Ryan Reynolds is Green Lantern

Yesterday it was reported that Justin Timberlake was in contention to play The Green Lantern. JT had shot a screen test for the film, as had the other three contenders Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto, and Ryan Reynolds. But at the end of the day on Friday, Reynolds was chosen over the other finalists to play the role of Hal Jordan aka The Green Lantern.

The green ring is mine!!!

The Hollywood Reporter adds that the deal isn’t yet finalized, but Reynolds in the final choice (they just need to agree on money and specifics). The studio “had holding options on the three actors, but, except for Reynolds, those expired Monday. Reynolds’ option would have expired end of day Friday.” Producer Donald De Line, director Martin Campbell and the studio each had different favorites which made it difficult to agree on any one choice.

Vicky Christina Barcelona Review

I haven’t liked Woody Allen’s movies in quite some time maybe because he’s been trying to handle themes of crime misdemeanors instead of going with what made him cool back in the day which was dealing with relationships and the humor aspect of it all. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA is… Woody Allen returning to his game. This is definitely one of my favorite films this year. It’s funny in a way that it makes you slightly embarrassed in a good way because either the characters remind you of someone you know, situations you may have encountered or that the dialogue is so bold and daring, you find yourself let loose and easy to give in to the temptations.

Penelope Cruz as María Elena

Delve Deeper Into Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

With the two successful films, Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, a franchise was created. Now they’re going back to how the whole war between the vampires and the Lycans all started with the prequel Underworld: The Rise of The Lycans, which will hit theaters nationwide on January 23. I had the opportunity to head to picturesque Venice, California to preview the film at Luma Pictures, where myself and selected press members also got to chat with first-time director Patrick Tatopoulos – who is no stranger to the franchise, having created the Lycan effects for the first two films – and VFX supervisor James McQuaide. Before we got into all that, though, we were lucky enough to see two thrilling sequences from the film, which I’ll describe below.

Michael Sheen as Lucian

The first sequence we were shown features Michael Sheen as Lucian, the very first Lycan, and his new love Sonja, played by the lovely Rhona Mitra, a vampire who is forbidden to be with Lucian but goes against her father Viktor’s (Bill Nighy) will and flees with Lucian and his trusted friend Raze, played by the hulking, deep-voiced Kevin Grevioux, who has appeared in all three films and co-wrote the original Underworld film with director Len Wiseman and co-writer Danny McBride (not the funnyman Danny McBride, FYI). This scene features Lucian, Sonja and Raze slaying an army of werewolves – in gruesomely awesome fashion, might I add – when, confronted with constant werewolves, Lucian removes his shackle that prevents him from turning into a werewolf and transforms – in a rather incredible fashion, I must say – into a hulking werewolf, which obviously confuses the hell out of the werewolves that were about to attack them.

Watchmen Trial Settlement Talks Going Well

It seems that a nasty lawsuit that threatened the March 6 release of Watchmen might be settled out of court. According to Associated Press, attorneys on both sides of the Fox/Warner Bros. lawsuit over the upcoming Watchmen film say that settlement talks have been quite productive.

A hearing was scheduled for today, but attorneys for both Fox and Warner Bros. asked U.S. District Judge Gary Allan Feess to delay the hearing so settlement talks could continue over the weekend. Feess agreed, but did indicate that a January 20 hearing is still scheduled to determine if the March 6 release will be blocked or not.

DiCaprio is Ex-Hitman

Leonardo DiCaprio is set to play a former hit-man in Beat the Reaper, according to Variety.

Leo will star as a contract killer who enters the witness protection program and becomes a doctor. He is drawn into his former world however when a mobster recognizes the medic from his former life.

The New Regency film is based on the novel by real-life doctor Josh Bazell, with the tome is set for publication next year.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Ex-Hitman in his new project

DiCaprio has just finished filming Martion Scorsese’s thriller Shutter Island and is also developing a live-action version of anime classic Akira for Warner Brothers.

