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James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn will star in Robert Redford's historical drama, The Conspirator, which is based on true events that occured following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Wright Penn will play Mary Surratt, the only woman among a group charged with conspiring to kill the president. McAvoy will play her laywer, Frederick Aiken, an idealistic young war hero who reluctantly defends Surratt and in the process comes to believe she is innocent. [imdb]
Trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Dawn. Bella/Edward = blegh. Dakota Fanning and Michael Sheen = EEeee! [imdb]
Christopher Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) replaced Nicolas Cage as the villain in Michel Gondry's The Green Hornet. Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz and Jay Chou also star. (Deadline Hollywood) [imdb]
Monika Bartyzel at Cinematical reviews Alejandro Amenabar's historical drama, Agora, starring Rachel Weisz as the Greek mathematician-philosophy Hypatia of Alexandria:
'There is no film that has hit me to the core like Agora has, even well after the dimmed lights shone again. If you see this movie with your heart, exploring the dangers of zealotry and fear, and the ridiculousness of female intellectualism being a danger, you can't help but be changed and inspired.'
Russell Edgington, a crucial player in season three of True Blood, has been cast. Denis O'Hare (Milk, Duplicity) will join the regular cast next season as Edgington, the Vampire King of Mississippi. (EW)
Michael Ausiello interviews True Blood creator Alan Ball (contains spoilers for next season):
Why wasn’t there more Eric in the finale?
BALL: There is a reason for not seeing Eric in the last part of the episode, but if I explain it, I’ll be [giving away] too much.
Jace at Televisionary also talks with Ball .
Ball: I can tell you that we will meet the Vampire King of Mississippi [Denis O'Hare] and he will have an agenda with the Vampire Queen of Louisiana [Evan Rachel Wood].
Now this is interesting. Could this "agenda" have anything to do with the V-dealing that Sophie-Anne has been doing (through Lafayette and Eric) in her own state? Or *gasp* are we going to have a vampire wedding sooner than we thought?