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Oct 4th 2013, 20:34, by MTV Movies Team

By Alex Zalben

The first trailer for "I, Frankenstein" has hit the Internet, and it is AMAZING. From the producers of the "Underworld" series, "I, Frankenstein" casts Aaron Eckhart as the titular monster, wandering the world before getting embroiled in what looks like a battle between demons and angels, or possibly Frankensteins and Gargoyles.

The movie is written and directed by Stuart Beattie, based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux (who previously appeared in – and created - the "Underworld" series), and also stars Bill Nighy and Yvonne Strahovski.

Point being, January can't get here soon enough. So in celebration of this momentous event, we made a few posters for the movie – and even provided a blank one, so you can make your own!

Bonus - Make your own!

"I, Frankenstein" hits theaters on January 24, 2014.

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Oct 4th 2013, 19:07, by MTV Movies Team

By Amelia Mularz

The government shutdown is NOT projected to affect Goobers sales. Thank god. Head to an institution you can count on—the movie theater̵and catch a flick. Here's what's happening this weekend:

On the Big Screen: "Gravity"
Gravity, the sexiest of all of Newton's laws, has always been a mainstay in entertainment. There was the song by John Mayer, and later a jingle of the same name by Sara Bareilles. Also, the witches in the musical "Wicked" defied gravity, as did Bieber's hair for most of 2012. Well, this weekend Sandra Bullock (Ryan Stone) and George Clooney (Matt Kowalski) get a massive dose of weightlessness when their characters get lost in space in Alfonso Cuarón's new film "Gravity." The movie will take you for a ride, it'll revive your love for oxygen, and it'll have you wondering if the characters are wearing adult diapers under their space suits. James Cameron has already called it "the best space film ever." That coming from the guy who gave us "Aliens"? Um yeah, go see it.

On the Boob Tube: "Miley: The Movement" Deluxe Edition
Back on earth, a woman masquerades as a bear and jiggles her gluteus muscles all the way from childhood to adult superstardom. Science fiction? No, it's just the life of Miley Cyrus. You may have already caught "Miley: the Movement" on TV earlier this week, but Sunday night at 8pm MTV unleashes the deluxe edition. It's kinda like the documentary with a side of fries and a milkshake. It's got an extra half hour of footage tacked onto the already "dope" original hour.

From Your DVD Collection: "Spaceballs"
When James Cameron was ranking the best space movies, clearly "Spaceballs" was up near the top. If you need a refresher on how space works before seeing the intensity that is "Gravity," grab this on DVD and check in with Captain Lone Starr and Barf. It's probably safe to assume those guys were character studies for Bullock and Clooney.

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Oct 4th 2013, 19:34, by Claire Biggs

Leora Friedman non-profit, Music is Medicine, created its Donate a Song program in 2011 to pair musicians with pediatric cancer patients, and one of the newest songs to come out of the program is proving to be just as "Unsinkable" as it is heart-warming.

When she's not walking the red carpet with Darren Criss, Princeton student Leora is using music to help make a difference in the lives of young cancer patients.

The non-profit invited singer/songwriters Sam Tsui and Elle Winter to team up with Cindy, a 16-year-old cancer patient at The Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital. After meeting with Cindy, the duo was inspired to pen "Unsinkable," an inspiring pop song you have to hear.

+ Watch the "Unsinkable" Music Video

Cindy isn't the only teen to have a song written for her through the Donate a Song program. Music is Medicine also matched rising country star Maggie Sajak, daughter of "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak, with 16-year-old Muriel. The teen, who is battling cancer at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, inspired Sajak to write a sweet acoustic tune called "Live Out Loud."

+ Watch the "Live Out Loud"

If you want to help support the cause, you can buy "Unsinkable" and "Live Out Loud" on iTunes. All proceeds will benefit pediatric oncology research at The Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital and The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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Oct 4th 2013, 18:29, by MTV Movies Team

By Alex Zalben

Because a day can't go by without some small bit of "Star Wars" news, today brings the tiniest news item of them all. NimbleBit, makers of the insanely addictive mobile game Tiny Tower will be releasing a new version called "Star Wars: Tiny Death Star." I've got a bad feeling about this...

...Specifically that the Star Wars themed game will be as fun and time consuming as the original, if not more so. Here's the official blurb from Disney Interactive:

The Empire needs your help! In collaboration with LucasArts and Tiny Tower creators NimbleBit, Disney Mobile introduces Star Wars™: Tiny Death Star™, a new game for mobile devices. Live life on the dark side and join Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader on a mission to attract Galactic bitizens, run intergalactic businesses, and build an all-new Death Star. Construct unique Star Wars themed locations to attract iconic characters and species to your space station in this 8-bit style game. Star Wars: Tiny Death Star will soon be available worldwide.

