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Aug 11th 2012, 04:45

"Is this what happens at the UN every Friday night?" asked Anderson Cooper as he took the stage inside the United Nations General Assembly. For the first time ever, the space usually filled with international diplomats was turned into something not that: a music video set -- for Beyoncé's "I Was Here" clip to serve as the UN's anthem for World Humanitarian Day.

Established in 2008, World Humanitarian Day aims to put the spotlight on humanitarian efforts worldwide and acknowledge those who risk their lives for the betterment of others. Held annually on August 19, the day marks the anniversary of the 2003 bombing at the UN HQ in Baghdad, Iraq, that killed 22. This August 19, the UN and global humanitarian orgs are hoping to activate one billion people worldwide -- with the help of Queen Bey.

We were at the United Nations headquarters in New York City to watch the Queen B film the video, set to hit MTV.com and air on MTV on August 19. From more of Anderson's silly antics to what the video set looked like to what happened backstage before doors even opened, here's what went down behind-the-scenes:

+ Beyoncé surprises the Do Something Award finalists before the event.

When Queen B heard about all the great things the 2012 Do Something Award finalists were up to, she thought the WHD festivities would be the perfect place to celebrate them. All five nominees got invites to the event, and during a tour of UN HQ, they were shocked to find Beyoncé in the last room they were visiting (it was planned, much to their surprise)!

Pictured above is 22-year-old Seth Maxwell, CEO and Founder of The Thirst Project. Since it's launch 4 years ago, he has already provided clean water to over 100,000 people in 11 countries! (Even the cast of "Teen Wolf" has pitched in and funded a water well through Seth's initative.)

+ Theophilus London, Julia Stiles and The-Dream among stars in attendance.

Before the event, MTV Act and MTV Voices got the chance to chat with friends of the UN (but mostly friends of Beyoncé) in attendance. A few other outlets joined in but were like, "Dream...who?" And we were like, "....Oh. Just Grammy Award-winning producer and 'Single Ladies' songwriter THE Dream. No big deal." *flips hair* Anyway. Photos below!

Julia Stiles here to support! Says she's a big Beyoncé fan. OMG, us toooo! #WHD2012 twitter.com/MTVact/status/…

— MTV Act (@MTVact) August 10, 2012

.@theophilusl on Beyoncé: pop. icon. #WHD2012 twitter.com/MTVact/status/…

— MTV Act (@MTVact) August 10, 2012

.@mrteriusnash in fresh kicks: "I'm here to provide a cool factor to making a difference." #WHD2012 twitter.com/MTVact/status/…

— MTV Act (@MTVact) August 10, 2012

+ Before the big performance: Anderson Cooper makes us giggle, while a former child soldier and "One Sandwich As A Time" founder both leave us inspired.

Whoda thunk Anderson Cooper would cause so many giggle-fits in the audience? He was actually quite funny throughout the night. I was so busy giggling that I didn't write down ONE joke verbatim, but at one point he joked with one of the humanitarians on stage and kiddingly told her she smelled... Oh Andy.

But it wasn't all laughs. Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier from Sierra Leone and founder of the Ishmael Beah Foundation, and Erin Dinan, founder of One Sandwich At A Time, were among the humanitarians Anderson brought on stage to share their stories.

At age 12, violence and bloodshed in Sierra Leone separated Ishmael from the rest of his family. He never saw them again -- his parents and two siblings were killed -- so he escaped to a military base hoping to get help. Instead, he was forced to fight and become a child soldier for three years. He was able to flee to NYC by age 18, finished high school through the UN, and later graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio!

Erin was equally inspiring. A struggling (and hungry) artist in NYC, Erin was tired of walking the streets and walking past homeless individuals -- sometimes five or ten on a given night. She wanted them to get attention, so she picked up her camera and snapped photos. She began taking a sandwich or two with her every day to hand out; just two days ago during her latest outing, she and volunteers were able to make enough sandwiches to feed over 600 people! "I'm no different than anyone on the street," she told the audience, "We've just had different trials and tribulations."

+ The moment everyone was waiting for... Beyoncé stuns!

