Alexander Skarsgård's Pop Getting a Dragon Tattoo

Stellan Skarsgård is in talks to join The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Oh, does his last name look familiar? That would be because he is father to one Alexander Skarsgård.

Daddy's reportedly in negations to play Martin Vanger, who's a pretty important character—which you know you if you've read the book (or seen the European movie), and everybody has, right?

Stellan tells Variety: "I have had a concrete offer and now we are in negotiations" to play Martin Vanger, one of the principal suspects in the 40-year-old disappearance of a teenage girl.

You know what this means, right?

That Alexander totally needs to play young Martin Vanger in the flashbacks of the remake. The two are blood after all, how much more real can ya get? This must happen.

It's time for mini Skarsgård to put his acting chops to the test. No offense to former and future Alexander costars Kate Bosworth and Rihanna, but we think the babe can do a little better. Anyone who watches True Blood knows that.

Filming is currently set for late September in Sweden, so if scheduling works out we think this is something A.S. should consider. It would be more like a cameo, really.

If we let you bring Kate Bosworth along will you think about it? We won't make any snide fauxmance comments the whole time if you do. Cross our bitchy hearts.

Still no final word yet who will play the female heroine Lisbeth Salander. Oh, except that it's not Kristen Stewart.

David Arquette: Scream 4 Makes Me Feel Like a Kid

We'll get to David Arquette's new venture in the Hollywood nightlife scene in a sec, but first we gotta talk Scream 4.

Arquette tells me he had no problem reprising his role as the bumbling Dewey Riley for the fourth installment of the Ghostface franchise—even though it's been like forever since Scream 3 hit theaters. "He's an easy character for me to play for some reason," he says with a laugh. "I think we might share a lot of the same qualities, good or bad."

Arquette and his wife Courteney Cox along with Neve Campbell and director Wes Craven have all returned to resurrect the horror series…

"It's really been kind of a trip for me to say the least," Arquette says. "I met my wife on the first one 14 years ago or something and now we have a child."

Will daughter Coco be popping up in the new movie? Maybe. Sorta.

"She may be in a picture somewhere," Arquette teases.

Joining the original cast are Emma Roberts and Hayden Panettiere, among others. "It's weird. All these kids are turning 21 on the set—or not even that," Arquette says. "I've gone out a few times with them, and Courteney's like, 'David, you're not a kid anymore.' I'm like, 'I know, but I still feel like one.' "

And that certainly will come in handy with David Arquette Presents: Beacher's Madhouse, a new nightclub-meets-theater venue he's opening at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with Las Vegas entertainment impresario Jeff Beacher. Madhouse will include burlesque dancers, live animals, acrobats, contortionists, fire-breathers, VIP seating in oversize birdcages…you get the point.

"We're trying to bring a little showmanship to Hollywood," Arquette said. "My family goes back to vaudeville, so it's sort of in my blood to do live performance."

Also on Arquette's agenda is tonight's screening of The Butler's in Love, a short he directed, at the HollyShorts Film Festival in L.A. and Inmoo, a website he cofounded that's dedicated to showcasing indie films. "The real germ of it is that we wanted to create a website that helps support filmmakers, where any of the advertising revenue that we get, we split 50-50 with the producers of the films," Arquette explained. "So you don't have to pay for it. You just have to sit through a couple of commercials."

Leonardo Dicaprio will play J. Edgar Hoover next!

According to Leo's new interview, he will play the notorious Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States next!


Q: Leo, is it true you’re going to go dark again, to play J. Edgar Hoover?

LD: Yeah, I’m talking to Clint Eastwood about playing Hoover, who had his hand in some of the most scandalous events in American history—everything from the Vietnam War and Dillinger, to Martin Luther King and JFK. It’s about the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover.

Q: Will there also be stuff about his homosexuality?

LD: Yes, that will be in there, definitely.

"Inception" stars talk sequel prospects and ending scene.

Well, that didn't take long. And so the sequel speculation begins. Or does it..?

"Inception" is shaping up to be the moviegoing event of the summer. The sci-fi thriller written and directed by "The Dark Knight" maestro Christopher Nolan has dazzled critics and whipped expectant audiences into a frenzy before its release on Friday. But one aspect that has sparked heated debate is the particularly dubious last scene. On the red carpet of the film's L.A. premiere, MTV News asked the film's stars to weigh in on that compelling final moment — as well as whether an "Inception 2" is a possibility.

