Comic-Con 2012: 'The Vampire Diaries' Panel: Best Bites

With a fourth season on the way, stars like Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev and an ever growing population of fans, The Vampire Diaries broke out as one of Comic-Con’s most biting panels of 2012. The cast and creative team assembled to offer a Q&A to the CW series’ devoted fans, delving into the engrossing characters and fascinating world the show has built, as well as what we’re bound to see in The Vampire Diaries’ future. 

With executive producer Julie Plec, co-creator Kevin Williams, cast members Dobrev, Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, Steven R. McQueen, Michael Trevino, and Zach Roerig on hand, eager fans were given a taste of what's to come with some Season 4 footage and insight. 

Here's some of the most memorable bites from The Vampire Diaries panel: 

* Nina, on the task of playing Vampire Elena: "It's going to be tricky. I think she's going to be defined by her experiences." 

* Julie, on Season 4: "Everything just feels so fresh , it feels so new. Elena's obviously going through a huge change and Damon and Stefan are going to have to deal with that. It's a lot of really deep, emotional, twisted stuff."

* Michael, on Tyler in Season 1: "Even I despised the character!"

* Paul, coining the phrase "Salvatore sandwich." Yum. 

* Julie, on Katherine: "Katherine will not show her face until Klaus is no longer a threat." 

* Julie, on the possibility of seeing Alaric again: "We certainly don’t like living in a world without Matt Davis in our family. So it’s possible.”

* Ian, on whether he thinks Damon will be happy that Elena is a vampire: "It could be fun!"

Hollywood Movie Calendar 2012 India

Hollywood Movie Calendar 2012 India

Below is the list of Hollywood Movies released in the year 2012 in India and Upcoming Hollywood Movies 2012. Hollywood Movie Calendar 2012 is regularly updated as their release dates in India are announced.

January

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Jan 6	The Darkest Hour	Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby	Chris Gorak
Jan 13	Arthur Christmas	James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent	Sarah Smith, Barry Cook
Jan 13	Heartbreaker	Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier	Pascal Chaumeil
Jan 20	Coriolanus	Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Fiennes	Ralph Fiennes
Jan 20	J Edgar	Leonardo DiCaprio, Josh Hamilton, Geoff Pierson	Clint Eastwood
Jan 20	Underworld 4: Awakening	Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy	Bjorn Stein, Mans Marlind
Jan 26	Contraband	Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster	Baltasar Kormakur
Jan 26	Haywire	Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor	Steven Soderbergh
Jan 26	The Descendants	George Clooney, Shailene Woodley	Alexander Payne

February

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Feb 3	Chronicle	Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Dane DeHaan	Josh Trank
Feb 3	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine	Brad Peyton
Feb 3	Man On A Ledge	Elizabeth Banks, Sam Wothington	Asger Leth
Feb 10	LOL	Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Ashley Greene	Lisa Azuelos
Feb 10	Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - 3D	Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman	George Lucas
Feb 10	War Horse	Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis	Steven Spielberg
Feb 17	A Good Old Fashioned Orgy	Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Bibb, Lake Bell, Michelle Borth	Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck
Feb 17	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds and Idris Elba	Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Feb 17	Safe House	Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Vera Farmiga	Safe House
Feb 17	The Woman in Black	Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer	James Watkins
Feb 24	Carnage	Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz	Roman Polanski
Feb 24	Moneyball	Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Aaron Sorkin	Bennett Miller
Feb 24	My Week With Marilyn	Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne	Simon Curtis
Feb 24	The Artist	Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo	Michel Hazanavicius

March

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Mar 2	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn	Stephen Daldry
Mar 2	The Devil Inside	Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman	William Brent Bell
Mar 2	The Iron Lady	Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Susan Brown	Phyllida Lloyd
Mar 9	John Carter	Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins	Andrew Stanton
Mar 9	The Vow	Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum	Michael Sucsy
Mar 16	This Means War	Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine	McG
Mar 23	The Hunger Games	Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Lawrence	Gary Ross
Mar 30	Wrath of the Titans	Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Worthington	Jonathan Liebesman