The game has a similar construction dynamic to the classic SimTower, if you ever played that. If not, basically like the blurb says you build floors, move in "Bitizens" and build your business. What sets the game (now games) apart is the adorable look of the characters, and the sense of humor. Point being, when can we put this in our pocket?

Speaking of pockets, or rather containers you take things out of*, Saoirse Ronan expanded on her "Star Wars VII" audition to Empire Online. The most salient, but kind of confusing bit?

"...But nobody has a clue what it's about, and nobody's read the script. So I've gone in and read for it, but I have to say, I think it's the only time I've ever thought, 'You know what? Even if I don't get it, I had so much fun auditioning, pretending to take out a lightsaber — out of a bag, kind of inspect it and not know what it is. That was... that was great. A lightsaber! Star Wars!"

What exactly does Ronan mean by this? Was she miming taking a lightsaber out of a bag? Was she auditioning to be a Jedi building a lightsaber, or perhaps this takes place in a post-Jedi Galaxy, where they don't know what lightsabers are?

Regardless, we want every interview about Star Wars to end with the actor involved shouting, "Star Wars!" from now on.

Stay tuned for more "Star Wars" news from MTV, up until Tiny Death Star comes out, and then goodbye forever.

*And also speaking of awkward segues...

[Via: http://kotaku.com/theyre-making-a-tiny-tower-set-in-the-death-star-1441182837]

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Oct 4th 2013, 17:25, by MTV Movies Team

By Alex Zalben

Since "Breaking Bad" finished its run on Sunday, we've had plenty of other things to talk about: Miley Cyrus' stuff, some junk about the government shutdown or whatever, and of course, Spanish "Breaking Bad." Yet for some reason, people seem obsessed with talking about one of the most haunting, perfectly realized TV finales of all time.

Who are these people? Comedian Norm Macdonald, who seems set to continue our long national nightmare of fascinating and plausible "Breaking Bad" ending theories with one that posits... Well, spoilers after this point.

So remember when Walt is in the car at the top of the episode? MacDonald (as well as Emily Nussbaum, a writer for some sort of tabloid called The New Yorker) posits on Twitter that the late Heisenberg never made it out alive, and in fact the rest of the episode is nothing but a dream as he lays dying in his vehicle.

Beyond the fact that this would make the episode even more in line with the end of "LOST" than just the parallel ending shots of both series — and that LOST showrunner Damon Lindelof spent his entire review of the last episode of "Breaking Bad" talking about himself and "LOST" — Macdonald has some pretty good ammunition for the theory.

You can read his whole tweet-stream here, but the important points:

» Everything (except getting shot) goes exactly how Walt wants it to, up to an almost magical point, right after he shocks himself with the screwdriver in the car.
» Walt tells Skyler, "I WAS alive," past tense.
» And probably most telling, Marty Robbins "El Paso," which plays in the car and provides the title of the episode ("Felina") is – according to MacDonald – told from the perspective of a dead man.

There are a few holes in MacDonald's theory, including creator Vince Gilligan saying that the episode isn't a dream, and all really happens. Plus, there's the scene with Jesse Pinkman hallucinating being in a woodworking shop, which would be pretty hard for a dead guy to hallucinate (though MacDonald even has an answer for that – that Jesse's hallucination indicates that Walt is hallucinating).

But hey, theories are fun and all. Now can we get back to what's important: where's Huell?

BONUS: Here's a video of all the times Jesse Pinkman says "bitch" on the show (via Kotaku), which sadly, is not once an episode:

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Oct 4th 2013, 17:40, by Claire Biggs

Andrew Jenks is used to being in control of the camera, but now he's turning it over to a group of high school students. Tonight the "World of Jenks" star launches his high school film festival to showcase the talents of the future stars in filmmaking.

With heavy-hitters like Oscar-winning "Juno" writer Diablo Cody and "The Twilight Saga's" Kristen Stewart on the judging panel, Jenks has some pretty impressive support for his All American High School Film Festival. In a video on the site, the director shares how he went about putting the spotlight on the next generation of filmmakers.

+ Watch Andrew Jenks Talks the AAHSFF

 

The festival will showcase the 84 "must-see" films from high school students. Not only do the filmmakers have the chance to premiere their work in front of some big names in the industry, but they also have the chance to win some brag-worthy prizes. The entrants behind best comedy will receive tickets to "Saturday Night Live," and the best PSA will debut on MTV Act!

If you can make it to New York City for the festival, you're in for a treat. The new "Romeo & Juliet" adaptation from Carlo Carlei, starring Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth, will make its world premiere when it opens the festival.

