Christopher Meloni IS The Authority in True Blood Season 5

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Let me begin by saying, I do not watch HBO’s True Blood. I’ve seen one episode from season 1 and that’s it. It didn’t hook me and I had other things to watch. Having said that, now that the show is about to begin its fifth season, they’ve gone and done something that has just about convinced me to rethink my position:  They’ve added Christopher Meloni to the cast.

Christopher Meloni, who spent twelve seasons as the volatile and smolderingly sexy Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: SVU and who will soon be seen in Zach Snyder’s Man of Steel, has been cast as a vampire. Scratch that, as THE vampire, at least as far as the good people (and demons) of Bon Temps, Louisiana are concerned. Be still my heart.

Here’s the little tidbit I saw last week that made me sit up and take notice:

Now check the season five trailer that HBO has just dropped. It’s  full of all sorts of bloody mayhem. And Meloni in a well-cut suit.

True Blood returns to HBO on Sunday June 10 at 9pm (in the spot vacated by Game of Thrones)

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Back at the end of March we brought you the first trailer for People Like Us, the directorial debut of writer/producer Alex Kurtzman (Cowboys and Aliens, Star Trek, Fringe), is the story of Sam, a man who discovers his father had another family and after the father’s death, is tasked with delivering half of his inheritance to the sister he never knew he had. Thanks to a very likeable cast, headed by Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde and Michelle Pfeiffer, that first trailer gave me instant hope for this.

Check the featurette below (which is really more of an extended trailer) and see if you don’t agree:

“From DreamWorks Pictures comes ‘People Like Us,’ a drama/comedy about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine (‘Star Trek’) as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father’s estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father’s last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister Frankie whom he never knew about (Elizabeth Banks). As their relationship develops, Sam is forced to rethink everything he thought he knew about this family–and re-examine his own life choices in the process.”

Written by Kurtzman and his usual writing partner Roberto Orci along with Jody Lambert, the likeable cast of People Like Us also includes Jon Favreau, Mark Duplass and an uncredited Phillip Baker Hall. It will be released in the US on June 29.

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In today’s Prometheus news, we have a clip featuring the ship Prometheus landing on LV223, otherwise known as Zeta2 Reticuli; nothing too exciting except for the fact that it’s a clip from Prometheus, hopefully the first of many.

We also have five new images from the film’s official Facebook page, including the one up top featuring Michael Fassbender’s David.

“Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life’s ultimate mystery.”

Prometheus starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Logan Marshall-Green, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Kate Dickie and Patrick Wilson opens 1^st June in the UK and June 8 in the US. More soon!

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Sin City, based on a graphic novel by Frank "300" Miller and directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez came out in 2005. With a budget of $40 million, it grossed nearly $100 million worldwide. So naturally, a sequel was announced. Again, that was in 2005. This is 2012. The following is the history of this project:

24 May 2005 Announced Rodriquez has revealed the film would be based on Miller's story, A Dame to Kill For

12 July 2006 Treatment/Outline No start date set; rumor has it the production is waiting on Angelina Jolie's availability

9 November 2006 Script
Script is nearing completion. Filmmakers are reportedly waiting for the cast's availability before proceeding.

28 June 2007 Development Unknown
Script is complete, but the start date is unknown

12 January 2009 Script NEW Script is complete

22 April 2009 Turnaround Reportedly being shopped to studios.

29 August 2011 Treatment/Outline Scripting. (That would be #3)

19 January 2012 Pre-production

12 April 2012 Casting is underway. Looking to begin shooting this summer.

Color me (and I am by no means alone) skeptical. BUT, the above is the first offical teaser poster so maybe they are truly getting ready to make this thing and it will be called, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

In the dark bowels of Sin City, Dwight plans to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy is trying to cope with Hartigan’s death

Nancy, of course, was played by Jessica Alba in the first one and it is assumed that she will sign on for the sequel, especially since it hinges on her character. Frank Miller told the Playlist that the “ 'Nancy Callahan character will be the link between the two movies, with the plot to be based on stories such as the eponymous "A Dame To Kill For," "Just Another Saturday Night" and a new one titled "The Long, Bad Night'– the latter of which Miller wrote to tie things together and presumably centers on Callahan. If the graphic novels are anything to go by, that would signal a return for characters played in the original by Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Devon Aoki, Michael Clarke Duncan, Clive Owen…”

At this point, Dawson, Rourke and Aoki are signed.

