Piranha 3DD Trailer Swims In

There's something in water...Should you have previously seen the completely new, clash-tastic trailer for TheAvengers but were left thinking, "that's all good. Nevertheless it needed a scene where a piranha appears to bite someone's penis taken off within the woman's body" then we have got a bit of very good news, you weirdo freak, you! The completely new promo for Piranha 3DD has might more. Settle your stomach and take a look below.Within the evidence of this longer trailer, it is not hard to deduce the, well, we'll think of it as "thinking" behind the follow-up: precisely what possess a reaction inside the original, but pressed further. Hey, whether or not this ain't broke...This time around around around, the nasty gnasher-bearing sea food monsters have found their distance towards the drainage system in the Large Wet waterpark. Where, wouldn't you understand, OTT owner Chet (David Koechner) is throwing a celebration including babes, booze and Baywatch-mode David Hasselhoff. So clearly there are lots of buxom or aficionado types around to complete as sea food food.Feast designers John Gulager, Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton are clearly getting fun just ramping within the crazy action and including a few nods along with other problems. Plus Ving Rhames reaches have guns for legs. Classy. Our one note? Needs more Busey. He's there in the event you look for him...By yet, the film doesn't have a very solid release date the following.

Will Action-Packed Final Trailer Fix Things for John Carter?

It's really no secret that Disney's been scrambling to combat bad monitoring and mixed person to person on their own mega-allocated March actioner John Carter, therefore it is worth a turn to see what they have completed with the most recent (and "final") trailer for that Edgar Grain Burroughs adaptation. And behold! A trailer full of nearly exactly what makes John Carter worth likely to see: Alien animals, political intrigue, Taylor Kitsch inside a loincloth, Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris, and a lot of inventive, fantastical action. A clip does not bother attempting to explain what Kitsch's American Civil War veteran John Carter does around the strange realm of Mars, caught between various factions inside a planetary war who each want his increased fight abilities for their ace in the hole. Nor will it attempt to woo the women, or at best what studio executives think about because the typically-minded romantic-leaning female demographic, by investing a lot of time on Carter's series-determining romance using the Martian princess. Not a chance, this trailer provides for us action, and from the beginning: John Carter advances over his opponents in fight, reducing his way right through to victory very well that even Mark Strong's all-knowing Thern leader needs to request, "Who's that??" We glimpse the film's breathtaking aerial battles, but individuals podracer-esque planes are barely seen. The Exorcist commonalities, begone! A clip finishes because it starts -- having a John Carter fight, this time around within an arena against a huge whitened ape. It's among the finest action moments from the film, but does not reveal an excessive amount of. Disney's already (probably) got the Burroughs diehards within the bag, as well as whatever Pixar fans will come to support/take a look at Finding Nemo and WALL-E director Andrew Stanton in the live-action debut. Does a trailer such as this engage the uninitiated male demo enough to show the tide of bad, or underwhelming, person to person? And when Disney does not obtain a certain female audience with this particular clip, Kitsch's niche Friday Evening Lights following aside, is the fact that okay? Like a long term fan of sci-fi and fantasy myself, I had been submerged on the planet of John Carter the moment he hit the sandy dunes of Mars. Discover inquisitive about now in a minimum of looking at John Carter, no quantity of calculated marketing will probably change that. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Academy reveals more Oscar presenters

Oscar-winning actors Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo have joined the list of presenters for Sunday's 84th annual Academy Awards ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday. In addition, crooner Tony Bennett will serenade this year's Academy Award recipients at the Governors Ball, which immediately follows the ceremony. Previously announced presenters include Halle Berry, the cast of "Bridesmaids," Bradley Cooper, Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Michael Douglas, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Zach Galifianakis, Tom Hanks, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez. Chris Rock, Ben Stiller and Emma Stone. The Oscar ceremony, hosted by Billy Crystal, will take place at the Hollywood & Highland Center and air live on ABC. Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

ICM Signs Steve Coogan

EXCLUSIVE: ICM just signed British comedian/actor Steve Coogan. Coogan last starred inside our Idiot Brother as well as the approaching Michael Winterbottom-directed The Trip, which opened up within the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival. He’s developing other projects including Cruise in the Gods, the David Guion/Michael Handelman-directed comedy, together with an element based on Coogan’s Alan Partridge character. He’s handled by 3 Arts which is repped inside the Uk by Independent Talent Group.

CSI: What Have You Think about Elisabeth Shue's Debut?

