2. Sarah Lancaster (“Everwood”, “Chuck”) has joined the cast of “The Judge”, playing Robert Downey Jr’s soon-to-be ex-wife (The Hollywood Reporter)

3. That Martin Lawrence/Kelsey Grammer sitcom has been greenlit by FX for a 10-episode run. If those 10 episodes rate, it’ll trigger a 90-episode back order – same deal “Anger Management” got (The Hollywood Reporter)

4. Jason Schwartzmann has joined the cast of Tim Burton’s “Big Eyes” (The Hollywood Reporter)

5. Norwegian helmer Morten Tyldum (“The Imitation Game”) is to direct an adaptation of Robert Hobbs’ bestseller “Ghostman” (Deadline)

6. Netflix has renewed Eli Roth’s “Hemlock Grove” for a second season (Deadline)

7. Cillian Murphy has boarded Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea”, for Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Pictures. The “Dark Knight Rises” actor ”will play Matthew Joy, second mate on the whale ship Essex. Citing reports of cannibals in the Society Islands, Joy and first mate Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth) convince first time Captain Pollard (Benjamin Walker) to sail to South America after an enraged sperm whale rams and sinks the Essex, leaving 21 crew members adrift in small boats, 3,000 miles from land. The film begins shooting around London in mid-September.” (Deadline)

8. The new trailer for “The Spectacular Now” has been released :

9. Grammy nominee Jeremy Jordan has joined Anna Kendrick in the feature film version of the stage play “The Last 5 Years” (Deadline)

10. The trailer for “Free Birds” has been released.Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks (voiced by Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson) must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history – and get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu for good.

Sam Taylor-Johnson (“Nowhere Boy”) is Universal’s choice to direct celluloid mommy porn, “Fifty Shades of Grey”.

Name ring a bell? It should, she’s the better half of actor Aaron Johnson (“Kick-Ass”).

“Sam’s unique ability to gracefully showcase complex relationships dealing with love, emotion and sexual chemistry make her the ideal director to bring Christian and Anastasia’s relationship to life,” said producer Michael De Luca earlier today. “E L James’ characters and vivid storytelling require a director who is willing to take risks and push the envelope where needed, and Sam is a natural fit.”

Taylor-Johnson, currently developing a film for Columbia based on the book “A Reliable Wife” (so it’s a sex movie too, then?), says she’s stoked, and looks forward to shooting naked bottoms.

“I am excited to be charged with the evolution of Fifty Shades of Grey from page to screen,” she said. “For the legions of fans, I want to say that I will honor the power of Erika’s book and the characters of Christian and Anastasia. They are under my skin too.”

The film is still without a Christian and Anastasia (wonder if hubby Aaron will get a look-in?), but I’m secretly hoping for a Lance Guest/Catherine Mary Stewart “Last Starfighter” reunion. Make it so.

Shailene Woodley has been cut from the upcoming “Amazing Spider-Man 2″, in which she’d filmed several scenes as flaxen-haired Spidey squeeze, Mary Jane Watson.

According to director Marc Webb, Woodley (The Descendants) was cut because he’d decided the movie would be better served if it concentrated solely on the relationship between Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), rather than throwing a third girl into the mix. Strange he didn’t think of this before though, right? Did he only just realize this once checking out a rough-cut of the flick? Or, as I suspect, is there a less print-friendly explanation for Woodley’s excising?

Whatever the case, here’s Webb’s PR-friendly spiel : ‘I made a creative decision to streamline the story and focus on Peter and Gwen and their relationship,’ he said. ‘Shailene is an incredibly talented actress and while we only shot a few scenes with Mary Jane, we all love working with her.’

Though Webb says he’ll bring Woodley back for “The Amazing Spider-Man 3″, is it possible that he or Sony have decided that Woodley just doesn’t fit Mary Jane, and with no time to recast, they’ve simply decided to cut the character? (and then recast the part for the next film?) That’s the word around the webb, er, web. Even THR suggests Mary Jane will be recast come the third film.

Woodley tells Entertainment Weekly that she’s understandably bummed about being chopped from the 2014 sequel.