The film's leading man, Leonardo DiCaprio, deftly dodged revealing any particular stance on the issue. "I have my own specific take on that final scene," DiCaprio told MTV News, leaving his opinion out of the public debate, adding instead that he hopes the viewers make up their minds for themselves. "This is an interesting movie, because I really believe people can extract what they want from this film and interpret that in a lot of different ways. I think that's something that doesn't come from the Hollywood studio system very often nowadays. Oftentimes, I get scripts that came to me recycled from other ones. Chris [Nolan] pulled off something pretty ambitious, pretty existential, pretty cerebral and daring with this movie, and I jumped on the opportunity to do it and work with him."

Cillian Murphy wished to remain neutral about the last scene. "Oh, I wouldn't want to give an opinion on that," he said, and of the possibility of a sequel, he added, "I don't have the authority to speak on that."

Lucas Haas proved to be far more forthcoming. "My take? I think it's real," he said, which, despite its seemingly vague wording, is a definitive stance to the debate about that last scene. And is there room for a sequel? "Of course," Haas said. "I think definitely."

Dileep Rao offered further insight, advising viewers to pay attention to the scene in an unusual way. "You know what, I'll just say this: Use your ears not your eyes."

As far as a sequel goes, Rao deferred to Nolan. "That's up to Chris," he said. "If we're talking about dreams, couldn't anything happen?"

Joseph Gordon Levitt talks about Christopher Nolan and drugs

Joseph Gordon Levitt has revealed in a recent interview that he has been following the work of Christopher Nolan for many years. He added that he is one of his favorite director and working in a film like ‘Inception’ meant a lot to him. He said that the experience of making the film was like being inside the mind of Christopher Nolan. He said that it was a very personal film to him. The actor also rubbished rumors that said that he was to play the role of the Riddler in the next installment of Batman directed by Christopher Nolan.

The 29 year old actor had recently revealed that he likes smoking weed occasionally. He said that when he was in high school he loved smoking weed a lot but now he has cut it down to once a month. He called himself a ‘pothead’ because he likes the occasional weedfest because it is the drug of his choice.

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James Bond 007: Blood Stone Debut Trailer

James Bond makes his illustrious return in a new third-person action game from Activision and Bizarre Creations



With the recent resurgence of news stories citing the formal cancellation of "Bond 23" (the next James Bond film, where Daniel Craig would be working with director Sam Mendes), Activision finds itself in a peculiar spot of timing with James Bond 007: Blood Stone. There's no movie to tie-in with, so this is basically the only, "new James Bond experience" for 2010 -- here's hoping that we get something closer to EA's excellent Everything Or Nothing rather than the lackluster Quantum of Solace. Blood Stone is an original James Bond action-adventure game starring Daniel Craig, with a new original story written by Bond writer Bruce Feirstein [GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough].



The majority of the game is played in the third person perspective, as it's a cover combat based game, but unlike many games in that genre, it also features the ability for Bond to perform takedowns using cover; so Bond is able to drag people over and around items in the environment.

It's the collaboration of all of these things that makes it a Bond game. We have an original story from a Bond writer, we have Daniel Craig driving Aston Martins, along with Dame Judi Dench. Blood Stone also features Joss Stone as our new Bond girl, which is very exciting. Joss Stone will provide an original [and exclusive] musical track to the game.

Ryan Reynolds talks about Green Lantern

Ryan Reynolds may be juggling two superhero gigs, but the Proposal star isn’t worried. With next summer’s Green Lantern coming up to bat, and the still in development Deadpool spinoff for X-Men Origins on deck, the actor could easily be panicking right about now, especially when considering the two superheroes come from the two biggest rival comic publishers in the business; DC and Marvel.

“Green Lantern is a totally different bag of tricks,” Reynolds told Entertainment Weekly. “I wouldn’t think twice about playing a cop in one movie and an FBI agent in another one.”


Reynolds also remarked that with his wife Scarlett Johansson, the Black Widow in the Iron Man franchise, the young couple’s house is laden with comic books.


“We have a lot of comic books lying around the house – more than the average young married couple.”


On the subject of Green Lantern, the star spoke about the physical preparation that goes into becoming a superhero.


“You spend one day a week eating what you want and the other six days eating drywall and wood chips," Reynolds said. But the star wasn’t bitter. “It’s all part of the job, so I guess I can’t complain.”