April

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Apr 6	Titanic 3D	Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet	James Cameron
Apr 13	Battleship	Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard	Peter Berg
Apr 20	21 Jump Street	Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum	Chris Miller, Phil Lord
Apr 20	Mirror Mirror	Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer	Tarsem Singh
April 27	The Avengers	Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson	Joss Whedon

May

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
May 4	Hugo	Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloë Grace Moretz	Martin Scorsese
May 4	Safe	Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon	Boaz Yakin
May 4	The Lucky One	Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner	Scott Hicks
May 11	Dark Shadows	Johnny Depp, Michella Pfeiffer	Tim Burton
May 11	The Raid: Redemption	Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Ray Sahetapy	Gareth Evans
May 18	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	Bailee Madison, Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes	Katie Holmes, Troy Nixey
May 18	Dr.Seuss The Lorax	Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron	Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
May 18	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel	John Madden
May 18	The Raven	Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron	Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
May 18	What To Expect When You Are Expecting	Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks	Kirk Jones
May 25	Men in Black 3	Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones	Barry Sonnenfeld
May 18	The Grey	Liam Nesson, Frank Grillo	Joe Carnahan

June

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Jun 1	Horrible Bosses	P.J. Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell	Seth Gordon
Jun 1	Snow White And The Huntsman	Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron	Rupert Sanders, Ian McShane
Jun 1	The Cabin in the Woods	Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison	Drew Goddard
Jun 8	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer	Eric Darnell
Jun 8	Prometheus	Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce	Ridley Scott
Jun 15	Piranha 3DD	Danielle Panabaker, David Hasselhoff, Matt Bush	John Gulager
Jun 15	Rock of Ages	Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise	Adam Shankman
Jun 22	Brave	Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly	Mark Andrews
Jun 22	Street Dance 2	Sofia Boutella, George Sampson, Tom Conti	Max Giwa, Dania Pasquini
Jun 29	The Amazing Spider-Man	Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Irrfan Khan	Marc Webb

July

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Jul 13	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell	Timur Bekmambetov
Jul 13	Intouchables	Francois Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny	Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Jul 20	The Dark Knight Rises	Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman	Christopher Nolan
Jul 27	Ice Age 4: Continental Drift	Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Irrfan Khan	Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier
Jul 27	Step Up Revolution	Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Stephen	Scott Speer

August

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Aug 3	The Bourne Legacy	Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton	Tony Gilroy
Aug 3	Total Recall	Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale	Len Wiseman
Aug 17	The Expendables 2	Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren	Simon West
Aug 17	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven	Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Aug 24	That's My Boy	Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester	Sean Anders, John Morris
Aug 24	The Apparition	Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton	Todd Lincoln
Aug 31	Premium Rush	Joseph Gordon Levitt, Michael Shannon, Jamie Chung	David Koepps

September

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Sep 14	Resident Evil: Retribution	Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Colin Salmon	Paul W. S. Anderson

October

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Oct 5	Taken 2	Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace	Olivier Megaton
Oct 29	A Separation	Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat	Asghar Farhadi

November

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Nov 2	Skyfall	Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris	Sam Mendes
Nov 16	Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner	Bill Condon

December

Release Date	Film-Title	Star-Cast	Director
Dec 7	Les Miserables	Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway	Tom Hooper
Dec 21	Life of Pi	Tobey Maguire, Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan	Ang Lee
Dec 21	World War Z	Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale	Marc Forster
Dec 25	The Great Gatsby	Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Amitabh Bachchan	Baz Luhrmann

Dark Shadows Preview

Cast: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer Direction: Tim Burton Production: Richard D. Zanuck, Graham King, Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski, David Kennedy Music: Danny Elfman

