G.I. JoeWith Cobra already on the rise, it's time to start looking towards "G.I. Joe 2." There's just one problem: the sequel lacks a director, following the official departure of Stephen Sommers earlier this year.

But the position won't be vacant for long, as two potential candidates have emerged: "The Italian Job" director F. Gary Gray and "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" helmer Jon M. Chu.

Latino Review got to the news first, and The Hollywood Reporter reiterated today that Gray and Chu are two of the top candidates for the "Joe" gig. Does that make either one of them the right fit for the franchise, though? You tell us – click past the jump and vote in our poll to tell us who you think should direct the "G.I. Joe" sequel!

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Box Office"It's hard. We're nervous," Brooklyn Decker told MTV News.

She's not speaking, as you might suspect, about the situation in Egypt or who's going to triumph on the new season of "Celebrity Apprentice." Rather, the oft-bikini-clad Decker, star of "Just Go With It," was referring to the competition her comedy faces at the box office this weekend: a young singer named Justin Bieber and his new 3-D concert film, "Never Say Never."

Which flick will nab the B.O. crown? According to most box-office predictions, only a few million dollars in ticket receipts will separate the two films by weekend's end. It's anybody's guess which one will end up on top.

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Kristen StewartLast week's scoop that Kristen Stewart could land the leading role in "Snow White and the Huntsman" was met with mixed reactions, to say the least. Some of you were very open to the idea, while others… not so much.

Well, time to start getting used to the idea if you're not already: KStew is officially in negotiations for the part. Our friends at Hollywood Crush have the full rundown, telling us that the erstwhile Bella Swan's talks with Universal are not finalized yet and could still fall through. But both sides want the deal to happen.

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Golden Globes pollEarlier this week, we asked you, the loyal MTV Movies Blog readers, which movies, actors, directors, writers, composers and songs you thought should win at this year's Golden Globes -- and you responded to the tune of almost 8,400 votes.

The verdict? "Inception" dominated with four victories, earning your stamp of approval in the Best Picture - Drama, Best Director and Best Screenplay for Christopher Nolan, and Best Score for "Hans Zimmer. While Zimmer and Nolan won their categories handily, the Best Picture - Drama race was a tight one, with "Inception" prevailing by just a few percentage points over runner-up "Black Swan" and third-place finisher "The Social Network." Read More...

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Rooney Mara vs. Noomi Rapace

The first official images of Rooney Mara as "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" heroine Lisbeth Salander hit the Web yesterday, courtesy of W magazine, and right now they're one of the hottest things the Internet has to offer. Millions of fans have turned to Google to find the images, propelling Mara's name onto the list of Google Hot Trends (quite a coveted honor). It's not hard to see why.

Sporting a jagged black hairdo, lip piercing, "Salander" tattoo across her exposed chest and a whole lot of blood on her hands, Mara looks every bit like the intelligent, emotionally damaged, badass Lisbeth I envisioned while reading Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy. She's even got that "I don't give a s---" look on her face and, more importantly, in her eyes. And so I'm quite excited to see if Mara does justice to the role when David Fincher's American adaptation of the book hits theaters next December. Read More...

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Golden Globes pollThe Golden Globes are just a precious few days away, which means we'll soon find out which flicks, performances, songs, screenplays and musical scores tallied the most votes from the Hollywood Foreign Press. MTV News' Josh Horowitz will be on the red carpet on Sunday, January 16, to interview the throngs of celebs; Hollywood Crush will be providing live-blog coverage of the stars' fashion triumphs and miscues before the ceremony; and Movies Blog will be spewing out minute-by-minute live-blog coverage of all the winners, highlights and unfortunately timed bathroom breaks during the ceremony.

Before then, however, we want to know who you think should win all the movie awards. Should Natalie Portman snag one of those badboys for her turn in "Black Swan"? Should "The Social Network" trump "Inception" for Best Picture - Drama? And should Johnny Depp beat out Johnny Depp in the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy category? Hit the jump to vote in our poll, and remember to come back here on Sunday, January 16, for all our Golden Globes coverage! (The poll closes Friday, January 14, at 2 p.m., and results will be posted shortly thereafter.)