Yet, Reynolds was not completely calm. He reflected on the burden of carrying a superhero movie on his albeit broad shoulders.


“The pressure is all on me. I try not to think about that.” Reynolds then contemplated the extensive merchandising blitz sure to be unleashed in tandem with the Green Lantern.


“There’ll be Green Lantern hubcaps. The Green Lantern terry-cloth onesie. The Green Lantern prostate check.”

Hopefully things won’t go that far.

First picture of Blake Lively as Carol Ferris in Green Lantern

Ellen Page on Inception and Other Projects

Before going any further, to all the people nervous if you watch my video interview with Ellen Page it’ll somehow ruin Inception…don’t worry. I made sure to only ask questions about parts of the movie that were featured in the trailers, that way you can watch the interview and still walk in spoiler free. And trust me…that’s what you want to do. The less you know about Inception the better.

Anyway, at the recent Los Angeles press day for the film, I was able to speak with Miss Page after the press conference ended. During the extended interview we talked about what it was really like to make the movie, working for Christopher Nolan and alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, the paparazzi, does she read online sites, and we talked about future projects like HBO’s Tilda, Freeheld (which Catherine Hardwicke is attached to direct), Super, the Michel Gondry project Return of the Ice Kids, and a lot more.

If you’re a fan of this talented actress, you’ll love the interview, as it really turned out great. Hit the jump to check it out:

* How happy is she that she can finally talk about the movie. Talks about her friends and their reactions to it
* 1:00 – She talks about filming the French café scene that’s in the trailer and TV spots
* 2:10 – The paparazzi that watched them film the movie in Paris. She tells a great story about Leonardo DiCaprio and the paparazzi
* 3:15 – Does she read the online movie sites (she plugs Democracy Now)
* 4:10 – Her reaction to seeing the movie and the takes Nolan decided to use
* 5:00 – Her opinion of Christopher Nolan and Inception
* 6:00 – How did she get involved in Tilda and was she nervous to do TV
* 7:30 – The last few years of amazing TV on HBO
* 8:15 – She talks about who she plays in Tilda
* 8:45 – What else does she have coming up. She talks about Super
* 9:45 – Talks about how she has been writing a lot and mentions Stitch N’ Bitch which HBO bought. She also talks about Freeheld which Catherine Hardwicke is attached to direct and it’s being written by Ron Nyswaner.
* 10:20 – Mentions a project with Michel Gondry. Says it’s about students at MIT and they develop their own inventions and one of them involves water that when you drink it you hear music. She says it was being called Return of the Ice Kids

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Avatar and Inglourious Basterds battles it out at Empire awards

Boasting of 5 nominations each, James Cameron’s 3D bonanza, Avatar and Quentin Tarantino’s Second World War drama, Inglourious Basterds will be battling it at out for the Best Film Prize at the 2010 Jameson Empire awards.


The two box-office hits are up against Star Trek, District 9 and Bafta winner The Hurt Locker for the Best Film Prize. Zoe Saldana from the sci-fi thriller Avator and Melanie Laurent from Inglourious Basterds have been nominated for the Best Actress category while Christoph Waltz’s portrayal of Nazi officer Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds won him a nomination in the Best Actor category. Jason Reitman’s comedy drama, Up In the Air and Lone Scherfig’s coming-of-age drama, An Education each have a trio of nominations while Kathyrn Bigelow’s American war thriller, The Hurt Locker and Neill Blomkamp’s science fiction thriller on aliens, District 9 each have been nominated for 4 categories.


Good news for all the Twihards! The sexy Robert Pattinson has won a nomination for the Best Actor Award for portraying the brooding vampire Edward Cullen in New Moon while Anna Kendrick has been nominated for her work in both New Moon and Up InThe Air in the category Best Newcomer.


