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Daniel Radcliffe walked the black carpet at Alice Tully Hall on Monday November 16th for the New York City premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. The actor had a chance to talk about how he felt working on the film franchise under so many varied directors:

“Yeah, I think it was great to be honest with you, because I remember when Chris told me he was leaving on #2, I was very upset and I thought, “Oh no, that’s a terrible thing.” But actually, it proved the best thing for the series because it opened it up to different creative ideas and different people came on board. I think the fact that Alfonso (Cuaron) came along to the film was not just for him, but really, really smart from our producers, particularly David Heyman, who was very instrumental in that. (Alfonso) had just directed “Y Tu Mama Tambien” and for such a mainstream movie franchise, it gives you a bit of weight with the critics, to have somebody who’s had such an indie (hit) suddenly working on the film. (laughs) So I think that made people see us in a slightly different light, and I think the fact that David Yates got the job on #5 was fantastic because it shows that we’re not afraid of taking risks, because a lot of people saw it as a risk.”

Daniel is getting ready for his Broadway show How to Succeed in Business (Without Really Trying) to open in February 2011.

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Imagine Little Red Riding Hood: a young woman walking through the hushed snowy woods wearing a bright red cape, she hears every sound and imagines the worst; looking over her shoulder terrified by what is out there, following her. A story more for grown-ups than for children, the photo above sets the mood for the new telling of a very old tale.

Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke is taking on the classic Brothers Grimm folktale and giving it a gothic/horror twist with werewolves, demons and Amanda Seyfried as Valerie, the title character, torn between two suitors. Hardwicke gives Seyfried lots of praise:

”I’ve never seen her like this in a role before,” raves director Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight). ”She’s supersexy, wild. And those big eyes of hers are totally out of a fairy tale.”

I love this image – can’t wait for more. I am very excited to see what kind of energy and pulse this cast create: Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Lukas Haas and the almost Edward Cullen: Shiloh Fernandez.

The movie, now titled Red Riding Hood (it was originally The Girl with the Red Riding Hood) is set for March 2011 release.

[image: EW]

Did Disney cancel JONAS LA?

The fate of the show has been in question for a while as the ratings haven’t been what Disney hoped, but it does appear the decision has been made as the producer and director of both the show and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, Paul Hoen announced (then pulled) on his twitter on Sunday morning November 6th.

Did the director jump the gun? Is this info accurate?

What do you say? Is the show something you’ll miss? Or should someone start a “Save JONAS” campaign?

Things have been all quiet on the Taylor Lautner front for a while but that is about to change. The Twilight Saga star is hitting every tabloid with rumors that he is dating his Abduction costar, Lily Collins and now there is a sneak peek at the movie.

First the dating rumors: They originally surfaced back in July as the two were filming together in Pennsylvania. Collins, 21, who is the daughter of Genesis drummer Phil Collins and starred in The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock, was reportedly dating a stuntman and left her then boyfriend after meeting Lautner. Lautner was thought to have ended his romance with on-again off-again girlfriend Sarah Hicks before he began filming and met Collins. Those reports were denied and no sightings of the two together so the story died down. Here we are in November and reports are flying again that the two are indeed, a twosome and that Collins and Lautner have been on the down low for 4 months. If true – well played, young friends!

Abduction - photo and new synopsis: Thanks to Collider.com the brand new image of Tay and Lily with her arms wrapped around him as they huddle in the corner, we have our first view at the John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood) directed spy thriller. The new synopsis of the action film:

What would you do if you found your own picture on a missing persons website?  Teen Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner) finds himself facing this very dilemma. Setting out to uncover his real identity, Nathan quickly learns his parents are far from who they say they are. When the police, government agents and shadowy figures start to pursue him, Nathan’s quest for the truth erupts into a full-blown “Bourne”-like man-on-the-run thriller.

The film still doesn’t have a release date (sometime in 2011) but has an amazing cast: Signourey Weaver, Jason Issacs, Danny Glover and Alfred Molina all costar with the young actors.

Lautner is currently in New Orleans filming the last two installments of the Twilight series: Breaking Dawn but are you ready to see Lautner portray someone other than Jacob Black? Does this initial photo make you want to watch him in Abduction?

Pairing up for the big screen, Emma Roberts and Josh Hutcherson are starring in Aaron and Sarah – a romantic indie comedy directed by Neil Patrick Harris. The movie centers around popular teen Sarah (Roberts) and her BFF (BFF was the original title) a nerdy kinda of guy Aaron (Hutcherson) and how they navigate through four years of high school drama and still remain friends.

This will be the How I Met Your Mother star’s first feature film as director but not the only time he has helmed a production. Harris took the reigns of the Hollywood Bowl production of the musical RENT this summer with Vanessa Hudgens.

AJ Michalka is joining Elle Fanning as part of J.J. Abrams new thriller Super 8. Steven Spielberg will exec produce and Noah Emmerich and Kyle Chandler are already on board. Most of the plot details are being kept under wraps but as you can see from the teaser trailer below, in 1979 something big and nasty escapes from the top secret government location Area 51.

Michalka will be in Disney’s upcoming Secretariat and Fanning’s latest, Somewhere, is due in December.

Logan Lerman gets his wig on in this new production still from the set of The Three Muskateers in Germany. The Percy Jackson actor plays D’Artagan and is costarring with Milla Jovovich and Orlando Bloom in Paul W.S. Anderson’s big screen remake of the tried and true box office staple.

The movie is due in theaters April 15, 2011.

What do you think of the new Logan look?

[image: Logan Lerman network]

Vanessa Hudgens and her Beastly costar Neil Patrick Harris are bringing the amazing musical Rent to the Hollywood Bowl for three nights starting August 6th. Entertainment Weekly posted the rehearsal pic of the duo as they prep for the show next weekend.

The musical is great and I hope Vanessa and Neil do it justice.

Jackson Rathbone hit the MTV Movie Awards red carpet sunday night and a new clip from his other movie The Last Airbender, made it’s debut. The Twilight star, who looked fab in his bright blue jacket, is gearing up to promote to big summer flicks he’s in: Eclipse, which is out June 30th and Airbender which hits theaters on July 2nd. I say – It’s about time we had some more Jackson goodness!

Watch the 2010 MTV Movie Awards at MTV.com!

[image: Adriana Barraza/WENN.com]

A new generation of Scream movies are ready to be made and Emma Roberts and Hayden Panettiere are hopping on board for the mayhem.

Scream 4 which will be written by Kevin Williamson (writer for the original Scream movies and TV’s The Vampire Diaries) is back along with director Wes Craven. Courtney Cox, David Arquette and Neve Campbell will all return to give continuity to the series and “pass the baton” to the young actors.

Roberts character will be Jill, who is related to Campbell’s Sidney Prescott. The plot is super secret, hush hush right now and is slated to begin filming in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the end of June.

Ashley Greene was rumored to be up for the role of Jill but now it seems, she will not be involved in the movie at all.

See more pics of Emma from the Sex and The City 2 movie premiere that was held in London.

[images: Lia Tobey/WENN.com]

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