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…

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…

Title: Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know Author: Todd Klick Aspiring film writers and fans alike have always wondered what elements the most accomplished screenwriters include in their scripts to make their movies a success. Todd Klick, a screenwriter, producer and Vice President and Directory of Story Development for White Oak Films, has released a new book, ‘Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know,’ chronicling the most important characteristics all movie should include to become effective. The author became inspired to pen the Michael Weiss Productions paperback after breaking down the most critically and financially successful films of all…

“Juno” was one of my favorite movies of 2007, so I was really happy to see director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody team up again for a new movie. The name of the film is “Young Adult” and will feature Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, and Elizabeth Rease. Theron will play a writer of young adult novels who comes back home to the small town she grew up in, to relive her past glory and win back her married sweetheart, who will be played by Wilson. Official Synopsis From Paramount: “YOUNG ADULT” Paramount Pictures and Mandate Pictures Present A Mr. Mudd Production In Association with Right of Way…

Hollywood funnyman Jason Bateman has signed on to Juno director Jason Reitman’s latest project, Up in the Air. Bateman is set to play the boss of George Clooney, who is cast in the film’s lead role as a corporate downsize obsessed with reaching one million frequent flyer miles before his boss finds his letter of resignation after returning from vacation. Up in the Air is currently filming under DreamWorks and Reitman’s production company, Hard C. Bateman just finished filming Mike Judge’s Extract, about the personal and professional problems endured by the owner of a flower-extract plant, and has just signed on for another project, entitled The Baster, in which he…

Here’s the nominations and eventually a winners list from the upcoming 2008 MTV Movie Awards which will be hosted by Mike Myers at the Gibson Aphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday June 1st. The awards ceremony will award films with such eccentric categories as “Best Kiss,” “Best Villain,” and “Best Fight.” Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest MTV Movie Awards coverage. BEST MALE PERFORMANCE: Will Smith for I Am Legend Shia LaBeouf for Transformers Denzel Washington for American Gangster Matt Damon for The Bourne Ultimatum Michael Cera for Juno BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Ellen Page for Juno Keira Knightley for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End…

Watch an exclusive Myspace Artist on Artist interview of actor John Cusack and Writer Diablo Cody (Juno). The duo touches on topics that include their first shows, their next movies and what fans cant stop yelling at John! For more Myspace Artist on Artist interviews click here.

Check out the latest movie trailer for the upcoming film “The Tracey Fragments” by director Bruce McDonald and starring Ellen Page (Hard Candy, Juno). Plot: 15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he’s a dog.

Check out the latest foreign movie poster from the upcoming dark comedy “Juno” by director Jason Reitman and starring Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman. Synopsis: Juno (Ellen Page) is a Mid-Western highschooler, who decides one day, out of boredom or curiosity, to have sex with her friend Bleeker (Michael Cera), a member of her school’s track team. She likes him well enough, but isn’t hung up on him. This one time encounter results in Juno’s pregnancy. She and her best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) decide to take control of the situation by browsing for prospective adoptive parents in the local Pennysaver, and Juno settles on seemingly perfect, affluent…

Check out the latest trailer for the upcoming dark comedy “Juno” by director Jason Reitman and starring Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman.