THE HARRY POTTER SAGA CONTINUES...

From the Sunday Mirror:

J.K. Rowling has penned a brand-new Harry Potter story which is being turned into a mini-movie. The film will be shown at a new theme park called The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter in Orlando, Florida.

All the regulars, including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are shooting the movie at Leavesden, Herts, before starting two films based on final Potter novel The Deathly Hallows.

A source said: "They are also working on extra sequences and clips which will be part of the rides. J.K. Rowling has been involved in everything. She wrote the story."

The new 20-acre park is being built as extension to Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure in Orlando and will open next year or early 2010. It will contain the village of Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest and Hogwarts Castle. The author recently auctioned off a handwritten 800-word Harry Potter "prequel" for charity and raised £25,000.

UPDATE:  Paramount Pictures officially released the HD english teaser trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on the movies official website. You can watch the teaser trailer in HD HERE.

Source: CanMag via TrailerAddict

Below is an early look at the English version of the 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' teaser trailer. The video may not be up for very long online, so watch it while you can.

The film centers on a man who, at age 50, begins aging backward and the complications that ensue when he falls in love with a woman of 30. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a 1922 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The protagonist 'Benjamin Button' is born as a feeble old man, and ages in reverse until he becomes a baby at the end of his life.

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Not only are they capable of lighting up the silver screen, they are also some of today's most talented young actresses, commanding huge fees - in some cases, in the millions. Many have won multiple awards, while others have starred in some of today's biggest box office hits. In short, we're listing down the cream of the crop!

Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 75 to 30, and set an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old).

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Special tMF Report by Jed Medina

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Definitely what you'll see on the list are emerging talents - the ones you will see getting the big roles in the near future - and some of them already have, with awards and nominations to boot.

Here's the TOP 10: [ If you missed the Top 30, click these links: Top 30 | Top 20 ]

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Evan Rachel Wood is not only a talented movie actress but has also excelled in television and theater roles. She also proudly includes in her resume her talent as a singer. She began her career in the late 1990s, appearing on television in productions such as American Gothic and Once and Again. Wood made her debut as a leading film actress in 2002's Little Secrets, becoming more widely known after her transition to a more adult-oriented Golden Globe-nominated role in the critically acclaimed Thirteen.

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Wood continued acting in mostly independent films, including Pretty Persuasion, Down in the Valley (which also featured an outstanding performance from Edward Norton), Running With Scissors, and most recently in the big studio production Across the Universe (2007). Wood's acting has drawn critical praise and she has been described by The Guardian as being "wise beyond her years" and "one of the best actresses of her generation". For 2008, the young actress has the following films lined up: The Life Before Her Eyes, Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll and The Wrestler.

Why she's in the top 10: Her talent is undeniable - just watch her in Catherine Hardwicke's Thirteen (together with Nikki Reed, who co-wrote the script with Hardwicke) and you'll see why she's a young actress to be reckoned with. Even in such lesser-known films as The King of California and Down in the Valley, her acting prowess is awesome. Not to mention her perfomance in the recent Across the Universe.

And - she's even prettier than some of the most popular models out there!

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Review by Jeremy Welsch

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A decade on from the release of Toy Story, the new car smell of the age of computer animated feature films is gone. Nowadays it is difficult to justify liking something simply because it looks good. I’m afraid that ship has sailed. No, now we assume the film will look great and so we look to the story to work in conjunction with the animation to make a great film. These days, our assumptions and expectations have been heightened by the success of so many computer animated feature films, but sadly there are few really great ones. But the good news is that it is time to clear a spot towards the top because we have a new member of that illustrious circle.

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Starting off as a wickedly seductive comedy about a naive youth and his unusually attentive tutor, only to take on increasingly insidious dimensions, "Private Lessons" more than confirms the rising talent of 33-year-old Belgian writer-director Joachim Lafosse. Lighter in tone and subject matter than his 2006 dysfunctional-family drama "Private Property," but no less incisive in its examination of toxic relational dynamics and the damage that can occur in the absence of boundaries, this is a sly, superbly knowing entertainment that looks set to earn high critical marks and admission to offshore arthouses.

Just how well do you remember Brokeback Mountain? Some of you might rate the movie as one of your all-time favorites, while others might dismiss it as just another tearjerker, while others simply include Ang Lee's film as part of their DVD collection. Whatever your opinion of the movie, it certainly made waves when it was first shown in theatres worldwide and was recognized by the industry's biggest award giving bodies.

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The buzz about BBM now is that the "New York City Opera has commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on Annie Proulx's short story "Brokeback Mountain," which was adapted into the 2005 film.

The latest buzz on your favorite actors- new projects, news from Hollywood and Cannes, plus keeping track of what's making these stars busy these days!

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What an awesome performance! We're talking About Sam Riley and his breakthrough performance in Control. After just a few weeks, he's been cast in the new movie Franklyn, an upcoming British science fiction film written and directed by Gerald McMorrow in his feature film debut. The film also star Ryan Phillippe and Eva Green. [ more about this new feature ]

Keira Knightley sings! While Scarlett Johansson made critics howl with disapproval, fellow actress Keira Knightley follows in her footsteps, but this time, singing and acting in The Edge of Love. No CDs and promo blitz here! [ the Buzz on Keira ]

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My appreciation of the career of Adam Sandler has been a tumultuous affair. It started with Billy Madison. With every bone in my critic and non-critic being, I know it to be an atrocity of a movie. But I still like it. Happy Gilmore paid it forward and then Bulletproof came along. I didn’t like it, but I appreciated the departure from his brand of stupid comedy. Then he went back to his stupid brand of comedy for a few films, then Punch-Drunk Love came out and blew everybody away. Then he went back to the well, then Spanglish. The well. Reign Over Me. The well. And so on. Whether it works or not, every time he tries something different he follows it up with a few old stand by’s. You almost have to admire his tenacity.

Almost.

Not only are they capable of lighting up the silver screen, they are also some of today's most talented young actresses, commanding huge fees - in some cases, in the millions. Many have won multiple awards, while others have starred in some of today's biggest box office hits. In short, we're listing the cream of the crop!

Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 75 to 30, and set an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old).

Definitely who you'll see on the list are emerging talents - the ones you will see getting the big roles in the near future - and some of them already have, with multiple awards and nominations to boot.

Here's the Top 20: [ If you missed the Top 30, click this link ]

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She was fantastic in Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, playing a supporting role to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Neil McCormick. As Wendy, Michelle Trachtenberg played her role in the most subtle of ways, but end up being one of the most unforgettable characters in the movie. Says Michelle:

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“The Mysterious Skin” is basically about two boys who were sexually molested when they were younger. One grows up to really embrace this and he pretty much whores himself out to the gay community. That's Gordon Levitt and he is just brilliant. And Brady Corbet plays the other boy. He is very confused about what happened to him. He thinks he was abducted by aliens. I play Joe's best friend. I am the only one he has ever been able to trust in his life, so I help him understand what happened to him when he was younger."

“We knew of Jamie Bell because of our involvement with Dear Wendy. Sometime in the middle of the writing process we were on a plane to London and I saw a picture of him in a magazine. I held it up in front of David McKenzie and we both immediately thought ‘that’s our man.’ But we knew we had to get the script right first, so it took a few months before we approached him," says film producer Gilliam Berrie

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Updates! Poll are now closed! For the latest results, click this link.

Not only are they capable of lighting up the silver screen, they are also some of today's most talented young actresses, commanding huge fees - in some cases, in the millions. Many have won multiple awards, while others have starred in some of today's biggest box office hits. In short, we're listing down the cream of the crop!

Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 75 to 30, and included an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old).

Definitely what you'll see on the list are emerging talents - the ones you will see getting the big roles in the near future - and some of them already have, with awards and nominations to boot.

Here's the Top 30:

She played two amazingly different characters: the ever-suffering Melody in the 2006 Australian drama film, 2:37, from upcoming film-maker Murali K. Thalluri and a bullying American schoolgirl named Vanessa in The Grudge 2.

She is Teresa Palmer, and was recently named as one of Australia's 30 'Stars of Tomorrow' in Screen International. She was supposed to be the leading lady in Jumper, but was replaced abruptly by Rachel Bilson (as was the case with Hayden Christensen who bumped Tom Sturridge for the lead). Although she lost out on that one, there were recent reports that she'll be the next Wonder Woman.

Says moviehole:

The director of one of actress Teresa Palmer's most recent movies dropped us a line to say the foxy blonde starlet has won the much coveted part of Wonder Woman in George Miller's "Justice League". Palmer was one of a handful of actresses - including Minka Kelly and Mary Elizabeth Winstead - who tested for the part a week ago, with both studio and director reportedly crushin' over the "December Boys" star's audition. If true, Teresa's about to invest in some blonde hair dye.

I'm like, "Yeah! I'm sexy!" That was really challenging, for me to do that. I'm not as overtly sexual as Lucy is. But I think that sexiness comes from within. The way you are. Your confidence. I think the thing about Lucy is that she really uses her body, and the way she moves, to lure Maps into her little world.