“Of course I’m bummed. But I am a firm believer in everything happening for a specific reason. Based on the proposed plot, I completely understand the need for holding off on introducing [Mary Jane] until the next film,” she added.

I know a lot of comic book fans weren’t happy with Woodley being cast as Mary Jane, with most claiming she wasn’t attractive enough to play the part, but Jesus- if only because it won’t do the production, nor the studio, any favours – I hope that’s not the internal word for the dismissal. That’s something a soft-core pornographer would only do. Right? And if it is, I suggest they use the ‘Eric Stoltz-Back to the Future’ case as part of their fire-back defense.

This visual sneak-a-poo, which isn’t just four badly-dressed dudes walking towards a camera before pausing and shooting off some funny quips (that’s the teaser in a nutshell), gives us a better indication of what tale the upcoming all-star sequel tells. Seems to involve San Diego’s most famous news-crew getting in on a 24-hour news channel. And that whole ‘extinct old school journalist’ argument… that can also be heard in the aisles of any media screening around Melbourne on most Wednesday mornings. There’s also peeks at James Marsden, Kristen Wiig and ‘s characters, but no Harrison Ford (it’s likely his role is so small they don’t want to waste it on the commercial). Lots of hair attire though.

Reports say Gandolfini was in Italy when he suffered a heart attack. TMZ say he was there to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily.

Gandolfini was terrific on “The Sopranos”, and it’s undeniably the high point of his career and CV, but I’ll also remember him for his great character turns in so many ’90s actioners like “True Romance”, “Get Shorty”, “Terminal Velocity” and “Crimson Tide”. He was a staple of so many of those popcorn actioners, if only because they all required a charming bear of a bad guy – and he was the best at that. In later years, Gandolfini appeared in high-profile flicks like “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”, “Zero Dark Thirty”, and “Welcome to the Rileys. He was expected to reunite with HBO on an event series called “Criminal Justice”.

HBO released the following statement : ”We’re all in shock and feeling immeasurable sadness at the loss of a beloved member of our family. He was special man, a great talent, but more importantly a gentle and loving person who treated everyone no matter their title or position with equal respect. He touched so many of us over the years with his humor, his warmth and his humility. Our hearts go out to his wife and children during this terrible time. He will be deeply missed by all of us.”

Man, I’m just in a total state of shock. So young, such a talent. This one stings like an electric current to the nether regions.

Stuck for words, let’s just go to the video :

So what the heck happened? For better or worse, Richard Lester returned for “Superman III,” confirming his fondness for camp in spades. According to Wikipedia and Christopher Reeve, “[He] was always looking for a gag – sometimes to the point where the gags involving Richard Pryor went over the top. I mean, I didn’t think that his going off the top of a building, on skis with a pink tablecloth around his shoulders, was particularly funny.” We hear you Chris. But the skiing-off-a-skyscraper scene wasn’t the only of Lester’s abuses. Supes straightening out the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Supes getting sauced and flicking peanuts at a bar mirror. Clark eating dog food. At the very least this was a Superman of firsts.

The film begins on the streets of Metropolis with a domino parade of sight gags that writer Peter Nicholls calls “probably finer than anything since Mack Sennett.”
I’d call it an embarrassment. As the last domino falls, Superman is given a chance to strut his stuff, his first of the movie. Unfortunately, and this adverb loves this movie, leaping to a rescue that could have been resolved by a paperboy leaves a dangerous first impression, that this hero’s myth is worth sullying for laughs. Recall Joel Schumacher’s “Batman and Robin.” No, don’t do that.

The story has grains of familiarity. When down-on-his-luck Metropolite Gus Gorman (comedian Richard Pryor) discovers a talent for computer programming, and computer theft, he’s recruited by corporate magnate Ross Webster (“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”‘s Robert Vaughn) to manipulate trade in whatever world commodity will make him richer. To assist is Webster’s priggish sister (Annie Ross) and the squeaky, hourglass bombshell Ambrosia (Pamela Stephenson), as obvious a stand-in for Ms. Teschmacher (Valerie Perrine) as Webster is for Lex Luthor. Coincidence? Don’t know. And if Google can’t find the truth I move on. Either way the results speak for themselves. The film’s villains are a tawdry imitation, as worthy a challenge to the Man of Steel as Elmer Fudd to Warner’s rabbit.

