- Will David Yates be directing "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"? "We talk about it every day," the director teased. (Empire)
- Christopher Nolan stares into the abyss, "The Dark Knight" stares back. (NY Times)
- Ben Affleck eyes "The Blade Itself" as possible directing follow-up to "Gone Baby Gone." (Hollywood Reporter)
- Stephen Colbert to be President of the United States…in "Monsters vs. Aliens." TV funnyman joins Hugh Laurie, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, and Keifer Sutherland for all-star voice cast. (USA Today)
- Someone get George Clooney on the phone. "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" making its way back to theaters. (Hollywood Reporter)
Is the "Harry Potter" film franchise done passing the wand? After the first two films, Chris Columbus stepped aside as Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell and then David Yates expanded the Potter-verse. But could it be that Yates, who shot "Order of the Phoenix" and is in the middle of "Half-Blood Prince," will be the last one to leave his mark?
Children's writer Lois Lowry thinks so, as she wrote on her blog Tuesday, telling her fans that Yates had pulled out of shooting an adaptation of her book "The Giver" so that he can do "Deathly Hallows" instead. "He has just decided he wants to do the final 'Harry Potter' first," she wrote, "thereby postponing 'The Giver' for several years." Read more...
We have superheroes on the brain this morning at the MTV Movies Blog, with the big news today that Jessica Biel may star in "JLA" as Wonder Woman. More powerful than a locomotive come our links of the day, with news on "Harry Potter," "Punisher," "Transformers 2," and more.
- Faster than a speeding bullet come spoilers from the "JLA" script. (UGO)
- Harry Potter chimed in, now director David Yates talks the cave scene in "Half-Blood Prince." (Voices from Krypton)
- The puzzle is complete: Dominic West joins "Punisher: War Zone" as the villain Jigsaw. (Hollywood Reporter)
- Clint Eastwood eyeing Nelson Mandela flick about a South African Rugby World Cup match, to star Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. (Variety)
- June 26, 2009 is now more than meets the eye. Date chosen for release of "Transformers 2." (ComingSoon)