First Look at the Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen Teaser Poster!

Paramount Pictures has just released the brand new one-sheet teaser poster for Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, which is set for release on June 26, 2009. Click below to enlarge this brand new one-sheet.

Transformers 2 - Teaser Poster

Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots return for the live action follow up to Michael Bay’s 2007 blockbuster Transformers.

Batman’s Commissioner Gordon, Pat Hingle, Dies at Age 84

Pat Hingle, known to many for his appearance in the 1990s Batman series of films as Commissioner Gordon, passed away Saturday, January 3, 2008 following a long battle with blood cancer. The Press Association reports that Hingle, 84, passed away in his home in Carolina Beach.

A family spokesperson says that Hingle had been diagnosed with myelodysplasia in November 2006. Hingle had lived in Carolina Beach since 1986. He settled in the town in North Carolina after completing filming of Maximum Overdrive.

Pat Hingle - The Batman

Hingle’s career in film and television spanned six decades, and in that time he received a Tony Award nomination in 1958. Hingle’s last film appearance was in 2006’s Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

A Date with Megan Fox

Jennifer’s Body, the upcoming dark comedy/horror film by Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, has been set for a September 2009 release date.

Fox Atomic now has the Megan Fox flick penciled in for September 18, 2009. The move may raise some eyebrows among film enthusiast who are well aware that September has been traditionally considered a dumping ground for movies in which studios have little confidence.

The new date will put it up against the offbeat CG-animated comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, the heist thriller Armored, and the Soderberg-directed Matt Damon thriller The Informant.

Jennifer’s Body stars Fox as a sexy cheerleader who is possessed by a demon and starts feeding off the boys in a small Minnesota farming town. Her “plain Jane” best friend (played by Mean Girls’ Amanda Seyfried) must kill her, then escape from a correctional facility to go after the Satan-worshipping rock band responsible for the horrible transformation.

Tremenda nueva versión de WordPress

Me gusta mucho la nueva versión de WordPress, la verdad que está buenísima, me gusta la forma en que lo han diseñado y la facilidad con que cualquier usuario puede postear sin problema alguna. I love the use of Gears for the Turbo function!

Well, if any of you have seen some of my posts in the forum, you know that when I get on a roll, man. I can post some dooozies… So the plan is to deliver a series of articles in collaboration with a number of other Joomla! experts and well-known characters that relate to Site Planning, Integrity, Security and Maintenance over the coming months. For some of you, these might be a little basic, while others might find them to be worth the time spent reading them, we hope it will be the latter.

Bella will fall for the vampire

By way of an introduction for those that might not know me and to re-acquaint myself with those that do. I am Russ Winter, I live in Melbourne, Australia and have been around Joomla! for a couple of years now, you can commonly find me in the forums under the name of RussW. I tend to hangout in the Installation and Security forums mostly, but have been known to peruse the rest of the forums on occasion, I am probably best know for my odd sense of humour but can occasionally post something useful. I have most been recently been involved with the development of the Joomla! Tools Suite project and have been fortunate enough to also have been invited to join the newly formed Joomla! Security Strike Team (JSST).

Samuel L. Jackson On ‘The Spirit’: ‘It’s Wile E. Coyote With Real People’

There’s been no shortage of buzz around the ‘Net about Frank Miller’s upcoming adaptation of Will Eisner’s classic series “The Spirit”, but when MTV News spoke with Samuel L. Jackson about the film and his role in it, the popular actor didn’t hesitate to add some thoughts of his own about the project.

“['The Spirit'] is a comic book,” said Jackson. “You can call ‘The Dark Knight’ a comic book, but no, it’s a graphic novel. There’s a difference between a comic book and a graphic novel.”

“‘The Spirit’ is funny. It’s tongue-in-cheek, wry humor,” continued Jackson. “It’s sort of Wile E. Coyote with real people. We hit each other with big things [and] we’re both kind of indestructible, so it’s funny in that way. We get shot up, we get stabbed up, we just don’t die.”