The casting news in the past few months for Burt Wonderstone has been excellent. The film will see the return of Steve Carell and Jim Carrey after the great Bruce Almighty in 2003 and Horton Hears A Who! In 2008.

Alongside them, we can look forward to seeing Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi, James Gandolfini, Brad Garrett, Alan Arkin, and Jay Mohr. ComingSoon.net have got the first pictures from the set, which was filming out in Las Vegas this week, giving us a great first look at Carell, Wilde, and Buscemi.

Carell stars as the eponymous Burt Wonderstone, part of a two-man magician act in Vegas. After his partner (Buscemi) leaves him, he finds himself having to compete with a hot new act (Carrey) and has to convince his partner to come back to the stage.

30 Rock​’s Don Scardino is going to be directing, with the original spec script coming from Chad Kultgen, and re-writes being done first by Horrible Bosses scribes John Francis Daley​ and Jonathan Goldstein, and most recently by Oscar-nominated Jason Reitman​ (Up in the Air). The writing on Horrible Bosses was so good, and Reitman’s work is of course impeccable, so there’s every reason to expect this to be brilliant.

Filming is (obviously) already underway, and hopefully we won’t have too long to wait before it hits the big screen. Casting news towards the end of the year revealed a few actresses being considered for the female lead, and I’m really glad that Wilde was picked, because she’s so good, and is looking brilliant as the magicians’ assistant in these photos. As usual, click to enlarge.

This is a film I’m really, really looking forward to. Last year, we got to see Bradley Cooper take a very impressive turn leading what became a stellar box office success in Limitless, and this year should be another great one for the rising star.

He’ll be starring opposite Ryan Gosling in Derek Cianfrance’s generational crime drama The Place Beyond The Pines (you just know that’s going to be immense), David O. Russell’s The Silver Linings Playbook along with his Limitless star Robert De Niro, and before all that, his latest film The Words will be going to Sundance Film Festival later this month.

EW have just got the first poster for the film, and Collider have a nice new set of images, and they’re all looking excellent. The film has a fantastic cast starring alongside Cooper, including Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Ben Barnes, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, and J.K. Simmons. It’s been co-written and -directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, writers on TRON: Legacy (which of course also starred Olivia Wilde), who wrote the script more than a decade ago. It’s been a long time coming for the pair, and it’s great to see that they’ve lined up such a fantastic cast for what should be a brilliant film. Here’s what the official synopsis looks like:

Rory Jansen, a struggling writer, aspires to be the next great literary voice. When he discovers a lost manuscript in a weathered attaché case, he realizes he possesses something extraordinary that he desperately wishes he had created. Rory decides to pass the work off as his own and finally receives the recognition he desperately craves. However, he soon learns that living with his choice will not be as easy as he thought as he faces a moral dilemma that will make him take a hard look at the man he has become.

In their directorial debut, Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal have crafted a subtle tale that examines how overwhelming desire can lead to unforeseen and unwanted consequences. Bolstered by a strong cast, led by Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Irons, The Words adeptly assembles multiple narratives that reveal how one man’s lost legacy holds the life of another man captive.

Speaking to EW, Sternthal and Klugman said,

“We started by talking about writers and their lost work. What if you lost all your work? How long would it take you to move on?” says Sternthal.

“That led us to a question, what if you found the work?” Klugman adds.

Olivia Wilde co-stars as “someone who wants to be a great writer, and also wants to know the truth about what happened with this book,” Sternthal says.

The Words will be going to Sundance out in the States for its premiere, playing at four screenings between 27th and 29th January, including the closing day of the festival. With a bit of luck, it will be received with rapturous applause, and get picked up for distribution both across the Atlantic and here at home. And with a bit more luck, it’ll be one of the films selected for our own Sundance festival, coming to London in April for the first time. More news as we get it. For now, the first poster and the new images to enjoy. As usual, click to enlarge.

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The Change-Up is released in the UK 23rd January on Blu-ray and DVD and to mark the occasion, we’ve been given three copies of the movie to give away on Blu-ray. The Change-Up stars Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde and is directed by David Dobkin.