The full list of nominees for the 2010 Jameson Empire Awards, which take place on Sunday, March 28 are as follows:


Best Film presented by Sony

Avatar

Star Trek

District 9

Inglourious Basterds

The Hurt Locker


Best Actor presented by Citroën

Sir Michael Caine (Harry Brown)

Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Robert Pattinson (New Moon)

Sam Worthington (Avatar)

Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes)


Best Actress

Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy)

Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Zoe Saldana (Avatar)

Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria)

Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)


Best Director

James Cameron (Avatar)

Neil Blomkamp (District 9)

JJ Abrams (Star Trek)

Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)


Best British Film

Harry Brown

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus

An Education

Nowhere Boy

In The Loop


Best Comedy

In The Loop

A Serious Man

The Hangover

Up In The Air

The Men Who Stare At Goats


Best Horror

Let The Right One In

Paranormal Activity

Zombieland

Thirst

Drag Me To Hell


Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Star Trek

Moon

Avatar

District 9

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus


Best Thriller

Harry Brown

Public Enemies

Inglourious Basterds

The Hurt Locker

Sherlock Holmes


Best Newcomer

Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy)

Sharlto Copley (District 9)

Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air/New Moon)

Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank)

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A Precious Night at the NAACP Image Awards

Considering where all the accolades have been going recently, it wasn't much of a stretch to predict big things for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire at the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards.

Not only did Mo'Nique pick up her zillionth Outstanding Supporting Actress honor, most likely en route to ruling on Oscar night, but Precious won a leading six awards Friday, including Outstanding Motion Picture, Director for Lee Daniels and Writing for Geoffrey Fletcher.

Gabourey Sidibe, more of a long-shot to take home an Oscar than either Mo'Nique or Sandra Bullock, who was sitting a few seats away, was named Outstanding Actress.

"Hello!" began the 26-year-old newcomer, who always manages to pleasantly surprise with her bright and bubbly disposition, such a contrast to the downcast, depressed teen she played on the silver screen.

"It is an honor to be nominated, but it is so awesome to win. I love winning!" Sidibe exclaimed, going on to thank God, "for ordering my steps," and her "teachers"—Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Sherri Shepherd and Mariah Carey.

Morgan Freeman was named Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for channeling Nelson Mandela in Invictus.

"It's hard to believe—not hard to take," the sonorous screen veteran said of his win. "There's a lot of people to thank. I'm not going to go through all of them because you don't know most of 'em," he quipped, though he did single out Clint Eastwood and his longtime production partner.

On the television side of things, Tyler Perry's House of Payne continued its dominance, winning Outstanding Comedy Series for the third straight year.

It's namesake was also honored with the NAACP's annual Chairman's Award, while Wyclef Jean was the recipient of the Vanguard Award.

CSI: NY star Hill Harper, who cohosted the ceremony with Anika Noni Rose, also netted his third straight win for Actor in a Drama Series.

Best Actress winner Jada Pinkett-Smith, who plays a tough-as-nails nurse in Hawthorne, was not on hand to collect her trophy, one of only a few handed out during the two-hour portion of the evening captured for prime-time TV.

Harper took a stroll into the audience during the show to point out some of the luminaries in attendance: Freeman, who he insisted should be addresed as "Sir Morgan Freeman"; Mo'Nique and Sidibe ("You should have been on that Vanity Fair Hottest Young Female Actress cover," he told her); and Bullock, who Harper pretended to confuse with another couple of prominent brunettes.

"You are so beautiful!" he said. "I fell in love with you in Pretty Woman! And in Ghost, when you made that clay pot? Incredible!"



Chris Rock was also in the house, where his latest directorial outing, Good Hair, was named Outstanding Documentary.

"Hey! I was not expecting to get anything tonight," he began. "Wow, you make a lot of movies for money, make movies to get hot and make more money...and you do other movies to get even more money.

"I made this movie just for black people," Rock asserted, prompting some rather enthusiastic applause from the crowd.



On the musical end of things, Maxwell and Mary J. Blige, whose Stronger With Each Tear was named top album, were named Outstanding Male and Female Artist. Keri Hilson collected her first Image Award for Outstanding New Artist.

The NAACP Image Awards honor achievements by people of color in film, television music and literature.

Here is a partial list of winners from the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards:

FILM

Motion Picture: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Actor in a Motion Picture: Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Actress in a Motion Picture: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Adam Rodriguez, Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Mo'Nique, Precious
Independent Motion Picture: Precious
Foreign Motion Picture: The Stoning of Soraya M.
Documentary: Good Hair

TELEVISION

Comedy Series: Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Actor in a Comedy Series: Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, Brothers
Actress in a Comedy Series: Cassi Davis, Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Drama Series: Lincoln Heights
Actor in a Drama Series: Hill Harper, CSI: NY
Actress in a Drama Series: Jada Pinkett Smith, Hawthorne
Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special: Gifted Hands

