Yes, it’s Sunday, but aren’t you getting that summer vibe? Soon enough school will be out and offices will readjust their hours and rules to fit the new season. Regardless, Shockya.com will still be here to bring you the best of the best in film news every Sunday night. The latest movie updates are still useful beach and poolside, right? It should come as no surprise that this weekend’s Cheat Sheet is brimming with, well, for lack of better terms, unoriginal material. We’ve got sequels, book-to-film adaptations and role reprisals as we’ve got updates on The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, a new Dumb and Dumber potentially in the works and…

With Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures aiming to begin filming the live-action remake of the animated Japanese sci-fi ‘Akira’ in August, such Hollywood stars as Justin Timberlake, Joaquin Phoenix and Robert Pattinson (who stars in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1) are up for roles, www.collider.com is reporting. While the characters in the movie are supposed to be teens in the remake, which was written by Steve Kloves, Warner Bros. is still looking at older, well-known actors to anchor the film. For the role of Tetsuo, Pattinson will be competing against ‘The Amazing Spider-man’s Andrew Garfield and James McAvoy. Timberlake and Phoenix will be competing against Chris Pine,…

After rumors began swirling that Joaquin Phoenix was going to resurrect his acting career by appearing in the new J. Edgar Hoover biography, director Clint Eastwood is denying the claims. Cinemablend.com is reporting that while Leonardo DiCaprio has been signed to star as the founder of the FBI, the movie’s screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black, previously suggested that Phoenix was in the running to play Hoover’s protege and suspected lover, Clyde Tolson. When asked about the casting rumors, Eastwood said, “No, I don’t know where that came from.” But he subtly confirmed that the movie will discuss Hoover’s rumored homosexuality, saying “He was a very complex person. The homosexual aspect is just…

Joaquin Phoenix returned to The Late Show with David Letterman last night! Joaquin stars in the upcoming Magnolia Pictures documentary “I’m Still Here” by director Casey Affleck and starring Joaquin Phoenix. “I’m Still Here” is now playing in theaters and premieres on VOD (iTunes, On Demand, Amazon, Vudu, XBOX Live & Playstation) this Friday, September 24, 2010. Synopsis: The directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actor Casey Affleck, I’M STILL HERE is a striking portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of internationally acclaimed actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, I’M STILL HERE follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008…

After two sexual harassment lawsuits were filed against Casey Affleck by two women who worked on his documentary ‘I’m Still Here,’ the director settle both out of court, PEOPLE reported on September 15. Amanda White and Magdalena Gorka, who both worked as producers on the movie about Affleck’s brother-in-law, Academy Award-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix, sue for $2 million and $2.25 million, respectively, in July. After Affleck threatened to countersue the two women, “the disputes between Flemmy Productions, LLC and Casey Affleck with in connection with the film ‘I’m Still Here’ have been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties and the lawsuits are being dismissed,” his reps said in…

Magnolia Pictures sent us the official movie trailer for the upcoming documentary “I’m Still Here” by director Casey Affleck and starring Joaquin Phoenix. Synopsis: The directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actor Casey Affleck, I’M STILL HERE is a striking portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of internationally acclaimed actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, I’M STILL HERE follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip hop musician. Sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, and always riveting, the film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads. Defying expectations, it deftly explores…

In response to a former producer filing a $2 million lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on July 23 for “unwelcome sexual advances in the workplace,” Casey Affleck is dismissing the claims as “preposterous” allegations, Popeater.com is reporting. Amanda White, who was working on Affleck’s movie about his brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix, is claiming Affleck violently grabbed her after she wouldn’t agree to have sex with him. Affleck’s lawyer, Michael J. Plonsker, said the allegations don’t have any merit. He also suggested that White just wants payback for him firing her from the quasi-documentary ‘I’m Still here’ about Phoenix’s switch from acting to a rap career.  Plonsker also said that “Ms….

Check out the latest foreign poster from the thriller “Reservation Road” by director Terry George and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly and Mira Sorvino. Synopsis: A drama that revolves around two fathers whose families and lives tragically converge with the death of a child. In the aftermath, Ethan (Joaquin Phoenix) and Dwight (Mark Ruffalo) each react in unexpected ways as their families struggle to cope and an emotional reckoning looms. Jennifer Connelly plays Grace, Ethan’s wife; Mira Sorvino plays Ruth, Dwight’s ex-wife.

Trailer for the upcoming film “We Own The Night” by director James Gray and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall and Eva Mendes. Synopsis: A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men. revver(357336)

Trailer for the upcoming drama/thriller “Reservation Road” by director Terry George and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly and Mira Sorvino. Synopsis: A drama that revolves around two fathers whose families and lives tragically converge with the death of a child. In the aftermath, Ethan (Joaquin Phoenix) and Dwight (Mark Ruffalo) each react in unexpected ways as their families struggle to cope and an emotional reckoning looms. Jennifer Connelly plays Grace, Ethan’s wife; Mira Sorvino plays Ruth, Dwight’s ex-wife. revver(370262)