Growing up together, Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Jason Bateman) were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they’ve slowly drifted apart. While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-child who has never met a responsibility he liked. To Mitch, Dave has it all: beautiful wife Jamie (Leslie Mann), kids who adore him and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. To Dave, living Mitch’s stress-free life without obligation or consequence is a world away from his sensible, settled lifestyle. Following a drunken night out together, Mitch and Dave’s worlds are turned upside down when they wake up in each other’s bodies and proceed to freak out. Despite the freedom from their normal routines and habits, the guys soon discover that each other’s lives are nowhere near as rosy as they once seemed. Further complicating matters are Dave’s sexy legal associate, Sabrina (Olivia Wilde) and Mitch’s estranged father (Alan Arkin). With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.

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This summer’s movie event becomes the Christmas holidays must-own Blu-ray^™ and DVD as a lone gunslinger leads an uprising against an alien threat in the explosive, stunningly-imagined film, Cowboys & Aliens.  To celebrate, we’ve teamed up with Paramount Home Entertainment to giveaway a copy of the movie on DVD to three lucky winners!

A blazingly original, cross-genre adventure from acclaimed director Jon Favreau, Cowboys & Aliens features heart-pumping action, spectacular visuals and a first-rate cast. Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford headline as adversaries obliged to join forces against a terrifying enemy, with a supporting cast that includes Olivia Wilde and Sam Rockwell.

Arriving in stores on 26 December from Paramount Home Entertainment, the Blu-ray^™ Triple Play and DVD editions of Cowboys & Aliens bring all of the thrills and fun home. Available to pre-order now here.

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The casting for Burt Wonderstone really does seem to be coming in quickly now. Just a few days ago, we got the fantastic news that James Gandolfini is in talks to join the film, led by Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. And only a few days before that, we heard that the short list for the female lead included Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Judy Greer, Jessica Biel, and Sarah Silverman, which has since been cut down to focus just on Wilde and Silverman (my vote is personally with Wilde).

Variety are now reporting that Steve Buscemi is in talks to join the project too, and would play Carell’s old magician partner who decides to give up their longstanding partnership in Vegas:

“Buscemi has been offered the role of Anton, a Las Vegas magician who’s the longtime friend and partner of the title character, played by Carell. After being injured by Burt during their “Hotbox” trick, he decides to quit the act and teach magic in the Far East. When a hot-shot street magician (Carrey) starts coming on strong, Burt must convince Anton to return to the stage. Gandolfini co-stars as a billionaire who owns the casino where Burt and Anton perform their show, while Olivia Wilde and Sarah Silverman are being eyed for the female lead as the duo’s magic assistant.”

Buscemi has of course already worked alongside Gandolfini on The Sopranos, and has been making an even bigger name for himself in the leading role of Nucky Thompson on Boardwalk Empire, which won him a Golden Globe this year.

30 Rock’s Don Scardino is going to be directing, with the original spec script coming from Chad Kultgen, and re-writes being done first by Horrible Bosses scribes John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, and most recently by Oscar-nominated Jason Reitman (Up in the Air).

This certainly sounds like something we should be looking forward to, and with production scheduled to begin in January, during Buscemi’s Boardwalk Empire hiatus, it hopefully won’t be too far into 2013 when Burt Wonderstone will be getting its release. More news as we get it.

Burt Wonderstone is really starting to shape up with its cast recently, with Jim Carrey and Steve Carell confirmed for the leading male roles.

Just a few days ago, Michelle Monaghan, Olivia Wilde, Judy Greer, Jessica Biel, and Sarah Silverman were reported to be on the short list for the female lead, and now word comes from Variety that James Gandolfini, of course well known for his unbeatable performance as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos, is in talks to join the film too.

“Carell stars as half of a once-successful Las Vegas magic duo that must reunite to square off against a hot-shot street magician (Carrey) whose tricks are often dangerous.

Gandolfini is in talks to play Doug Munny, a classy billionaire who owns the Aztec Casino, where the title character and his partner perform their show.”

The role sounds pretty perfect for Gandolfini, who was immense as the head of the Soprano family, and you can already easily picture him as the owner of a casino, with a drink in one hand, a cigar in the other, and a big grin on his face.

Variety also report that the short list for the female lead is getting shorter, with New Line focusing on just Olivia Wilde and Sarah Silverman. Though Silverman may have more experience in comedy, she doesn’t really do it for me with her kind of comedy, so my vote definitely falls behind Wilde, but time will tell.

