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OMG It's tehLogans!
The Veronica Mars cast was at the launch of the CW network (a merger of the WB and UPN): Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Ryan Hansen, Michael Muhney, Chris Lowell, and Matt Czuchry (who's guest starring as Logan's half-brother, Charlie). Photos and minor s3 spoilers at Just Jared.
Diamond monopoly De Beers has begun an £8m campaign to counter the predicted negative publicity resulting from the upcoming film, Blood Diamond, about the trade in illicit African "conflict diamonds". The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou, and is directed by Edward Zwick. You can judge DiCaprio's South African accent and watch the trailer in flash format here. (Guardian) [imdb]
English actor John Hurt has signed on as the lead in The Oxford Murders, an adaptation of an award winning novel by Argentinean writer Guillermo Martinez about mathematics and a murder mystery (reviewed here at the Guardian). "Hurt will play an Oxford University professor & logician embroiled in the investigation of a series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols. The first victim being an elderly woman who helped crack the Enigma Code during World War II, and as further bodies pile up more symbols are revealed. The logician teams up with a young Argentine graduate to solve the riddle." More The Name of the Rose than The Da Vinci Code, one suspects (and hopes). (Dark Horizons)
Poster for Steven Soderbergh's The Good German. Very Bogie and Bacall. [imdb]
Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) is in talks for the role of Leon Kennedy in the third Resident Evil sequel, currently called Resident Evil: Afterlife, which will probably begin filming next year. The third film, Extinction, in which Milla Jovovich will reprise her role of Alice, is now in production. (MoviesOnline) [imdb]
High-res stills from The Prestige and World Trade Center at OutNow.
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Clips and trailers:
Clips from Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men. [imdb]
Also, 12 clips from The Departed, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon, at IESB. [imdb]
Various clips and character spots from A Guide to Recognising Your Saints at MovieBox. A family drama starring Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Chazz Palminteri, Diane West and Rosario Dawson, it won several prizes at Sundance 2006. [imdb]