'Pacific Rim' Wows With Insane Monster vs. Robot Footage Share

We’ve seen people fight aliens, aliens fight monsters, robots fight people, and just about every other combination imaginable. But somehow, even a tale as traditional as people and robots fighting alien monsters seems unique when handled by the creative mind of Guillermo del Toro. The director took his forthcoming sci-fi adventure Pacific Rim to this year’s Comic-Con, debuting some of the first footage of the film, which stars Charlie Humman, Idris Elba, Ron Perlman, and Charlie Day. All parties involved, and some spectacular imagery, made what could have been a tired premise into a unique, innovative, and most of all exciting new cinematic prospect.
The footage opens with a snowscape, two men scanning the ice with a metal detector. They find something and begin chipping away at the ice. The metal detector starting going wild, and as the Tron Legacy-esque music kicks in, the camera pans up, a giant robot is revealed. Pulp, '20s style head, swirling fan chest, big clobbering arms. The robot takes a step forward before falling down. Reminiscent of the Prometheus money shot, with a bot instead of a spaceship. Except, this is far from the money shot of Pacific Rim.
A title card: "We created monsters." The reel cuts to shots of a monster with giant claws destroying gold en gate bridge. Massive claws ripping away at the structure while fighter jets try to shoot it down. Cutting back to the Pacific Rim base, soldiers suit up in the crazy, colorful base, preparing to man giant robots. Strapping on futuristic white battle suits (Mac?), the robot squad steps inside the mech to operate together. It takes two people to man the bot, which mimics there movements.

From there, it's all robot on monster action. Multiple robots are carried into the ocean with helicopters, dropped in to fight a long-nosed, snarling beast. Back at the base, Idris Elba delivers a Braveheart speech: "we're canceling the apocalypse." Badass. Cutting back to the robot/monster battle, the trailer provides the ultimate finishing move. With a swift set of fists, the robot smashes the head of the horned kaiju (a Japanese term for the monsters). Tons and tons of carnage. But this is only one robot and one monster. According to Del Toro, there are nine robots and six monsters in total. Assume lots of s**t will be destroyed.

'Ant Man' Test Footage Teases Comedy Action Adventure

There’s something about the realm of comic book movies that just begs for the spread of rumors. Beyond any other subculture, fans will spread hopeful gossip about their favorite serials and graphic novels taking form on the big screen. One of the most buzzed about unconfirmed projects, for quite some time now, has been a film adaptation of the Marvel Comic Ant Man, with a slew of creative forces (including director Edgar Wright) expressing interest in the prospect. No longer will fans have to pray to the Marvel gods (you know, like Thor): Ant Man is officially getting a movie...and we saw the first footage:

Ant-Man lurks in a vent, spying on two guards in sunglasses (because he's the size of the ant and he can do that). Edgar Wright wanted a practical costume, a mix the silver age and contemporary Ant-Man and it looks great. He rolls out of the vent and enlarging to sprint down the corridor. He shifts his size once more, micro size again in order to run along the top of on guard's gun. He jumps off the barrel and punches the guard in the face. Even in his super small size, he packs a huge wallop, a slow mo shot whipping the guy's mouth all to one side before sending him into a wall. Ant-Man enlarges once again to throw the second goon through the door. In true Edgar Wright spirit, the scene is filled with comedic beats, capping off with Ant-Man casually enters the elevator. All in a day's work.

Cast:Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautne rDirection:Bill Condon Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - To Rise Again

After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi. Was filmed back to back with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1. Filming began on November 1, 2010 and wrapped on April 15, 2011. Filming took place on location in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Rio de Janiero, Brazil as well as in Vancouver, Canada.

Complaint against Padmapriya!

Popular Malayalam filmmaker MA Nishad, who directedPadmapriya in a movie titled 'No 66 Madhura Bus', has filed a complaint with the Film Chamber against the actress and her manager.
 
According to Nishad, Padmapriya's manager Vivek Ramadevan has interfered with his work. "The disturbance came despite a circular from the producers association that discourages artistes from depending on managers to deal with people in the industry," he said.
 
The director claimed that Padmapriya's dates were procured for Rs 8 lakh. However, her manager Vivek entered the scene and demanded another 2 lakh. 
 
Nishad also added that she was not on time for the shooting and it created problems for him. Padmapriyais popular in Kollywood for films such as 'Thavamai Thavamirundu' and 'Satham Podathey'.