30 Rock’s Don Scardino will be taking the helm, with the original spec script coming from Chad Kultgen, and re-writes coming first from Horrible Bosses scribes John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, and most recently from Oscar-nominated Jason Reitman (Up in the Air).

Production is scheduled to start in January, and hopefully we’ll be seeing it on the big screen sometime in the following year. Since The Sopranos finished back in 2007, Gandolfini’s been taking fairly low-key roles, but he’ll soon be seen alongside Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock in Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close, and opposite Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, and Ray Liotta in Cogan’s Trade, so hopefully if he signs on for Burt Wonderstone, this could be the start of a return to a bigger presence for the actor, which would be a truly welcome one. He’s pretty damn awesome.

Just a couple of weeks ago, we got the brilliant news that Jim Carrey and Steve Carell would be working together again, co-leading the magician comedy, Burt Wonderstone.

The two both starred in Bruce Almighty (I can’t believe that came out eight years ago!), albeit with Carell in a smaller role, and then teamed up to lend their voices for Horton Hears A Who! back in 2008.

The short list for the female lead to star alongside Carrey and Carell in Burt Wonderstone has now arisen, Collider report, and it’s got some pretty fantastic names on it. Michelle Monaghan (Source Code, Machine Gun Preacher), Olivia Wilde (TRON: Legacy, Cowboys & Aliens), Judy Greer (TV’s Arrested Development and Archer), Sarah Silverman (School of Rock), and Jessica Biel (The Illusionist, The A-Team) are all on the list, which is excellent news.

Clearly, sights are being set pretty high for this film, which will focus on the story of a Las Vegas magician (Carell) who strives to remain relevant when a new, ‘hip’ magician (Carrey) arrives on the scene. Don Scardino, whose credits include the brilliant comedies 30 Rock and Ed, will be directing from a script by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, who co-wrote the hilarious Horrible Bosses, with Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) currently doing a re-write.

As for who would be best for the female role, I’m inclined to agree with Collider, and think that Judy Greer is arguably the best on the list. If it were a drama, either Monaghan or Wilde would win hands-down for me, but given its comedic nature, and the fact that Carell and Carrey are already attached, I think Greer would probably work best in the female lead – details of which are not yet known.

She was excellent in Arrested Development, and is brilliant in Archer, bringing both a bit of comedy and crazy to the roles in each, and getting to see her star in what will no doubt be a pretty big comedy when it comes out would be great. She’ll next be seen alongside George Clooney in The Descendants in January, and then alongside Jason Segel in Jeff Who Lives At Home next April, both of which should be fantastic. So personally, my vote lies with her. All of the names (though I’m not particularly keen on Silverman, myself) on the list are excellent though, and they would certainly all do a great job in whatever the role calls for. Whoever the part does finally go to, this is definitely a project that’s shaping up nicely so far.

To mark the release of the brand new movie IN TIME starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried on 1st November, we’ve been given this great set of merchandise to give away to five lucky HeyUGuys readers. Four readers will win a goodie bag containing an IN TIME playing cards an iPhone 4 case and a large IN TIME t-shirt and one lucky winner will receive all of the merch mentioned as well as a laptop bag. If you’ve missed our coverage of IN TIME, you can get right up to speed here including all the trailers.

IN TIME also stars Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer and is directed by Andrew Niccol.

Welcome to a world where time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there’s a catch:  you’re genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. The rich “earn” decades at a time (remaining at age 25), becoming essentially immortal, while the rest beg, borrow or steal enough hours to make it through the day.  When a man from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage.  Living minute to minute, the duo’s love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system.

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When you have two-time Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) behind the camera, and twice-nominated writer Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon) penning the script, you know that the project they’re working on together, Rush, is going to be brilliant.

The film will follow the real-life rivalry that existed between F1 drivers James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) in the 1970s.

News came back in August that Alexandra Maria Lara (Control) had taken the role of the female lead, presumably playing the love interest of Lauda. Word now comes via Deadline that Olivia Wilde (TRON: Legacy) will be taking the other female lead, playing the role of supermodel Suzy Miller.

“Miller fell in love with and married Hunt, a handsome, womanizing driver, but the most interesting part of their relationship is how Miller soon fell in love with Hunt’s actor pal, Richard Burton. Hunt and Burton famously negotiated a “transfer” of assets, with Burton paying the $1 million divorce settlement that Hunt owed Miller. Burton and Miller were married shortly after.”