Phenomenal, flawless, goosebump-inducing, inspiring -- it straight up gave me lifeeee. And I'm not surprised. Beyoncé's "I Was Here" couldn't have been a better fit for the campaign. As soon as they started to introduce Bey, the crowd went wild. And when they finally said her name and she appeared in a long, white, sleeved gown full of 500-karat diamonds (probably, but probably not), the crowd -- myself included -- was just gobbled up by the presence that is Queen B.

Everyone sat back in their seats and gazed up at screens that draped the entire hall. Through her entire performance, the screens showcased UN workers and humanitarians worldwide leaving their footprint behind. BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THE SCREENS because Bey was simply flawless. Her voice, her dress, her touching (yet short) address after her performance sent chills down very limb.

Here is how I felt right after she finished:

WOW WOW WOW and WOW!!! Breath-taking! We've got goosies! Beyoncé, stunning as usual. WOW. #WHD2012

— MTV Act (@MTVact) August 11, 2012

Here is how I felt hours later:

Goosebumps still haven't gone away. @beyonce was flawless, and the video set was an unbelievable sight. Beautiful! #IWASHERE #WHD2012

— Jose m iniguez (@imJmi) August 11, 2012

It'll be eight days until the world sees how the video -- filmed in one flawless take -- turned out, but more importantly, we have eight days to all pledge to do our part in rallying 1 billion people worldwide to make a difference. Before leaving the stage, Beyoncé told the crowd, "'I want all of you to be a part of August 19 -- such a beautiful, beautiful day." Will you?

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Aug 10th 2012, 22:01

Keira Knightley has won the female lead opposite Chris Pine in the newest Jack Ryan movie, directed by Kenneth Branaugh.

Also, go behind the scenes of "Lawless," and see who's going to "World's End" in today's dailies!

» Here is some behind-the-scenes footage from "Back to the Future Part II." [io9]

» "Hansel and Gretal: Witch Hunters" will be rated R, despite claims of a PG-13 test screening. [IGN]

» Saoirse Ronan will be Mary, Queen of Scots. [Collider]

» This "Lawless" featurette gives you a look at the making of the upcoming bootlegging movie.[The Playlist]

» Rosamund Pike is going to "World's End" for Edgar Wright. [The Playlist]

» We're always a sucker for a good "Lost" pop culture mash-up. [TeeFury]

» Keira Knightley beat out Felicity Jones and Evangeline Lilly for "Jack Ryan." [The Hollywood Reporter]

Welcome to the Dailies, where the MTV Movies team runs down all the film and television news, odds and ends that are fit to print! From awesome fan art to obscure casting news, this is your place to feast on all the movie leftovers you didn't know you were hungry for.

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Aug 10th 2012, 21:44

The world of moviemaking is currently in the middle of a drastic change. As digital production becomes more and more convenient, even the most dedicated celluloid die-hard directors like Martin Scorsese are turning to the newer technology.

This transition is at the heart of the new documentary "Side by Side," which features actor—and new director—Keanu Reeves talking with some of the greatest living directors, like Scorsese, James Cameron, David Fincher, and Christopher Nolan, about the differences between film and digital and how cinema will be affected by the change.

MTV News' Josh Horowitz spoke with Reeves about his involvement in the film and how sitting down with these filmmakers affected his own views of the art.

While Reeves' own directorial debut, "Man of Tai Chi," just recently wrapped filming, he insisted that "Side by Side" developed on its own and not as a crash course in filmmaking. "It was not planned. It was not coincidence at development, but having the experience of working on this documentary certainly prepared me in a way to the forest that I was walking into in terms of directing a film, certainly a digital film," Reeves said. "A lot of the questions and work flow of 'How is this going to work?' I had the experience of seeing beforehand."

The rarity of Reeves' opportunity to speak candidly with these directors was fortunately not lost on the actor. "I was very lucky," he said. "To spend time with artists who I respect and love and whose movies I love was really a great honor, just to be able to share the passion and as you say, talk shop."

From all of his discussion about the quickly shifting landscape of filmmaking, Reeves was able to learn that, more than anything, the future of the medium is still up in the air.

"I learned in terms of that it's in flux as much as it's ever been. If you take a look at 'Hunger Game,' photochemical, 'Dark Knight,' photochemical, 'Social Network,' digital," he said. "IMAX, 3-D, digital, also if we talk about streaming or the way that we can watch content now on mobile devices and pads and tablets and bricks and shells and young filmmakers and experimental filmmaking and documentary, which has also really benefited from digital, it's a really creative time, but this documentary is also looking at that there is photochemical, but that decision is becoming less and less an option."

