Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Glee Cast Tells Us How They Really Feel About Sleazy Sebastian

Darren Criss, Grant Gustin How evil, or stupid, is Sebastian anyway? So far, we know that that the self-assured Dalton Academy Warbler - aka Glee's christened Season 3 villain -- has sex and Blaine on the brain and little else. And based on his appearances thus far, his personals ad probably reads something like this: "Likes -- one-night stands, Blaine 'sex on a stick' Anderson, Lima, Ohio's finest gay dive bar, Scandals, and coffee with a shot of Courvoisier." Oh, and he used to live in Paris, plays Lacrosse and has waged war on Kurt. Glee video: Watch New Directions bust out their best MJ moves in "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Anyone else ready to barf? "I don't like it at all," Chris Colfer tells TVGuide.com. He doesn't understand why Blaine's OK with Sebastian's not-so-subtle advances - or why Kurt's letting him make a play for Blaine in the first place. "Why hasn't Kurt stepped up? You would think he would. He's borderline accepting of it," he said. Things are only going to get worse in Tuesday's King of Pop event, "Michael" (8/7c, Fox). "It's the peak of the Sebastian arc, and I can say Sebastian takes things to a very harmful extreme," Colfer says. "It's when you see the difference between myself and Kurt. Like, if someone had done what Sebastian is gonna do in my world? They'd come up missing." Will Rachel say yes? Cory Monteith dishes on Finchel's future But tell us how you really feel, Chris! "I wouldn't be diplomatic like Kurt is. Kurt is way too diplomatic. I'd go get my shovel out of the backseat of my car and I'd take care of business, Clovis-style. No messing around." It's safe to say that the slushee Sebastian throws at Blaine (pictured above) ain't the half of it. Fortunately, Kurt isn't the only glee clubber who's going to be raging against whatever vile, nasty things Sebastian does. Lea Michele to guest mentor on Glee Project season premiere "Sebastian turns into a f---ing tyrant," says Kevin McHale, who will be, ahem, screaming mad about it. "The whole Kurt and Blaine thing really pisses Sebastian off, and he takes it out on New Directions. So we all team up to do something about it, and Artie doesn't really agree with how Mr. Schue wants to handle things." It's a good thing Michael Jackson, alongside sis Janet, knew a thing or two about letting anger rip. "I literally scream about it," McHale said of getting to remake the video for "Scream." "That was a good day." More concerning is word that Grant Gustin, who plays sleazy Sebastian, has an offer on the table to become a series regular next season. Questions for my fellow Glee fans: How do you feel about Sebastian? Super sexy or super silly? Would you want to see him, redeemed or otherwise, more often on Glee? Are you so excited that Artie gets to sing "Scream"? (You should be.) Share your feelings in the comments below.

Friday, January 27, 2012

New trailer for Mirror Mirror

Relativity media has sensibly decided to release a new international trailer for Snow White saga Mirror Mirror, after the first, uber-camp teaser set about irritating the hell out of anyone unlucky enough to watch it.Fortunately, the new trailer isn't half as aggravating as the original, with a little more exposition included to distract from the slapstick. Not that you'd exactly describe it as grown-up, but at least this one isn't adult kryptonite.Take a look at the new trailer below... What's happened to the old, "Snow White? Snow who? Snow way!" routine, we hear you ask? Well that's just one of many dud jokes that appear to have been swept under the carpet this time around, although Armie Hammer's troubling horny-puppy act is still present and correct.In fairness, had we not already seen the first trailer, this would look like a perfectly acceptable fantasy romp aimed squarely at the family market. And for all we know, that earlier footage might not be truly representative of the final cut.That said, we're still erring towards Snow White And The Huntsman in this year's fairytale face-off. Mirror Mirror is released in the UK on 16 March 2012.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

'Game Of Thrones' Season 2 Fight Moments Will 'Not Dissatisfy,' States Peter Dinklage

Although our beloved "Wager on Thrones" didn't collect the most effective prize to find the best Drama within the Golden Globes on Sunday, we can be very happy for your ongoing support and recognition of Best Supporting Actor champion Peter Dinklage. People should become accustomed to seeing him win honours really, because when extended since the series continues, he'll probably be coming the mind along with his brilliant portrayal of Tyrion Lannister. MTV News was sufficiently fortunate to get attend HBO's fancy Globes after-party Sunday evening where we experienced Dinklage and also the vibrant, shiny new award. After offering our sincerest congratulations, we asked for him simply how much fight action Tyrion will probably be seeing next season, particularly regarding that little event at Blackwater... "In my opinion there has been some fans that have been disappointed the conclusion in the first season there wasn't a battle. We do not dissatisfy this season,In . Dinklage guaranteed. "In my opinion my character steps for the front if this involves fighting." Dinklage ongoing to convey that you will also provide plenty of his oft-reported verbal live training moments along with his "sweet sister" Cersei, though he clearly wouldn't enter into any great detail in what people moments will entail. "Yes, I have three live training partners. Lena Headey, Sibel Kekilli who plays Shae and Jerome Flynn who plays Bronn. I will have thanked them throughout my [acceptance] speech, and so i am saying because of all of them with MTV. They're just three in the finest stars the very first is sufficiently fortunate to get use, Lena especially." Exactly what are you excited to find out inside the second season? Reveal inside the comments or on Twitter!