And not only is the already excellent cast becoming even better with the addition of Wilde, but there is talk that Howard wants none other than the awesome Russell Crowe, with whom Howard has worked with already on A Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Man, to take the role of Richard Burton.

I’m a big fan of Howard’s, and anything he’s directed is going to be something worth watching in my books. Principal photography is set to begin soon after Hemsworth has finished up filming the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman with a release expected sometime in 2013, so we’re still a while away from seeing the finished product, but there is every reason to believe that it’s going to be great. Everyone keep your fingers crossed for Crowe returning to work with Howard on this, because that would be so awesome.

Jennifer Garner’s latest feature film, Butter, might have some people a little bemused and confused by having at its central premise the sculpting of butter – I’d never heard of it before, myself – but it sounds like it does in fact have some potential, and the first clip from the film has been released, courtesy of The Playlist.

In the past few years, Garner’s been tending to stick to fairly light-hearted films, and if you’ve enjoyed her work in films like Arthur, The Invention of Lying, and Juno, then there’s a good chance that you’ll like her in Butter too.

The film has been scripted by newcomer Jason A. Micallef, and directed by Jim Field Smith (She’s Out Of My League), and has a terrific cast that includes Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Ty Burrell (TV’s Modern Family), Olivia Wilde (Cowboys & Aliens), Ashley Greene (Twilight), Alicia Silverstone (Clueless), and the young Yara Shahidi (the upcoming I, Alex Cross).

“The story follows Laura (Jennifer Garner), the wife of former butter sculpting champion Bob (Ty Burrell), who tries to take the mantle from her husband only to be thwarted by a young adopted African American girl (Yara Shahidi), who has discovered that she has a natural talent for making art out of butter.”

Whilst I do know a little about American politics, I readily admit that I don’t know enough to fully understand all of the references that Butter will allude to, so I’m embedding a little cheat-sheet from The Playlist about the film:

“[T]he premise serves as an analogy for the 2008 Democratic primaries. In this political allegory, Laura and Bob are obviously Hillary and Bill Clinton, with the the young African girl playing the Barack Obama figure in the story. And in this clip, in which Laura pleads her case to the jury of the butter sculpting competition, the satire is more than apparent. However, Garner’s character also gives a pretty fierce nod to Sarah Palin, and is described on the site as: Wife first, Christian second, American always and Stepmother third.”

The site that the description mentions in the final sentence is the film’s recently launched website, which is thought to be the start of what could well be an Oscar push by The Weinstein Company for Butter, ahead of the awards season early next year. A Twitter account has also been set up under Laura’s name, with some great words of wisdom, like,

“Tip: being thin and pretty is an easy way to quickly and concisely show others that you’re better than them.”

I was a little sceptical of a film about butter at first, but I’m definitely quickly warming to the project now, and this first clip from the film is a great look at what we can expect from it. There’s no word on a release date yet, but if The Weinstein Company do want it to be eligible for the Oscars next year, they’ve at least got to give it a week-long run in Los Angeles, and they’ll either decide to put it on wide release sometime next year, or if we’re lucky, we might see this before this year is out. Without further ado, here’s the great first clip showing Jennifer Garner giving a campaign speech for her butter sculpting. Enjoy.

Tom Cruise is a man who often has more than one project in the works at any one time, and along with having Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Rock of Ages both in the can, we’ve been hearing all about the recent casting for who will join Cruise on the upcoming adaptation of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novel, One Shot.

We’ve now got the news courtesy of Variety via Collider that (soon-to-be Academy Award-nominee) Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life) is set to be joining Cruise as one of the two female leads for Horizons, one of which is Cruise’s wife and the other a mysterious traveller.

It’s not yet known which of the two leads Chastain will be taking, but after seeing her performance in Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life this summer – which I sincerely believe she’ll be getting an Oscar nomination for early next year – I’m already looking forward to seeing her in this. Horizons, previously titled Oblivion, will see Cruise playing,

“a soldier stationed on a future Earth, the surface of which was destroyed by aliens. When he discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off a chain of events that cause him to question everything he knows.”

