Check out the MTV EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE of “The Haunting in Connecticut” trailer below, or feel free to view the extra-scary, high-definition version if you’re feeling courageous.

Does the trailer for “Haunting in Connecticut” get you into the Halloween spirit? Let us know in the comments!

When Guillermo Del Toro talks about his upcoming adaptation of “Frankenstein,” it’s like watching a man find religion.

You wanna know something funny? His monster’s gonna find religion too.

Speaking with MTV News about the project, Del Toro said that there were new, unexplored, ways to look at the story.

What does that mean? He confessed recently that his way in is to view “the creature as a lost child of Paradise,” he said.

As in, you know, The Paradise.

“I think that there are aspects to it which is the dialogue between the creature and the creator for example [that haven’t been fully explored],” he said.

Given the many adaptations of the novel, which by and large focus on the creature’s abhorrent personality over his inquisitive searching, it might be somewhat surprising to learn that Del Toro’s idea is more reactionary than revolutionary. Author Mary Shelley herself referred to the creature as the Biblical Adam. The novel’s subtitle is “The Modern Prometheus.”

Looks-wise, Del Toro’s vision also departs dramatically from pre-established tradition.

“It will be a completely different monster. If you want to get an inkling, I would love for Bernie Wrightson to design the creature,” he revealed. “If you know Bernie and know how he designs, that’s the creature I want to do.”

The question, though, is whether a philosophical Frankenstein is a good Frankenstein? What do you make of Del Toro’s reading? Your comments – they’re alive! Sound off below.

You might remember “Prison Break” star Amaury Nolasco from “Transformers” as one of the military men who run into a bloody desert skirmish with the Skorponok, alongside Josh Duhamel and Tyrese. But did he die? And, could he come back for future “Transformers” films?

According to the star of next week’s “Max Payne,” the answer is no. And yes.

“I didn’t die,” the burly, Puerto Rican actor revealed to us this week when we asked about his character, ACWO Jorge “Fig” Figueroa.

And get this: His character is not only still alive, but Nolasco told us that the high-profile director of the “Transformers” series wanted to bring him back for an awesome re-emergence in the recently-wrapped sequel. “No [I’m not in ‘Revenge of the Fallen’], I wish I could say yes,” he explained. “I was shooting ‘Prison Break’ at the time so it was conflictive, the dates. Even though, I was asked to. Michael Bay called me and said, “You know what? You’re in Transformers 2’!” and I go, ‘I want to do it,’ but I wasn’t able.”

Still, Nolasco knows that Bay and producer Steven Spielberg have plans to make more “Transformers” sequels, and they’ve left the door open for “Fig” to rejoin the party.

“Yeah it would [be fun],” Nolasco insisted. “So who knows? Maybe ‘Transformers III’.”

Are you excited about this summer’s “Transformers” sequel? Do you want a third film as well, or is it time to let the Autobots ride off into the sunset?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, they’ll be joined by Kristen Bell, Kristen Davis, and Malin Akerman, who will be playing Mrs. Bateman, Mrs. Favreau, and Mrs. Vaughn, respectively. I think those are the three prettiest and funniest couples this side of People Magazine. Poor Faizon Love hasn’t had his other half cast yet, but I doubt he’ll be left in the lonely cold for too long.

The comedy centers around four couples who visit a tropical island resort — but only one is actually there to save their marriage, the other three are there for the white sands and pina coladas, but get sucked into the resort’s couples therapy.

Much craziness will ensue, and because the script has been penned by Favreau, it will actually be funny. His frequent collaborator and friend, Peter Billingsley, will direct. So, take comfort that it isn’t all squishy romance and happy endings being green-lit this week. You’ll get to watch a very talented cast suffer the slings and arrows of love for your comedic pleasure.

Readers, are you excited to see Favreau and Vaughn team up again? Or are you going to see this one just for the girls?

In this MTV EXCLUSIVE clip from “Filth and Wisdom,” Holly (played by Holly Weston) learns “the rules of the club” from Francine (Francesca Kingdon).

“Filth and Wisdom” is scheduled for release this Friday, October 17.

So what do think about Madonna’s decision to step behind the camera? Are you looking forward to “Filth and Wisdom”? Let us know in the comments!

Yes, you read that right. Jim Henson Co. puppets are going noir, and I for one couldn’t be happier.

Written by Todd Berger and Dee Austin Robertson, “Happytime” takes place in a world where humans and puppets co-exist. But in this world, being made of felt and possessing a set of googly-eyes makes you a second-class citizen. Things turn ugly when, one by one, the puppet cast of television’s “The Happytime Gang” begin turning up dead. It falls to a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private-eye puppet to take on the case — and yes, in noir fashion, he has personal demons and a drinking problem to overcome.