What did you think of the interview? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

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Aug 10th 2012, 21:16

This week, Jeremy Renner is an airhead, Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis face off in an election, and Spike Lee and Mookie return to Brooklyn.

Check out all of this week's pairing on Double Feature Friday!

"The Bourne Legacy" & "National Lampoon's Senior Trip"
What better way to prepare for the latest offerings from Jeremy Renner than to go back to the very first film that he ever made! There is little that I can say that would convince you that this is a film worth watching better than the trailer below.

"The Campaign" & "Election"
When Alexander Payne entered the world of high school elections, he created one of the most twisted and hilarious comedies of the 90s. In it, Reese Witherspoon plays the immediately iconic Tracy Flick, a busy body who is determined to win the election for class president. Opposite her is Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister, a teacher at the school who breaks the rules to ensure she doesn't. The movie is funny and sad and insanely entertaining.

"Red Hook Summer" & "Do The Right Thing"
While an obvious choice, the only real pairing you can make with Spike Lee's latest film is the movie that started it all for him. "Do The Right Thing" introduces us to Lee and Mookie, the Brooklyn pizza delivery guy who returns to the screen in "Red Hook Summer." Lee's newest exploration of his home borough, Brooklyn, marks the writer-director's homecoming to the streets that made him an indie star.

What are you watching this weekend? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

If one movie is never enough for you and you're looking for a flick to get you in the mood for this week's new release, Double Feature Friday is here to help. Every week we break down the new releases and pair them with older movies that you should catch before heading out to the theater. Or just skip the new movie and check out the classic we recommend.

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Aug 10th 2012, 21:01

The boys of The Wanted are soooo over hot chicks, so in their next music video, they cast sharks as their love interests. Kidding! That make out scene would not be pretty!

But the boys did recently go swimming with sharks in Australia. Band member and shark lover Max George Tweeted this sweet pic:

Underwater choreography? Max George isn't the only superstar who loves sharks. Check out the awesome work many other celebs are doing to save marine mammals:

+ Leonardo DiCaprio loves sharks

Apparently some soup connoisseurs can't be satisfied with mere chicken noodle. In many parts of the world (including here in the U.S.) shark fin soup is high demand. This leads to the cruel capture of sharks, after which they are often thrown back into the water…finless! But Leo DiCaprio ain't havin' it! He's taking a stand against shark fishing and asking his Twitter followers to sign a petition to stop New York's shark fin trade.

+ Hayden Panettiere loves dolphins

"Heroes" actress Hayden Panettiere is an outspoken dolphin activist. She protested the slaughter of dolphins in the Academy Award-winning documentary "The Cove" (watch it and WEEP) and is a spokesperson for the Whaleman Foundation -- an organization devoted to protecting dolphins, whales, and porpoises.

+ Ian Somerhalder loves the dolphins of Taiji

"Vampire Diaries" hottie and animal lover Ian Somerhalder is using his namesake foundation to teach people about the dolphins of Taiji, Japan. Many Taiji fishermen feel like they are in competition with dolphins for the same fish, so every year, the government gives them permits to kill as many of them possible. As many as 20,000 dolphins are killed annually; sign a petition to save them by taking action below!

Is it just me, or do all of the people who support marine wildlife also happen to be ridiculously good-looking? Looks like I need to hang out at the aquarium more.

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Aug 10th 2012, 20:27

Both Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez are raising money for charity by auctioning off some VIP QT to the highest bidders, so we figured it was finally time for these spicy ladies to go stiletto-to-stiletto in a full-on Act-Off!

It totes makes sense to throw these two in the Action arena -- they've got tons of diva ish in common! Both survived career spinouts (one lost her hair, the other her Louboutins) to come back stronger than ever. The ladies cemented their return to the spotlight with high profile gigs on super popular TV shows -- J.Lo became a fan fave as an "American Idol" judge (We'll miss you La Lopez!) and Brit-Brit's highly anticipated role on the "X Factor" panel has the whole world wigging out.

They have similar love stories, too. Senorita Lopez and Lady Spears were major paparazzi targets back in the day when they dated A-listers like Ben Affleck (Bennifer 1.0) and Justin Timberlake (Mickey Mouse approved). The gorge gals survived bad boy romances, too. Remember when Jenny from the Block went with Diddy from the Yacht? And who can forget the epic hot mess that was Spederline?!