It’s not that often we get to see Cruise in a sci-fi film, with the last two being 2005’s War of the Worlds and 2002’s Minority Report, so having him lining up to take on another big-budget film like this definitely has me interested. And adding the likes of Chastain to star opposite him only furthers that interest.

The film is to be directed by Joseph Kosinski, who already some experience under his belt directing big-budget sci-fi films, despite having only one feature film to his name, having helmed last year’s Disney success, Tron: Legacy. Disney had originally picked up Horizons after the success of Tron: Legacy, but having since dropped it, it looks like Universal are now behind the film in their place, with an anticipated release date of 19th July, 2013 to look forward to, and production set to begin this winter.

The second female lead is yet to be cast, but it’s thought that one amongst the rest of the talented group of young female actresses who have tested with Cruise so far for the role has been chosen for the part, a group that includes the likes of Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy), Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Brit Marling (the upcoming Another Earth), and Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace).

Of these, Wilde is perhaps the one who has been gaining the most stock in the past year or so, starring in a slew of films like Tron: Legacy, The Next Three Days, Cowboys & Aliens, The Change-Up, and the upcoming In Time, and having already worked with Kosinski on Tron: Legacy, I’d love to see the pair working together again on this. With Chastain now entering talks, hopefully it won’t be long before we hear who has the other female lead, and which roles they’ll both be taking. More on this as we get it.

Twentieth Century Fox have given us these brand new images of Writer / Director Andrew Niccol on the set of his new movie, In Time which sees Justin Timberlake fighting to stay alive by gaining extra time. I love these new images as they really show you what being on the set was like. What I don’t like seeing so much is the smashed up E-Type Jaguar in the background of one of the images!

In Time also stars Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer and will be with us 1st November. You can see the rest of our coverage here or scroll down to see the images which you can click to enlarge.

Welcome to a world where time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there’s a catch:  you’re genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. The rich “earn” decades at a time (remaining at age 25), becoming essentially immortal, while the rest beg, borrow or steal enough hours to make it through the day.  When a man from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage.  Living minute to minute, the duo’s love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system.

House M.D. is the multi-award winning US TV series starring English actor Hugh Laurie alongside a host of other stars including Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson and Olivia Wilde. The show has received four Emmys from twenty-three nominations, two Golden Globes and two Screen Actors Guild awards and has gone from being a speculative entry into the already crowded market of TV medical dramas to being an outstanding show.

Hugh Laurie plays grumpy and sarcastic Doctor Gregory House whose bedside manner is entirely absent and whose constant companion is his walking stick as he struggles to manage his constant physical pain while running the diagnostic unit of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Historically the standard fare of medical dramas has been to have a mix of the medical and the personal but House has raised the bar on this with outstandingly complex relationships partnering almost unbelievably mystifying medical cases requiring detective skills reminiscent of the likes of Sherlock Holmes.
What took the programme to a new level was that the while House is generally recognised as being a brilliant doctor his natural inclination maintain a solitary existence has had to be balanced with the understanding that he needs the context of a creative team to be able to unleash his diagnostic talents.

One of the most complex relationships from the first six series was that between House and hospital boss, Lisa Cuddy, and the “will they, won’t they” tension of the earlier series was an ever-present factor but series seven is the one in which they explore their relationship, having finally got it together, although as with all things to do with House nothing is ever as easy as it seems.

I have to confess that after five series of House my love for it began to waver during series six as my fear that the developing relationship between House and Cuddy would see the series slide into the realms of the formulaic so when series seven came around I found myself giving excuses for not watching it. As a result I’m somewhat surprised to report that seeing series seven has rekindled the embers of that fading fire and that my particular highlight of the series being the surreal and masterfully bonkers episode “Bombshells”.

The DVD set includes all twenty-three episodes as you would expect and while it’s not packed with special features it does have a couple of episode commentaries plus some peeks behind the scenes and again I’d have to recommend the one where they look at the “Bombshells” episode as being a great example of what makes this series such an outstanding one.

