Without having his up and coming film Star Trek even open in theaters, Chris Pine has become one of Hollywood’s hottest commodities.  Currently, he is best known for playing Captain James T. Kirk in J.J. Abram’s soon to be release Star Trek reboot.

The buzz around Pine’s career, however, has started to extend beyond the realm of Star Trek – a while back there there were also reports of Pine being offered the role of Green Lantern.

Now he’s in talks to star in the remake of the classic ’80s television show The A-Team.  Joe Carnahan is directing the remake and has approached Pine to team up with him.

I’ve read all the Harry Potter books except for the last, which I’ve decided to wait on. Despite liking the books, I have never really been a big fan of the Harry Potter film franchise–that is until I got a load of the first trailer for  Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince,  which is looking pretty amazing.

Now Warner Bros. has released the international trailer for The Half-Blood Prince on YouTube.  It’s reported to be the same as the Japanese trailer, but without the Japanese voice-over.  I suppose that makes sense, since the entire universe does not understand Japanese.

Public Enemies tells the story of “Robin Hood” bank robber, John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) who simultaneously became a hero to the recession laden American public while making himself public enemy number one. Eventually becoming the purveyor for the institution of the FBI by J. Edgar Hoover and it’s top agent, Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale).

And we have the second trailer for the up and coming Johnny Depp film for you right here.

Hollywood is famous for putting out competing films about a similar topic or character, which is exactly what’s happening with Napoleon.

The epic French Emperor currently is a figure in two movies that are in pre-production.  The first film is the historical romance Napoleon and Betsy with Harry Potter star Emma Watson attached. The second being Betsy and the Emperor based on the children’s book by Stanton Rabin, which former Godfather star Al Pacino has signed on to play the gutsy Frenchman.

When Disney initially dropped the footage for the up and coming Tron flick at Comic-Con last summer it was titled TR2N. Since then there have been rumors running around the internet saying the film had been retitled Tron 2.0, and then just plain old Tron 2. However, during the Disney presentation at ShoWest it was revealed that the actual title of the film will just be… TRON.

For those not in the know, ShoWest is a convention for theater owners where studios pimp out their movies with the hopes of making a mark regarding their up and coming films. Yesterday, at ShoWest in Las Vegas studios decided to give one another a run for their money. Warner Bros. president Alan Horn showed clips of Terminator Salvation and the new Harry Potter. Both were things we’ve seen before and nothing particularly special.

Ever since Baz Luhrmann announced his plans to do a remake of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby, there’s been tons of speculation on how he’ll choose to tell the story and how the roles will be casted. Most importantly, which two actors will Luhrmann choose to play the male leads, Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby.

There’s been some buzz about Luhrmann bringing back actors he’s collaborated with in the past to help tell the epic story of Jay Gatsby and his long lost love, Daisy Buchannan. However, Luhrmann says he’s not currently focusing on casting, but rather the overall direction of the film. If he is casting from a pool of actors he’s worked with before, though, there’s a chance that Leonardo DiCaprio may be brought in to play the film’s narrator, Nick Carraway.

Quantum Of Solace, the 2008 follow up to the incredibly successful Bond film, Casino Royale had a lot to live up to. Casino Royale completely revamped the Bond industry with a stellar, action packed story line, and the introduction of Daniel Craig as the new face of James Bond.  So it was really important for Quantum Of Solace director Marc Forster to make sure his installment lived up to the pressure and the hype.

Earlier this week it was reported that Forest Whitaker had to drop out of The Expendables due to a scheduling conflict. Then it was immediately reported that 50 Cent would be replacing Whitaker as Hale Caesar in Sylvester Stallone’s up and coming project.  And now, Ain’t It Cool is reporting that Sylvester Stallone himself has said 50 Cent is out and the role will go to former San Diego Charger and actor Terry Crews.

In an exclusive interview with Stallone Ain’t It Cool said:

Well, I have never been an out of work actress with a very famous roommate. However, I am oftentimes an out of work writer, and if the person I lived with was in Watchmen I’d totally give up writing to help exploit their career for a quick buck.