Even though it looked like Marc Anthony was J.Lo's real-deal Latin lover, she ended up divorced with two adorbs tots just like Britney. So how do these hot mamas handle their newly acquired single lady status? They date super fit, six-packin' non-celebs: Jenny's saying "ay papi!" for dancer Casper Smartand Britney's a criminal for her former agent Jason Trawick.

But don't get it twisted, these resilient pop stars aren't just focused on boy toys. Britney and Jenny have Olympic-worthy track records when it comes to giving back and that's why we aren't surprised to see them donating their time to these charity auctions.

+Britney Spears
Britster's lucky winner gets to hang with her during a live taping of "X Factor" and the proceeds will benefit Sports Spectacular, an organization that uses star power to raise funds for Cedars-Sinai Medical Genetics Institute, and Peace Thru Sports, a program that promotes global kumbaya through playtime.

+Jennifer Lopez
Love don't cost a thing, but hanging backstage with Jenny does. Luckily, all the dough from her auction will help support The Lopez Family Foundation, an org started by J.Lo and her sister to help children and women all over the world.

So which save-the-world singer gets your vote today? It's your prerogative, so get on the Action floor after the jump! Don't worry --whoever you choose, we won't hold it against you.

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Aug 10th 2012, 20:04

By Cory Midgarden

If you haven't heard of Cher Lloyd yet, hold on to your seats because she's about to take the U.S. by storm. She got her start on "The X Factor" U.K. and is currently promoting her single "Want U Back" (which is sitting pretty at #13 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in the States.

"I feel like 'Want U Back' explains me,' she told MTV News when visiting nearly 1,000 fans (or, as she likes to call them, "Bratz") at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, New York. "I feel like it has a lot of attitude but in a good way, it's cheeky, I'm quite cheeky and it's young and it's fun."

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Aug 10th 2012, 19:08

At the very least, the first trailer for the "Red Dawn" remake is a magical trip back to 2009.

Thanks to MGM's bankruptcy, the nearly three-year-old retelling of a Chinese North Korean invasion of the United States is finally getting a release. The film hits this Thanksgiving, but today Yahoo! Movies dropped the first trailer for "Red Dawn," starring Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, and Adrianne Palicki.

Check it out after the jump!

In the remake of the cult classic from 1984, an American city awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky – shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.

What did you think of the first "Red Dawn" trailer? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

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Aug 10th 2012, 18:03

Sooo, who here is counting down the days until the MTV Video Music Awards on September 6? The date is fast approaching, and we know an awesome way that you can get tixs to see the awards live in LA...and do some good for charity.

Yup, it's as good as it sounds. We have an auction going on over at Charitybuzz where the highest bidder will get two tixs. Travel expenses aren't included, but this is one exciting show to go see if you can make it. To make it all the more enticing (as if seeing One Direction and Alicia Keys isn't freakin' exciting enough) the money from the auction will go straight on over to Love Is Respect.

Love Is Respect is a foundation that's working to stop dating violence and help people get away from abusive situations. We recently talked about the org when we wrote about domestic abuse in a recent episode of "Teen Mom."

Interested yet? (By the way, Carly Rae Jepsen, Rihanna, Drake, and more should be at the event as well in case they win any Moonmen -- eee!) To enter, you must be at least 18, but if you're 16 or 17 and can arrange to go with an adult, we can make that work, too. This auction will be going on until August 23, so you've got just under two weeks to place your bids. Please head on over to the website to learn all the important deets, and then bid away. We hope to see you there, and Love Is Respect thanks you in advance!

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Aug 10th 2012, 16:53

The new trailer for "Deadfall," a crime thriller starring Erica Bana, Olivia Wilde, and Charlie Hunnam, should teach you a very valuable lesson. If you've just robbed a casino, do not drive around in the wintry weather with the cash out on the back seat.

The preview for the film, which debuted earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival, went online today over at Hulu.

Click past the jump to see the first trailer for "Deadfall."