Series 7 of House M.D. is available from 26th September.
CONTENTS

Disc 1

1. Now What?
2. Selfish
3. Unwritten
4. Massage Therapy

Disc 2

1. Unplanned Parenthood
2. Office Politics
3. A Pox on our House
4. Small Sacrifices

Special Features:

1. Meet Martha Masters
2. Huddy Dissected

Disc 3

1. Larger Than Life
2. Carrot or Stick
3. Family Practice
4. You Must Remember This

Disc 4

1. Two Stories
2. Recession Proof
3. Bombshells

Special Features:

1. Anatomy of an Episode: Bombshells
2. Bombshells commentary with director Greg Yaitanes and series star Lisa Edelstein

Disc 5

1. Out Of The Chute
2. Fall From Grace
3. The Dig
4. Last Temptation

Disc 6

1. Changes
2. The Fix
3. After Hours
4. Moving On

Special Features:

1. Moving On commentary with creator/executive producer David Shore and director/executive producer Greg Yaitanes

We got our first official look at Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried in Andrew Niccol’s latest film, In Time, back in July, and it was absolutely fantastic.

A number of trailers and brilliant posters have since been released (if you’ve missed them, you can catch up on everything we’ve seen so far here), but since I’m planning on going into this film fairly blind, I’m staying trailer-free until its release date.

Deadline are now reporting, however, that that release date may now have to be delayed, because author and screenwriter Harlan Ellison has filed a lawsuit (and you can read the filed suit here) against New Regency and writer-director Andrew Niccol.

Niccol is a fantastic writer and director whose brilliance gained much attention back in 1999 when he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for The Truman Show. He’d previously made his debut with the awesome Gattaca (if you haven’t seen it, I cannot recommend it enough), and has since added to his credits S1m0ne, Lord of War, and The Terminal. His latest film, In Time, is one of the films I’ve most been looking forward to this year, and I really hate the possibility that its release might have to be pushed back.

The short story Ellison claims has been copied is titled, “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman, and having not read any of Ellison’s work, I personally can’t say either way how much of a leg he has to stand on with his suit. This isn’t the first time that Ellison has sued a film for copying his work, receiving an acknowledgement credit on The Terminator after taking legal action against James Cameron and co. by claiming they had copied two episodes of The Outer Limits.

I am of course no lawyer, but having a brief read of the suit he’s filed, Ellison is trying to block the release of the film altogether, wanting Niccol and New Regency to be,

“ordered to impound and dispose of all infringing materials.”

I sincerely hope that that doesn’t happen. Because, no offence intended to Ellison, but I want to see this film so much regardless of who wrote it and whether or not it was based on an as-yet-uncredited short story. It’s not often we get to see new films from Niccol, and this is set to be brilliant, with a fantastic cast that includes Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Cillian Murphy, and Alex Pettyfer.

The suit states that in or around November 2010 – after In Time, previously titled Now and I’m Mortal, had begun filming – Ellison and an unnamed third party agreed to work on a screenplay that adapts his short story into a feature length film. As such, I imagine, he wants the film blocked completely because he wants to make his own film instead.

Even if he were to make an adaptation of his short story, I’d still much, much rather see Andrew Niccol’s In Time, because you just know how ridiculously awesome it’s going to be – and it’s ready for viewing right now! I really do hope that nothing will come of the lawsuit, because the scheduled 1st November release date is fast approaching, and I want the film to meet that date. I can’t wait to see it, and am hoping pretty damn hard that nothing will stop that from happening. More news on this as we get it.

To celebrate the release of House Season 7 on DVD and Blu-ray 26th September, Universal Playback have given us three copies to give away on DVD. You can also pre-order your copy here or scroll down to enter our competition.

Brilliant, cantankerous and witty in equal measure – join Dr Gregory House and the staff at Princeton Plainsboro Hospital for more baffling medical mysteries and emotional traumas in House Season 7 released on Blu-ray & DVD from 26 September 2011.

Starring two-time Golden Globe^® winner Hugh Laurie in the title role, Season 7 sees Dr House and Dr Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) finally confront their feelings for each other and try to make a relationship work.

Meanwhile ‘Thirteen’ is unusually absent, Taub’s marriage is under threat and Chase is experiencing personal problems of his own. As always, they all have to put these issues aside and help House save the lives of his patients.

The release also contains hours of amazing bonus material, from behind-the-scenes interviews and featurettes to exclusive cast commentary and much more.

With cast regulars Jesse Spencer, Olivia Wilde and Omar Epps and guest stars including Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey and Oscar^® nominee Candice Bergen, House Season 7 has all the symptoms to become the best yet. Make sure you catch it on Blu-ray and DVD from 26 September 2011.

