I’d like to bet there’s a gift for everyone in this Movie News Cheat Sheet because this week’s edition is packed with a particularly eclectic selection of material. My favorite industry present? Starship Troopers is set to return! Ender’s Game fans will be happy to know that the incredibly talented Hailee Steinfeld was offered the role of Petra Arkanian in the big screen adaptation while those who hold the Where’s Waldo books near and dear to their hearts will be thrilled to find out that the feature production is moving forward with screenwriter Todd Berger. We’ve also got a nice sized package of first looks including images from Wrath of…

Hey there, Shockya.com readers. Have a good week? There are tons of great things happening in the film industry right now from new and impressive trailers to a thriving prominent film festival and some on-the-nose casting decisions. We’ve got updates on The Expendables 2, Final Destination 5, The Hunger Games and so much more. Want to know more? You know what to do; check out this week’s Movie News Cheat Sheet! 1. Expendables 2 Poster and Synopsis: Just because The Expendables 2 still lacks a director and cast doesn’t mean it can’t have a poster and synopsis, right? This time last year, Expendables banners decorated the streets of Cannes and…

Michael Cera has been cast in the lead male role in the upcoming independent thriller ‘Magic, Magic,’ Variety is reporting. The movie follows a girl, who has yet to be cast, as she vacations with her friends in a remote area of Chile. She tries to inform her friends that she’s beginning to lose her rational thinking, but they don’t notice until it’s too late. ‘Magic, Magic’ is considered a surprising choice for Cera, who is known for starring in such comedic films as ‘Superbad’ and ‘Juno.’ But he reportedly wants to try a different genre, as his last three comedies, 2009′s ‘Year One’ and last year’s ‘Youth in Revolt’…

The official jurors for this year’s Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) movie competitions have been announced. The jury consists of 38 people familiar with the film industry, including directors, screenwriters, actors and journalists. The jurors bring “a fresh and well-round perspective” to the competitions, Jane Rosenthal, the co-founder of the TFF, has said. The jurors have been named to six different categories, and will collectively award $175,000 in cash and prizes to the winners of each category. The winners will also receive a piece of original art as part of the TFF Artists Awards program. Some of the jurors include Academy Award-winning actress Dianne Wiest and ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast member…

Indie darling and current comic-book movie icon Michael Cera (“Superbad”, “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”) is now a part of CollegeHumor.com! The site has launched a new webseries starring Cera and Will Hines (“Upright Citizens Brigade”, Very Mary-Kate”) called “Bad Dads”. The web show, which consists of five episodes in all, is based on a series of improv comedy-based sketches and airs each Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern Time . Episode 2 aired today. CollegeHumor.com was founded in 1999 by then-high school students who went to different colleges and used the website to share pictures and funny stuff their friends had sent them. Now the site is the number one…

Visionary director Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) interviews Edgar Wright and the cast of the film “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” written by Michael Bacall and starring Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers, and Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells. Also featuring Brandon Routh, Chris Evans, and Jason Schwartzman. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Synopsis: “Scott Pilgrim” is a comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley and published by Oni Presss, first released in 2004. Known for its combinations of action and comedy as well as a varied cast, the titular hero is a musician and…

Impawards.com got their hands on this cool new motion poster for the upcoming film “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” written by Michael Bacall and starring Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers, and Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells. Also featuring Brandon Routh, Chris Evans, and Jason Schwartzman. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Synopsis: “Scott Pilgrim” is a comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley and published by Oni Presss, first released in 2004. Known for its combinations of action and comedy as well as a varied cast, the titular hero is a musician and slacker extraordinaire who,…

Impawards.com got their hands on this new poster art for the film “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” written by Michael Bacall and starring Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers, and Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells. Also featuring Brandon Routh, Chris Evans, and Jason Schwartzman. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Synopsis: “Scott Pilgrim” is a comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley and published by Oni Presss, first released in 2004. Known for its combinations of action and comedy as well as a varied cast, the titular hero is a musician and slacker extraordinaire who, in order…

Watch a brand new movie trailer for the upcoming film “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” written by Michael Bacall and starring Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers, and Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells. Also featuring Brandon Routh, Chris Evans, and Jason Schwartzman. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Synopsis: “Scott Pilgrim” is a comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley and published by Oni Presss, first released in 2004. Known for its combinations of action and comedy as well as a varied cast, the titular hero is a musician and slacker extraordinaire who, in order to actually…

Title: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Directed By: Edgar Wright Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jason Schwartzman, Kieran Culkin, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Ellen Wong, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Satya Bhabha, Chris Evans, Brie Larson, Mae Whitman, Brandon Routh, Keita Saito, Shota Saito On the weekend that every cinematic action hero hits the big screen in just one film, The Expendables, how can moviegoers be expected to accept Michael Cera as just as much of a hero? Thanks to the ingenious filmmaking techniques of Edgar Wright, some may find that Cera is more of a leading man than any of those muscled up stars. Cera isn’t given…