Admit it, we have all thought that the one thing X-Men Origins: Wolverine needed was another character. I mean, there's no possible way Wolverine could carry the entire movie by himself; what we needed were some mutants to share the load. Right?

Well, the most surprising addition yet has been made. According to Superhero Hype, there are reports that Cyclops has joined the roster. No, he won't be played by James Marsden, but an Australian actor named Tim Pocock. The news comes via an Australian agency, who confirmed that said actor was indeed cast as the young Scott Summers.

Now how the heck the two will meet is impossible for me to fathom. I imagine this will just be a cameo, a young Scott brushes past Wolverine at a train station or bus stop. Knowing how these origin stories go, there will probably be some wink-nudge storyline where Wolverine snubs Cyclops somehow, leading to the instant dislike that springs up when the two meet again as adults. Or he will rescue the young Summers, thus making their prickly relationship something to be regretted. (How Summers will not remember is a mystery -- he wasn't brainwashed by Weapon X.)

Sigh. I keep on defending you, Hugh Jackman, assuring everyone you've got a handle on the character, but you're making it so hard for me! Why couldn't you have just mindlessly fought bears in the Canadian snow, wearing nothing but computer circuitry?!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and the entire pantheon of Marvel superheroes, hits theatres May 1st, 2009. Filming finished last week, so ostensibly they can't add any more characters ... can they?

We are all well aware that David O. Russell doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to working with actors. We've heard the stories about near fist-fights on the set of Three Kings, and everyone has seen the meltdown during I Heart Huckabees. The latest casualty of Russell's people skills is celebrated actor James Caan, who has officially quit Russell's political comedy, Nailed.

What caused the irreconcilable rift, you might ask? It was all over a cookie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the final straw for Caan was during a scene in which his character is supposed to be choking on a cookie. Russell instructed Caan to cough and choke at the same time during the scene, which Caan thought was impossible for a human being to do both. The two couldn't come to an agreement and Caan left the set never to return. The film's producer got to work on the damage control and was quoted as saying the disagreement was "part of an ongoing creative conversation between the actor and director", and that Russell had been nothing but professional throughout the shoot.

This is one of those movies that has a premise so incredibly bizarre, yet has cast so strong, that I figure there is some promise I am simply not seeing. David O. Russell's romantic comedy Nailed already stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel, and The Hollywood Reporter says that the film has now added Catherine Keener, James Marsden and Tracy Morgan to the cast.

The plot follows a naive waitress, Alice, who is shot in the head with a nail. The injury causes her behavior to be erratic and outrageous (the IMDb says it causes her to become a sexually adventurous bombshell), and she heads to Washington to campaign on behalf of better health care for the freakishly injured. She ends up falling for a young and clueless new congressman, who must summon up his political courage to save her. Biel plays the waitress, Gyllenhaal the congressman. Keener will be playing a self-serving congresswoman, and Marsden the small-town boyfriend of Alice. Hopefully he's not the one who shot her with a nail. Morgan's character has yet to be decided.

Like I said, there is probably something I am not seeing. The script is penned by Russell and Kristen Gore, so the charm must lie there. But is the waitress' naivete the reason she was shot in the head? Or is she naive because she thinks her insurance will cover the cost of her injury? And must James Marsden lose a girl not only to Wolverine, to Superman and to Patrick Dempsey, but to Congressman Jake Gyllenhaal too?

To be fair, I'm willing to give Mr. Russell a fair shot after the surprisingly unique Three Kings -- although people still keep dissuading me from seeing I Heart Huckabees.

Rumors have been flying today that Bryan Singer is indeed working on the sequel to Superman Returns. Well, it is not just rumor -- Singer himself confirmed it to Empire. "Yes, I'm just getting back with writers after the strike. We're just in the development phase. I'm starting to develop a sequel . . .with the intention of directing it." He lashes out at claims that first film was a flop, pointing out that it made $400 million.