Bonus featurettes

• Meet Martha Masters
• Huddy Dissected
• Anatomy of an Episode: Bombshells
• Thirteen Returns

Bonus commentary

• Bombshells Commentary
• The Dig Commentary
• Moving On Commentary

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Who plays the character Dr. Gregory House in the TV series, House?

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• Only one entry per household will be counted
• The competition will close 26th September at 23.59 GMT
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• No cash alternative is available

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Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes) is in talks to play the female lead in Flight.

Reilly, who beat out Olivia Wilde (The Next Three Days) and Dominique McElligott (The Guard) for the role, will star opposite Denzel Washington (Training Day, Unstoppable) in the Robert Zemeckis-directed thriller.

An airline pilot (Washington) saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling.

Flight is being sold to distributors at the currently underway 36th Toronto Film Festival, and will shoot at the end of the year.

Reilly will next be seen opposite Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, due for release in the U.K. on December 16.

Source: Deadline

To celebrate the release of The Change-Up, Hey U Guys and Universal Pictures UK are giving one lucky reader the chance to win a signed poster and a goody bag, with 4 runners up receiving a goody bag each.

Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman star in The Change-Up, from director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers), writers Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (The Hangover) and producer Neal Moritz (Fast & Furious, Click).  The R-rated comedy takes the traditional body-switching movie, ties it up tightly and throws it off a cliff.

Growing up together, Mitch (Reynolds) and Dave (Bateman) were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they’ve slowly drifted apart.  While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-child who has never met a responsibility he liked.  To Mitch, Dave has it all: beautiful wife Jamie (Leslie Mann), kids who adore him and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm.  To Dave, living Mitch’s stress free life without obligation or consequence would be a dream come true.

Following a drunken night out together, Mitch and Dave’s worlds are turned upside down when they wake up in each other’s bodies and proceed to freak the &*#@ out.

Despite the freedom from their normal routines and habits, the guys soon discover that each other’s lives are nowhere near as rosy as they once seemed.  Further complicating matters are Dave’s sexy legal associate, Sabrina (Olivia Wilde), and Mitch’s estranged father (Alan Arkin).  With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.

The Change-Up is out Friday September 16th and stars Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde and Leslie Mann.

To be in with a chance of winning this awesome prize, simply answer this question using the form below,

What’s the name of Ryan Reynolds’ character?
•    Dave
•    Mitch
•    Michael

(You could also win a VIP screening for you and your friends on the film’s Facebook Page right here!)

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Break out the neon gaffer tape and fire up the light cycle, User – it looks like we’re heading back to the Grid.

After the box office success of 2010’s Tron Legacy (despite a lukewarm critical reception it went on to make $400 million worldwide) and an animated series entitled Tron Uprising on the horizon the idea of another movie in the franchise was always a distinct possibility, and now it seems as if we’ve got some confirmation on that front – and from Tron himself, no less.

Bruce Boxleitner, who played Encom employee Alan Bradley and the title character in both the 1982 original and its sequel, was asked at a signing at the recent D23 Expo if he’d be willing to reprise his roles if a third movie were to be produced. His answer?

“It’s already a done deal … it’s already in the works. 2013, I think.”

This isn’t the first time that we’ve heard about a possible third Tron movie. It was reported back in June that David DiGilio had been hired as a scriptwriter, while previous rumours – and even extras on the Tron Legacy Blu-ray – had already suggested that the character of Edward Dillinger II (played by an uncredited Cillian Murphy in a scene at the beginning of Legacy) would become the primary villain should Disney move forward with another sequel.

No CLU yet what the film will be called, though.

(source: Ain’t It Cool)

Twentieth Century Fox have sent over the new UK trailer for their new movie, In Time starring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Olivia Wilde and Alex Pettyfer. It’s out in the UK November 1st and I’m personally very much looking forward to it!

Welcome to a world where time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there’s a catch:  you’re genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. The rich “earn” decades at a time (remaining at age 25), becoming essentially immortal, while the rest beg, borrow or steal enough hours to make it through the day.  When a man from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage.  Living minute to minute, the duo’s love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system.

In Time is written and directed by Andrew Niccol . Check out the new trailer below or click here to view the rest of our coverage.