Ava Lord, who did not appear in Sin City is another pivotal character. Rose McGowan (yeah, like she’d ever work for Rodriguez again), Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Michelle Williams, Helena Bonham Carter and Rachel Weisz were all considered to play her. 'Considered' doesn’t mean asked and since the part still hasn’t been cast, who knows who’ll they’ll finally end up with. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is supposedly going to roll this spring.

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Who wants some Colin Farrell this Monday morning? *raises hand* I do! I do!  Well, since I try to make myself happy whenever possible, it just so happens that we have some (and I may even be back with more later).  Here are some new images of Colin with Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale in these nifty stills from Total Recall.

Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Beckinsale) who heloves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate. 

The pics don’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know from the pics, clips and trailers we’ve already been given.  Beckinsale is full of rage and murderous intent, Biel is on Farrell’s side and knows how to handle a weapon. Colin gets to do damage to some storm troopers. The movie actually looks a lot more exciting than these pics would indicate. Mr. Beckinsale, Le Wiseman directs from a script by Mark Bomback (Unstoppable), James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) and Kurt Wimmer (Law Abiding Citizen).

Total Recall also stars Bryan Cranston, John Cho, Bokeem Woodbine, Ethan Hawke and Bill Nighy. It opens August 3 in the US and Canada and 22nd August in the UK

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In today’s Snow White and the Huntsman news, we have two B-rolls of behind-the-scenes footage. We get glimpses of various scenes, most of which we’ve seen in trailers and other clips, being made and what goes into what we see on the screen. The best part is that the filmmakers have given us these inside looks without spoiling anything. Take a look for yourself.

Snow White and the Huntsman delivers a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.

Snow White and the Huntsman stars Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Nick Frost, Toby Jones and Eddie Marsan. It opens everywhere on June 1st

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In today’s Prometheus news (you knew we’d have some, didn’t you?) we have an extended version of the “Origins” featurette. Big deal you say? Well, actually it is. Watch this if you want a few more answers to your burning questions about the plot as well as Sir Ridley’s theories of the origins of man. I’m not sure why we got the abbreviated version, but the Kiwis got the good one. This version has a lot more new footage and even the soundbites with the cast are extenuated.

As a special treat, I have to share this blog from the San Diego Reader and the blogger’s thoughts on the psycho-sexual nature of the Alien franchise.

Prometheus starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Logan Marshall-Green, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Kate Dickie and Patrick Wilson opens 1^st June in the UK and June 8 in the US. More soon!

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Months ago we brought you the news that Michael Fassbender was going to appear on the BBC’s wildly popular and long running car-talk show, "Top Gear" The show aired on the Beeb way back in February, but it finally premieres for us colonists on BBCAmerica tomorrow, Monday May 14. So as promised, I’m re-running the post, with a few tweaks.

You and I will finally be able to see The Stig give Fassy a driving lesson and then let him loose on the Lotus-designed Top Gear test track in their infamous “Reasonably Priced Car”, which is now the Kia Ceed. (Although I can more easily picture him in the Bentley Conti or the Porsche Panamera.)  At the time of taping, Rowan Atkinson had the time to beat  at 1.42.2.  (Tom Cruise was only two seconds off the lead in fourth place with 1.44.2.)

In the meantime, head over to the Top Gear page on the BBC site and reacquaint (or acquaint as the case may be) yourselves with Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. Oh and of course, The Stig.  These guys are hilarious.

The show will air on BBCAmerica at 8:30pm ET and repeat at 11pm ET. Check your local listings.

Here’s a bit of “Extra” footage of Fassy as the SIARPC (Star in a Reasonably Priced Car):

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