There’s been a lot of excitement brewing over Marvel Studios’ superhero mash-up film The Avengers since Iron Man first came out in 2008 and featured Nick Fury hitting up Tony Stark to join his elite team of costumed crime fighters after the credit roll.

When geek-messiah Joss Whedon (”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) was rumored to have signed on to direct the project, mouth-breathers everywhere high-fived their moms and eagerly awaited for the news to be confirmed and for the cast to be set.

Well, the wait is over.

Marvel announced at their Comic-Con panel last night that Whedon will indeed be behind the camera and that actor Mark Ruffalo would be replacing Edward Norton as Bruce Banner the Hulk in the film. And, that wasn’t all.

Samuel Jackson (Nick Fury) then took the stage and introduced all of the avengers: Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Clark Gregg (SHIELD Agent Phil Coulson), and Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow).

Personally, I find this to be a pretty sorry group of superheroes. I mean Downey’s Iron Man is cool and, while I have no idea what the Black Widow’s deal is, Johansson in latex is a good thing. I’m even down with Ruffalo as the Hulk. But, what the fuck is a Hawkeye and a Nick Fury? Phil Coulson?

I must have been out getting laid when those comics came out. And, by laid I mean playing with my Star Wars action figures.

Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, and Blake Lively’s breasts made their way to Comic-Con this afternoon for Warner Bros. Green Lantern panel. Attendees were shown footage of the film, which is still being shot, and blah, blah, blah, green ring, blah, blah, green Zorro mask.

What stood out most about the panel was Lively’s bunched up cleavage, which clearly explains the producers decision to convert the film into fake 3-D.

Lively plays Carol Ferris, the Aerospace business woman who falls for pilot-turned-intergalatic-cop  Hal Jordan/Green Lantern (Reynolds) and goes on to become super-villain Star Sapphire. Lively’s breasts reportedly beat out Jennifer Garner, Keri Russell, Diane Kruger, and Eva Green for the role.

Green Lantern arrives in theaters on June 17, 2011.

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Summit Entertainment hosted a Comic-Con panel today for director Patrick Lussier’s (My Bloody Valentine 3-D) supernatural road-rager Drive Angry 3-D. Joining Lussier on the stage were actors Nicholas Cage, William Fichtner, and blonde babe Amber Heard.

Drive Angry follows Milton (Cage), a damned soul, as he escapes hell to embark on a quest to run down the cult that murdered his daughter and abducted his grandchild for sacrifice. On the run from the police and Satan’s own bounty hunter (Fichtner), Milton is aided on his revenge mission by lost-soul waitress Piper (Heard).

The film, which was shot with 3-D cams (no post conversion here), wrapped two months ago and marks Cage’s first foray into the format, which the actor welcomed as an opportunity to amp up his physical performance.

Said Cage:

How could I mess with the camera. What moves could I do that would go into the 4th row of the audience? That’s what I was trying to see.

Lussier told Comic-Con attendees that the film was inspired by action films of the ’60s and ’70s including Bullitt and Vanishing Point. The director also revealed that the title was taken from a line of dialogue in the highly overrated 1993 Bill Murray comedy Groundhog Day.

I'm still a prickly pear!

Drive Angry 3-D costars Billy Burke (Twilight Saga), David Morse (Disturbia), Charlotte Ross (”NYPD Blue”), Katy Mixon (The Quiet), Bryan Massey (Boggy Creek), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Captivity), Wanetah Walmsley (Vampires Suck), and Playboy model Christa Campbell (2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams).

Look for it in theaters on Feb 11, 2011.

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Scream 4 starlet Hayden Panettiere is dispelling rumors that she is not happy with the changes made to her character during recent rewrites of franchise creator Kevin Williamson’s script by Scream 3 scribe Ehren Kruger.

She tells Access Hollywood:

I don’t know whether it’s somebody projecting or, who knows where it came from, but ultimately it was very untrue and I love my character…I’m having a really good time doing it…it’s a really great cast.

All the original cast is back. We’ve got Neve Campbell and David Arquette and Courteney Cox…We’ve got a brand new cast – myself and Emma Roberts…[Director] Wes Craven is an amazing human being and such a nice guy.

It is such a pleasure to work with him…you can feel the crews at ease. They’re able to have fun — it’s not like twisting their arm to come to work. They actually really, really enjoy it, so it’s been a blast thus far.

I know. Reading about how much an actress loves her new role, director, and costars is about as exciting as looking at pictures of someone drinking water.

Oh, that reminds me, here you have some on-the-set photos of returning Scream player Courteney Cox as she goes to …

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Victoria Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is currently hard at work on her feature film debut Transformers 3. The 23-year-old acting novice replaces Megan Fox as Shia LaBeouf’s love interest.

As a die-hard Megan Fox stalker fan, I have been skeptical about Whiteley taking Fox’s place in the Michael Bay film. However, after watching this video taken from her topless pictorial in Spanish magazine DT, I’m starting to warm up to the idea (Thanks K-Y Warming Jelly!).

Check it out:

Here we have model/actress/Cosplay enthusiast Adrianne Curry kicking Star Wars menace Jar Jar Binks in the chest while dolled up like Return of the Jedi’s Slave Leia. The shot is both playful and sexy, but don’t let Curry’s cheeks distract you from its message: Binks sucks donkey dicks.

Curry also poses with statues of an emaciated Darth Vader (someone get him a Bantha burger) and an authentic replica of a typical convention fanboy … oh, wait, that’s Jabba the Hut.

