranston. According to her, waiting to hear back about the audition was quite a stressful experience for her.

"I auditioned for that when I was doing 'Drive,' so [director] Nick [Winding Refn] was there for the whole phone-ringing, agent, 'Ahh!' will I, won't I," Mulligan explained.

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'Oz' Starts Filming, 'Great And Powerful' Plot Revealed

Posted 7/26/11 2:03 pm EST by in News


If you own a pair of ruby slippers, and if you click them three times, perhaps you'll find yourself transported to the wonderful land of... Michigan. That's where "Oz The Great and Powerful" is slated to start production, which just so happens to have started -- well, today!

Walt Disney Pictures have issued a press release stating that Sam Raimi's long-awaited "Oz" flick is finally getting underway at the brand new Raleigh Studios in Pontiac, Michigan. James Franco leads an all-star cast that also includes Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff and newcomer Joey King.

In addition to news of the film beginning production, Disney also released the first official plot summary for Raimi's voyage to "Oz."

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'Star Trek' Sequel 'Has To Be Better' Than The First, Says Damon Lindelof

Posted 7/26/11 1:30 pm EST by in Interviews, News


by Danica Davidson

The sequel to “Star Trek” may not have a name or even a complete script yet, but fans want to know what to expect. That’s why MTV News spoke with writer Damon Lindelof at SDCC to get the "Trek 2" status report.

“There was a lot of work going on over the course of the last year between Bob [Orci] and Alex [Kurtzman] and I,” he said. “We generated, like, a ninety-page half-script half-treatment based on some meetings that we’ve had with J.J [Abrams]. Now that J.J. is finally finished with ‘Super 8' we’ve kind of, not thrown out that material, but we’re reworking a lot of it.”

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Seth Rogen Vs. Zac Efron, Harrison Ford Sticks With 'Cowboys'

Posted 7/26/11 10:52 am EST by in Casting Call


Zac EfronSeth Rogen and Zac Efron, it's time to square off.

The Judd Apatow staple and the former "High School Musical" star are butting heads in an untitled comedy where Rogen plays an average guy going toe-to-toe against Efron's frat boy character. That's a team up we never really expected to see, but it's one we're interested in seeing all the same!

Check out the rest of today's casting news past the jump, including new roles for Harrison Ford and Jennifer Lawrence!

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Kristen Stewart's 'Snow White' Wears Shining Armor

Posted 7/25/11 4:50 pm EST by in News, Photos


FROM HOLLYWOOD CRUSH: Mirror, mirror on the wall, give us a Snow White who's not a damsel at all.

The photos unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con during Saturday's "Snow White and the Huntsman" panel have finally hit the web, and now the world can see Kristen Stewart decked out in a full suit of armor. Anyone worried that this movie would be confused with Lily Collins' "Snow White" should be able to see how different they are based on the photos released this week.

Read the full story at Hollywood Crush!

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Five Things Revealed At San Diego Comic-Con

Posted 7/25/11 4:02 pm EST by in Comic-Con, News


By Ryan J. Downey

If you weren't able to keep up on all of the information we threw at you from San Diego Comic-Con, don't worry. We've corralled our five favorite big reveals from the worlds of movies (and some television). It's like you were here with us at the show! Take a look:

5. "Game of Thrones"
"Game of Thrones" hasn't started filming season two yet, but there were a few juicy revelations of the non-footage variety as the cast made their first ever Comic-Con appearance in front of 4,000 people (with 2,000 more trying to get in), even with direct competition from "Prometheus"!

At the "Game of Thrones" panel, which was moderated by George R.R. Martin himself, it was revealed that season two will stay loyal to the books, whereas season three (if they make it there) will start to deviate. They were careful not to spoil anything (referring to one event from the books as "R.W.") but offered up a great deal of excitement about executing more of the books' moments.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kit Harrington, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Jason Momoa and Emilia Clarke, plus producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, were all on hand and said that the season-one DVD will contain first-time auditions from all the actors before they were officially cast.

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Taylor Lautner And His 'Abduction' Addiction

Posted 7/25/11 3:09 pm EST by in Interviews, News


by Danica Davidson

Taylor Lautner has become known to the world for his role in the “Twilight” movies, but now he’s looking to get himself involved in other successful films. Within a few months the movie “Abduction” — of which Lautner is the lead — will be hitting theaters, so MTV News went to get the scoop.

“The first time I heard the idea of the project, I knew that I wanted that to be my next movie,” Lautner said of first learning about "Abduction," a project he immediately knew he wanted to be a part of. “And then when I got the script, I couldn’t stop turning the pages.”

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'Haywire' Trailer: Gina Carano Kicks Channing Tatum's Butt

Posted 7/25/11 2:15 pm EST by in Interviews, Trailers


by Danica Davidson

This January, you’ll get to see famous MMA fighter Gina Carano kick some major butt as the lead character in the action flick “Haywire.” The Steven Soderbergh-directed revenge thriller had a huge presence at San Diego Comic-Con this year, where the cast and crew debuted the movie's much-awaited trailer. Here, take a look!

To learn more about "Haywire," MTV News sat down with Carano and co-star Channing Tatum to get the goods on this fighting-spree movie. When Carano was asked if she were “kicking ass wall-to-wall,” in the movie, she smiled knowingly and answered to the affirmative.

“Yeah, yeah. I like the physical stuff,” she said. “Running and shooting guns and fighting people.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Read An Excerpt From 'I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Six’s Legacy'

Posted 7/25/11 2:00 pm EST by in Hot Stuff, News


The Lost Files"I Am Number Four" laid down the foundation for an expansive science fiction mythology (not to mention the groundwork for a feature film series launched earlier this year), and now the small, elite and endangered group of alien youths are in the Mogadorian crosshairs again.

A new novella, "I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Six's Legacy" arrives in e-book form on Tuesday (July 26) with just weeks to go before the release of the next full-scale sequel, "The Power of Six," out on August 23. We've got an EXCLUSIVE first look at "Six's Legacy" for your viewing pleasure today.

Read it after the jump, then tell us what you think in the comments section and on Twitter!

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'Captain America' Beats 'Harry Potter' At The Box Office

Posted 7/25/11 11:46 am EST by in Box Office


Chris EvansFROM MTV MOVIES: Captain America has beaten back the Red Skull, HYRDA, Nazis and various nefarious forces before, and now the shield-slinging star-spangled hero has conquered the box office, as well.

"Captain America: The First Avenger" debuted with an estimated $65.8 million over the weekend to become the #1 movie in North America, according to studio estimates. With Chris Evans in the title role and Hugo Weaving as his arch-nemesis, the Red Skull, the Marvel movie was the latest chapter in a series of films that began with "Iron Man" and will lead up to next year's "The Avengers."

Cap's debut bested that of his fellow Avenger "Thor" (which opened with $65.7 million) as well as the debuts of previous 2011 superhero movies "Green Lantern" and "X-Men: First Class." Only 40 percent of the Cap audience chose to see it in 3-D versus the 60 percent who saw "Thor" that way back in May.

Meanwhile the latest "Harry Potter" — which broke several records on its opening weekend — suffered a huge decline during its second weekend of release. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" took in $48 million (for a $274.1 million total), which was a 72 percent second-weekend fall, much steeper than that of "The Dark Knight," "Spider-Man 3" and the third "Pirates of the Caribbean."

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