Siblings Addison and Liza are on the run from a casino heist gone wrong. When a car accident leaves their wheel man and a state trooper dead, they split up and make a run for the Canadian border in the worst of circumstances a near whiteout blizzard. While Addison heads cross-country, creating mayhem in his wake, Liza is picked up by ex-boxer Jay (Charlie Hunnam), en-route for a Thanksgiving homecoming with his parents, June (Sissy Spacek) and retired sheriff Chet (Kris Kristofferson). It's there the siblings are reunited in a terse and thrilling showdown that pushes the bonds of family to the limit.

What did you think of the "Deadfall" trailer? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

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Aug 10th 2012, 17:30

Talk about some excellent news, dudes. Not only does it seem like "Bill & Ted 3" is actually happening, but stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are attached to reprise their roles and according to a new Vulture report, Dean Parisot is attached to direct.

But that means Parisot won't be able to start filming until after "Red 2" (which starts shooting in the spring) wraps, but there could be worse news. At least this movie is actually happening!

"Bill & Ted" creators Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson already wrote a script for the project that will share with audiences where Bill and Ted are in today's world instead of having the new movie be either a sequel or a prequel. Both Reeves and Winter have been interested in returning to the material for a while, so it seems like whatever script Solomon and Matheson created was good enough for them.

When MTV News caught up with Reeves back in April, he teased that a script was "six weeks away," which about lines up with the timeline Vulture is presenting. He also gave us some insights about how this movie will line up with the end of its predecessor.

"When we last got together, part of it was that Bill and Ted were supposed to have written the song that saved the world, and it hasn't happened," he said. "So they've now become kind of possessed by trying to do that. Then there's an element of time and they have to go back."

Are you looking forward to a "Bill & Ted 3"? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!

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Aug 10th 2012, 16:28

After being a behind-the-scenes voice in Hollywood for nearly half a decade, Justin Theroux is finally going to be making his feature directing debut.

The "Tropic Thunder" and "Iron Man 2" scribe is going to be helming and rewriting the upcoming Warner Bros. comedy "Swear to God," Deadline reports. The movie is set to star frequent collaborators Will Ferrell and Steve Carell, with Ferrell reportedly playing a narcissist who believes that God has reached out and spoken to him. "Due Date" screenwriters Alan Cohen and Alan Freedland wrote the original script.

This is a big move up in the world for Theroux, who has been dating Jennifer Aniston since May 2011. Theroux started out as an actor, appearing in films like "Mulholland Dr." and "American Psycho," before transitioning to writing in 2008. This isn't the first time he's been eyed to write and direct a comedy in recent years, either. It was Theroux who wrote the current script for "Zoolander 2" and who Paramount had hoped to direct it back in 2010, though it's unclear where that project stands now. He also was tapped to direct "Chief Ron" back in 2009.

The plan is to have "Swear to God" start filming next July, after Ferrell and Carell have finished their commitment to "Anchorman 2." The acting duo will have worked together on both "Anchorman" movies as well as "Bewitched," "Melinda and Melinda" and several episodes of "The Office," so it's a guarantee that they'll have onscreen chemistry. We're intrigued by the character Carell will be playing, though. Frequently when he and Ferrell have worked together in the past, he's played a lovable doofus, but we'd love to see him tackle one of his more serious roles for this film.

Are you excited about this collaboration? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!

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Aug 10th 2012, 15:21

"The Bourne Legacy," which opens today, plays out parallel to the story of Jason Bourne and the first three films in the series, a unique angle for a sequel.

When MTV News spoke with the cast and director Tony Gilroy, they helped clarify exactly how Aaron Cross fits into the world of the series.

Rachel Weisz explained that while "Legacy" exists separately from the rest of the series, it reveals some secrets we didn't know about before. "It completely does its own thing," Rachel Weisz said. "It introduces new characters, but it lifts the curtain on the first three films. It sort of says, 'If you think you know who was in charge, you were wrong. This is who is really in charge.' [You see] the men behind the curtain pulling the puppet strings."

The movies shared qualities help make the mysteries of the previous films a little more fleshed out according to Edward Norton. "It pulls right out of the tail end of the last one," he said. "It continues to widen its investigation of the subterranean world and take you into parallel corridors of it in a way that feels really real. It's very easy at the beginning of this to believe the events of those films that we've already seen are sort of now reverberating and having to be dealt with."