Curry is best known for being the first winner on the CW network’s reality show “America’s Next Top Model.” She has also starred in the straight-to-DVD thrillers Jack Rio and Fallen Angels.

To see more of Curry’s Star Wars-inspired titty-twitters, go here.

And, while you’re at it, check out Kelly Brook (Piranha 3-D) and 2007 Playboy Playmate of the Year Sarah Jean Underwood respective turns as Princess Leia.

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Unlike your unemployed father, British actors Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton won’t be sitting around in their boxers tossing beer cans at at their loved one’s heads now that their gigs on the insanely lucrative Harry Potter franchise have come to an end. The wizarding duo have wasted no time conjuring up high profile projects.

Hammer Films announced today that Radcliffe will headline their adaptation of author Susan Hill’s best-selling novel The Woman in Black. James Watkins (Eden Lake) will direct the film from a script by Kick Ass writer Jane Goldman, who aims to introduce a J-horror vibe to the Victorian ghost story.

Daniel Radcliffe says (via press release):

I am incredibly excited to be part of The Woman In Black. Jane Goldman’s script is beautifully written – both tender and terrifying in equal measure. It is thrilling to be working with James Watkins. From his brilliant work on Eden Lake and also having met him and heard his vision for the film, I know he will make a fantastic film.

The Woman in Black follows lawyer Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe) as he arrives in a small U.K. town to settle the estate of a deceased old widow only to discover a village held captive by a vengeful ghost.

Felton, meanwhile, has signed on to star in 20th Century Fox’s eagerly anticipated Planet of the Apes prequel Rise of the Apes. The 22-year-old actor is playing the son of a cruel primate sanctuary owner (Brian Cox).

Felton is the latest addition to a cast that includes lead James Franco (Spiderman), John Lithgow (”Dexter”), Brian Cox (Trick’r Treat), Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings), and the gorgeous Freida Pinto (Immortals).

Directed by Rupert Wyatt, Rise of the Apes follows a San Francisco-based scientist’s (Franco) attempt to protect an ape named Caesar (Serkis) from the doctors using him as a test subject in Alzheimer’s research. What follows sets the stage for a simian revolution.

The film goes into production this month and is slated for release on June 24, 2011.

Felton also stars in Dark Castle’s supernatural thriller The Apparition, opposite Twilight babe Ashley Greene and Friday the 13th’s Julianna Guill, and in Eyeline Entertainment’s werewolf-frightener 13HRS with British actress/glamor model Gemma Atkinson.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last entry in the beloved blockbuster saga, is being split in two with the first part set to hit theaters on Nov. 19 and the second on July 15, 2011.

Warner Bros. held the Los Angeles premiere for director Chris Nolan’s Inception earlier this week at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA. Sadly, I was unable to attend as I was too busy purchasing my 2-for-1 Sorcerer’s Apprentice tickets at Fandango (Yeah, it’ll probably blow, but nothing in Inception will be as eye-popping as Monica Bellucci, baby).

Joining Nolan on the red carpet were the film’s stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard (in an insanely hot formfitting dress), Ellen Page, Joseph Gordan-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Lukas Haas, blonde stunner Telulah Riley and Ken Watanabe.

Other celebs on hand included a bra-less AnnaLynne McCord, Twilight’s Kellan Lutz, Matrix babe Carrie-Ann Moss, Djimon Hounsou, a pregnant Winnie Cooper (Danica McKellar), “The Bachelor’s” Erica Rose and her enormous breasts, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons’ Asian ex-wife Kimora Lee, and soap star Sharon Case.

Peep the gallery (courtesy of Zimbio):

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Laura Vandervoort is swooping into “Smallville” this fall for a special final season episode that will have the stunning 25-year-old starlet reprising her role as Supergirl. Vandervoort was introduced as Superman’s Kryptonian cousin Kara Zor-El during the long-running hit show’s 7th season.

The Supergirl episode is scheduled to air in October and marks Vandervoort’s return to the series since appearing in season eight’s “Bloodline.” Producers for the CW program are also bringing back former series regular John Schneider (Clark Kent’s dad) for one or two episodes.

“Smallville” begins its tenth and final season on Sept. 24.

Vandervoort currently stars as alien-visitor Lisa on ABC’s “V.”

The folks in Spain took a break from celebrating their World Cup victory last night to get their kicks at the Madrid premiere of Pesadilla en Elm Street (gringo translation: Nightmare on Elm Street). Jackie Earle Haley, who plays Freddy Krueger in the Platinum Dunes remake, sported a Spanish soccer jersey to the event and even demonstrated some of his moves (see gallery below).

Joining Haley at the shindig were many of Spain’s celebrities including actors Ana Fernandez, Andrea Duro, the very cute Ursula Corbero, Luis Fernandez, Gonzalo Ramos, pop singers Angie, Labuat, and Edurne, and Spanish designer Carlos Diez.

Spanish TV actress Ursula Corbero

Actress Aroa Gimeo was also in attendance. Gimeno stars in the Spanish short film Zombies & Cigarettes and the Spanish soap “Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso,” which translated literally means “Without Tits, There is No Paradise.” It’s funny because it’s true.

To read a review of A Nightmare On Elm Street, go here.

To read about Spanish horror flicks, Check these stories out: Guillermo del Toro’s Los Ojos de Julia, Pedro Almodovar’s La Piel Que Habito, Javier Ruiz Caldera’s spoof Spanish Movie (starring Leslie Nielsen), and Miguel Angel Fabre’s The Sindone (with porn star Maria Lapiedra).

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