Since busting on to the scene with Arrested Development in 2003, Michael Cera has worked with many of today’s most popular comedians, and you’d have to be living under a rock to not have seen at least one of his films. Some say he is risking overexposure. But I say Cera has been steadily working toward Kevin Bacon status, developing a film career worthy of his own 6 degrees game.

To be a truly effective Party Game Icon, Cera would have to link to a variety of film actors to allow for a range of players to participate:

• a major Hollywood star (for casual movie fans)
• an international film star (for film students)
• an independent film star (for hipsters)
• a film star from Hollywood’s golden age (for anyone over 25).

As you can see below – Cera’s plotted his course well:

Do you believe Michael Cera has reached Kevin Bacon status? Give us your examples in the comments below.

Yes, Ryan Reynolds might have his popular name attatched to several different projects right now, including one of DC’s biggest films to date, The Green Lantern. But that won’t stop him from adding another high profile film to his repotoire this year. Reportedly he is set up to work on a buddy cop movie with The A-Team star, Bradley Cooper. Read the full story

Recently X-Men: First Class producer, Lauren Shuler Donner, spoke with Crave about the upcoming addition to the X-Men franchise. Among the nuggets she dropped for eager fan boys was a potentially crushing one: the Magneto solo movie is no more.

What we know so far about X-Men: First Class is it will be set in the 1960s, and Magneto will be played by thirty-three year old Michael Fassbender while Charles Xavier will be played by thirty-one year old James McAvoy. Donner explained that X-Men: First Class takes on much of Magneto’s origin using “Magneto history. Stuff from the Marvel/Magneto history”, thereby cooling any interest in a lone Magneto feature.

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With a Saul Bass-inspired poster having been shown to us a few months ago, the new poster for the Ryan Reynolds thriller Buried is now filled with quotes from critics who have seen the film. It’s a pretty well crafted piece of marketing material, and you can enjoy it in all of its glory below (via LatinoReview).

The plot of Buried follows Ryan Reynolds as Paul Conroy, a “U.S. contractor working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it’s a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.” I like pretty much everything we’ve seen from the movie so far, and I think that this could really be a lot of fun. The film is scheduled for release on September 24^th.

What do you think of this poster? Are you excited for Buried?

Five days ago we reported that Ryan Reynolds led the pack which included Tom Hardy, James McAvoy, Zac Efron, Sam Worthington and Shia LaBeouf to join Denzel Washington in the drama Safe House. Read the full story

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The Hollywood Reporter informs us that Ryan Reynolds is at the head of the pack of young leading men to star opposite Denzel Washington in Safe House. As the story unfolds Reynolds who plays the only CIA agent who has survived an attack on their headquarters attempts to get Washington to a safe house before the evil forces can finish the job. Read the full story

When we last heard about Sin City director Robert Rodriguez possibly taking on the Ryan Reynolds-leading Deadpool spin-off, he had simply been offered. Now LA Times is reporting that he is “negotiating” with Fox on key points and unto a possible deal. Read the full story

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After making an appearance at Comic Con this past week, The Green Lantern has had new posters released for the film’s marketing, coming straight from Marvel (via CHUD). The posters showcase Ryan Reynolds as the titular hero, Blake Lively as female love interest Carol Ferris, Mark Strong as his 1,000^th villain in the past two years (this time Sinestro) and Peter Sarsgaard as Dr. Hector Hammond, who has a large brain. Read the full story

After a teaser trailer appeared earlier this year, we finally have the first theatrical trailer for the one-coffin pyschological thriller Buried. From Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes, the film stars Ryan Reynolds, Ivana Mino, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis and Dianne Farr. Check it out below or in HD on Yahoo. Read the full story

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Though it still be a summer away, EW has a first look at what star Ryan Reynolds will look like after his mo-cap superhero suit is rendered on the silver screen (via Screen Rant):

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