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It’s been awhile since we’ve seen McLovin get on a movie that I would wanna watch. I mean, sure he’s gonna be on Role Models, but that seems more like a Paul Rudd flick where he doesn’t really kick ass. Luckily, a year from now he’ll be back in his rockin’ ways, “allegedly,” as he portrays Red Mist in the movie adaptation of the comic book Kick Ass.

Comic book plot:
Dave Lizewski, an otherwise ordinary New York City high school student and the child of loving single father, takes his interest in comic books as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. He assembles a suit and mask, which he wears under his normal clothing, begins exercising, and practices things like walking on roofs, sating his ambitions for a time. He eventually seeks to fighting crime, his first attempt at which leads to a severe beating by thugs, followed by his wandering into the street and being hit by a van. He retains his secret identity, however, stripping off and hiding his costume before paramedics arrive.

As Kick-Ass, Lizewski sets up a MySpace account, so people can contact him for help. The first such request he investigates leads him to an apartment of violent low-lifes who try to kill him. He is rescued by a costumed young girl wielding a sword who herself kills two of the attackers. [source]

The interview doesn’t make much sense to me but that’s probably because Taylor’s only 16, which by Hollywood standards, isn’t the age where questions are answered straight. Recently caught this video from YouTube about Taylor Lautner and his thoughts about playing the character of Jacob Black in the Twilight movie.

Jacob Black is a fictional character in the books Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. He is described as a Native American of the Quileute (pronounced Quil-yoot) tribe. During New Moon, he undergoes a transformation that enables him to phase into a werewolf. He is seen as rebellious and not so protective of Bella.

I was searching for resources to write my review on James Franco’s new movie Pineapple Express and somehow chanced upon this series entitled “Acting with James Franco.” I take it as one of those Judd Apatow improv scenes where the actors just try to one-up each other in whatever situation they’re given. But who knows… maybe James Franco did carve a whole in a bar soap.

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It’s a worthy viral try. I wish more people watched it, but it’s not on YouTube. And just how many hot Franco’s are there? I gotta get myself some of those genes.

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Brad Pitt has signed on to Quentin Tarantino’s world war II flick ‘Inglorious Bastards.’

This movie is already one that we’d been following especially with the names Pitt and Di Caprio involved. Leonardo di Caprio had earlier been rumored to play Colonel Hans Landa, but Tarantino decided that the part should belong to a German actor (so he can do away with the fake accent).

And while the Brad-Leo team up remains to be a dream for all the fanboys and movie lovers, Pitt is already in good company in this movie with Eli Roth, Simon Pegg, David Krumholtz and B.J. Nova. Inglorious Bastards is set to hit theaters on June 2009.

Since being one of the three Catch That Kid younglings along with Corbin Bleu and Kristin Stewart, we’ve not really seen much of Max Thieriot. Sure he was in Jumper (as the young Hayden Christensen), but Corbin Bleu went to High School Musical and Kristin Stewart is gonna be in Twilight (though, she was also in Jumper).

I actually took notice of Max’s acting in Jumper and you can say I prefer seeing him more than Shia LaBeouf, Daniel Radcliffe and Zac Efron just because I don’t like being too patronizing of the teenage whoredom mainstream. I had meant to write about Max in his role in 25/8, a thriller set for release in 2009 whom he co-stars with Denzel Whitaker - the awesome young dude in The Great Debaters.

News today was even greater for Max as he found himself landing the role of Chuck Russel’s Prodigy.

“Thieriot will play William Cooley, a rebellious student at an elite boarding school producing world leaders with the help of pharmaceuticals. Three days before graduation, several of its alumni are murdered, and William is implicated. As the school valedictorian investigates William, the two eventually become reluctant allies and targets while uncovering a conspiracy behind the crimes.” [source]

It would’ve been wonderful to see Leonardo di Caprio and Brad Pitt work it out with Quentin Tarantino in his movie Inglorious Bastards. Leo had earlier been in talks for the role of Colonel Hans Landa, but Tarantino has decided that a German character would be a better pick.

A better pick is an understatement to me. I think Leo would be just as good an actor as any, but one the hand, I do believe in Tarantino’s talent to make great movies. I just hope Brad Pitt would still be in it.

Also Eli Roth has gone in talks to play another Nazi dude - as Sgt. Donnie Donowitz. And while his name probably isn’t as huge as Leo’s, the dude pwnds.

I had recently though that Kodi Smit McPhee was gonna be playing the young Logan in the Wolverine movie. Kodi is already one that acts phenomenally and I’d suggest you to watch him Romolus, My Father so you know the type of talent that kid has. However, it is actually Troye Sivan who’ll be playing Hugh Jackman’s younger version in the film.

I dont know much about Troye Sivan other than what is written in his Wikipedia page:

He was chosen for the role after Hugh Jackman saw him sing at the Channel Seven Perth Telethon. Though Kodi Smit-McPhee was already cast for this role, he was unable to be a part of the movie, due to his other movie, The Road.

Well I guess this clears things up. And just in case you haven’t check the video up top yet, that’s Troye singing, it seems he’s done theater as well. I hope he does well in his Hollywood debut. XMen Origins: Wolverine comes out May 1, 2009.

The coming movie Star Trek, with a release date of May 8, 2009, comes with a very familiar figure in Zachary Quinto, who himself has had a good TV career but is nonetheless more commonly known today as the Heroes’ villain Sylar. His presence should provide a good buzz to this J.J. Abrams movie as Spock.

The movie is already not limited in its cast. Chris Pine plays James Tiberius Kirk, the infamous captain of the ship. Also in the movie are Eric Bana as Nero, Winona Ryder as Amanda Greyson, Zoe Saldana as Nyota Uhura, and Karl Urban as Leonard “Bones” McCoy among many others.

As I was checking updates on Jesse Bradford’s The Echo movie, I noticed the name Kevin Durand and somehow knew to have come across him before. I checked his IMDB and found him to play Blob in the Marvel flick Wolverine coming in 2009. Other marvel characters part of the movie are Gambit (played by Taylor Kitsch), Sabertooth (Liev Schreiber), and Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds).

Gambit is already one that I thought should’ve been in the XMen movies from way back since he’s had a huge role with regards to the stories of Rogue and Storm. I’ve also liked the idea of southern, card slinging nomads with red ruby eyes kicking bad guys butts. Being part of the Wolverine movie might actually be better for him since he’s not trapped with other big name superheroes.

He might be playing a villain (or anti hero) in the movie though:

After his exile from New Orleans, he wandered the world and became a master professional thief, making many contacts (and quite a few enemies). During this period, Gambit found he had an uncontrollable amount of energy flowing through him, to the point that he could not withstand it. Desperate, Gambit went to Mister Sinister for help. Sinister modified Gambit’s power, making him significantly less powerful, but able to control the still considerably large amount of power in him.

However, Sinister wanted the favor returned, so Gambit carried out various missions for him. For the last of these operations, Gambit gathered together a group of mercenaries which Sinister named the Marauders. The group included the mutant Sabretooth as one of its members. Source

It hasn’t been posted on Reeves’ IMDB but the rumor is that he’s gonna be teaming up again with Matrix writer-directors Larry and Andy Wichowski for the theater debut of Plastic Man.

I’d say it’s good to find a change of pace from your usual heroes with dark personas since Plastic Man is more of a comedy. I also think this is quite a good way for Reeves to go for something less deep. His last movies (Matrix, Constantine and Lakehouse) were just.. err.. robotic.

Anyway as in all superhero casting reports, the question remains, is he fit for the part?