I’m not a big fan of the cold, but I’d certainly suck it up for a trip to the Sundance Film Festival. Sadly 2012 isn’t my year, but my intense adversity to chilly temperatures at least makes me appreciate being able to watch from the warmth of my New York City apartment for now. On top of all the latest updates from Park City, this Movie News Cheats Sheet also has the lowdown on all the news circling the Hunger Games franchise as well as a play-by-play of the SOPA backlash. The casting realm has two shining stars this week, Liv Tyler who snagged the lead in Ti West’s The…

Title: The Ledge Writer-director: Matthew Chapman Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Liv Tyler, Patrick Wilson, Terrence Howard, Chris Gorham A tapestral suspense drama about the intertwined romantic fates of a quartet of Baton Rouge residents – each wounded in their own way, and some more freshly than others — The Ledge exhibits a willingness and desire to let its characters bat back and forth opposing philosophies of life and faith more frequently found on display in literature or off-Broadway theater. An interesting character study only half-successfully masquerading as a kind of specifically plotted romantic thriller, writer-director Matthew Chapman’s movie resembles the smart and sensitive but still gangly teenager pushed out of the door, wearing clothes…

What’s the way to Liv Tyler’s heart? Well, it’s either being a hardcore evangelical or a total nonbeliever because in the upcoming film The Ledge, Tyler’s character, Shauna, is caught between just that. Shauna’s husband, Joe (Patrick Wilson), is a firm believer in being born again, but her new neighbor, Gavin (Charlie Hunnam), doesn’t see the logic in Joe’s preaching. When Joe entices Gavin to step onto the ledge of a high-rise building, he gives him just one hour to decide whether to save his own life or the life of his love. The Ledge is available on Demand through IFC Films via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner and Bright…

Title: Super Directed By: James Gunn Starring: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Nathan Fillion I’m all for bizarre and outlandish comedy. When Napoleon Dynamite hit back in 2004, I fell in love. The difference between that film and James Gunn’s Super? Whereas Napoleon Dynamite was innocent silliness, Super is insulting madness. Perhaps the films would be comparable had Napoleon’s Liger jumped off the page and mauled Pedro to death. Super stars Rainn Wilson as Frank, a lame loser who happened to get lucky in the romance department and marry Liv Tyler’s character, Sarah. Sure enough, Frank’s luck runs dry and Sarah’s drug addiction creeps back into the…

According to a report by Variety, Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler have all been announced to star in the superhero genre-spoof comedy “Super”. James Gunn (“Slither”) wrote the script, and will also be directing the project. Wilson plays an average guy with no special abilities or powers at all, who takes on the heroic wrench-wielding alter ego of the Crimson Bolt after watching his wife succumb to the charms of a local neighborhood drug dealer. Filming on “Super” will be starting in December 2009. Stay tuned for more news on “Super”, right here at Shockya.com. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety)

Variety.com is reporting that “The Strangers 2″ movie, a sequel to the 2008 horror film starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, is going to start filming this fall. The film will be produced by Ryan Kavanaugh from Relativity, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Doug Davison, and Nathan Kahane from Mandate. Tucker Tooley from Relativity, Joe Drake from Mandate, Sonny Mahli from Vertigo and Trevor Macy and Marc Evans from Intrepid are all on-board to act as executive producers. Laurent Briet is tapped to direct. The film is going to be a follow-up to the first film, which shows a couple terrorized by three mysterious masked strangers at a remote cabin. Stay…

Watch a brand new exclusive interview with Stan Lee (Spider-Man 4, Silver Surfer, Iron Man 2) at the Spike TV Scream Awards 2008. Darren talks with Toxic Shock TV Reporter Schroeder (from Cult Movies Magazine) about his current work. At the end of the interview Stan Lee talks with director Frank Miller (The Spirit, Sin City). The third annual “SCREAM” event featured appearances by the industry’s biggest stars including Kate Beckinsale, Kristen Bell, Rosario Dawson, the cast of “Dexter,” Jon Favreau, the cast of “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army,” Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stan Lee, Gary Oldman, the Osbournes, Seth Rogen, Winona Ryder, Kevin Smith and Liv Tyler, among…

Watch a brand new exclusive interview with James Remar (The Unborn, Dexter, Pineapple Express) at the Spike TV Scream Awards 2008. The third annual “SCREAM” event featured appearances by the industry’s biggest stars including Kate Beckinsale, Kristen Bell, Rosario Dawson, the cast of “Dexter,” Jon Favreau, the cast of “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army,” Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stan Lee, Gary Oldman, the Osbournes, Seth Rogen, Winona Ryder, Kevin Smith and Liv Tyler, among many others. The two-hour extravaganza also included musical performances by Grammy Award-winning band Smashing Pumpkins and up-and-coming pop sensation Kerli. “SCREAM 2008″ will premiere on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 21 (9:00 – 11:00 PM,…

Spike TV just sent us a funny new clip of Actor Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes, Iron Man 2) acceptance speech at Spike TV’s “Scream Awards 2008″. The third annual “SCREAM” event featured appearances by the industry’s biggest stars including Kate Beckinsale, Kristen Bell, Rosario Dawson, the cast of “Dexter,” Jon Favreau, the cast of “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army,” Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stan Lee, Gary Oldman, the Osbournes, Seth Rogen, Winona Ryder, Kevin Smith and Liv Tyler, among many others. The two-hour extravaganza also included musical performances by Grammy Award-winning band Smashing Pumpkins and up-and-coming pop sensation Kerli. “SCREAM 2008″ will premiere on Spike TV on Tuesday,…

Watch a brand new exclusive interview with Director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw IV, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Fear Itself) at the Spike TV Scream Awards 2008. Darren talks with Toxic Shock TV Reporter Schroeder (from Cult Movies Magazine) about his upcoming fiom “Repo! The Genetic Opera” starring Paul Sorvino (Boogie Woogie), Paris Hilton (The Hillz, Paris Hilton’s My New BFF), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects, Alone in The Dark II) and Anthony Head. The third annual “SCREAM” event featured appearances by the industry’s biggest stars including Kate Beckinsale, Kristen Bell, Rosario Dawson, the cast of “Dexter,” Jon Favreau, the cast of “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army,” Samuel L. Jackson, Milla…