Friday, January 13, 2012

Jon Landau On Avatar 2's Release Date

Pressed back or else?So you'll find reviews today that Jon Landau features the discharge date for Avatar 2 will most likely be 2016 instead of the formerly-introduced 2014 date with having a third instalment in 2015. The simple truth is, once we asked for him just yesterday, he declined that delay.In case we attended, Landau made an offhand remark about Avatar 2 being "four years out" - and then we supported to evaluate, since that is not while using formerly introduced plans. Could it be four more years, and for your reason 2016? Or perhaps the dates we'd heard before?He responded, "It's because window, '14, '15."This isn't to convey the 2nd film won't be a great deal a lot more like 2015 than 2014, thinking about that - to date as everyone knows - there's no completed script yet for performance-capture to begin, James Cameron's presently concentrating on alternative activities (like the Titanic 3d release in April) as well as the films are greatly effects-heavy which will necessitate large amounts of digital production work. One might reasonably speculate that Landau, like most of us, remains thinking about 2011 because he considers the date, which is presently envisaging a 2015 release date for your second film, a thing that would explain both his first remark and also the clarification.But to convey that Landau is becoming speaking of a 2016 release for your second film just is not warranted at this time, so let's just bear that in your thoughts, right? It could still happen - but that's not what he's saying at this time around.To keep you going meanwhile, Titanic 3d will hit screens on April 6, prior to the 100th anniversary in the sinking in the ship and 15 years following a film's original release. Within the converted moments we view, it'll be the most effective publish-conversion you've ever laid eyes on.

Team reps rapid rise of nerd processors

'Robot Chicken's' parody of 'Star Wars'GoldsteinGreenRootIt would be a very long time ago inside a suburb much less not even close to NY the seed products were grown for "Robot Chicken," in a then-modest startup magazine about comicbooks known as Wizard.Debuting in 1991, Wizard grew to become essential-read with fans who devoured it not only for that information concerning the latest collectible comics, but in addition for the wise-ass fanboy humor that broken its pages."I was a lot of smart-asses," states "Robot Chicken" co-mind author and professional producer Doug Goldstein, who assisted launch Wizard in the bed room of their writer, Gareb Shamus. "Whenever we were built with a toy that looked strange, we'd provide him a strange word balloon saying, 'I like cake!' and merely really getting fun."The humor would be a hit with normally serious youthful comicbook fans, a lot of whom felt these were alone within their deep passion for comics, cartoons and "The Exorcist.""After I was becoming an adult, many of these things were very counterculture," states "Robot Chicken" co-creator Seth Eco-friendly, themself a long term geek. "While Batman was popular, it had been something which either kids used or brainiacs used."Wizard's success result in a spinoff known as ToyFare magazine, that was nominally about collectible toys."What individuals wanted from a toy magazine was large pictures of toys, so all the words that went together with them were pretty irrelevant," states Tom Root, co-mind author and professional producer on "Robot Chicken." That permitted the mag to accept humor to a different level, using its most widely used feature being short comicbook tales told with photos of figures and known as "Twisted ToyFare Theater."Matthew Senreich was editor of ToyFare as he asked for a job interview with Eco-friendly after hearing he was fan. "(My publicist) stated it had been ToyFare," Eco-friendly states, "and that i stated 'I absolutely wish to accomplish that interview! Can One obtain a subscription?'?"The job interview was the beginning of a friendship between Eco-friendly and Senreich that brought to Eco-friendly asking Senreich to assist him create a stop-motion video clip with figures to have an approaching appearance on "Late Evening With Conan O'Brien." Word from the short arrived at The new sony Digital, which commissioned twelve four-minute shorts because of its short-resided Screenblast.com.Barely seen if this first showed online in 2001, the series constituted an airplane pilot which was looked around until Mike Lazzo and Keith Crofford at Adult Go swimming use it the environment at the begining of 2005.An upswing of nerd culture using the dominance of Comic-Disadvantage makes the designers of "Robot Chicken" look prescient. But actually, they remain in mind nerds through and thru.Absolutely nothing demonstrates which more than their collective pride to get the approval of George Lucas to create a trio of "The Exorcist"-focused parodies and screen it for him at Skywalker Ranch."Dealing with watch George Lucas laugh at our special he had let's make while he loved what we should did, which has been the highlight of the experience," states Root. "Which was quite a special moment.""It can make us seem like we planned it, but it is only the items that we love to also it happened being in style throughout time i was creating a celebration from it,Inch states Eco-friendly.'Robot Chicken' 100th EpisodeA beak in to the future Team reps rapid rise of nerd processors Fandom fodder for film-flam Initial production hurdles were absolutely nothing to cluck at Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Total Films Goon Screening Report

[brightcove]1341474661001[/brightcove]Thank you to those of you who came to our exclusive screening of Goon last night!Held at the Charlotte Street Hotel in London, we put on the film for the lucky winners of our competition earlier this week.The lavish location and free-flowing booze certainly proved to be an effective counter to the post-Christmas blues.After our guests had taken their seats in the screening room, Total Film's Jamie Graham introduced the evening's special guest: Goon star Seann William Scott!After an audience Q&A, we grabbed the American Pie actor for a quick chat, and he took part in a Twitter interview with our followers (check out Total Film's Twitter timeline for his answers, or search #goon).The ridiculously likeable star also told us about his favourite new British catchphrase that he's picked up over here ("How's about a little bit of the old 'How's your father?'") and enthused about his return to the American Pie franchise:"I watched [American Reunion] about a month ago and it was awesome... It was wonderful to film it, I had such a great experience but to watch it and see it all come together and everybody be really wonderful in [it], that in itself is the most rewarding."But he was also keen to point out that he has never used one of Steve Stifler's trademark lines to chat up a woman in real-life ("Oh my God, I think I'd probably get f**king punched... Or killed!"And he also shares a similar taste in films to TF: "I just watched Drive, I thought it was really cool. Ryan Gosling's really a great actor and, man, I can't say I could ever do anything like him, but I'd love to play those kind of parts. It was cool, it was stylish, and [Gosling] was great."On his terrible ice-skating skills, he told us: "I practised for about a month before shooting and I sucked all the way through to the end of shooting, and thank God my character was supposed to be bad... As a hockey player I'm awful."So thanks again to all who made it last time, and sorry if you didn't manage to score tickets on this occasion. Goon opens in the UK today.Read Total Film's Goon review.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

RTL exits Greece

Posted: Thu., Jan. 5, 2012, 11:58am PTBy ED MEZA BERLIN Pan-European giant RTL Group announced Thursday that it's exiting Greece, citing the country's ongoing economic woes. RTL is selling its 70% stake in Alpha Media Group, which it bought from Dimitris Contominas in 2008 for 125.7 million ($185 million), back to the Greek entrepreneur. The financial terms of the new deal, subject to approval by the Greek Competition Commission but expected to close in the first quarter of the year, were not disclosed. Contominas presently owns 30% of Alpha, comprising nationwide channel Alpha TV, and will again become sole owner. Alpha's management will remain in place and continue to oversee the channel. RTL, acquired a majority stake in the group in 2008, and repositioned Alpha to a younger audience. Contominas said, "Alpha has significantly improved its market position over the past three years. I regret that RTL Group is leaving the Greek market, especially given the achieved development." RTL CEO Gerhard Zeiler said, "Our local management team, led by CEO Christoph Mainusch, succeeded in increasing the channel's ratings and cutting program costs. We are happy to have found a solution that enables Alpha to continue broadcasting." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Monday, January 2, 2012

Rep (Finally) Confirms Steven Tyler Is Engaged

First Published: January 2, 2012 6:53 PM EST Credit: Getty Images NY, N.Y. -- Caption Steven Tyler and Erin Brady attend the 19th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, on February 27, 2011Steven Tyler is ready to walk this way, again: The 63-year-old singer is engaged. Tylers representative confirmed Monday that the Aerosmith frontman is engaged to Erin Brady. No other details were provided. Tyler has been married and divorced twice. He is one of the judges on the hit Fox TV show American Idol. As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, a jewelry designer previously confirmed to Access that she had designed the engagement ring for the rocker. Loree Rodkin who designed the ring Steven gave to Erin revealed the ring is a 5-carat diamond sparkler, set on a platinum band encrusted with glittering micro pave diamonds. At the time, reps for the rocker would not comment on the rumored engagement. (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press and NBCUniversal. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)