MUSIC

Male Artist: Maxwell
Female Artist: Mary J. Blige
New Artist: Keri Hilson
Duo, Group or Collaboration: Black Eyed PEas
Song: "God in Me," Mary Mary
Album: Stronger With Each Tear, Mary J. Blige

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Ashton Kutcher & Jamie Foxx Teaming Up Again

What with COP OUT coming out this weekend (to abysmal reviews it seems), it's only appropriate to report on a new buddy cop action-comedy: STREETS ON FIRE

Starring the unlikely duo of Jamie Foxx and Ashton Kutcher (reuniting again after being seen in VALENTINE'S DAY), STREETS ON FIRE is actually based off one of 2009's Black List scripts from writer Justin Britt-Gibson, a 27-year-old freelance journalist and screenwriter who, according to Pajiba, once wrote a really interesting piece on race relations for the Washington Post.

Despite those positives, the story sounds about as formulaic as they get. Per Pajiba: "It's about a straight arrow Chicago cop with anger issues (Foxx) who teams up with a brash and cocky one (Kutcher), and the two 'become anything other than friends.' They stumble into a gang of killers intercepting the city's drugs, and reluctantly agree to work together on the case... [The original story over at Pajiba continues with something that I'd say is a spoiler, so I'm taking it out. Head over there to read it if that doesn't bother you.]"

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Inappropriate Email Could Hurt Biggest 'Avatar' Oscar Competitor

"The Hurt Locker," when compared historically to previous Oscar-winning films, has done everything up to this point it needs to do to take home the top prize at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on March 7. It's won all the right pre-Oscar awards, it's gotten the critics on its side, it covers a controversial war. All it needed to do was sit back and wait. Instead, it got antsy. To make a football analogy: It might have been time to play conservative, start running the ball, and try to run out the clock. Instead, "The Hurt Locker"'s co-producer, Nicolas Chartier, threw up a Hail-Mary pass -- and it was promptly intercepted.


In a inappropriate email sent out to academy members, obtained by the LA Times' Gold Derby blog, Chartier came awfully close to what may be described as begging the voting members to support his film over its Best Picture competition. (The Academy explicitly bans directly campaigning to voters.) Though he doesn't come right out and say "vote for my film instead of 'Avatar,' by asking Academy members to ask "friends who vote for the Oscars" to support "The Hurt Locker" over "a $500M" film -- it's a safe bet Chartier wasn't referring to "An Education."




Chartier's email to Academy members reads as follows:


I hope all is well with you. I just wanted to write you and say I hope you liked Hurt Locker and if you did and want us to win, please tell (name deleted) and your friends who vote for the Oscars, tell actors, directors, crew members, art directors, special effects people, if everyone tells one or two of their friends, we will win and not a $500M film, we need independent movies to win like the movies you and I do, so if you believe The Hurt Locker is the best movie of 2010, help us!


I'm sure you know plenty of people you've worked with who are academy members whether a publicist, a writer, a sound engineer, please take 5 minutes and contact them. Please call one or two persons, everything will help!


best regards,


Nicolas Chartier Voltage Pictures


Considering this gaffe, perhaps it's ironic his "Hurt Locker' colleagues had successfully petitioned to allow him to be a fourth accepting producer on the Kodak Theater stage if the movie should win the Best Picture award. (This is an exception to the longstanding "three producer rule," that only allows for three filmmakers to say their "thank yous" on the Academy Awards broadcast.). It didn't take long for Chartier to issue a follow-up apology email:


Last week I emailed you regarding the Oscars next week, generally, and "The Hurt Locker," in particular. My email to you was out of line and not in the spirit of the celebration of cinema that this acknowledgement is. I was even more wrong, both personally and professionally, to ask for your help in encouraging others to vote for the film and to comment on another movie. As passionate as I am about the film we made, this was an extremely inappropriate email to send, and something that the Academy strongly disapproves of in the rules.


My naivete, ignorance of the rules and plain stupidity as a first time nominee is not an excuse for this behavior and I strongly regret it. Being nominated for an Academy Award is the ultimate honor and I should have taken the time to read the rules.


I am emailing each person this very same statement asking to retract my previous email and requesting that you please disregard it.


I truly apologize to anyone I have offended.