If you're wondering about the quality of work the students put together, Jenks can reassure you. After screening the 84 entries, he told PR Newswire that there's no doubt that the "future of filmmaking is bright."

For ways you can help high school students in the arts, check out the action widgets below. And if you're in New York City this weekend, make sure you stop by the All American High School Film Festival!

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Oct 4th 2013, 16:10, by Kevin P. Sullivan

UPDATE: So maybe it wasn't official. Warner Bros. has removed the video. We will keep you posted if another version goes up.

Most of what we have heard about "Godzilla" from director Gareth Edwards, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen and Bryan Cranston, has been hearsay from the lucky crowds inside Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con this year and last.

The 2012 SDCC audience got a look at a concept teaser that was made before the project even went into production and laid out the tone for latest look at the legendary monster. Lucky for everyone else, that teaser has just gone online in what appears to be the first move of a viral campaign.

All the way back in early September, an official copy of that video appeared over on a YouTube channel, Akira Watanabe, without anyone noticing, under the title "Fat Boy," a reference to one of the atomic bombs that the U.S. dropped on Japan during World War II. The legacy of that attack is felt throughout the piece.

Check out the teaser after the jump!

As we've seen described in the SDCC recaps, the teaser is narrated by one of the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who describes the literal and psychological fallout from his work on the A-bomb.

The scene we're treated to is horrific to say the least. A city lies in ruins, as seen from above, with bodies strewn everywhere, little more than specks on the destroyed landscape. It's clear that "Godzilla" won't ignore the collateral damage that most modern blockbusters turn an ignorant and blind eye to. (We're talking about you, "Man of Steel.")

The camera then moves to the flies swarming an enormous carcass that lies in some of the wreckage. It appears to be another kind of giant monster, one that may have lost a bout with Godzilla.

We then meet the victor of the monster battle, Godzilla, who looks more like the original design than the t-rex like model we saw in the previous U.S. adaptation.

What do you think of the first teaser for "Godzilla"? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

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Oct 4th 2013, 15:35, by Danica Davidson

Kelly Rowland is on fire! She's judging on "X Factor," fighting domestic violence with Saving Our Daughters' YELL Confidence campaign, and now she's posing with . . . a lion?!

You heard right. And if you don't believe me, check out this pic:

OMG, you don't get much more adorbs than that!

It's the perfect pic to go "Aww" over, but unfortunately, lions are in some real trouble. They're losing their habitat, and there have been calls for them to be listed under the Endangered Species Act. The Humane Society of the United States has released a fact sheet that talks about how the number of lions has decreased almost 50% in the last thirty years. We don't know for sure how many lions are still in the wild, but the estimate drops to as low as 23,000.

What can you do to help? Well, the Humane Society has created a student petition, so if you're currently a student, check this! It's a letter to the Secretary of the Interior, asking that lions be put on the endangered species list, and it's really easy to fill out. Getting lions on this list not only shows they're in danger, but it also protects them from being killed and having their parts imported.

If you want a cute and creative way to give back, you can adopt a lion and get a plush lion from World Wildlife Fund. Taking a selfie with you and your plush lion might not be as exciting as Kelly and her real lion, but getting that plushie will help make sure there are more real lions in the future.

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Oct 4th 2013, 14:49, by Kevin P. Sullivan

Of the sights Tolkien fans have been eagerly waiting to see in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," Beorn might be chief among them. The enormous shapeshifter has always been a fan favorite, mostly because he's a huge guy that can turn into a bear if he wants, and he's been noticeably absent from the marketing campaigns, which has been surprisingly liberal with looks at Smaug.

Then there were the leaked photos from an officially licensed calendar that depicted Beorn as sort of a wild man meets 80s hair metal guitarist, and fans weren't exactly pleased, with most hoping that the early look didn't accurately reflect Beorn.

Now a new image of the Beorn has gone online (via TheOneRing.net), confirming the hairsprayed look for the character.

Take a look after the jump!

Yeah, that's not great.

To be fair, we will have to see Beorn in action before making our final judgment, but the problem here is that he just doesn't look cool. It's an odd complaint to make, but the overall aesthetic of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" was more geared toward the cartoonish and away from the badass of "The Lord of the Rings."

This design for Beorn definitely falls in line with what we saw in the first film of the trilogy, resembling some of the sillier designs for the dwarves.

But then again, this is Beorn, and Beorn is inherently awesome. As reluctant as we are to embrace the design for the character, we're just going to focus on our love for him in general and remain excited for "The Desolation of Smaug."

"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" opens in theaters on December 13.

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