Gorman too is similar to Luthor’s sidekick, Otis (Ned Beatty), bumbly and accommodating until he demands more. When a hunk of synthetic Kyrptonite fails to kill Superman, only make him really grumpy, Gus has Webster build him a supercomputer that promises to do the job. Sounds cool, and in 1983 it was at least current. Home computing was in its infancy and the Commodore 64 in vogue, but where “WarGames” used its technology intelligently, at least believably, Gorman’s computer was able to make cyborgs with Joan Jett hair. Out of nowhere, I should add. But Pryor is funny at least, albeit misplaced, and clean enough for family viewing. Consider ourselves lucky that it was he who was cast, a performer who could squeeze laughs from a church bulletin, and not a lesser comedian…I guess.

But even today, “Superman III” isn’t a total loss. Once acclimatized to its cartoonish tone, there’s some residual charm at work here, mostly thanks to Reeve. In a story that runs parallel to the Webster/Gorman line, Kent travels to his boyhood town of Smallville to write a story about his high-school reunion. Things have changed. The football captain is a drunk and Lana Lang (Annette O’Toole), Clark’s high-school crush, is now a single mother. An uncertain romance begins. Reeve doesn’t miss a beat here, still the lovable absent-minded nerd as Clark Kent, still impressing humanity to a higher standard in the cape. But critic Roger Ebert nailed it when he remarked on humanity’s impression of Superman in the film. It’s rather matter-of-fact. “The movie and the people in it take this incredible creature for granted. After the bird and the plane, it’s ‘Superman’ when it should be SUPERMAN!”

Kal-el’s been through a lot in his 75 years – orphaned, adopted, celebritized, revered, killed, resurrected and married. No single superhero film needs all of that, of course, or even life-changing events, but it should at minimum respect the myth: Superman as alien immigrant, Superman as moral compass and Superman as a being of both personal needs and duty. “Superman: the Movie” set the bar high on all three counts. Which brings us to the junkyard brawl. Yeah, you know the scene. The scene that kills rewind buttons? That wonderfully bizarro scene where the bad, how-did-my-suit-get-so-dirty-so-quickly Superman and the white-collared Kent duke it out for the rights to Kal-el’s soul? Terrific. (I like the tire throwing bit.) In spite of all the sequel’s missteps, writers David and Leslie Newman were onto something there, an original way to examine the myth, challenge the character, inspire new effects sequences and dignify the legend. Ooops. Somebody dropped the ball. Maybe “The Man of Steel” can pick it up.

Watchathink’s happening here? ‘Dirty Dick’ is obviously about to give a speech, right? Someone gonna be taken out?

Here’s said pic :

#xmen #DaysOfFuturePast pic.twitter.com/pZMvY5G4VM

— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) June 18, 2013

The actor revealed the news via his Facebook account :

Okay, I’m back again with that big deal that I couldn’t talk about but couldn’t shut up about either. Well, now I can talk about it, because today it came true. Guillermo del Toro, director of PAN’S LABYRINTH, HELLBOY, and the upcoming PACIFIC RIM, has cast me in one of five leading roles in his new film CRIMSON PEAK, a Gothic ghost story also starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessica Chastain, and Charlie Hunnam. We start shooting in Toronto in January.

“Crimson Peak”, said to be somewhat of a haunted house thriller (script has been JJ Abrams-ized), stars Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mia Wasikowska and Charlie Hunnam.

For those who claimed Christian Bale and Henry Cavill weren’t super expressive, check out the Batman and Superman, respectively, of the “Lego Movie”!

The 3D computer animated adventure tells the story of Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.

The movie stars Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie and Morgan Freeman as the voices of the animated characters. The film is directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (21 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) from their original screenplay, and story by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman and Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, based on LEGO construction toys. It will incorporate some of the LEGO world’s most popular figures while introducing several new characters, inviting fans who have enjoyed the brand’s innovative toys and hugely popular video games for generations to experience their visually unique LEGO world as never seen before.

