Lily Collins is currently in final negotiations to play the lead role, Mia, in FilmDistrict’s upcoming anticipated remake of ‘The Evil Dead,’ Comic Book Movie is reporting. Mia is reportedly the female version of Bruce Campbell’s character, Ashley J. Williams, in the original trilogy. ‘The Evil Dead’ remake is set to follow Mia and four friends, David, Natalie, Eric and Olivia, as they travel to a remote cabin so that Mia can detox. There, they find a Book of the Dead that unleashes a demonic force. The friends are all possessed, until only one is left to fight for survival. With Mia focusing on her new-found sobriety, Olivia acting as…

Thank You for Smoking, Juno and Up in the Air; can director Jason Reitman do no wrong? Thanks to his latest feature, Young Adult, I’m inclined to believe so. The film stars Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary who quite literally is a young adult. She’s a professional living in the big city, but Mavis hasn’t shaken her high school years. Still believing she’s the popular girl, Mavis heads home to Mercury, Minnesota to claim what she thinks is rightfully hers, her high school sweetheart Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson). Former nerd Matt Freehauf (Patton Oswalt) attempts to talk some sense into her, explaining Buddy’s married with a kid, but thanks to…

“Young Adult” is getting a lot of good press, particularly for Charlize Theron’s portrayal of an unlikeable YA writer who goes back to her hometown in order to get her “true love”(Patrick Wilson) who’s married with children. For those who are excited about the film and want to see more clips, Paramount has released a new clip called “Bookstore.” You can check it out below the post. The clip is also available for viewing on the film’s Facebook page. “Young Adult” also stars Patton Oswalt and Elizabeth Reaser and is directed by Jason Reitman. The script is by Diablo Cody. The official synopsis of the film is, according to the…

Not many movie directors have the courage or talent to bring an unconventional, passive aggressive protagonist who audiences can ultimately relate to without judging them to the screen. But filmmaker Jason Reitman did just that with his new comedy drama ‘Young Adult,’ which is now in limited theatrical release and is set to expand wide on Friday, December 16, 2011. While on the red carpet of the New York premiere of the film on December 8 at the Ziegelfd Theatre, the helmer and producer took the time to discuss with us the process of shooting the movie. ‘Young Adult’ follows Mavis Gary (played by Charlize Theron), an emotionally immature 37-year-old…

A review of this week’s new movie releases from your favorite entertainment and celebrity website. This is episode 25 of ShockYa.com Presents Movie Night. This week Rudie Obias and Perri Nemiroff review the new film from director David Gordon Green, “The Sitter,” starring Jonah Hill. They also review the new movie from director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody, “Young Adult,” starring Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt and Patrick Wilson. Please subscribe via iTunes or download and listen. “The Sitter” features Jonah Hill, Max Records, Ari Graynor, J.B. Smoove, Sam Rockwell, Landry Bender, Kevin Hernandez and Kylie Bunbury. Directed by David Gordon Green and written by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka….

Title: Young Adult Director: Jason Reitman Screenwriter: Diablo Cody Cast: Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser Screened: AMC Lincoln Square, NYC, 12/5/11 Opens: December 9, 2011 The usual reason that people give for attending reunions of their high school and college classes is to get together with the folks they knew in better, freer times, see how they look, compare notes on who is successful and who are the flops. There may be subconscious desires to run into their old flames not just to reminisce about old times but actually to hook up. Why not? You can’t do it if you don’t try. But usually people who are…

Title: Young Adult Directed By: Jason Reitman Starring: Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, Collette Wolfe Mavis Gary might not have grown up in the least, but Diablo Cody has achieved an incredible degree of maturity in her latest piece, Young Adult. While Young Adult exudes a different type of comedy as compared to Juno and most certainly Jennifer’s Body, it still maintains the zest, heart and humor that solidified Cody as a top-notch screenwriter back in 2007. Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) is a successful young adult writer living in the big city of Minneapolis, Minnesota – well, a once successful ghostwriter. Not only is Mavis’ name not…

Diablo Cody set the bar pretty high with her first feature, Juno, but Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) follows right in our favorite blue slushy chugging teen pregnancy case’s footsteps. Well, somewhat. Mavis is quite literally a young adult. She’s all grown up and working in Minneapolis as the ghostwriter of the once popular young adult series, Waverly Prep, but she’s very much stuck in the past. When her marriage fails and she’s asked to pen the final installment of the series, Mavis attempts to use her high school flame, Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson), to lift her spirits. Regardless of his loving wife and child, Mavis packs up her things, hops…

We’ve got a bit of a problem; I love this clip, but it somewhat spoils one of the best scenes in Young Adult. In fact, I don’t know if I even want to describe the clip here. Let’s just leave it as a “watch at your own risk” piece and move onto a full film synopsis. Charlize Theron is Mavis Gary, a former high school hottie who moved to the “Mini Apple,” Minneapolis, and became the ghostwriter of a popular young adult novel series. After a failed marriage and getting assigned to pen the final installment of the now-failing Waverly Prep collection, Mavis opts to return to her glory days…

For those looking for some “Young Adult” news, you’re in luck–there have been three new videos released about the film, each on a different website. PerezHilton.com and AOL Moviefone are housing “Young Adult” videos and a new trailer has been released on Apple. You can view the new trailer here, and the clips can be viewed by clicking here and here. You can also see the two clips featured on PerezHilton and AOL Moviefone below the post. “Young Adult” stars Charlize Theron as an immature teen lit writer. According to the press release: “Academy Award winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her…