Besides, the world needs fanboys and fanboys need motivation to pursue their quests (whatever they may be), so this one is for the fanboys, in honor of the lengths to which they’ll go to in order to support something.  Even if that includes paying someone’s roommate to watch them sleep or shower.

Sylvester Stallone has been making some additions to the cast of his up and coming film The Expendables. Actor and WWE alum, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and horror actress Charisma Carpenter have been added to the lineup of an already all-star case including Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Forest Whitaker, Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo and Eric Roberts.

With only one day until the release of Disney’s Race To Witch Mountain remake, the studios have released 6 exclusive clips, which we have for you to see.  Race To Witch Mountain is directed by Andy Flickman and stars Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, Alexander Ludwig, Tom Everett Scott, Christopher Marquette and Cheech Marin and Garry Marshall.

Fans of the original should already be excited about the updated movie’s release, but now even more because these clips actually make the movie seem even more promising than before.

During Walt Disney Company’s annual meeting a small glimpse of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter from Tim Burton’s unreleased Alice In Wonderland was shown momentarily during a montage of clips. Apparently shareholders were impressed with what they saw judging by the barrage of oohs and ahhs that accompanied the brief glimpse of Depp’s character.

Wes Craven is synonymous with the horror genre. From Freddy Kreuger to the mutant monsters in The Hills Have Eyes and everything between, he’s been making nightmarish movie magic for over 40 years.

And now the film that catapulted his career, The Last House On The Left, has being remade with Craven as producer and newcomer Dennis Iliadis directing.

There are some spoilers below, so consider yourself warned…

Steve Carell is undertaking another inevitable comedy gold mine project. Since he’s already tackled virginity, (The 40 Year Old Virgin), and mental retardation (Anchorman), he’s now set to play a man with testosterone problems in Hi-T for Warner Bros. Pictures. Carell is set to star and produce the comedy through his production company Carousel Productions.

Newly established Paramount Vantage has once again reached over to Viacom in order to do a partner project with Comedy Central. Together, the companies have obtained dual rights to the Trey Hamburger supernatural comedy novel, Ghosts/Aliens. Their plan is to develop both as a series and a feature film.

Former child star Jackie Earl Haley (most recently known for portraying Rorschach in Zach Snyder’s Watchmen) has been cast to co-star in the up and coming Fox series Human Target.  Haley will be joined by co-star and Pushing Daisies alum, Chi McBride.

Candyland, the iconic children’s game is coming to the big screen with even bigger behind the scenes talent. It will have an original story line, which comes as a shock amongst most of the legions of remakes being churned out in Hollywood.  I guess with an original idea it’s fairly easy to get top Hollywood talent to sign on to a film – the screenplay is being written by Tropic Thunder’s Etan Cohen and directed by Kevin Lima, the brains behind the widely loved Disney film, Enchanted.

Twilight actress Kristen Stewart is set to portray rock star Joan Jett in the up and coming biopic about Jett’s all girl band, The Runaways.  Also set to star is Dakota Fanning who’ll be playing Cherri Currie, lead singer of The Runaways.  The story is about Currie’s time as lead singer with the band, which she joined when she was only 15 and the lifestyle that ensued.

A scene that’s been ingratiated into pop culture is the Mac vs PC ads, which inspired the debate: Which is truly greater (obviously skewed towards Apple)?  We don’t really care about that particular debate, however it’s inspired something so much greater:

Wolverine vs. Rorschach (or Watchmen vs. X-Men Origins: Wolverine)

While internet rumors swirled earlier this week about Judd Apatow producing Ghostbusters 3, it appears those rumors are false.  The rumors took flight when Production Weekly claimed they’d obtained an official document listing Apatow Productions being in charge of the up and coming Ghostbusters film.