But the shared universe doesn't mean a cameo from Matt Damon. Gilroy was quick to dispel all of that. "Those conversations only happen in this room. There's been absolutely zero real conversation about any of that," Gilroy said. "Everything we get comes from speculation from press and from the blogosphere. We're not that organized."

Are you going to see "The Bourne Legacy" this weekend? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

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Aug 10th 2012, 14:43

The 2012 London Olympics are really going strong as amazing athletes from all over the world compete. Actress Gabrielle Union is especially psyched to see all the incredible female athletes out there, and she has every reason to be impressed by them.

Gabrielle Tweeted this Girl Power shout out:

Women rock! RT @hollyrpeete: RT @espnolympics: Epic!!! 83,000 tickets sold for the USA vs Japan Women's soccer ... m.tmi.me/v42mp

— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) August 9, 2012

Countless eyes were glued to the TV screen on Thursday as the US and Japanese teams squared off in women's soccer. Both teams gave it their best and rocked, and in the end the US team won and got their third straight Olympic gold medal. Get it, gurls!

The opening ceremony had 60,000 people attending, and that sure as heck isn't a number to sniff at. Still, on Wednesday word got out that 83,000 tixs had been sold to watch the women's soccer game. That's def. great to hear for anyone who wants to get more girls in the game.

Once girls reach high school they drop out of sports at a higher rate than boys, and groups like the Women's Sports Foundation want to stop that from happening. Sports can lead to physical fitness, higher self-esteem and experiences of teamwork and companionship. The Women's Sport Foundation would like to see more strong athletic women as role models for young girls, and they're getting their wish with the Olympics.

Gabrielle, who recently played Rapper or Republican for us, is thrilled to see the strides being made. Fellow actress Jessica Biel also Tweeted her love of seeing strong female athletes. And 83,000 people -- plus the millions watching on their TV sets -- feel the same way. Goal!

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Aug 10th 2012, 14:21

Darren Aronofsky's epic retelling of Noah and his ark may not be the version you're used to, but the first official still from "Noah" features a bearded Russell Crowe, looking about as biblical as we expected him to look.

USA Today has the official first look at Crowe as the legendary ship builder, who must collect two of every animal in order to save all life on Earth from the devastation of an oncoming flood.

Check out the full image after the jump!

Aronofsky has built an impressive cast for his follow-up to "Black Swan." Aside from Crowe, he's added his "Requiem for a Dream" star Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman, Ray Winstone as the film's villain, Anthony Hopkins as the world's oldest man, Methuselah, and young up-and-comer named Emma Watson.

The first image comes more than a year and a half before "Noah" actually reaches screens, so you'll have to wait quite a while before you get to see the entire epic.

"Noah" is scheduled to weather the storm on March 28, 2014.

What do you think of this first picture of Russell Crowe in "Noah"? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

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Aug 10th 2012, 13:36

By Ryan Gowland

Back in September of 2009, the remake of "Red Dawn" started production in Michigan under the direction of first-time helmer Dan Bradley, who had worked as a stunt coordinator and second unit director on three "Bourne" movies, including the upcoming "Bourne Legacy."

The cast was filled with relative unknowns, including Australian actor Chris Hemsworth as the lead, alongside Josh Hutcherson, the most well known of the cast having just appeared in "Journey to the Center of Earth" following performances in "Zathura" and "RV." Expected to arrive in 2010, "Red Dawn" took an unexpected detour which has finally come to an end.

Check out the new poster for "Red Dawn" after the jump!

A victim of MGM's financial issues, "Red Dawn" was put on the shelf until FilmDistrict decided to dust it off last year. The intervening years gave the producers time to change the invading country from China to North Korea, and gave both Hemsworth and Hutcherson time to gain more recognition. The rest of the cast have done well too, with Isabel Lucas playing Athena in last year's "Immortals" and Adriane Palicki scoring roles in an ill-fated "Wonder Woman" pilot and the now-delayed "G.I. Joe: Retaliation."

At long last, a new poster for "Red Dawn" has arrived, which could mean that a trailer is not far behind. Hutcherson told MTV News in 2010 that the remake will keep the "American, patriotic feel of the original" which is certainly true of the poster, released by Yahoo!, which highlights its cast standing in front of an American flag and brandishing plenty of machine guns.

What do you think of the poster? Are you excited for the "Red Dawn" remake to open on November 21st? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

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