If you work long grueling hours for months straight, wouldn’t you want to take a break and be with your family? JoBlo (via The Hollywood Reporter) is reporting this is exactly what Priates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides lead Jonny Depp wants to do, which may push shooting, and potentially release dates. Read the full story

Comicbookmovie.com has an exclusive on the Green Lantern movie starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Edge of Darkness) with a release date of June 17, 2011. Here it is: Read the full story

Remember when it was announced there was going to be a third Lost Boys movie? Neither do I. Well, surprise, it’s already made! The movie continues the story from the last sequel Lost Boys: The Tribe as the Frog brothers Edgar and Alan (Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander) try to stop a drug being spread that will turn people into vampires. Here’s the trailer for the third movie, Lost Boys: The Thirst. Read the full story

MacGruber may be hitting theaters but the bases for the parody may seem to be having a film of its own. Jason Richman who did Bangkok Dangerous, Swing Vote, and Bad Company was hired by Warner Bros./New Line to write the script for the bigscreen adaptation. [via /Film] Read the full story

At the Empire Gives Back charity event, Cowboys and Aliens director Jon Favreau talked with Collider after the show talking about the movie, including the picture he posted on Twitter (above), who is in fact Daniel Craig, one of the movies co-stars.

On Craig:

That’s him. We couldn’t really show too much because he didn’t want to reveal any images on Twitter but I wanted to kind of get a sense of the feel of it. He’s also somebody who plays an iconic figure that has a long tradition. So to have him playing a cowboy, I feel very good now having shot him and worked with him and hearing his thoughts. And the whole cast is great. With each person we add, the enthusiasm grows, with Rockwell and [Paul] Dano, of course Harrison. So far it’s great. The only thing that’s scary is we’re going to be shooting soon.

On Harrison Ford‘s Role:

He’s like our John Wayne. He’s our generation’s John Wayne. How do you separate him from the roles that he’s played? He’s defined the whole genre so you have to take that into consideration.

The movie, which stars Harrison Ford and co-stars Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, and Paul Dano who are all being directed by Favreau, is about, you guessed it, cowboys fighting against aliens in the wild west. Jump to the link for the full interview.

Cowboys and Aliens hits theaters next summer.

Do you think this movie will be successful with the all star cast?

Possibly, states ComingSoon. Apparently the director approached Walt Disney‘s head of production, Sean Bailey, to direct an adaptation of Jules Verne’s 2,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The movie will be potential written by Scott J. Burns (The Informant!) and will “aim to be visually dazzling” and as well as “being in the vein of Star Wars or The Empire Strikes Back.” Read the full story

Various studios announced a handful of new movies that will be released in 2011:

• Contagion: Steven Soderbergh‘s virus thriller starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Marion Cotillard will be releases October 21 in 3D.
  
• Final Destination 5: though no actor’s, director, or fate of 3D has been announced it will be released August 26
• Journey to the Center of the Earth 2: Only rumors have surrounded who will be returning to this movie, including Brendan Frasier, on September 23
• New Years Eve: The follow up to Valentine’s Day will be released December 9
• Red Riding Hood: The Twilight directors follow-up starring Amanda Seyfied is out April 22

That’s just a taste of the new movies coming out next year. (via ComingSoon)

Is there any movie without a release date you’re looking forward too?

Cinematical has it official. Men in Black III is going to be release May 25, 2012. Paramount released this after a wave of ‘MIB’ rumors including the state of the two stars of the original, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, and a bizarre one that had Josh Brolin in talks to play a younger Kay.

Well it’s all true. Smith and director of the previous two Barry Sonnenfeld are returning with Jones finalizing negotiations. Brolin will be making his introduction to the franchise as well. The film is being written by Etan Cohen (not Ethan Coen) who co-wrote Tropic Thunder. And, as expected, it will all be in 3D, for better or worse.

Are you happy to see another ‘Men in Black’ in production?

Collider reports the man behind Mr. and Mrs. Smith will be directing Warner Bros. 3D adaptation to The Three Musketeers. The director, Doug Liman, was in negotiations back in the beginning of April while still being attached to direct Attica Uprising. Read the full story

Mila Kunis has been cast to star along with Justin Timberlake in the comedy Friends with Benefits. Guess what the plot is. Can’t? It’s about two people “trying to take their relationship to the next level.” The movie will be directed by Will Gluck and is being written by Keith Merryman and David Newman, with rewrites by Gluck himself. [Collider]

The alternate title was Fuckbuddies, which will probably not be used – can’t imagine why. Gluck just took on the Emma Stone-starrer Easy A. His debut film was the quickly-forgotten cheer-leading guys comedy Fired Up!. Later this year, Timberlake and Kunis can be seen in David Fincher’s The Social Network and Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, respectively.

Do you think Kunis and Timberlake will play well off each other?