2. Russell Crowe has locked in his directorial debut, “The Water Diviner”, ”a film scripted by Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios that will shoot in Australia and Turkey later this year. It is set in 1919, and an Australian father travels to Turkey to find his two sons, who are missing after the battle of Gallipoli.” (Deadline)

3. Liv Tyler (“Armageddon”) will star in Damon Lindelof’s HBO pilot “The Leftovers”, directed by Peter Berg. ”Co-written by Lindelof and Tom Perrotta based on Perrotta’s book, the project takes place after the Rapture happens but not quite like it’s supposed to. It is the story of the people who didn’t make the cut… and a world that will never be the same. Tyler, repped by UTA and Untitled, will play Meg, a young woman on the verge of getting married, but needing an escape. As a result, she becomes a target for recruitment by members of an enigmatic cult.” (Deadline)

4. “We’re been talking about the idea for it and working on a pitch,” said Guillermo del Toro today about a ”Pacific Rim” sequel.

5. Juan Antonio Bayona (”The Impossible”, ”The Orphanage”) will direct the first two episodes of “Penny Dreadful”, the John Logan-Sam Mendes drama set up at Showtime (Deadline)

6. Greg Berlanti (“Arrow”) is to direct the science-fiction film “Epsilon” (The Hollywood Reporter)

7. “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig says he wants to make a female spy movie (The Wrap)

8. Universal has confirmed a 2015 release for “Jurassic Park 4″. In addition, they say it’ll be filmed in 3D (Variety)

9. The first episode of Showtime’s “Ray Donovan” is online.

10. Producer Lynda Obst says she’s making a semi-sequel to “How to Lose a Guy in 10 days”, called “How to Get a Guy in 10 Days”. ”We’re trying to take the notion of preawareness of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ fans and say, this is something like that. It’s not exactly that,” Obst said. “But it’s a movie in that vein. It’s not a reboot, it’s not a sequel, but it’s a movie in that tradition.” (Huffington Post)

The trades have now confirmed our news, while adding that the original cast – Harry Connick Jr, Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman and Kris Kristofferson- are expected to return, along with writer Smith who will retain his title as director.

A September 19, 2014 release has been set for the film.

Previously…

A sequel to Alcon Entertainment’s family hit “Dolphin Tale” has been greenlit, with the sequel to due to shoot in September, Moviehole has been informed.

Charles Martin Smith, the “American Graffiti” alum who directed the 2011 original, is currently polishing the script. Smith will likely reprise his directing role on the film.

The film will tell the further stories of Winter, the dolphin with the mechanical tail – now a star attraction at the Clearwater Aquarium in Florida, where the film was set.

Alcon returns to the Clearwater Aquarium for it’s September shoot.

“Dolphin Tale” starred Nathan Gamble, Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman and Harry Connick Jr; no word on which cast members- if any – will return for the follow-up (sequel is sure to make a big splash, regardless!)

Producers have confirmed “Hellboy” actress Blair’s exit, apparently due to a kafuffle over Sheen’s work ethic on the series, “which films two episodes per week and often finds Sheen with more than 40 pages of dialogue per script” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Blair’s departure comes hot on the heels of the show going on pause to creatively refashion itself. That restructuring will now involve incorporating a new female regular, to fill the void left by Blair.

“Anger Management”, which is locked-in for 90 episodes, still has 60 episodes to produce in order to fulfill its commitment to the network.

It’s on! Universal and Red Granite are teaming to rescue “Dumb & Dumber To”, which Warners dumped recently.

Bobby and Peter Farrelly just tweeted : “It’s official: Dumber and Dumber To is going to production with @RedGranitePics and @UniversalPics!!!”

Universal and Red Granite have confirmed the tweet. The film is expected to go into production this Summer for a 2014 release.

Previously…

We’ve both horrid and hopeful news – yes, news of dissimilar varieties – for those anxiously-waiting the previously-announced but continuously-delayed “Dumb & Dumber” sequel.