If you're thinking "It wasn't a flop financially, Singer, it was a flop because no one liked it," well, he addresses that too. He promises the next one will up the stakes. "The first one was a romantic film and a nostalgic film. I'll be the first person to own up to that without making any apologies for it. I knew it was going to be that from the outset. And now that the characters are established, there's really an opportunity to up the threat levels . . .Clearly there'll be a body count. From frame one, it will be unrelenting terror! All those teenage girls who found the movie and mooned over James Marsden or Brandon [Routh]? Well, I'm going to wake them up!"

My problem is that I didn't find it nostalgic or romantic, I just found it rather dull. I stopped believing a man could fly, and wondered instead why James Marsden was always losing his girls to men of steel and adamantium. All the pieces were there for a fantastic reboot, a film that could reintroduce Superman to a new audience, but it simply fell flat. I do believe Singer has it in him -- and he does tend to be better with superhero sequels than his originals. So I will forgive and forget, and happily await the next installment.

It's funny, I was just thinking about Seth Green the other day -- not the usual run of things I can assure you, but as I was watching Radio Days, I couldn't help but be impressed by Green's career over the years. But as funny and talented as I think he is, I've got a bad feeling about anything that even remotely involves Fall Out Boy and the somewhat tired premise of a teen sex romp. MTV movie blog recently got the chance to visit the set of the teen/road flick Sex Drive, and scored a closer look at Green and members of the pop-rock band hard at work.

The film centers on a horny teen who takes a road trip with some friends so he can lose his virginity to a girl he knows online -- you know, that old chestnut. The flick was written and directed by Sean Anders, who only has a few credits to his name, but when one of them is a cult comedy about Christian Rock and frozen foods, it tends to stick in your memory. Drive also stars Josh Zuckerman as the aforementioned horny teenager, James Marsden, and Amanda Crew (John Tucker Must Die).

So, you might be wondering what Fall Out Boy has to do with all of this? (Well, other than an appearance on the Sex Drive soundtrack.) Turns out that FOB makes an appearance in the film as themselves, and Green will play an Amish "eccentric" who helps them out when their tour bus breaks down. Wow, this really isn't getting any better is it? But what should I expect from a teen sex comedy with the uninspiring title of Sex Drive? The only bright spot by the looks of things is going to be Green's performance as a whacked out Amish kid who has no intention of ever ending his Rumspringa. Sex Drive is scheduled to arrive in theaters this October.

The other day we brought you the first image from Richard Kelly's (Donnie Darko) new film The Box, and now USA Today has a whole slew of images featuring the cast and that darn box. Imagine, if you will, some guy who looked a lot like Frank Langella showed up to your house with a mysterious box, and said that you could push a button on said box and come into great wealth. However, once the button is pressed, someone somewhere will die. What would you do? Well, something tells me we wouldn't have much of a movie if Cameron Diaz and James Marsden (who play the husband and wife who come in possession of the box) didn't go ahead and push the button.

On the film, Diaz says, "This is the most beautiful love story ever. It's so romantic, especially at the end. Other then that, it's a crazy, si-fi psychological thriller with a twist of conscience." The Box is supposed to be Kelly's big commercial film, after the writer-director had a hard time wowing audiences with the experimental Darko and the recent Southland Tales. But if you take a couple and put them into a freaky situation everyone can relate to, I imagine ticket sales will look a tad better this time. So far I'm loving the retro vibe and I truly hope Kelly pulls off a damn good thriller. We could use one of those. Check out one more photo below, then head to USA Today to view the rest.

Perhaps you have a friend who's a little obsessive about weddings, perusing the Sunday social pages with unnatural interest, reading about other people's engagements and weddings as passionately as some folks follow their favorite sports teams. If you've never met a woman like this, you might not believe it's possible for a normal, intelligent woman to harbor such an obsession for the whole idea of weddings, but they do exist, and 27 Dresses delves into the world of one such fictional woman, Jane (Katherine Heigl), while also pulling of the rather neat trick of making the very attractive Heigl appear to be the less attractive, more serious older sister to sexy blond baby sister Tess (Malin Akerman, who previously was a bright spot on Lisa Kudrow's short-lived HBO series The Comeback).