Sincerely yours,

best regards, Nicolas Chartier
Voltage Pictures, LLC


The studio that released "The Hurt Locker," Summit Entertainment, responded as well to the controversy in a statement saying, "An enthusiastic and naive young producer made a mistake. When we found out, we asked him to stop immediately and let the Academy know and he is making amends."


Other than some Academy instituted penalties -- such as losing tickets to the ceremony on March 7 -- the real question regarding possible repercussion for "The Hurt Locker" is if this display will cost it votes based on negative publicity. Final Oscar ballots are due on Tuesday, March 2. For this controversy to happen so close to the deadline, in what was already considered a close race, it could wind up being devastating for "The Hurt Locker." "The Hurt Locker" has one thing working it its favor: as The Wrap blog points out, there won't be any official ruling on the matter until after voting closes on Tuesday.

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Robots to blow things up in Chicago and Russia

Well, it looks like Red Square and the Sears Tower are the next global landmarks facing swift and explosive destruction at the hands of Michael Bay and his enormous robot troops, with the news that Transformers 3 is set to film in Moscow and Chicago.

The sequel, which is set for July 2011, starts shooting in May, with Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf returning to play the hapless humans running away from rampaging robots (probably carrying a Macguffin) and Ehren Kruger writing the script (not joined this time by original screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman). Bay has previously promised that this one will not go for more and bigger explosions, instead delving into the Transformers' mythos and becoming "darker". We'd still bet Grandma on there being a fair whack of destruction though, so remember that "fewer explosions" is relative.

So what do you want to see in the third film? 3D? Unicron? Dino-bots? Speak your brain below.

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Gabourey Sidibe at the BAFTA Awards

The Hurt Locker wins big at Ace Eddie Awards

Best Editing, Drama: The Hurt Locker
Best Editing, Comedy: The Hangover
Best Editing, Documentary: The Cove
Best Editing, Animated Feature: Up
Best Editing, Miniseries: Grey Gardens
Best Editing, Drama Series: Dexter
Best Editing, Comedy Series: 30 Rock

Disney’s Rapunzel Retitled Tangled

Walt Disney Animation Studios’s 2010 computer animated release Rapunzel has been retitled Tangled. Producer Roy Conli explains:

“Hey everyone, I’m Roy Conli, producer of Disney’s next animated film. I have some exciting news to share, and it was important to me that YOU guys – the Disney fans – hear it first. I want to tell you about Walt Disney Animation Studio’s 2010 release, Tangled. It’s a really fresh, smart take on the Rapunzel story. In our film, the infamous bandit Flynn Rider meets his match in the girl with the 70 feet of magical golden hair. We’re having a lot of fun pairing Flynn, who’s seen it all, with Rapunzel, who’s been locked away in a tower for 18 years. I’m so proud of the crew working on this film – they’re doing a fantastic job creating an awesome story with great characters and a stunning world – and it’s all going to look amazing in 3D. All of us here at the studio are incredibly excited for you to see Tangled when it comes out in theaters this November.”


Directed by Byron Howard & Nathan Greno (the co-director and head of story on Bolt respectively), this new telling of the classic fairy tale, will transport audiences “to a stunning CG fantasy world complete with the iconic tower, an evil witch, a gallant hero and, of course, the mysterious girl with the long golden tresses. Expect adventure, heart, humor, and hair, lots of hair.” Our lead heroine is voiced by Mandy Moore while Chuck’s Zachary Levi will play a “dashing bandit” named Flynn Ryder who hits the road with the “rebellious, teenage hair apparent.” The voice cast is also rumored to include David Schwimmer, Matthew Gary Gubler, Kristin Chenoweth, Dan Fogler, and Grey DeLisle. is scheduled to hit theaters in Christmas 2010.

Previous director Glen Keane developed a new look for this computer animated film, which is said to look and feel more like a traditional hand-drawn Disney Classic, but in 3D. Apparently the film uses a non-photorealistic rendering technique which will make the surface look like it is painted but still containing depth and dimensions. The movie’s visual style is being based on French Rococo artist Jean-Honore Fragonard’s painting “The Swing”. You can definitely see the look they’re going for in the image above.

There are a couple more very small concept drawings over on the Animations message board, but you really can’t see much of anything. A short clip of test footage was shown at Siggraph 2005, where is gained a lot of attention. Earlier concept images had been previously posted online from when the project was titled Rapunzel Unbraided. But the project has since been completely revamped.

Tangled is scheduled to hit theaters in November 24th 2010.

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