Joblo.com has a 4-minute preview of the special Blu-Ray only “Maximum Movie Mode” feature, where director Zack Snyder tells us more than we ever wanted to know about the opening fight scene from Watchmen. Sorry, there’s no embedding allowed, so you will have to go to the site to watch the clip.

source: Oh No They Didn’t!

Stand Up to Cancer, an initiative to raise funds for cancer research, has a new team of celebrity faces on board.

Yesterday, it was announced that Marcia Cross, Kirsten Dunst, Sally Field, Mandy Moore, Dave Annable, Fran Drescher, Dana Delany, Sharon Osbourne, Patrick Wilson, Sofia Vassilieva and David Archuleta will become part of a team lending their efforts and time to a cause that in the past has included Halle Berry and Jessica Alba.

Check out the ways other celebs give back.

“We are eternally grateful for the continuing support of the Hollywood community who have lent their time and talent to this cause, and engaged the public to do the same,” said Laura Ziskin, who is a member of SU2C executive leadership team. “The entertainment industry generously offered this
initiative the most incredible resources

Many of this year’s ambassadors have been personally affected by the disease.

Fran Drescher is a survivor of uterine cancer and the husband of Marcia Cross, Tom Mahoney, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and is currently undergoing treatment.

See which stars have battled cancer.

From its launch on May 28, 2008, SU2C has raised more than $100 million to fund translational cancer research programs.

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To be honest I’m losing track on just who is attached to this project - the plug got pulled somewhere in early 06′ and has just now has been resuscitated. According to Variety, Patrick Wilson (who has seen his stock go up significantly since Todd Field’s Little Children and has starring roles in Lakeview Terrace, The Watchmen and Passengers) is probably taking over the lead role that was assigned to Luke Wilson - they both have the same build, so I’d argue that this is indeed the case.

Barry Munday still has Chris D’Arienzo on board to direct his debut (from his own script) with filming to being in April and remain in Los Angeles. The indie pic (2 dollar bet this preems in Sundance of 09′) is based on Frank Turner Hollon’s novel “Life Is a Strange Place”, this is about a womanizer who wakes up sans his “family jewels” after an irate father attacks him with a trumpet. Things go from bad to worse for the title character when he learns that he’s being sued for paternity by a woman he can’t even remember having sex with.

The project is co-financed by Mickey Barold and Stone Douglass’ Stick N Stone Prods. and Matthew Weaver and Scott Prisand’s Corner Store Entertainment. Eric Kopeloff is producing; Marcos Siega and Carl Levin will exec produce.

source:  ioncinema.com

Broadway’s Jane Fonda, John Lithgow, Tyne Daly, Sutton Foster and Patrick Wilson will appear as awards presenters at The 75th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on May 15 at Marriott Marquis Hotel in Manhattan.

The event will be co-hosted by Jeremy Irons (Impressionism) and Cynthia Nixon (Distracted).

Fonda, Lithgow, Daly, Foster and Wilson join previously announced awards presenters Harold Prince, Stephen Daldry and Irv Welzer.

Each season, The Drama League presents competitive awards in five categories: Distinguished Production of a Musical, Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Revival of a Musical, Distinguished Revival of a Play and the Distinguished Performance Award. Nominations for these awards were announced on April 21.

For a complete list of nominees, please visit www.dramaleague.org.

Earlier this spring, The Drama League announced the recipients of its annual special recognitions: Elton John will receive the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award, Arthur Laurents will be honored with the Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing and Angela Lansbury will receive the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award.

In addition, Broadway producer Herb Blodgett will receive The Drama League’s 75th Anniversary Leadership Award.

Tickets for The 75th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon are now available. Individual tickets are $175-$450. Tables of ten range from $1,750 to $4,250.

In honor of the 75th Anniversary of The Drama League Awards, for the first time ever, mezzanine seating will be available for $75 per person. The “Celebration Ticket” price includes an open beer, wine and soda bar (lunch is not included).

For more information, call The Drama League at (212) 244-9494 ext. 5 or visit www.dramaleague.org.

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The Drama League was founded in 1916 as an association of theatre professionals and patrons dedicated to encouraging the finest in professional theatre.

A theatrical service organization, The Drama League “provides an unparalleled training program for emerging theatre artists through The Directors Project, which encourages and trains young talents while providing much-needed exposure and essential connections to the professional theatrical community. The Drama League’s Audience Project is dedicated to building strong, passionate audiences for the American theatre, providing discounted tickets for its members to the best Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional productions across the United States while enhancing the theatregoer’s understanding and experience of live theatre through its informative panels, luncheons and discussions with leading figures in the field.”

source:  playbill.com

Surrounded by family, friends and fans, actor Patrick Wilson, who grew up in St. Petersburg, turned the red carpet into a reunion during Wednesday’s opening night festivities for the fourth-annual Sunscreen Film Festival.

The star of Broadway stages (Oklahoma!, The Full Monty) and movie screens (Watchmen, Little Children), was the main attraction outside Muvico BayWalk 20. Wilson warmly greeted former classmates and acquaintances while politely posing for photographs. Gawkers without tickets to the screening of his film, Passengers, co-starring Anne Hathaway leaned over the plaza’s second floor railing or strolled by for closer looks.

