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Who can make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs?
Before we had more details about Disney's plans for its newly-acquired Star Wars movie franchise, we asked you who you thought would make a good replacement for Harrison Ford as Han Solo in the planned Star Wars: Episode VII movie. You chose Nathan Fillion by a wide margin — an excellent choice considering Joss Whedon based the character that Fillion played in Serenity on Han Solo — but the more we hear about Episode VII, the more we're convinced that Ford will be reprising the role himself. That doesn't mean that the hunt for Han Solo is over, however.
Last week, Disney announced that at least two spin-off movies set in the Star Wars universe are in development, in addition to the new trilogy that will begin with Episode VII. One of the spin-offs will be set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope and chronicle the adventures of Han Solo before his fateful meeting with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Sir Alec Guinness) on Tatooine. Considering Ford was 35 when he played Solo for the first time, Disney will likely be looking to cast an actor in his 20's or early 30's, which puts Fillion, at 41, out of the running for the gig. Put on your thinking caps once again and help us to choose the best actor to play the smuggler, gambler and scoundrel who will one day woo a princess and help save the galaxy.
Rate the Top 10 Actors Who Could Play Young Han Solo >>
Posted 02.11.13 by BrentJS -
Who Should Wear the Cape & Cowl?
It's still unclear how Warner Bros. (WB) plans to proceed with the Batman franchise now that director Christopher Nolan has wrapped up his trilogy. If you've seen The Dark Knight Rises, than you know that Nolan handed the keys to the bat cave to someone from within the universe he created just in case WB wanted to continue the story. However, since the studio announced in June that Gangster Squad scribe Will Beall had been hired to pen a movie based on DC Comics' preeminent super-team, the Justice League — the team's current roster includes Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and Cyborg — it seems far more likely that a new Bruce Wayne/Batman will be chosen, one that has nothing to do with Nolan's universe.
It will be tough to fill Christian Bale's Academy Award-winning shoes, but there must be someone out there with the physicality to play a superhero and the acting chops to portray a man driven to prevent the kind of senseless violence that took his parents away from him. Help us choose the new Dark Knight.
Select the Top 10 Actors Who Could Play Batman >>
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Max Page, the 7-year-old star of the popular Volkswagen "Dark Vader" Super Bowl commercial, underwent open heart surgery to replace his pulmonary valve on Thursday at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. Doctors say the two-hour surgery went without a hitch and that Max is recovering "very well." He's expected to stay in the hospital for the next two weeks. In addition to the VW spot, Max has acting credits on The Young and the Restless and Prime Suspect. Max was born with the congenital heart defect Tetralogy of Fallot. His family is encouraging fans to make donations in his name to the hospital's Children's Fund.
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Despite crashing her rented Porsche into the back of a semi on the Pacific Coast Highway and despite her history of DUI, police did not collect a blood sample from Lindsay Lohan, reports RadarOnline. The actress did submit to a portable breathalyzer test along with other field sobriety tests, with police concluding she wasn't under the influence. Reportedly, the officers also told Lohan she's lucky to be alive and that her seat belt saved her life.
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Oprah Winfrey asked the question we've all been asking: Why did Kim Kardashian leave her marriage after just 72 days? Everyone will hear that answer when the interview with Kim and the entire Kardashian clan airs this weekend on Oprah's Next Chapter. On her Facebook page, Winfrey said Kim's answer "leveled me." Winfrey admits she has never met the Kardashians before or seen the show, but said she wants to know why this family has become a cultural phenomenon. Oprah, when you find out, let us know, OK? For those who can't wait, here's a preview of the interview.
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Katy Perry made a surprise appearance at the L.A. screening of her new 3-D concert movie, Katy Perry: Part of Me.***
There are rumors that Kourtney Kardashian has given birth to her second child after she posted a cryptic tweet — "Chick-fil-A and a water birth. No big deal."
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Miley Cryus is shooting down rumors she cheated on fiancé Liam Hemsworth with her best friend.
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Jake Gyllenhaal secretly hooked up with Minka Kelly after she broke up with Yankees slugger Derek Jeter.