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There are some movie moments that are so unforgettable, so amazing that they become imprinted on our brain. But just in case our memories fade or get a little fuzzy from time to time, one man is immortalizing these iconic movie moments... by recreating them with Lego building blocks.

Twenty-two-year-old USC student Alex Eylar has put his 30,000-block Lego set to good use, constructing eerily on-the-money recreations of scenes from such flicks as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" and "Inception."

Click here or on the photo above to see Lego recreations of Harry Potter's Quidditch showdown against Slytherin nemesis Draco Malfoy, a spot-on rendering of Edward, Bella and Jacob in the "Twilight: New Moon" poster, and a Arthur's (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) gravity-defying fight scene in "Inception." Kind of gives new meaning to the term "block-buster." Read More...

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Angelina Jolie in AlexanderIt may be a long while before Paul Greengrass makes another movie about a formerly amnesiac spy named Jason Bourne, but that doesn't mean that the acclaimed director is sitting on his keister.

Producer Scott Rudin has revealed to Deadline that "we're pretty close" to locking down a director for Sony's high-profile 3-D historical epic "Cleopatra," which has Angelina Jolie attached to the title role... and Rudin and co. "like the idea" of Greengrass for the gig. The site goes on to say that Jolie has yet to discuss the possibility of Greengrass boarding the project.

Translation: Greengrass hasn't been hired yet, but he's likely at the top of Sony's list. And why wouldn't he be? Greengrass has proved with the last two "Bourne" films, the 9/11 flick "United 93" and the Iraq War movie "Green Zone" that he has a knack for making movies that deliver a perfect balance of spectacle-heavy action, compelling narrative and indelible characters. Sounds like he's the perfect man to bring Brian Helgeland's screenplay, based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Stacy Schiff's biography "Cleopatra: A Life," to the big screen... especially if Sony wants to avoid a financial debacle like the 1963 "Cleopatra" that almost bankrupted Fox. Read More...

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Harry Potter vs. Twilight

Last week, we here at MTV Movies Blog asked you -- the members our well-informed, movie-loving readership -- to vote for your favorite film of 2010. You responded with vigor, casting 5,000 votes in the course of one week (nicely done!).

There were 34 movies included in the poll, ranging from indie darlings like "The Kids Are All Right" to mega-blockbusters like the year's highest-grossing film "Toy Story 3." In truth, however, the race came down to just two movies, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1" and "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," proving that both series' fan bases have some seriously devoted members.

In the end, "Potter" beat out "Twilight" by a narrow 449 vote margin, with "Deathly Hallows - Part 1" amassing 46.5 percent of the total vote to "Eclipse"'s 37.5 percent -- together accounting for a whopping 84 percent of votes. In a shocker, the 3-D animated comedy "How to Train Your Dragon" beat out all other comers to notch a distant third with 10.74 percent of the vote, while Christopher Nolan's mind-bending thriller "Inception" (2.09 percent) and Disney's critically acclaimed Rapunzel retelling "Tangled" (0.52 percent) took the #4 and #5 slots, respectively.

Rounding out the top 10 -- in races separated by just a handful of votes -- were "Toy Story 3" at #6 (0.32 percent), "Black Swan" at #7 (0.3 percent), "The Social Network" and "Easy A" tied for #8 (0.28 percent) and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" at #10 (0.24 percent).

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Worst Movies of 2010

Every year has its share of great movies (check out our top 10 films of the year here and vote for your fave here) and not-so-great movies... and 2010 was no exception. There were the sure-fire winners that totally failed with critics, like "The Tourist" and the reboot of "A Nightmare on Elm Street," and there were the films that never had a chance, like "Case 39" and "Furry Vengeance"... as well as, apparently, anything with Katherine Heigl and/or Josh Duhamel.

It's kind of mean to kick these flicks while they're down, so we decided to go to an outside source for some hard data. In other words, we checked out RottenTomatoes to see which flicks were the 25 lowest rated of 2010. Then we made a convenient little poll out of the 25 films to see which one you decide is the worst. Hit the jump to vote in the poll, and let us know in the comments or on Twitter which films you thought were the bottom of the barrel in 2010 (and feel free to yell at me if you disagree)!

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