After so many hiccups (everything from scheduling difficulties to budgeting arguments to script problems – problems that were bad enough that Jim Carrey took leave from the project for a while; I believe he’s back on now) Warner Bros has officially exited the Farrelly Bros’ written/directed sequel, set to reunite Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.

Deadline says, “Warners execs have hemmed and hawed over whether to let someone else finance while they distributed, or let it go completely. That apathy finally led to Warner Bros bailing a few days ago.”

Sigh.

There is some hope though! ”Wolf Of Wall Street” financier Red Granite – only in the business for a couple of years, but they do seem to have some money and a good rep – has apparently expressed interest in financing the film and selling foreign on it.

Furthermore, there are about 5 studios said to be interested in taking domestic (with Deadline predicting Universal, who do like their ‘Frat Pack’-style comedies, pick it up). Not surprising!

Either way, it sounds like this will be made.

Will Warner Bros end up regretting their decision not get involved with the sequel to one of their (well, New Line’s; Warner now own New Line though) biggest comedies of the ’90s?

The film’s teaser will apparently be swimming into the online pool shortly.

Stay Classy,
Brooke.

Rain Man

This 1988 film is probably the single most famous example of a blackjack movie scene, and it also defined the way in which blackjack is usually featured in movies – i.e. card counting. Here Charlie (Tom Cruise) takes his autistic brother Raymond to play blackjack at casinos in Vegas, so that he can capitalise on the latter’s genius maths ability by getting him to count the cards. The scene is one of the quirkiest uses of a casino in a movie, as well as being vital in establishing the character traits of both brothers.

21

Another card counting blackjack movie, this drama from 2008, focuses on the true life story of the MIT Blackjack Team, a group of whizzkid maths geniuses from MIT who make a fortune counting the cards in Vegas – led by their charismatic teacher (played by Kevin Spacey). The film is a morality tale about allowing your talents to be used for the wrong reasons, but before all that, there are plenty of entertaining scenes at the blackjack tables.

Licence to Kill

Bond movies always feature casino scenes, but they don’t usually involve blackjack. Classic era Bond had a preference for baccarat (and occasionally roulette), while the new Bond favours Texas Hold’em poker. However in the 1989 Timothy Dalton movie Licence to Kill, Bond gives blackjack a shot and ends up winning £250,000 at the casino owned by bad guy drug kingpin Franz Sanchez.

Mike Smith: For those readers that haven’t yet seen the film, give us an introduction to “21 and Over” and your character, Nicole.
Sarah Wright: “21 and Over” is the story of three friends. Two of them show up to take the third out to celebrate his 21st birthday. The third friend is scheduled for an important job interview the next morning so they agree to get him back home in plenty of time to rest. Of course they don’t and craziness ensues! My character is the love interest of the character played by Skylar Astin.
MS: Was making the film as much fun as the finished product?
SW: It was awesome! The guys had a blast because they were basically partying the entire time. I had fun being the only girl. It was like hanging out with three brothers. We hung out all night long every night we were shooting. It was great. It was fun and easy because the directors were fantastic and they had written a great script. It was a great script but they still allowed us to do some improv. It’s always great to be able to play around and do that.
MS: Can you recall the craziest thing you did when you turned 21?
SW: (laughs loudly) Actually my 21st birthday was not that crazy. I started younger. I was modeling and living in Japan when I was 16. I was living in Greece at 19. I had some really crazy party nights after concerts and at after-party places. I remember winding up somewhere in Japan and having to make my way back to my apartment at four o’clock in the morning. I think on my 21st birthday I kind of mellowed out.
MS: Are you going to be back on “Parks and Rec” next season?
SW: They’ve talked to me about it so there’s a possibility. It’s funny, when I started I figured that after my story with Rob Lowe was done I’d never be back on the show but they keep finding ways to bring me back. It’s a lot of fun. I love doing that show.
MS: What are you working on next?
SW: I just finished a film with Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden and Gillian Jacobs called “Walk of Shame.” It’s scheduled to come out next March.