Elisabeth Shue By helping cover their that old, along with the Shue.Wednesday's CSI started the entire process of changing Marg Helgenberger's Catherine Willows. It accomplished it with the development of Elisabeth Shue as Julie "Finn" Finlay, a bloodstream-spatter expert introduced in by D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) to examine an especially grisly and confusing crime scene. And something thing's without a doubt: Both of these have complicated history.Marg Helgenberger states goodbye to CSIAlthough Finn initially rebuffs Russell's invite to see for that CSI team ("We understand how it ended before,Inch she states), it's obvious she's respect for that guy. In the end, the very first time we have seen Finn echoes the way you met Russell the 2009 season: laying in the center of a criminal offense scene. "You believe you hate me," Russell informs her. "But that whole laying on the ground playing the victim factor type of states you miss me."In no time, Finn appears while offering to have a look only at that particular situation. But she sets strict guidelines. Chief included in this: "We're not going to discuss yesteryear,Inch Finn states.So, What is the large secret? "Russell, so far as he's told Catherine, only has... rested with one lady and family member lady in the existence," executive producer Carol Mendelsohn states. "But we'll discover that Finn was his work wife. This is a interesting relationship." Adds executive producer Don McGill: "The figures have great chemistry and i believe there is a quite interesting, very relationship appropriately."Have more scoop in your favorite shows within our Winter TV previewIndeed, Shue and Danson's moments were playful and fun. Similar to Danson has been doing all season, Shue brings a lighter energy to exhibit, the industry nice respite from the sometimes bleak subject material.Ultimately, Finn demonstrated her theory that "bloodstream spatter can frequently let you know greater than a test tube." Even though team were built with a prime suspect according to DNA analysis, Finn'sblood analysis demonstrated his innocence. Which was adequate for D.B. (short for Diebenkorn, it works out) to provide Finn a normal gig using the graveyard change."Maybe I'll phone you,Inch Finn states as she walks away. Spoiler alert: She'll return.What have you think about Shue's character? Would you such as the chemistry between Russell and Finn?

A helicopter ride home

Matthew Libatique and Harrison Ford After lengthy lasting a couple of from the more extended-winded honours speeches in recent memory -- even by ASC standards -- the characteristically shy Harrison Ford, who was simply due to the Board of Governors laurel, saved his remarks fortunately short, as did people who won competitive honours within the d.p. kudofest Sunday at Hollywood and Highland's Grand Ballroom. Ford, whose reel incorporated d.p. touchstones "Apocalypse Now" and "Bladerunner," gave a shoutout to dolly grips, who handled to obtain feasible for lensers like presenter Matthew Libatique, to mimimize Ford's time on set. The prize? A ride home on Ford's helicopter.

Cheers & Jeers: Curtin Rises on Unforgettable

Jane Curtin Cheers to Jane Curtin for proving she's still Unforgettable. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! The onetime Not Ready for Primetime Player - who's already got two hit sitcoms under her belt (CBS' Kate & Allie and NBC's 3rd Rock From the Sun) - brings a much-needed sense of humor to the Eye network's rookie procedural. Star Poppy Montgomery could use a strong female foil, and Curtin is just what the doctor ordered as Joanne Webster, a mouthy medical examiner who's been exiled to Queens. In her first case, Dr. Webster helped Montgomery's Carrie Wells attempt to capture a serial killer whose crimes hit a bit too close to home. With a tested veteran like Curtin on board, chances are Unforgettable won't slip CBS' mind come renewal time. What do you think of Jane Curtin on Unforgettable? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Hasbro profits slip 1% in Q4

The holidays weren't as giving as Hasbro had wanted. The nation's second-greatest toymaker saw profits slip 1% through the fourth quarter, when the kind of Hasbro usually produce most of the annual sales. While revenue did rise 4% to $1.3 billion, driven by overseas sales and gains in Hasbro's boys and preschool lines, profits showed up at $139.millions of for your three-month period that ended 12 ,. 25. Sales were off 2% inside the U.S. and Canada to $593 million but rose 8.4% overseas to $669.8 million. Hasbro saw much much softer returns in the women, games and puzzles groups, including Battleship, Monopoly, Risk, Ouija and Chocolate Land, all characteristics being modified into films. "Battleship" sets sail in May. "We did not meet our anticipation for rise in the U.S. and Canada segment, after we experienced weakened demand than we'd anticipated, especially publish-Thanksgiving, including challenges inside the games and puzzles category," mentioned Hasbro leader and Boss John Goldner, adding the organization will put new leadership accountable for the division to boost sales. That group already remains improving boardgames with the help of new interactive technologies or creating digital versions for online play. "We still believe that through a mixture of face-to-face, off-the-board and digital gaming, there's an opportunity to develop our gaming business," Goldner mentioned in the business call with experts. Goldner also thinks adaptations of Hasbro's characteristics as films and tv shows may even help with growing fascination with the toy lanes at retailers. It's products set to pay attention to its growing boys biz across the films "Battleship," "The Astounding-Spider Guy" and "G.I. Joe: Retaliation." Films and tv shows on its kids cabler the Hub aided entertainment and certification revenue climb to $64.millions of from $53.5 million through the quarter. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

Exclusive This Means War premiere report video

[brightcove]1424399651001[/brightcove]Tom Hardy, Chris Pine and Reese Witherspoon have been in London to promote the release of This Means War, and the trio, along with director McG, rocked up on the red carpet at last night's London premiere.You can watch the video, which features interviews with the whole gang, above.Hardy sports an impressive scruff of a beard, and he reckons that "the whole film was good fun... I tend to take myself incredibly seriously so it was to not, for once."Witherspoon meanwhile compares choosing between her hunksome co-stars to "Sophie's Choice" and McG explains: "I was always curious about what would happen if Jason Bourne and James Bond took on each other in the spirit of chasing a woman..."This Means War opens on 2 March 2012.Read Total Film's This Means War review.