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Open Road Films has released online the first trailer for writer-director David Ayer's (Training Day, Harsh Times) new cop thriller, End of Watch. Shot POV-style on location in Los Angeles using everything from handheld cameras to cellphone cameras to police car dashcams, End of Watch aims to "create a portrait of the city's most dangerous corners" by following two young police officers (played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña) as they patrol the mean streets of South Central Los Angeles over an eight-month period, showing the daily risks of the job and the toll it takes on their families.
watch the trailer >> Posted 05.05.12 by BrentJS -
People always say that they are their own worst enemy, but the expression could be true for Jake Gyllenhaal if he signs on to star in Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve's new movie, An Enemy. The movie is an adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago's novel The Double about a man who embarks on a quest to find an actor who appears to be his exact duplicate. According to Variety, Gyllenhaal is in negotiations for the "dark and edgy" dual-role lead. Javier Gullón (Hierro) is writing the screenplay adaptation.
more about An Enemy >> Posted 03.20.12 by BrentJS -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stopped by the White House to meet with Barack and Michelle Obama so Jolie could talk to the prez about her work on preventing mass atrocities and combating sexual violence against women. Meanwhile, the First Couple have a busy movie-watching weekend lined up as they've requested a copy of the Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady and are also screening Red Tails with stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard in attendance.
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Ashton Kutcher is nearly unrecognizable after a haircut and shave, while Demi Moore is rumored to be dating 26-year-old personal trainer and model Blake Corl-Baietti.
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In other hair-related news, Robert Pattinson shaved off possibly Hollywood's most famous locks, but the shaved look did not work for Jake Gyllenhaal as he was reportedly rejected by Minka Kelly before reuniting with Derek Jeter.
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Casey Anthony now claims she may have gotten pregnant with daughter Caylee at a party in 2004 where she was date raped and "blacked out" after being served a spiked drink. Jose Baez, Anthony's attorney who helped the "Tot Mom" beat a murder rap, has decided to remove himself from her legal team after Anthony's odd video diaries surfaced last week.
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Fans of the 1983 classic Scarface likely weren't too pleased to hear in September that Universal Pictures was planning a "new version" of the movie, probably in the same way fans of the 1932 version of Scarface were upset in 1983. No script was in place for the new Scarface, though, reportedly, the latest version will again follow an immigrant who comes to the United States and falls from grace during his search for the American dream.
Universal has finally settled on a screenwriter. Deadline reports that David Ayer (Training Day) has been hired to write the script which won't exactly be about an Italian immigrant named Tony who becomes a crime boss in Chicago or a Cuban immigrant named Tony who becomes a drug kingpin in Miami, but likely will be about an immigrant from somewhere named Tony. For his part, Ayer is pleased with the job, which, he admits, he "sought out".
ayer talks about his plans for Scarface >> Posted 12.01.11 by Ryan -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
The Hollywood Reporter is debunking rumors started by RadarOnline that Charlie Sheen has landed a new sitcom deal with Lionsgate Television that started a bidding war with other networks including TBS. True or not, one thing is for sure: Sheen's character on Two and a Half Men will be killed off when the show premieres in September, with producers (and Chuck Lorre) toying with the idea of Sheen dying after driving his car off a cliff.
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Hugh Hefner has doubled down after being victimized by runaway bride Crystal Harris, adding November 2010 Playmate Shera Bechard as his second girlfriend. Here's the scoop on Bechard. Harris's best friend, Anna Sophia Berglund, is the other.
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What are we missing with Jason Sudeikis? First he dated January Jones (OK, half the men in Hollywood have, but still) and now he's rumored to be getting serious with Eva Mendes.
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Jake Gyllenhaal was seen turning on the charm with Olivia Wilde.
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U.S. Representative Michelle Bachman announced her candidacy for president in Waterloo, Iowa, yesterday and confused actor John Wayne with serial killer John Wayne Gacy, telling a Fox news reporter, "Well what I want them all to know is that just like John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa... That's the kind of spirit that I have, too." Gacy indeed lived in Waterloo. The Duke was born in Winterset, 150 miles away.
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With director Duncan Jones' (Moon) new sci-fi thriller, Source Code nearing its release date in only a couple weeks, publicity on the movie is nearing a sprint. With a second trailer released near the end of last month, a second preview clip was released a day later, with more clips made available to start the month. A featurette of the movie's "pseudoscience" was released over the weekend, and now Summit Entertainment has released the first five minutes of the movie right after it screened to positive reviews at the South by Southwest Festival.
Source Code starts with solider Jake Gyllenhaal waking up on a train opposite Michelle Monaghan with only minutes before the train will blow up.
watch the first five minutes >> Posted 03.14.11 by Ryan -
Parallel realities? Personality shifting? "Forking" the river of time? These are just some of the far-out concepts at play in director Duncan Jones' (Moon) new sci-fi thriller, Source Code, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier whose consciousness is sent back in time and into the body of a dead man over and over again until he can find a way to stop the terrorist attack that killed the man and hundreds of others. Does the plot sound far-fetched to you? Well, according to producer Jordan Wynn, writer Ben Ripley and astrophysicist Dr. Michio Kaku in a new featurette about the movie, there is some actual science mixed in with the pseudoscience behind the Source Code plot.
Is Source Code possible? watch the new featurette to find out! >> Posted 03.13.11 by BrentJS