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.
Posted 5/9/12 4:47 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Video
MTV News traveled to the New Orleans set of "Beautiful Creatures," the upcoming YA adaptation, and witnessed some strange occurrences while we were there.
"Beautiful Creatures" tells the story of Lena, a girl who has had some trouble in school recently. Like many high school students, Lena's been the target of some mean-spirited bullies, but unlike most high school students, she is also a caster. (That's "Beautiful Creatures" talk for witch.)
Check out the full video from the set and learn more about "Beautiful Creatures" after the jump!
Posted 5/9/12 4:00 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Watch It
With "The Avengers" smashing box office records left and right, it's a bit challenging to focus on any other movies that don't involve Earth's mightiest heroes. But we're doing exactly that in this week's Watch It, which contains an ode to Maurice Sendak, a trip six feet under, and a visit to '70s era New York with Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
Posted 5/9/12 3:20 pm EST by Terri Schwartz 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."
Posted 5/9/12 1:47 pm EST by Fallon Prinzivalli in Twitter-Wood
"Star Trek 2" has come to a close for our favorite vulcan, Spock. Zachary Quinto tweeted a photo of his actor chair from his last night on set. Accompanying the picture, he wrote, "zq. picture wrap. holy s---." You're telling us! That means we're one step closer to the trailers and photos and clips, but we're getting ahead of ourselves.
As it turns out, Quinto wasn't the only one who wrapped on the J.J. Abrams sequel. Simon Pegg tweeted, "Wind, reel and print. The countdown to May 2013 has begun." Welcome to the countdown we began months ago, Pegg. But with the cast slowly leaving set one by one, they're sure to celebrate in style as the men (Quinto, Pegg, Chris Pine and Benedict Cumberbach) hit up Hooters the other night to unwind.
Posted 5/9/12 1:00 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Behind The Scenes, Video
The always wonderfully deadpan Bob Balaban is back for the second in a series of behind-the-scenes featurettes for Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," which are premiering this week on various blogs.
Today's clip gives us a look at the Anderson's work with the children who starred in the film. They had lots of fun.
It only seems appropriate that the most Wes Anderson-y movie ever have an equally Wes Anderson-y look behind the scenes.
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.
Posted 5/9/12 11:32 am EST by Terri Schwartz in Video
Kristen Stewart has a busy year coming up. Her new film, "On The Road," makes its debut at Cannes later this month, "Snow White and the Huntsman" hits theaters on June 1 and the final "Twilight" film, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2," comes out on November 16. MTV News caught up with the young star during MTV First: "Snow White and the Huntsman" and she admitted that, of all her upcoming projects, she isn't quite sure she can bring herself to watch "On The Road."
"I'm an enormous fan of the book. I like love it. It's my first favorite. It got me into reading when I was like 14. So I can't really watch it, to be honest with you," she admitted. "I watched [some of] it, and I'm like super, super proud of everyone. Everyone is amazing. Everyone else is f--king amazing in it."
Posted 5/9/12 10:03 am EST by Terri Schwartz in Casting Call, News
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.
Posted 5/8/12 8:00 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Video
If you tuned into MTV First: "Snow White and the Huntsman," you caught an exclusive sneak peek at the upcoming fairy tale action adventurer. And if you didn't?
...We're forgiving, so you can check out the entire never-before-seen clip below.
As you can see, it's going to be a fight to the end for Snow White and the evil Queen Ravenna, since Chris Hemsworth's Huntsman seemed pretty occupied with those animated black shards.
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