We meet Jane as a child, at a relative's nuptials -- the beginning of her obsession with all-things-wedding -- when young Jane rescues a potential wedding dress disaster with the creative use of her sister's hair ribbon. When next we see her, Jane is all grown up and rushing back and forth between two weddings in one night, frantically changing clothes in a taxi as she charges back and forth across Manhattan in order to be there for both friends on their big days. And yes, it's a little unrealistic (have you ever tried to get by taxi from one part of Manhattan to another on a weekend night?), but it's also a pretty funny and well-edited scene that somehow manages to work.

Raise your hand if you watched the trailer for 27 Dresses and immediately thought a) "I have to see this movie," and b) "TELL NO ONE."

Feel not ashamed. As a lifelong watcher of chick flicks, I consider myself something of an expert on the genre (a dubious distinction, to be sure), and this one looks like it's got legs, so to speak. For one thing, it stars Katherine Heigl -- the hot and hilarious (hey, that's my band name!) star of this summer's comedy hit Knocked Up, who also just won an Emmy for her work on Grey's Anatomy -- as a single young woman who's always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Even better, 27 Dresses co-stars James Marsden as the love interest, and it's about damn time, too. For once he's not playing the nice guy who gets his heart broken by the fickle heroine; and while he may have to compete with Edward Burns, as Heigl's unattainable boss, that dude's cake compared with Superman, Wolverine, Ryan Gosling and McDreamy.

Katherine Heigl and James Marsden will be interviewing each other for Moviefone's Unscripted series at the end of this week, and we need your questions to help the sparks fly. Based on Marsden's outstanding performance in Hairspray, I suspect he's nothing like some of the wimpy guys he'd played -- and here's our chance to find out. Submit a question for either Heigl or Marsden, then check here on January 7 to see if your submission made it to air. And no, "What in God's name does Izzie see in George?" doesn't count.

Here's the most recent example of our Unscripted series, by the way: Will Smith and his 'I Am Legend' director Francis Lawrence chat about how Stars Wars changed Smith's life, and what makes Smith sexy (apparently, it's tons of makeup -- I KNEW it!). Thanks to everyone who wrote in and contributed.

To ask a question of Katherine Heigl or James Marsden, leave it here in the comments or text one to AskCelebs@aol.com (brought to you by Verizon Wireless). Please provide your first name and your city and state, and if you're looking for inspiration, then take a look at some of our past Unscripted interviews here. Good luck!

What do you get if you mix together Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella, toss in a dash of Ariel and a smidge of Belle, and drop her into the cold, harsh light of reality? Writer Bill Kelly and director Kevin Lima ask just that question in Enchanted, Disney's newest family film offering, which merges classic Disney animation with live action in bringing fairy tale characters to life.

Animated Giselle (Amy Adams) has been spending her time doing what all good little Disney heroines do -- sitting around her cute little cottage in the middle of a forest, hanging out with all the little forest creatures and dreaming of her Prince Charming coming to carry her off to his castle in the clouds. Giselle doesn't seem to have much purpose or direction in her life beyond that singular goal; after all, she already has the two things every good animated future princess needs in order to snag a royal sweetie: delicate beauty and a lovely singing voice.

Giselle does meet her Prince Charming, er, Edward (James Marsden) when he rescues her from a troll who was about to eat her for a little pre-dinner snack. After bursting into song in a perfectly harmonized duet (actually sung by Marsden and Adams, both of whom have surprisingly good voices), the pair plan do what all good fairy tale folks do the day after they meet someone they like -- get married for ever, and ever, and ever. The one person who isn't thrilled with the happy couples' nuptial plans is the prince's stepmother, Narissa (Susan Sarandon), who, in addition to being secretly evil, isn't about to give up her crown to the sweet Giselle. Disguised as a hag, Narissa enchants Giselle as she rushes to her wedding and sends her down a magic well and into the real world.

