Cameron Diaz has officially been added as a presenter at the 84th Annual Academy Awards, the ceremony’s telecast producers, Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, have confirmed. The ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ actress joins previously announced presenters Halle Berry, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez and the main cast of the twice-nominated ‘Bridesmaids.’ The 84th Academy Awards are slated to broadcast live on ABC on Sunday, February 26, 2012 from the Kodak Theatre at Los Angeles’ Hollywood & Highland Center. The ceremony, which will honor film achievements from 2011, will begin at 8:30 pm EST/5:30 pm PST, and will air in more than 225 countries worldwide. Written by: Karen…

Halle Berry is the latest star to be confirmed as a presenter at the 84th Annual Academy Awards, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer have confirmed. The Oscar-winning actress joins the list of already confirmed presenters, including Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez and the cast of ‘Bridesmaids,’ including first time nominees Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, as well as Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper. The 84th Academy Awards, which will honor film achievements from 2011, will air live on ABC on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 8:30 pm EST/ 5:30 pm PST. The ceremony will be held at the Kodak Theatre in the Hollywood…

Tom Cruise is the latest actor to be added to the list of presenters for the 84th Academy Awards, the telecast’s producers, Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, have announced. The three-time Oscar nominee is the latest star to be confirmed to appear on the ceremony. Previously announced presenters include Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez and the main cast of ‘Bridesmaids,’ including first-time nominees Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, along with Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper and Wendi McLendon-Covey. The 84th annual Academy Awards, which will honor film achievements from 2011, is scheduled to air live on Sunday, February 26th, 2012 from the Kodak Theatre from the Hollywood Highland Center. It…

Tom Hanks is slated to present at the 84th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian grazer and Don Mischer have confirmed. The two-time Oscar-winning actor, who is a governor of the Academy, will join previously announced presenters Jennifer Lopez and the cast of ‘Bridesmaids,’ including first-time nominees Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, and Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper. The 84th Annual Academy Awards, which will honor outstanding film achievements of 2011, will be held on Sunday, Fbruary 26, 2012 from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. It will be televised live on ABC to more than 225 countries worldwide. Written by: Karen Benardello

“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” starring Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks and Thomas Horn, has the intention of being a bittersweet story about a boy believing his father left him a message before he died in the Twin Towers on 9/11. However, critics seem to be mixed as to how to take the film. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the film has garnered a 46% rating from the critics, meaning that it’s “rotten,” but only barely. The audience gave the film a 68%. What the critics didn’t like about the film was its sweetness–in fact, they felt the film was too sweet. According to the consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, “‘Extremely Loud &…

Yahoo! has announced plans to debut long time actor Tom Hanks’ digital animated series, Electric City, this year. The new Tom Hanks created venture, set in the future, is a 90 minute science fiction series that includes plenty of action and adventure. Per Market Watch, the ‘Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud’ will star in the series as well. Electric City will be presented on Yahoo in multiple parts, and will be available for fans on tablets, connected TV, and in several different languages. The interactive and social series will mark Yahoo’s first leap into the field of scripted programming. Get more details surrounding the plot of the web series below….

We’re going into high-profile overdrive this week. We’ve got some major casting news regarding a number of highly anticipated productions including Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, Spike Lee’s Oldboy, Stephenie Meyer’s next book-to-film adaptation The Host and more. In non-casting news, of course, we’ve got the details on the Academy Awards producer/host shuffle and an update on the upcoming Justice League movie from Warner Bros. as well as a little sneak peek at the xnew Toy Story short film set to play ahead of the November 23rd release, The Muppets. So, want the goods? They’re all right here in your weekly Movie News Cheat Sheet. 1. Sacha Baron Cohen May Join…

Happy Sunday, Shockya.com readers! Yes, another weekend has come to an end, but we’ve got quite the list of movie news to send you back to work with. The biggest of the bunch is certainly all of the updates pouring out of Disney’s D23 Expo. The event revealed details on a number of projects including The Muppets, The Avengers, Monsters University and so much more. We’ve also got some extensive casting news from some non-Disney productions like the G.I. Joe sequel as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike. There are even some inspirational stories in the mix this week; not only did Tom Hanks step up and make amends for…

Ron Howard won’t be directing the film adaptation of The Lost Symbol, the third book in Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon series, Deadline is reporting. Howard only wants to produce the final film in the trilogy, instead of directing it, even though he helmed its two predecessors, 2006′s ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and 2009′s ‘Angels and Demons.’ Howard reportedly told Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton from Sony Pictures, which released the first two films in the series, that he doesn’t want to continually tell the same stories with the same character over and over. But the studio is saying Tom Hanks, who portrayed Langdon in both previous adaptations, will reprise his…

The box office results for the weekend of July 8th – 10th sees a change at the top of this year’s overall domestic haul. “Transformers 3″ is well on its way to becoming the years first $300 million grosser stateside. Meanwhile, a “Zookeeper” and some “Horrible Bosses” debut strong. Here are the studio estimates: 1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($47 million) 2. Horrible Bosses ($28.1 million) 3. Zookeeper ($21 million) 4. Cars 2 ($15.2 million) 5. Bad Teacher ($9 million) 6. Larry Crowne ($6.2 million) 7. Super 8 ($4.8 million) 8. Monte Carlo ($3.8 million) 9. Green Lantern ($3.1 million) 10. Mr. Popper’s Penguins ($2.8 million) Analysis Transformers: Dark…