In order to clear up the rumors the LA Times went directly to Sony Pictures and questioned them about Apatow’s possible involvement in the production of Ghostbusters 3.  The president of Sony Pictures gave a statement indicating the rumors were bunk, “It’s not true… Judd isn’t involved.”

Well, it’s common knowledge that the Tron sequel is currently in production up in Vancouver.  It seems there’s been a leak in their camp as Ain’t It Cool is reporting that a reliable source has put them in the know of certain details about the up and coming sequel.

Take the information as you will though, because the film’s planned release date is in 2011.  So anything could happen between now and then, including, but not limited to changing any one of these aspects.  Other than that, get excited because Tron 2 is probably going to be unlimited amounts of awesome.

Alien Trespass is the classic example of a movie that’s made for consumption by the crowd at WonderCon. Directed by X-Files veteran, R.W. Goodwin, Alien Trespass is the story of an intergalactic lawman transporting a terrible monster, the Goata, when his spaceship crashes into Earth. The alien becomes freed and terrorizes a small 1950s desert town. The premise of the film is a throw back to classic science fiction films, but quite meta in the explanation of its storytelling.

The Watchmen panel was the highlight of my time at the San Francisco Wonder-Con. Probably because I have been anticipating this film since it was published as a graphic novel.  After hearing a mix of reviews about the film I was slightly apprehensive about attending the panel and seeing the first 20 minutes of the film. Especially because most reviews have said that those 20 minutes are incredible, and the rest of the film is sort of a let down.

According to SciFiWire.com, Alex Proyas said that his next film may be Dracula Year Zero.  This news is based on the fact that the script is completed, and an original take on Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

SciFiwire reports:

“We’re still trying to resolve budget and casting and all the stuff that you need to get through before a project becomes real,” Proyas (Knowing) said in an exclusive interview on Monday. “But the script is at a very good place and I think has a very unique take on the Dracula story.”

Until recently, The Green Hornet was starring Seth Rogen and Stephen Chow, but without a director. That all changed when Columbia Pictures’ presidents Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach announced that they were in negotiations with Michael Gondry to direct the film.

Seth Rogen also penned the scrip with Superbad screenwriter Evan Goldberg.  The two are also executive producing the film along with Michael Grillo.  The film will be produced by Neal H. Moritz and his Original Film production company.

Moritz told IESB.net:

When you’re Dan Akroyd you get used to the fact that no matter what you promote, you’ll eventually be asked questions about the impending future of Ghostbusters 3.  Recently, while promoting the opening of The House of Blues in Boston, Akroyd did an interview with the Boston Globe and answered some questions from the online community.

So, of course, one of the first questions asked had to deal with the questionable future of Ghostbusters 3.  Ain’t It Cool reported:

According to The Playlist, Director Jon Favreau confirmed suspicions that Emily Blunt will no longer be playing the Black Widow in the Iron Man 2 due to scheduling conflicts during an interview with E! on the red carpet at the Oscars.

Blunt was pegged to play Natasha Romanov (aka “The Black Widow”), until 20th Century Fox decided to exercise their option  and have Blunt star alongside Jack Black in Gulliver’s Travels.  This lead to a scheduling conflict that ultimately lost Blunt the role in Iron Man 2.

The last we heard, Fox and Marvel were trying to work out their timelines so that Blunt could appear in both films, and denying the fact that Blunt was, of course, no longer the Black Widow.  Scarlett Johansson is still rumored to be in talks to replace Blunt and Dollhouse actress, Eliza Dushku made pleas to the public to help support her in her quest to take over as the Black Widow last week.

There is an interesting phenomenon that’s currently happening in Hollywood concerning toys. A movie can have a line of toys before it has even been released. Better yet, a movie can have a line of toys before it’s even a movie.

Until recently, actress Emily Blunt was tagged to play the Black Widow in the Iron Man sequel.  It’s currently being reported that she may have to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with Twentieth Century Fox’s Gulliver’s Travels, which she’s already contracted to star in.  Now that leaves the question of who will be chosen to fill the Black Widow’s black tights.