Obviously, the movie is not intended for children, and aims to be a dark comedy, borrowing liberally from movies like “L.A. Confidential” and “Pulp Fiction.” I suspect it was also inspired by “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” and, maybe, just maybe, that infamous puppet episode of Joss Whedon’s “Angel.”

And I still wouldn’t be surprised if Segel’s puppet renaissance sparked the Henson Co. to look at getting a little edgier. It’s not entirely new ground for them — Henson always pushed the mature envelope in the original Muppet movies, and scared an entire generation with “The Dark Crystal.” The Henson Co. has been asleep for so long, I really hope this new project is a sign they’re still alive, and ready to entertain us again. But hey, if all I get is one Henson-style puppet movie that mashes together all my hard-boiled favorites, than I can die happy.

Segel, for his part, is hard at work scripting a new Muppets movie for Disney.

Sound off, readers. Excited for Henson’s puppets to enter the world of film noir? Or do you think that The Henson Company needs to remember the children, and stick to younger fare?

The story centers around a high school valedictorian (no word on who plays him), who decides to be a bad boy just once in his high school career, and indulge in an illegal substance. He gets high with the school stoner, only to face a drug test which will ruin his school career. Being a smarty-pants, he decides to get the entire school stoned, so that he can beat the test by making everyone fail with him.

Brody will be playing a local drug dealer, and Chiklis will play the school’s principal. What student would be brave enough to touch drugs with Chiklis in charge of the school? Only one with a death wish. On the other hand, I bet we can all predict what happens to the scary principal with all that marijuana floating around….

Sound off, readers. Does the presence of an Oscar-winner and The Thing sell you on this stoner comedy? Or have you had enough of high school, onscreen and off, to last you a lifetime?

When director Oliver Stone first set out to make his biopic “W.,” he cast none other than Christian Bale in the role. Yep, you read that right.

The English-born actor spent months learning the mannerisms and vocal tics of the American president, but ultimately backed out of the film at the last minute after he reportedly felt that the hair and makeup tests simply weren’t working.

“Well frankly, Christian’s a very methodical actor,” Stone explained to us recently, insisting he holds no ill-will towards the star of “The Dark Knight.” “And he has to have the makeup thing work for him.”

Instead, Stone had to scramble at the last minute to line up Brolin, who was searching to take his career to the next level while coming off critically-acclaimed roles in “No Country for Old Men” and “American Gangster.”

“Actually, I’m very happy with Josh,” Stone said of the mixed blessing. “Because he is the man who became George. Josh is American, he comes from rural California, [lives] on a central California ranch, and he has the cowboy thing. He has the walk and the talk and he is Western.”

Brolin is so good in the film, in fact, that Stone believes he out-George W. Bushed the actual man.

“I think Josh is better than George,” the legendary writer/director laughed. “He’s more handsome in a way. I think that if George ever accepts the movie [and watches it], he may very much like Josh Brolin doing him.”

(For more on “W.,” head over to MTV Movies to read an interview with Josh Brolin and other members of the “W.” cast and crew, and check out what the stars are saying about “W.” in our video interview series.)

Are you glad Brolin got the role of “W.”? What do you think Bale would’ve done with the part?

Adams will play an uptight woman who travels to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend on the leap day of February 29th. She’s aiming to take advantage of an Irish tradition in which the women propose to the men on that day — and the men have to say yes. (Is this true? If so, I’m going to plan my own trip to Dublin.) Unfortunately, bad weather (this is Ireland, after all) derails her plans, and she must rely on the help of a surly Irish innkeeper to make a last-minute, cross-country trek in order to make it to her proposal.

The script was penned by Harry Elfont and Deb Kaplan, the writing duo behind “Made of Honor” which not only boasted Adams’ “Enchanted” costar, Patrick Dempsey, but a similar Celtic theme. It’s as if they suspect women have a weakness for Irish and Scottish men. Whatever gave them that idea?

No director has been attached yet, but they’re aiming to shoot this by February. Let’s hope they also land a Adams a male costar with a real Irish brogue — nothing ruins a movie set on the Emerald Isle faster than a fake accent.

It’s your turn, readers — looking forward to seeing Adams in another lighthearted role? Which Irish hunk would you like to see win her heart? And who’s planning to travel to Dublin on the next leap year?

“Vanilla Man!” the actor laughed. However, Cheadle quickly followed up his reply with his thoughts on comic films and whether he had any interest in landing a role in one.

“I’d love to do that, I love comic books,” replied Cheadle. “Unfortunately, there’s not a lot of black superheroes that they’ve made comic books about, so maybe we have to go the other way, create one in the film and then create a comic book about him.”

Or, in his case, land a role as Col. Rhodes, Tony Stark’s right hand man who will most likely don the sleek silver armor of War Machine in the upcoming sequel to “Iron Man.”

Read more of “Iron Man 2″ star Don Cheadle’s thoughts about superhero films over at SplashPage.MTV.com.