“21 & Over” is out on DVD and Blu-ray

Mike Smith: For those readers that haven’t yet seen the film, give us an introduction to “21 and Over” and your character, Nicole.
Sarah Wright: “21 and Over” is the story of three friends. Two of them show up to take the third out to celebrate his 21st birthday. The third friend is scheduled for an important job interview the next morning so they agree to get him back home in plenty of time to rest. Of course they don’t and craziness ensues! My character is the love interest of the character played by Skylar Astin.
MS: Was making the film as much fun as the finished product?
SW: It was awesome! The guys had a blast because they were basically partying the entire time. I had fun being the only girl. It was like hanging out with three brothers. We hung out all night long every night we were shooting. It was great. It was fun and easy because the directors were fantastic and they had written a great script. It was a great script but they still allowed us to do some improv. It’s always great to be able to play around and do that.
MS: Can you recall the craziest thing you did when you turned 21?
SW: (laughs loudly) Actually my 21st birthday was not that crazy. I started younger. I was modeling and living in Japan when I was 16. I was living in Greece at 19. I had some really crazy party nights after concerts and at after-party places. I remember winding up somewhere in Japan and having to make my way back to my apartment at four o’clock in the morning. I think on my 21st birthday I kind of mellowed out.
MS: Are you going to be back on “Parks and Rec” next season?
SW: They’ve talked to me about it so there’s a possibility. It’s funny, when I started I figured that after my story with Rob Lowe was done I’d never be back on the show but they keep finding ways to bring me back. It’s a lot of fun. I love doing that show.
MS: What are you working on next?
SW: I just finished a film with Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden and Gillian Jacobs called “Walk of Shame.” It’s scheduled to come out next March.

“21 & Over” is out on DVD and Blu-ray

Dimension’s “Sin City 2 : A Dame to Kill For” has been pushed back to August 22, 2014 – nearly a full year after it’s original opening date of October 4, 2013.

Robert Rodriguez’s all-star sequel will now do battle at the box-office with such films as “The Expendables 3″ and Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy”.

No word from the studio yet on reasons for the delay.

Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, and Jaime King reprise their “Sin City” roles for the sequel, and are joined by the likes of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin, Eva Green, Stacy Keach, Jamie Chung, Dennis Haysbert, Christopher Meloni, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, and Juno Temple.

Rogen and Goldberg tell Moviehole that, for one reason or another, these 5 actors weren’t able to accept an offer to participate in “This is the End”.

Bill Hader

Rogen seemed mostly disappointed he couldn’t get his “Superbad” co-star Hader into the movie, but he was just too busy at the time. “Hader.. I wish he had been in it”, says the filmmaker and actor of the “To-Do List” and “Turbo” star.

Edward Norton

Rather surprisingly, Goldberg says cinema’s second-last Incredible Hulk “Really wanted to be in it” but ultimately “couldn’t make it” due to other commitments.

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks, who worked with Rogen on both “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” and “The 40 Year-Old Virgin”, was keen to make an appearance. “I was very excited to work with her”, says Goldberg, ultimately disappointed that she couldn’t fit it into her schedule.

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz, who had worked with Rogen on “Green Hornet”, had agreed to do a spot in the film but ultimately had to bow out. “She was dying to be in it”, says Goldberg, but explains that she couldn’t ultimately do it because the film had shifted locales from L.A to New Orleans making it logistically impossible for her to do a cameo at the time.

Daniel Radcliffe

Before offering a part to his “Harry Potter” co-star (though truth be told, Mila Kunis was offered Emma Watson’s role first), ‘Harry’ himself was asked to come aboard. Rogen says the script, at the time, wasn’t that impressive so the actor passed on the opportunity. He’s glad they ended up with Watson though, remarking on how excited the audience is when they see her.

“This is the End” is now showing in the U.S, and opens July 18 in Australia

The “Turbo” star has opted out of starring in the long-in-the-works “Highlander” reboot, according to The Wrap.

Reynolds would’ve played Connor MacLeod, the role made famous by Christopher Lambert in the classic 1986 picture.

Reynolds’ departure is merely the latest hiccup for the Neal Moritz produced picture; the film recently also lost it’s director, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, whose exit was blamed on creative differences.

The film is now star-less and director-less, suggesting it’ll be quite a while before this one comes to fruition (if it ever does?).