“Australia” has itself an international poster. It’s more of the same, but the photshoped soft-focus tones here actually work. [InContention]
Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company may have acquired the live-action rights to the Japanime classics, “Akira” and “Ninja Scroll,” but he won’t be starring in either. [SplashPage]
Warner Bros. is going full steam ahead with its Oscars for “The Dark Knight” campaign. You can download the script for free now over at the WB site.
“American Teen” director Nanette Burstein is making the jump from documentaries to feature-length films. Up next for her is a long distance, Chicago/L.A. romantic comedy called “Going The Distance.” [EW]
New Character-driven “Watchmen” posters have sprouted online. Anticipation for this film keeps growing and growing, and while we think a squid-less ending is best, we still weren’t that impressed with the script.
The Marriott, in Park City, Utah is owned by pro-Prop 8 donor Brent Andrus, which is the headquarters of the Sundance Film Festival each year. Some are calling for a boycott of the Festival. “The logic was that if the Mormon church was going to pump money into supporting a law that would impact Hollywood liberals, Hollywood liberals should enact their revenge by refusing to pump money into Mormon businesses.” [Spout]
/Film got their hands on the hi-rez photo that InContention posted and voila, instant full-sized poster for Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler.” [via Fataculture]
The plot for the “X-Men Origins: Magneto” film have apparently leaked. Dunno, we can’t really see the geek crowd coming out in droves for a film starring Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart unless they somehow weave in other villians, cause their story (Magneto and Professor X) sounds more like a WWII period-piece drama than it does a super-hero film. [/Film]
Robert Pattison’s no-show appearance at at “Twilight” signing in San Francisco caused a riot. LOL, freaked-out tweeners attack! [TMZ]
20 minutes of footage of J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” reboot were shown in the U.K. Plenty of spoilers so before warned. Some of it made us laugh really hard, especially a ridiculous scene with Leonard Nimoy. [Den of Geek]