Oh, how I used to wish for a future with funky, memorable, wonderful, and cultish Richard Kelly movies for years to come. Unfortunately, I've lost my faith. I loved Donnie Darko -- it was random, entertaining, and it merged actors from all different periods of my moviegoing life. Then I saw the director's cut, which was too over-explained for me, although I'm still eternally grateful for the Darkomentary. Now Southland Tales. I waited ages for that sucker, checking the ultra-vague website often; waiting. Then it came out to boos, got revamped, and now I'm hearing from some sources that it didn't help.

My future Kelly hopes seem dashed, but even after the flop that was Domino, and the Southland troubles, Kelly is gearing up for his third feature, The Box. Cameron Diaz signed on to star in June, then Frank Langella joined her in October. Now The Hollywood Reporter has posted that James Marsden is in final negotiations to play Diaz's husband in the horror film. The film is about: "an unhappily married couple who receive a box from a stranger (Langella) who tells them that if they push a button on the box, they'll receive a hefty amount of cash -- and someone they don't know will die." If it was as simple as that, there wouldn't be a movie, so I imagine those cash-givers are tricky and will make it someone connected to a future boss, family member, or something to throw a wrench in their already-crappy lives.

How far would you go to shack up with someone you met on the internet? Though it's kind of embarrassing to admit (and my fellow Cinematical writers will torture me for this), back in college during my sophomore year I flew all the way to Utah to meet up with a girl I met online. Three months of chatting through a computer screen? Check. Three months of talking on the phone? Check. Pictures? Check. But when I finally went all the way out there, I learned that she and Utah were very different from anything I'd ever experienced in New York. Suffice it to say, after six days of shooting guns, visiting square-dancing clubs, feeding rats to snakes and witnessing more than one fight in a Denny's parking lot, I left Utah and never spoke to her again. But anyway ....

... The Hollywood Reporter tells us Josh Zuckerman (Feast), Amanda Crew and James Marsden will star in Sean Anders' teen sex comedy Sex Drive. The concept? "... an unlucky in love teen meets a girl on the internet who sends him the message "U Drive All the Way Here 4 Me ... I'll Go All the Way with U." Guess what happens next? Yup, our teen, named Ian (Zuckerman), convinces his friends to drive from Chicago to Knoxville so that he can lose his virginity to this girl with a dazzling vocabulary. If Marsden signs on (he's still in talks), he'd be playing Ian's brother. Yeah, so it's like Road Trip meets ... Dateline's To Catch a Predator series? Sweet! Right now it looks like filming will begin by the end of the year off a screenplay written by Anders and John Morris (who's also producing). So, would you drive half-way across the country for that?

I could be real mean here and say that the new trailer for 27 Dresses provided me with approximately 27 reasons why not to see the film. Reason number one: When they're using the screenwriter as a main selling point (a screenwriter who adapted someone else's material, mind you), you know they're reaching. Nothing against screenwriters -- we love screenwriters here at Cinematical -- it's just when do they ever use the screenwriter to sell a trailer? Not often. But hey, it's got "Knocked Up's Katherine Heigl!" Yup, that's reason number two -- they actually say "Knocked Up's Katherine Heigl" in the trailer. But if you've ever been a bridesmaid ... 27 times ... then I guess you'll find plenty of relatable material in 27 Dresses.

The film follows a girl (Heigl) who's been a bridesmaid 27 times (realistically, who in the world has been a bridesmaid 27 times?), but never quite found a man for herself. There's her good-looking pal James Marsden (who's prominently featured in the trailer), but he can't marry her till the end of the film. When her sister, as played by the dreadful (but hot) Malin Akerman, accidentally swipes away the man of her dreams (Ed Burns), our bridesmaid complains about it a lot and eventually starts thinking about herself, instead of others. That's about it. That's 27 Dresses. I'm sure there will be plenty of wedding-related laughs along the way, so all you men out there might need to take one for the team because ladies (especially ones looking to walk down the aisle) will want to run to theaters for this flick. 27 Dresses is set to take its vows on January 11.

