For the third time in a month, the interwebz are all abuzz about the release of the “first official image of James Bond” in Skyfall. Well, third time’s a charm since this one comes directly from the film’s official website.

This does, actually look more like an official promo shot than the last one. I didn’t think Sam Mendes (or Daniel Craig for that matter) wanted everyone focused on Bond’s ass, no matter how fine an ass it is. No, it’s much better that we remember how lethal Bond is and that he does, after all, have a license to kill. Hence the gun and an updated version of the iconic Bond pose.

The cast of Skyfall includes Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Bérénice Marlohe, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw with Albert Finney and Dame Judi Dench as M. The screenplay is by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan (Hugo, Coriolanus). Skyfall begins a rolling release in the UK on 26^th October and November 9 in the US and Canada.

Here’s a new look at writer/director/star Ben Affleck in Argo. Set in someone’s living room, the image doesn’t tell us much other than confirm the fact that it’s set in the 70s. (Digging the threads)

Affleck’s third directorial feature is a story set during the 1970's Iranian hostage crisis, of a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist who concocts a risky plan,  as the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador, by disguising them as a Canadian film crew.

Argo  stars, along with Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Kyle Chandler, Tate Donovan, Clea Duvall, Michael Parks, Chris Messina, Adrienne Barbeau (for that authentic 70's vibe) , Richard Kind, Titus Welliver and Zeljko Ivanek. Argo is currently slated for release September 14 in the US (I’m thinking it will probably make a pit stop in Toronto if ya know what I mean, but I could be wrong) and 5^th October in the UK.

The latest image released from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey features Bilbo (Martin Freeman) amid all of the dwarvses! (Yes, I know that’s not a word, that was my Gollum impression):

Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), Thror (Jeffrey Thomas) and Thrain (Mike Mizrahi), Brothers Bombur (wonderful Irish actor James Nesbitt) and Bofur (Stephen Hunter), their cousin Bifur (William Kircher), Nori (Jed Brophy), Ori (Adam Brown) and Dori (Mark Hadlow), Balin (Ken Stott), Dwalin (Graham McTavish), Dain, Fili (Dean O’Gorman), Gloin (Peter Hambleton), Kiri (Aiden Turner) and Oin (John Callan).

Actually, you can't see every one of them, but since I can't say with any certainty which particular dwarves those are, I've listed them all.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens December 14 all over the planet.

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To get your New Year started off right, we have a bunch of great new stills to share from movies you’ll be hearing more about in the coming months.

In no particular order:

This is the first official still from Ben Affleck’s Argo. Affleck both directs and stars in this period film set in the mid 70’s that revolves around the CIA’s risky plan to free six Americans who have taken refuge in the Canadian embassy in Tehran just as the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point. The cast also includes Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, Kyle Chandler and John Goodman. It’s set for a September 14 release in the US, 5 October in the UK. Affleck’s previous two directorial efforts (Gone Baby Gone, The Town) have both found their way onto my dvd shelf, the latter one of my favorite films of 2010. Argo is definitely on my must-see list for 2012.

Here’s a look at Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the set of Steven Spielberg’s 2012 Christmas release, Lincoln. This one does not hunt vampires, he merely guides the nation through the Civil War. Daniel Day-Lewis stars as the 16^th President, Gordon-Levitt plays one of his sons, Robert Todd Lincoln. (As a student of American History and a Civil War buff in particular, I am so EXCITED for this one! The cast is amazing, including Jared Harris, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Straithairn, Tommy Lee Jones, John Hawkes, Walton Goggins, David Oyelowo and Sally Field, [as Mary Todd Lincoln. While DDL is age appropriate, my first thought is she’s a bit long in the tooth for this role. I could be wrong.] to name but a FEW.) It’s based on a book by Doris Kearns Goodwin (“Team of Rivals”) with a script by John Logan and Tony Kushner. I’ll wager this will be a MAJOR awards contender next year.

