By Rod Perez, The Playlist
Danny Boyle’s crowd-pleasing “Slumdog Millionaire” is taking the indie-movie world by storm. and the kinetic and propulsive film is garnering so much buzz (it was the toast of the Telluride and Toronto film festivals) that there’s talk its slow roll-out plan could hit on a mass level, even with Oscar.
A big […]

Russell Brand had a helluva 2008. Are we agreed? The man went from zero to sixty in no time it seems and now he seems clearly poised to be a leading comedy star all his own with “Get Him To The Greek.” Yes, it is a rite of passage today for comedy star wannabes. Let […]

By Sabrina Rojas Weiss
Well, we here at MTV News are certainly excited that “New Moon” has been green-lit: Without the “Twilight” sequel, there would be a big hole in our lives around here, so as an editor, I’m happy. But as a Twilighter? I’m apprehensive.
I’ve been an irrationally enthusiastic “Twilight” fan since April. And in […]

FROM SPLASH PAGE: We may never know what ultimately led to the Don Cheadle/Terrence Howard switch on “Iron Man 2,” and if Robert Downey Jr. knows, well, he isn’t talking (at least to us).
But one reason it definitely did NOT happen is because the character of Jim “Rhodey” Rhodes was scaled back for the […]

I’m not exactly the target audience (married/32-year old/male/”Star Trek” fan) but even I had to acknowledge the phenomenon that the “Sex and the City” movie was this past summer. It’s for that reason that we have selected Sarah Jessica Parker as one of the actors we’re most thankful for in 2008. You can check out […]

It’s been a huge but often conflicted weekend for Twilighters, as the movie they spent more than a year reading about, screaming about and standing in lines for finally hit theaters. Critics attacked the film right out of the gate, but fans still poured out to give “Twilight” an enormous $70.55 million opening, and a […]

FROM SPLASH PAGE: Fans of this past summer’s “The Incredible Hulk” had a smile put on their faces recently when producer Gale Anne Hurd revealed to MTV News that a proper sequel for the big green guy was very much in the works. As it turns out, they weren’t the only ones.
“I know Gale Ann […]

The numbers are just starting to come in. We’ll have them all for you as soon as they break all weekend. So here is just the beginning…
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that last night’s midnight screenings generated “north of $7 million.”
And Fandango is reporting some impressinve stats:
–Fandango has been selling 5 “Twilight” tickets per second, […]

In just a few more days, “Twilight” fans will come out by the millions to see beautiful young actresses Kristen Stewart and Nikki Reed star in the feature film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s beloved vampire book. Now, MTV has the scoop on the out-of-left-field concept that will reunite the real-life friends just a few weeks […]

FROM SPLASH PAGE: It’s official now: Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are remaking Chan-Wook Park’s, “Oldboy.” Film School Rejects caught up with Smith, who confirmed that he was starring in the film, but was quick to dismiss the claims and complaints that he and Spielberg were remaking Park’s film.
“We’re looking at that right […]