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Kirsten Dunst ( Marie Antoinette ) will star in the upcoming adaptation of the novel Hick . Dunst will join Chloë Moretz ( Kick-Ass ) in the film. The young actress will play a “ 13-year-old Nebraska girl who gets more than she bargained for when she runs away to Las Vegas .”, while Derrick Martini is set to direct the coming-of-age drama. The novel's writer ( Andrea Portes ) also wrote the big-screen adaptation of Hick . Mary J. Blige , the R&B singer, is in talks to star in the screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages that will be directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman ( Hairspray ). Blige seems in negociations to play Justice Charlier, “the owner of the Sunset Strip’s exotic dance venue the Venus Club.” The screen adaptation of Rock of Ages has also Tom Cruise in talks to star. The Jerry Maguire 's actor seems to be "drawn to the villainy of rock singer Stacee Jaxx", according to Collider. Tom Hanks is officially on board of the upco...

It seems that Gotham Independent Film Awards gave a victory to Winter's Bone , making Debra Granik's work the winner in Best Feature and Best Ensemble Performance. Remeber that The Hurt Locker won in these two categoris at Gotham and it was the biggest Oscar winner, winning in Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, and in other categories, last year, beating James Cameron's Avatar . Best Feature: Winter’s Bone Best Documentary: The Oath Breakthrough Director: Kevin Asch for Holy Rollers Breakthrough Actor: Ronald Bronstein for Daddy Longlegs Best Ensemble Performance: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Lauren Sweetser, Garret Dillahunt, Devin Breznahan for Winter’s Bone Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You: Littlerock The Festival Genius Audience Award: Waiting for “Superman”

The 2010 Spirit Award Nominees came out! Here's the list of the nominees in each category with my winner predictions with a * (I'm glad that Naomi Watts and Samuel L. Jackson weren't snubed for their amazing performances in Mother and Child, but I can't understand why weren't Ryan Gosling nominated for Best Male Lead for his performance in Blue Valentine or Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right in Best Supporting Female). So, let's start... Best Feature 127 Hours Black Swan Greenberg The Kids Are All Right Winter's Bone * Best Director Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan Danny Boyle for 127 Hours Lisa Cholodenko for The Kids Are All Right Debra Granik for Winter's Bone * John Cameron Mitchell for Rabbit Hole Best First Feature Everything Strange and New Get Low * The Last Exorcism Night Catches Us Tiny Furniture John Cassavetes Award (best feature made for under $500,000) Daddy Long Legs * The Exploding Girl LBS Lovers of Hate Obselidea Best Screenplay ...

Well, with Christopher Nolan ( Memento ; The Dark Knight ; Inception ) producing Superman: The Man of Steel , this movie seems interesting in the worst perspective. In fact, Nolan brought some pedigree to something that I would see as a "future failure" and I'm interested about who should/could be choosen as Clark Kent. I found a website that posted the synopsis of the movie: " Clark Kent is a freelance reporter in his early 20's, traveling all around the world covering various news stories. However, Kent is forced to fly back into action to attain a fleeing assassin instead of covering an ethnic conflict between the Ghuri and Turaaba clans in West Africa. Upon his return to form, Kent returns to Smallville to learn more about his origins and become the hero he was born to be ." So, I thought a little bit about it and some names came to my mind, so, let's see each one of them... - Jake Gyllenhaal : he has already proved he can do kick-ass scenes in Princ...

Gael Garcia Bernal ( The Motorcycle Diaries ) will star a Roberto Duran biopic named Hands of Stone , while Al Pacino ( Scent of a Woman ) seems to be rumoured for the role of Duran’s trainer, Ray Arcel. The movie about this man, who boxed professionally for 50 years, will be directed by Jonathan Jakubowiczwill . It seems to me an Oscar-kind of role for Bernal, specially when movies like Rocky , Million Dollar Baby or The Wrestler gave to some members of their cast Academy Awards nominations, specially their leads. It would be great seeing Bernal talent being recognized and Al Pacino back to the Oscar nods. Chris Zylka may join the untitled upcoming Spiderman reboot directed by Marc Webb . The actor may play the role of Eugene Thompson, well-known in the comics as "Flash". If the news are true, Zylka will join a wonderful cast composed by Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors (The Lizard), Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben...

Name: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson Born: 15th April, 1990, Paris, France Years active: 2001 - present Emma Watson is one of the most bankable (if not the most bankable) young actress working today thanks to her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, for which franchise she rose to worldwide superstardom. She was already nominated for some awards including two Critics' Choice Awards of Best Young Actress. Her body of work include some projects in which she starred alongside Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Gemma Jones, Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Julie Christie, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter and Miranda Richardson. Her filmography include movies such as all the Harry Potter movies already made, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of the Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the O...

How To Train Your Dragon - with a RT percentage of 98% and with a critics' consensus that says " Boasting dazzling animation, a script with surprising dramatic depth, and thrilling 3-D sequences, How to Train Your Dragon soars ", this movie has its place between the 3 nominees for the Oscar of Best Animated Feature pratically guaranteed. Plus, this movie was a big commercial sucess, which increases even more its chances to score the nomination. The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) - described by some critics as an " animation masterpiece of the new decade ", The Illusionist may have its chance in the race for the Oscar of Best Animated Feature. The competition is very strong this year and Toy Story 3 and How to Train Your Dragon have their place between the nominees guaranteed, but The Illusionist may be in advantage in relation to another animated movies because of its traditional animation and because of being extremely beautiful vissually and emotional...