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First 'Killing Them Softly' Clip Is Kinda Perfect

Posted 5/10/12 12:10 pm EST by in News, Video


Brad Pitt Killing Them Softly

Sure, it's only 41 seconds long, but there is just something so right about the first clip from Andrew Dominik's "Killing Them Softly" (née "Cogan's Trade").

The Brad Pitt-led crime film is set to make its world premiere at Cannes later this month, but a brief clip posted to YouTube gives us a first look at one of our most anticipated movies of the year.

In the clip, which is made up of one extended take, Sam Shepard's character questions Ray Liotta about the recent stick-up during a mob card game. The shot reeks of Dominik's unique style and is predictably awesome.

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Russell Brand Is The MTV Movie Awards Host!

Posted 5/10/12 11:35 am EST by in MTV Movie Awards, News


FROM MTV NEWS: Just when our rockets were in danger of not being rusty enough, in comes Russell Brand to save the day!

The "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Get Him to the Greek" actor and comedian is stepping up to the plate this year as the host of the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, airing June 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. What can we expect from Brand's appearance? The unexpected, of course — that, and a whole lot of sexual tension with your pal and ours, our very own After Hours host Josh Horowitz.

Head over to MTV News for more on the announcement!

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Sacha Baron Cohen, Kurt Russell Exit 'Django Unchained'

Posted 5/10/12 11:25 am EST by in News


Django Unchained

Once the film that every actor in Hollywood clamored to join, Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" has lost two more cast members. Sacha Baron Cohen and Kurt Russell have both dropped out of Tarantino's Southern-set western.

As The Playlist originally reported, Baron Cohen announced during his interview with Howard Stern that his commitments to the press circuit for "The Dictator" made it impossible for him to film the part, which he described as a cameo. He was set to play Scotty, a sort of man-child who comes to own the title character's wife. The role was supposedly re-written for Baron Cohen, and there's been no word on who may replace him.

There is far more mystery surrounding Russell's departure. Variety broke the story but could provide no explanation for the move. Russell took the part of Ace Woody, a slave trainer, after Kevin Costner turned down the role. The current rumor going around is that instead of recasting Woody, Tarantino has decided to drop the character from the film all together. However, this is still a tenuous rumor at best.

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Kyle Chandler Joins Leonardo DiCaprio In 'Wolf Of Wall Street'

Posted 5/10/12 8:00 am EST by in Casting Call, News


Clear eyes, full hearts, Scorsese and DiCaprio, can't lose. Words to live by if I've ever heard any.

Coach Eric Taylor himself, actor Kyle Chandler, is the latest star to howl at "The Wolf of Wall Street," Deadline reports. The Emmy-winning "Friday Night Lights" icon joins DiCaprio and the recently cast Jonah Hill in the long developing Martin Scorsese movie, based on the true story of former stockbroker Jordan Belfort.

DiCaprio stars in the film as Belfort, a hard-partying finance hotshot who gets involved in security fraud, money laundering and other assorted forms of bad behavior. Chandler has signed on to play the FBI agent who takes Belfort down — sort of the Hanratty to Belfort's Frank Abagnale, if you will. Sounds like a touchdown to me, fellas.

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'Southpaw' On Hold For Eminem, Rep Reveals

Posted 5/9/12 5:01 pm EST by in News


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FROM MTV NEWS: Step out of the ring and take those gloves off, Eminem fans: "Southpaw," the rapper's planned big-screen return based on a script penned by "Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter, is taking a seat on the bench.

"He's focusing on his music right now, so while he's doing that, while he's in that space, he wanted to put ['Southpaw'] on hold for the time being," Eminem's rep Dennis Dennehy told the Detroit Free Press earlier this week. Head on over to MTV News for more.

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Universal Celebrates Studio's 100th Anniversary With New Orlando Show, Parade

Posted 5/9/12 3:20 pm EST by in News


ORLANDO, Florida -- This is the year to be at Universal Orlando. The Florida theme park is honoring Universal Studios' 100th anniversary by rolling out their biggest year of new attractions and events, and yesterday they debuted their new nighttime show and parade at a special premiere gathering.

MTV News was on hand at the event, and caught up with some of the main people behind making the new shows happen. Mike Aiello was the director behind Universal's new nighttime presentation, Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories. The 18-minute-long show takes place on the Universal Studios park's lagoon and uses cutting-edge fountain and Syncrolite technologies to project 200 movies from Universal's 100 years onto water screens located in the middle of the lagoon.

"It was really all about trying to capture what you feel when you're sitting in a theater watching a movie. How you would get immersed in that film. You're sitting in a theater, but you're sort of transported somewhere else," Aiello said. "To be able to create a show that recognizes the vast library of all the films they've made is a dream come true."

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'Die Hard 5' Gains Cole Hauser As Villain

Posted 5/9/12 12:08 pm EST by in News


Bruce Willis is busy working on "A Good Day To Die Hard," and Cole Hauser is here to make it even... gooder.

Deadline reports that Hauser has joined the cast in a "pivotal supporting role," a villainous one at that. It's unclear whether that means there will be another Big Bad in the film or that Hauser is just playing second fiddle to Willis and his onscreen son Jai Courtney, but either way it should be a nice match up.

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'Avengers' Star Clark Gregg Boards Jason Reitman's 'Labor Day'

Posted 5/9/12 10:03 am EST by in Casting Call, News


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The Hulk might have stolen the show in "The Avengers," but it was Clark Gregg's Agent Phil Coulson who captured our hearts. That's why it should come as no surprise that other filmmakers are quickly snapping up the actor for their own projects.

The Marvel star is headed over to celebrate "Labor Day" with Jason Reitman, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. There's no word yet on what character Gregg will be playing, but he is set to join an all-star cast.

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'Star Wars' Mystery Project: What Is 'Star Wars 1313'?

Posted 5/8/12 11:43 am EST by in News


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Domain registrations have become one of the most common ways for a secret project to reach the web, and some new purchases on behalf of Lucasfilm could point to a new "Star Wars" project.

As /Film points out, George Lucas' production company, Lucasfilm, recently started snapping up domain names featuring different combinations of "Stars Wars" and "1313." The company bought "StarsWars1313.com," "1313StarWars.com," "SW1313.com," and more than a dozen other combinations.

Buying web domains is one of the first taken after a project receives an official name, so the company won't have to buy them back at inflated prices from crafty users looking to make a profit. If Lucasfilm has been buying domains, you can be almost certain that some new product is in the pipeline.

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Ben Affleck's Next Directorial Effort 'Argo' Gets Trailer

Posted 5/8/12 11:15 am EST by in News, Trailers, Video


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In the never-ending scramble to find the early front-runners for Academy Award consideration, Ben Affleck's third directorial effort "Argo" has been popping up in most conversations for all the usual reasons. (Those reasons do not include Affleck's sideburns.)

First, Affleck is coming off of two critical and financial successes in a row with "Gone Baby Gone" and "The Town." Then, there's the stranger-than-fiction true story behind the movie and the all-star supporting cast, which includes John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and Kyle "Coach Taylor" Chandler. Yep, it's got awards consideration written all over it.

Check out the first trailer for Ben Affleck's "Argo" after the jump!

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