Wilson, 35, the son of WTVT-Ch. 13 anchorman John Wilson and his wife, Mary K. Wilson, has walked his share of red carpets in the past but declared this one, in his hometown and supporting independent filmmakers, something special.

“I’ve wanted to be a part of this festival for a while,” Wilson said. “It’s sort of a no-brainer. I’ve always wanted to shoot (a movie) down here, or do whatever I can to give the film vibe around here a bit of a boost.”

Wilson said the fact that his brother, Paul Wilson of Wilson Media, is handling publicity for the Sunscreen festival didn’t figure into his decision. “I think I was the one who asked him,” the actor said. “I hoped at some point they’d reach out to me. If not, I’ll just reach out to them.”

“Anytime you can do something to help out the independent (film) community, that’s important to me.”

After the Passengers screening, nearly 400 festival VIP pass holders and guests migrated to the nearby Museum of Fine Arts, where live music, hors d’oeuvres and more photo and autograph opportunities with Wilson and others awaited. The opening night party was held in the entrance conservatory overlooking Tampa Bay, with the welcome desk converted into a circular bar serving cocktails.

The menu prepared by the Parkshore Grill included roasted duck breast in mango chutney, shrimp cocktails, pork and chicken nachos, bleu cheese-stuffed meatballs, seared scallops in a goat cheese spinach dip and blue crab cakes in a spicy, sweet tomato jam. Cheesecake tarts and chocolate-dipped strawberries were served as desserts.

Sunscreen gets into full swing today with screenings at BayWalk 20 beginning at 1 p.m. A complete list of films, plus ticket information is available by clicking on this link or visiting the festival Web site at www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com.

If you didn’t make Wednesday’s red carpet events, Wilson, Bill Cobbs (Night at the Museum) and Michael Rooker (JFK) are slated to participate Thursday in a 90-minute panel discussion on acting at 10 a.m., free and open to the public. Later, the trio will lead the first day of an acting workshop for aspiring performers shelling out $125 for the experience.

Sunscreen continues at BayWalk 20 through Sunday.

Patrick and Watchmen are up for some MTV Movie Awards, which airs on May 31st at 9pm ET. I’ve listed the categories he’s nominated in and linked the pages to go vote so go over and vote!

Best Movie: Watchmen
Breakthrough Performance Male: Watchmen
Best Kiss: Patrick & Malin in Watchmen
Best Fight: Patrick & Malin vs. Prison Gang in Watchmen
Best Fight: Patrick vs. Samuel L Jackson in Lakeview Terrace

The cast for the cheekily titled Morning Glory (aka “that film where Harrison Ford is going to try and be funny!”) really is shaping up nicely. According to The Hollywood Reporter, they’ve nabbed themselves the second Nite Owl, Patrick Wilson.

“The film that Ford is going to try and by funny in” centers on an up-and-coming news producer played by Rachel McAdams. She has to save a struggling morning show, and get its antagonistic anchors (Ford and Diane Keaton) under control.

Trying to save McAdams from losing the will to live is Wilson, who will play her boyfriend. While Wilson is clearly trying to earn some comedy cred (Morning Glory is the third comedy he’s signed for, he’s also got The Baster and Barry Munday in the works),
I sincerely hope there’s a little more to his part than just “the boyfriend.” Wilson is quite talented, and playing a boyfriend, even to McAdams, seems like a waste of his charm. Then again, how many actresses have been stuck in such a thankless part? Maybe the tide is turning.

There really is a lot of talent here on both sides of the camera: Roger Michell is directing from a script by Aline Brosh McKenna, and J.J. Abrams is producing with his Bad Robot banner. Let’s hope they can bring us a film of the witty, fun Ford (yes, he does exist) and not another Hollywood Homicide.

source: cinematical.com

Miramax Films has acquired North American rights to Mandate Pictures’ romantic comedy “The Baster,” starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman.

Jeff Goldblum and Patrick Wilson (”Watchmen”) have also joined the cast.

Film, which is being helmed by “Blades of Glory” duo Will Speck and Josh Gordon, began lensing on Mondayin New York.

Based on a short story by Jeffrey Eugenides, the story revolves around friends Wally (Bateman) and Kassie (Aniston), whose plan to have a baby on her own is complicated when Wally secretly swaps Kassie’s chosen sperm donation with his own. Allan Loeb penned the screenplay.

Wilson will play the genetically superior sperm donor that Kassie originally selects. Goldblum will portray Wally’s boss.

Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa (”Little Miss Sunshine”) are producing, while Nathan Kahane, Aniston and Kristen Hahn are exec producing.

Mandate Intl. is handling international sales on the film.

source: variety.com

Patrick Wilson and his wife are expecting their second child.

Watchmen superhero, Nite Owl II, played by Patrick Wilson, is expecting a little Nite Owl IV, MSN Wonderwall reports.

According to Usmagazine.com, Watchmen star Patrick Wilson and his wife, actress Dagmara Dominczyk, are expecting their second child. The couple already has a two-year-old son named Kalin. Asked Monday if another baby is on the way, Wilson, 35, told Us Weekly, “Yes, we’re about halfway there.” The new baby is reportedly due in June.

source: thecelebritycafe.com