While being interviewed to promote his just released film 'Jumper', director Doug Liman at the end of the interview spoke a bit about his supposed next upcoming film starring Jake Gyllenhaal called Untitled Moon Project.

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From ComingSoon:

"CS: What's next for you? The writers' strike is over, and while I assume you want to rest because this has been a long journey, do you think you'll jump right into "Untitled Moon Project" next and will you actually go to the moon to stay in line with how you made this movie?

Liman: Yeah, I'm thinking very seriously about that film, and I basically have two approaches to it. The movie would cost about $100 million to make, so how much would it cost to actually go to the moon and make an IMAX documentary instead? Could I spend $99 million going to the moon and a million dollars shooting an IMAX movie or is it going to be a fictional story. I think ultimately, it's going to be cheaper to make the movie than to physically go (to the moon). "

Here's more news about the actor:

From Cinematical:

"There's an update about Julie Delpy's upcoming bloody project with X Filme, The Countess. Principal photography is said to begin in one week, shooting in castles through Germany. (The original plan was Hungary, but production costs were found to be much less in Deutschland.) Delpy is tackling the role of Bathory, while also directing, and William Hurt and Daniel Bruehl will co-star as a father and son torn apart by their relationship with the countess. Hurt portrays a Machiavellian operator out to bring the countess down, while Bruehl's character falls for the woman and becomes her young paramour. The bloody, tantalizing production also co-stars Vincent Gallo and Radha Mitchell."

One of the most talented young actors we have today is Jamie Bell. While the critically-acclaimed Hallam Foe is yet to be released in the States, his other film (with Hayden Christensen) Jumper is now in theatres. He will be seen next in Edward Zwick's Defiance, together with Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber.

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Here's an interesting scoop about the actor:

Billy Elliot Star Jamie Got To Keep His Native North-East Accent After Talking Round The Director Of New Superhero Movie Jumper.

HE won our hearts as a schoolboy when he pirouetted his way out of a tough mining town. Now Billy Elliot actor Jamie Bell has a new set of high kicks - as an action star. The 21-year-old is on the verge of cult status for his role as a comic book hero in new sci-fi movie Jumper - but he is still well in touch with his north-east roots.

Jamie - who headlines alongside Star Wars actors Samuel L. Jackson and Hayden Christensen - even persuaded the director to let him use his own accent.

He recalled: "I said to the director, 'Why do all the comic book characters have to be America?' because it's very rare you see one from somewhere else.

The BAFTA as predicted has chosen Atonement as its Best Film of the year. However, the award for Best Director went to the Coen Brothers for their latest feature, No Country for Old Men, considered one of the frontrunners in the Oscars. Shia LaBeouf won the Orange Rising Star awards, beating the likes of Ellen Page and Sam Riley. Complete winners follows:

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BEST FILM

AMERICAN GANGSTER – Brian Grazer/Ridley Scott
ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Scott Rudin/Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – JoAnne Sellar/Paul Thomas Anderson/Daniel Lupi

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
(voted for by the public) – nominees announced on Tuesday 8 January

SHIA LABEOUF
SIENNA MILLER
ELLEN PAGE
SAM RILEY
TANG WEI

The Viewers' Choice for the Top 50 Hottest Young actors list is heating up! From the time we announced that viewers can start voting for their favorite actors, we have received emails asking when the list will be updated. Well, we're seriously taking note of your votes! Here are the 4 most popular young actors according to the latest poll!

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As of February 10 we have:

• Ryan Gosling with 180 votes;
• Daniel Brühl with 135 votes;
• James McAvoy with 123 votes;
• Emile Hirsch with 105 votes.

Other actors receiving top votes are Joseph Gordon-Levitt (80 votes), Michael Cera (77 votes), Ben Foster (72 votes), Jake Gyllenhaal (71 votes) and Gaspard Ulliel (69 votes).

We'll close the poll this coming Wednesday (the 13th) and update the list on the following day. Thanks for voting!

(Photo credits: Emile Hirsch photo by Jeff Vespa, courtesy of emile-h.com, Daniel Brühl photo courtesy of danielbruhl.com )

It would be hard for an agent or a film producer to talk Ellen Page into doing something she didn't want to do. For one thing, the young actress from Canada is independent-minded and speaks frankly about her views on acting.

"When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet," says Ms. Page.

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With the critical praise and recognition of her latest film, Juno, it is only a matter of time before Ellen Page finds herself right up there as one of Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. As one of the nominees for the Oscar for Best Actress, Page has certainly made it big! She is also up for the Orange Rising Stars at the BAFTA.

She's one of France's most fascinating and seductive young actresses! AND we simply can't get enough of her.

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"Any film starring the mercurial French actress Isild le Besco is worth seeing. The twenty-two year old actress is oddly beautiful, without the smooth, stylish poise one comes to expect from French films. At times, in fact, she can appear almost demented. Le Besco wears her long blond hair down to her waist, has a slight overbite, often bounces when she should be walking, undresses with absolute ease, and is possession of the most genuine, awe-inspiring smile in cinema today. When the moment calls for it, Le Besco radiates such pure happiness that she makes me wonder if anyone else has ever properly experienced the emotion." High praise from Marcy Dermansky.

"... it is hard to deny the relevancy and appeal of a robotic character that is almost 25 years old."

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Fictionalized accounts of robots have been in film since the 1930s so the basic  idea of robots in movies isn’t really a novel concept, but we love them all just the same. Who hasn’t thought of having a robot version of themselves to do all the work for them? There is something very Frankenstein-esque about humans building a mechanized version of themselves to perform tasks they aren’t equipped or, more often, not willing to do.

Robots in movies come in all shapes and sizes. They have been depicted as cute and cuddly (Johnny 5 from Short Circuit), not so cute and cuddly (Agent Smith from The Matrix series), or just plain misunderstood (Robocop from, well, Robocop). Whatever they are, they have made for some interesting movie characters in the past. With that in mind, I present:

tMF Top Five – Best Movie Robots
by Jeremy Welsch