Once upon a time, there was an animated princess in a big, poofy white gown who gets thrown into a pit by an ugly, old wart-ridden woman. Unfortunately, this pit leads her animated arse to the real world -- New York actually. Since Gotham really isn't the place for fair princesses, she befriends a McDreamy man and faces the big, tasty apple (not the poisonous one) as her beau, Prince Edward, flies through the same pit with a little chipmunk to try and rescue her. Of course, the harsh city isn't all they have to fight, as the evil Queen Narissa is determined to wreak havoc on the poor fairytale couple.

So, basically, that's the gist of Enchanted, the animated/live action film that stars Amy Adams as the princess, James Marsden as the Prince, Patrick Dempsey as the friendly New Yorker and Susan Sarandon as the evil, witchly foe. After many months of anxious, fairy tale anticipation, there's a direct link to a trailer right here. They really could've done without the cartoon classic lead up, especially since the clips don't actually reflect the Disney bits that the movie is spoofing. Since it's about a girl, a wicked Queen and a Prince, wouldn't clips of Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty be better than The Lion King? But that's just the intro. As for the film itself, I'm not terribly excited. However, I'm sure it will be a solid hit. Adams really knows how to pull off a princess, and I'm sure kids will see it in droves. Me, I just might check it out to see Marsden. I actually like him in this trailer, and I can't remember the last time I didn't groan when he popped on the screen. Maybe Disturbing Behavior?

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I happen to think Rambo: First Blood II is one of the finest action movies ever made, but I was never much of a fan of First Blood and no one was much of a fan of Rambo III, so I've been sort of on-the-fence about whether I'm interested in Rambo IV -- officially known as John Rambo, even though I imagine even Rambo's mother called him simply Rambo. I guess the title Rocky Balboa tested well or something? But anyway, I'm a little more encouraged about the whole thing today after seeing the Cannes footage everyone has been talking about. It's basically a raw, R-rated trailer, and unexpectedly showcases a number of blood-drenched kills. Stallone's mumbling mercenary breaks out the old bow and arrow, pulls out a guy's throat like Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse, and even performs one outright beheading!

Stallone is obviously sending out a clear message here -- this isn't going to be some PG-13 mess about Rambo getting all spiritual over in Burma or something. This is the f**cked-up Vietnam vet, off his meds again and doing what he does best -- cutting down an entire army by himself. Apparently Burma didn't get the message after he single-handedly won the Vietnam War, so now they're gonna pay. I think my favorite part of the footage is the beginning, when some civilian approaches Rambo in his hovel where he's doing menial labor, and says he's going to Burma to try to change things for the better. "You bringing weapons?" Rambo asks. Nope. "Then you ain't changing nothin." Ouch. John Rambo is, of course, co-written and directed by Stallone himself, and is currently scheduled for a big summer 2008 release.

John Waters 1988 hit movie-turned-Broadway-musical is heading back to the big screen on July 20 -- this time as a musical -- with Adam Shankman (The Wedding Planner) at the helm and a bevy of A-list stars in the cast. We have an exclusive first look at 10 Hairspray character posters below, from an in-drag John Travolta to a still-smokin' Michelle Pfeiffer. Click on the images for larger versions.

Newcomer Nikki Blonsky stars as Tracy Turnblad, a chubby teen who wins a spot on the American Bandstand-esque Corny Collins Show in 1962 Baltimore. Amanda Bynes plays Tracy's saucy best pal Penny Pingleton.

John Travolta plays the plump Edna Turnblad, mother of the aforementioned aspiring dancer. Yes, that's correct: A virtually unrecognizable Travolta plays a woman. And he's married to Christopher Walken. Great stuff.