Jack the Giant Killer is a “modern day fairy tale in which the long-standing peace between men and giants is threatened, as a young farmer leads an expedition into the giants' kingdom in hopes of rescuing a kidnapped princess”. Here’s the first official image, of Nicholas Hoult as Jack in mid-climb of the ‘Magic Beanstalk’. The film, directed by Bryan Singer and costarring the likes of Ewan McGregor, Ian McShane, Stanley Tucci, Bill Nighy, Eddie Marsan and Ben Daniels (YAY! I’ve missed him since he left “Law & Order: UK”), is set for a June 15 release.

Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie is a remake of his own short from 1986, in which young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences. The original has been expanded for a feature length format so look for the neighborhood kids to get into the act with their own pets. Sounds like Mary Shelly meets Stephen King filtered through the mind of Tim Burton. Frankenweenie, featuring the voices of  Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Martin Landau and Catherine O’Hara, gets an appropriate October 5 release.

Here’s a look at a film we haven’t talked about before. The Impossible, which stars Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts, is  based on the true story “of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time”, namely the tsunami that struck Thailand on December 26, 2004. The film marks the English-language debut of Juan Antonio Bayona(The Orphanage). (Ironically, there is a first trailer out there if you want to view it, but it’s dubbed in Spanish. I thought I’d wait for the English version before posting it.) I suspect we’ll talk a lot more about The Impossible before its release. Right now it only has a firm date of October 12 in Spain.

Enjoy the pics! Happy New Year!

Ben Affleck has chosen for his third directorial feature, Argo, a story set during the 1970′s Iranian hostage crisis, of a CIA ‘exfiltration’ specialist who concocts a risky plan,  as the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador, by disguising them as a Canadian film crew.

Here are some pics taken on the LA set recently. Affleck certainly has the 70′s hair down and I love the leisure suit. Affleck, in my opinion is a pretty good actor, but he’s a much better director. His first two efforts, Gone Baby Gone and The Town, will be, again, just my opinion, remembered as modern classics.

Argo won’t be in theaters until 2012. It stars, along with Affleck, Alan Arkin (pictured below), John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Kyle Chandler, Tate Donovan, Clea Duvall, Michael Parks, Chris Messina, Adrienne Barbeau (for that authentic 70′s vibe) , Richard Kind, Titus Welliver and Zeljko Ivanek. That is quite a cast! We’ll keep you posted on this one!

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In news that comes as a surprise to NO ONE, Jennifer Garner 39 and Ben Affleck also 39 announced via their representative that they are in fact expecting.

They simply said they were ‘thrilled’ to be expanding their family.

Baby number three will have Violet 5 and Seraphina Elizabeth Rose 2 as big sisters. No word on when the baby is due but she is definitely rocking a baby bump so one has to assume she’s out of her first trimester (the photo above was from mid-July)?

Congratulations to the happy couple.

Photo: WENN

I don’t think I am.  Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner took their little lady, Violet out for frozen yogurt in Santa Monica yesterday and Ben was wearing a mountain man beard.

Cops Are NOT Ben Affleck Fans

Ben Affleck Gets Jennifer Garner’s Christmas Gifts At CVS

I am not a fan of this kind of beard until the guy reaches a certain age.  So…. lose the beard Ben!  You are too cute and too young for this look!  If it’s for a movie role… fine.  Otherwise, it’s gotta go!

On a different note, how cute are Violet’s little glasses?  She’s so adorable and such a cone of Jen!

Apparently the police department in Southern California are not big fans of Ben Affleck or Jennifer Garner for that matter.  They were driving in Santa Monica when they were pulled over and Ben received a speeding ticket.

Ben Affleck Gets Jennifer Garner’s Christmas Gifts At CVS

Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner’s Family Fun [PHOTOS]

How guilty and annoyed does Ben look in the above photo and then Jennifer looks straight up pissed in the pics below.  OMG, it’s crazy!  I really would have thought that the “cool” celebs would get away with simple speeding tickets!  Apparently those cops need to make their quota no matter what!  Or they just really wanted an Affleck autograph!

Photos: WENN