CinemaBlend and ComicBookMovie have some images from the “Captain America” set that feature Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Chris Evans as Captain America. The pictures confirm what Jackson said in interviews about filming cameos in both “Captain America” and “Thor” to set up “The Avengers”. The “Captain America” cameo was shot in New York City, which allowed many fans to take pictures of the set. Some of the pictures are below this story, but just to recap what they show, the pictures not only feature Nick Fury telling Captain America about The Avengers from several different eyewitness angles, but also show the Acura S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicles. “Captain America: The…

CinemaBlend has some news via Coming Soon that, to quote the site,”confirms” Johnny Depp will have a cameo spot in the upcoming “21 Jump Street” film. Jonah Hill, the writer of the film as well as one of the film’s stars, has been one of the people gunning for Depp to show up in the film. He’s said that he’s written a “really funny” cameo for Depp and was hoping he would be able to do it. Perhaps it will be something like what Depp said he wanted to do when asked about the film last year: he said he’d want to do a cutaway scene that would involve him…

Title: 13 Assassins Director: Takashi Miike Starring: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Goro Inagaki Combining extreme violence, bloodshed and the sentimentality of career criminals in an effort to push the boundaries of censorship has been Japanese director Takashi Miike’s claim to fame since he started his film career in 1991. Unsurprisingly, his latest action film, the Magnet Releasing movie ’13 Assassins,’ doesn’t fail to live up to his controversial reputation in terms of special effects. But the creative director also proves what a captivating filmmaker he is with his latest release, as he expertly includes a unique story and shocking themes. Set during the end of Japan’s feudal era, ’13 Assassins’…

AOL Popeater has some interesting news concerning Lady Gaga’s possibly offensive music video for “Judas” via MTV. Apparently, according to the site, Gaga has agreed to premiere the music video during “American Idol”. Interscope Records (which has partnered with “Idol” this year due to the head of Interscope, Jimmy Iovine, is acting as the contestants’ mentor) announced on their twitter page that the video will air on the May 2 episode of “Idol”. In the music video, Gaga will portray Mary Magdalene and Norman Reedus (“The Boondock Saints”) will portray Judas. Here’s where it gets possibly offensive: Gaga’s Mary Magdalene is supposed to be in love with Judas. Laurieann Gibson,…

‘Law & Order’ creator Dick Wolf is hoping the upcoming season of ‘Criminal Intent’ won’t actually be its last, TVLine is reporting. When the tenth season premiere of the hit police legal drama airs on USA on May 1 at 8/7 c, he has hope the network will change its mind and bring it back for another season. Wolf believes the show’s fans are going to be “very happy, relieved and welcoming” to the two original series leads, Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe, who are both returning. Wolf added that when the two actors’ characters, Detectives Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames, left last season, “It was never a decision to…

Joss Whedon announced on his blog, last night, that today will be the first day of production on the much anticipated “The Avengers”. This is “The Expendables” of comic book movies. Starting in 2008 when Marvel/Paramount released the original “Iron Man” and rebooted “The Incredible Hulk”, then talks began to release “Thor” and “Captain American” into theaters, all culminating to this magic moment, the production of “The Avengers”, which will be direct sequels to these films and follow the same mythology. “The Avengers” will also feature additional Marvel characters Hawkeye, Black Widow and Nick Fury. Joss Whedon’s announcement from his blog: “Film Greatness. On the Eve of Our Endeavor, I…

Shane Black, who has signed onto take over the directorial duties of ‘Iron Man 3′ from Jon Favreau, who helmed the first two films, will in fact be working on the script for the second sequel in the superhero series, Cinemablend is reporting. The director will co-wrote the script with Drew Pearce, who is also penning another upcoming Marvel movie, ‘Runaways.’ While Black was believed to write the script on his own when he first signed on to direct ‘Iron Man 3′ in February, Pearce was reportedly brought in to help keep the movie “family-friendly.” Black, who previously worked with star Robert Downey, Jr. on his directorial debut, the 2005…

“The Hobbit” can’t seem to catch a break, with delayed production starts, directors leaving the project and location issues, it seems like “The Hobbit” is running into more problems. The latest from New Zealand: Peter Jackson needs a new Fili. Rob Kazinsky, who played Fili, according to Peter Jackson’s Facebook, has left the project due to “personal reasons”. Jackson does not cite any particular reasons on why he has left “The Hobbit” but continues to support Kazinsky decision, commends his work ethic, enthusiasm and sense of humor. But according to his Twitter account the 27-year-old “EastEnders” star states his departure is due to “health reasons”. Kazinsky has yet to shot…

‘Harry Potter’ actress Emma Watson has publicly admitted that she is withdrawing from Brown University, Fox News is reporting. However, her spokeswoman, Vanessa Davies, is denying her client is leaving because she was bullied by her classmates. The 21-year-old star “absolutely loved her time” at Brown, Davies added. Watson has reportedly left Brown because she has decided to pursue a different major that’s not offered by the Ivy League school. The actress also withdrew from her classes last month to focus on her acting career. She wrote on her website that she loves Brown, but “being a student and fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible.” After Watson…

The box office results for the Easter weekend has Rio barely holding off Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Happy Family. Meanwhile, Scream 4 is dying quickly and Hop receives a holiday boost. Here are the studio estimates: 1. Rio ($26.8 million) 2. Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family ($25.7 million) 3. Water for Elephants ($17.5 million) 4. Hop ($12.4 million) 5. Scream 4 ($7.1 million) 6. African Cats ($6.4 million) 7. Soul Surfer ($5.6 million) 8. Insidious ($5.3 million) 9. Hanna ($5.2 million) 10. Source Code ($5 million) Analysis The holiday weekend saw theater crowds increase, giving each film in the top ten a slight jolt. Well, everyone except Scream 4. Dropping…