It would be an exciting week for casting even if the Cannes Film Festival weren't going on, but the glamorous event in France is bringing a ton of new casting deals as well. The lead for YA tearjerker The Fault in Our Stars cast its Augustus Waters, and Zac Efron just got a new speed-demon role. Click through to see these and the new jobs for everyone from Shia LaBeouf and Christoph Waltz to Cate Blanchett and Scarlett Johansson.
Anne Hathaway and Samuel L. Jackson both have Christmas Day releases coming out: Les Misérables and Django Unchained, which, as both actors point out, aren't exactly full of holiday cheer. In this cute Funny or Die video, Hathaway and Jackson go toe-to-toe trying to prove whose movie is more of a bummer. Watch their hilarious "Sad Off" now!
Quentin Tarantino was joined by the stars of his newest film, Django Unchained, for a press conference at the Ritz-Carlton in NYC yesterday morning. We were on the scene to hear the cast talk about the movie, which opens Dec. 25, and discuss what it was like playing slaves and slave-owners.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, and several other actors were on hand to discuss the powerful film, which manages to turn a horrifying tale of slavery into a Spaghetti Western-esque masterpiece. They've all been busy promoting the new movie, which premiered in NYC with some help from Leo's friend Cameron Diaz last week.
Read on to see our five favorite moments from the press conference, including a surprise appearance by Jonah Hill.
The first trailer for Django Unchained solidified that this movie is Western done Quentin Tarantino style, and the new preview not only reasserts that, but things get even more familiar when the director's frequent collaborator Samuel L. Jackson shows up. As we learned before, the film follows a slave, Django (Jamie Foxx), who partners with a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to find his wife, who has been sold to cruel landowner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). In this new trailer, we get a more extended peek at the interaction between the slippery Calvin and Django, and we meet several new characters — including Jonah Hill as an unmasked Klansman.
I was thrilled at the first trailer, but this one has me even more excited. There's more Tarantino-style humor, and I'm already loving the playful dynamic between Waltz and Foxx's characters. Django Unchained opens Christmas day, but you can watch the trailer after the jump.
With so many A-list actors in one action-packed movie, it's no shock that some of the stars of The Avengers have crossed paths before. However, we were surprised at how many times the stars have appeared onscreen together in the past. It's no wonder they all seem so chummy off set! Take a look at the famous (and not so famous) movies the heroes have been in before!
As Nick Fury, Samuel L. Jackson has popped up in most of the prequel movies to The Avengers, but the character gets a lot more screen time this time around. Still, Jackson expressed that he used to be a bit envious of his superhero costars when I chatted with him at a press day for The Avengers. He also talked about his hopes for a Nick Fury movie, and shared stories about working with Quentin Tarantino in Django Unchained. Check it out:
You can see Chris Evans in this Summer's Captain America: The First Avenger, but after that he'll be reprising his role in the highly anticipated The Avengers — along with a huge cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, and Mark Ruffalo. The movie is currently being filmed in Manhattan, and today we have photos of Evans and his costar Samuel L. Jackson (as Nick Fury) shooting scenes for the movie. You have to wait until next year to see the finished product, but check out these set images to start getting excited.
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Comic-Con was full of fun surprises, and one of the best was getting to see the full cast of The Avengers together for the first time ever! At the end of the Thor panel, Samuel L. Jackson took the stage to introduce the actors we already knew, while Robert Downey Jr. took on the duty of showing off the latest additions. Here's the first photo of the full cast — RDJ (Iron Man), Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), and Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk). Joining them is Joss Whedon, who will direct. They are definitely a ridiculously talented (not to mention good-looking) bunch, but how do you feel about the band of caped crusaders?
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There was a whole lot of Comic-Con action going down in San Diego over the weekend. True Blood's Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer were there on Friday to talk about their series, including the future of their characters' relationship. They also gave a teaser showing what's still to come this season on their show. Will Ferrell was there on behalf of his The Other Guys with Mark Wahlberg, who opened up to us about playing good cop with his kids. Their costar Eva Mendes also chatted with us about the great time she had being funny with the boys.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were there on Saturday for their Green Lantern panel, and his wife, Scarlett Johansson, later appeared with her Captain America costars like Robert Downey, Jr. Pregnant Ali Larter really showed off her baby bump at a Resident Evil: Afterlife press conference, and Natalie Portman kept the cameos coming while talking about her Thor. Kellan Lutz struck a pose at the Wired Cafe and showed off his new hat, while Scott Pilgrim vs. the World's Anna Kendrick hit up a Syfy channel party that night and Vanessa Hudgens partied with her fellow Sucker Punch actresses. BuzzSugar was there covering all the fun from Southern California, so make sure to check out all the reports from the scene!
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