Mädchen Amick (<3333), Christopher Plummer and Brad Dourif have been added to the cast of the supernatural horror movie Priest. It stars Paul Bettany as a renegade priest tracking a murderous band of vampires, led by Black Hat (Karl Urban), who have kidnapped his neice (Lily Collins). Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, and Stephen Moyer co-star. The film is directed by Scott Stewart, who worked with Bettany on the upcoming Legion. If a movie was judged on its cast alone, this one would be a big winner. (Coming Soon) [imdb]

Jane Campion's John Keats/Fanny Brawne romance Bright Star continues to win audiences at TIFF. It's currently rated 85% fresh at RottenTomatoes. Stars Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw as the doomed lovers. Trailer. [imdb]

The Spierig brothers' vampire sci-fi movie Daybreakers has also gotten a warm reception. Monika Bartyzel at Collider wrote:

'the Spierigs have reclaimed the vampire genre and given love to classic tropes while also breaking the world out into a whole new playing field. There are new myths to consider, and best of all - a certain, distinct sense of “humanity” in these vampires and in this world.'

The film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Sam Neill, and Isabel Lucas. Trailer. [imdb]

Hi-res photos from Pope Joan, featuring Johanna Wokalek as the legendary female pope, as well as David Wenham, John Goodman, Anatole Taubman and Iain Glen. [imdb]

NY Magazine profiles actor Neil Patrick Harris:

'An obsession with magic requires a particular personality type: the nerd extrovert. “When you go to a magic conference, and you spend time with 500 magician people, you start to realize … trends,” he says with an arched eyebrow. “It's the coolest hobby in the world, but people tend to get into magic because no one would talk to them."'

A brief update, because the China has put up its Special Heavy Duty internet wall, and half my regular sites are inaccessible at the moment.

According to Deadline Hollywood, Kenneth Branagh's Thor has a lead, and it's Star Trek's Chris Hemworth.

Monica Belluci joins Nicolas Cage in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, playing Veronica, a sorceress and the long-lost love of the sorcerer Balthazar (Cage). (RopeofSilicon)

Ralph Fiennes' adaptation of Shakepeare's Coriolanus has signed on William Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave, and Jessica Chastain to its cast. Billed as a political thriller, the script by John Logan places the Roman tragedy in a contemporary setting. (THR)

First trailer for The Road.

Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich and Robert De Niro will star in the psychological thriller Stone for director John Curran (The Painted Veil). (Coming Soon)

Out Michael Fassbender, and in Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl) as Heathcliff in the upcoming film adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Westwick will star opposite Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace), who plays Cathy in the gothic romance. Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring) will direct. (THR)

True Blood season two character posters.

ETA: Via trailer_spot, clips from Jane Campion's Bright Star and the full trailer for Pope Joan here.

Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham in Pope Joan, the story of the legendary female pope believed to have reigned in the 9th century. The film is based on the historical novel by Donna Woolfolk Cross.

See more stills from the movie here.

First image from Pope Joan, starring Johanna Wokalek as a 9th century woman who conceals her gender and rises through the ranks of the Vatican. Based on the historical novel by Donna Cross. [imdb]

Pictures of Helen Mirren and James McAvoy in The Last Station, a film about Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), his wife (Mirren) and family, and the battle over his legacy. Mirren talks about her role in the Daily Mail. [imdb]

Jimmi Simpson (Zodiac, D.E.B.S.) joins James D'Arcy in Ronald D. Moore's new sci-fi pilot, Virtuality. He'll play a mysterious man who enters the spaceship's virtual-reality world with a hostile agenda. (THR) [imdb]

Keira Knightley is in talks to star in a new film version of My Fair Lady, the Lerner & Loewe musical that was based on the play 'Pygmalion' by George Bernard Shaw. (Variety)

Jimmy Smits has been added to the cast of Dexter. He'll play Miguel Prado, an ambitious, charismatic assistant district attorney who comes from one of Miami's most politically powerful and beloved families. (THR) [imdb]

According to CHUD, that rumour AICN posted earlier about the ending of Terminator 4 is true. McG, the director, has been doing damage control. [imdb]

Trailer for Norwegian director Joachim Trier's Reprise. Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers. [imdb]

Trailer for terrorism/espionage thriller Traitor. Conflicting evidence leads a federal agent (Guy Pearce) to question the true motives behind a former Special Ops soldier's (Don Cheadle) apparent ties to terrorist groups. Also starring Jeff Daniels, Neal McDonough, Archie Panjabi, Alyy Kahn, and Said Taghmaoui. [imdb]

Johanna Wokalek has replaced Franka Potente in the lead role of Pope Joan, an adaptation of Donna Cross' bestselling novel about the ninth century female pontiff. (THR) [imdb]

Cate Blanchett at the Cannes Film Festival.

Amazing photos of lightning above a volcano. (BLDGBLOG)

Yet more celebrity "Got Milk?" ads? Who the hell pays for these? The big dairy companies who dump milk in African markets at below cost price? Who are probably poisoning us with estrogen? Why the fixation on milk?! (And who on earth is Miley Cyrus?)

Two preview videos for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, with footage not seen in the trailer and interview clips with the cast and Jerry Bruckheimer.

Romain Duris (De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté), John Malkovich (Color Me Kubrick) and Evangeline Lilly (Lost) have joined the cast of French director Gilles Bourdos' supernatural thriller Afterwards. Duris portrays a workaholic lawyer drifting away from his ex-wife (Lilly) and daughter, who meets a mysterious doctor (Malkovich) who claims to have the power to predict people's deaths. (Hollywood Reporter)

Constantin Film's production on its period epic Pope Joan has been put on hold as the German company sues actor John Goodman for allegedly reneging on an agreement to play Pope Serius in the film, which is based on the historical novel by Donna Woolfolk Cross. Franka Potente had been cast as Johanna von Ingelheim, Woolfolk Cross' fictional version of a 9th century figure whom legend has it disguised herself as a man and rose to become the head of Christianity. [imdb]

Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper and Deborah Harry have joined Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson in The Dying Animal, an adaptation of Philip Roth's novella. Isabel Coixet (My Life Without Me) will direct. (Coming Soon)

The trailer for Joe Wright's Atonement, now in multiple formats.

Two stills from Watching the Detectives, the comedy starring Cillian Murphy and Lucy Liu. Murphy plays a film noir buff who has his life turned on end by a femme fatale (Liu) with a big adventure in mind. [imdb]

Goya's Ghosts poster. (via JoBlo) [imdb]

The trailer for David Ayer's urban drama Harsh Times, starring Christian Bale and Freddy Rodríguez, has been added to the Apple site. [imdb]

A new featurette which includes interviews with the cast (Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson) and director (Christopher Nolan) for The Prestige. [imdb]

Scarlett Johansson Flaunt Magazine photoshoot with Dita Von Teese. (Just Jared)

Director Zack Snyder talked to Empire Online about his upcoming Alan Moore adaptation, Watchmen.

Franka Potente (Run Lola Run) will play Pope Joan (who may or may not have existed in truth) in an adaptation of Donna Woolfolk Cross' (highly romanticised) novelised account of the supposed female pontiff, who disguised her gender when she entered the Church. (Coming Soon) [imdb]

Trailer for the political documentary So Goes The Nation, which dissects the presidential campaign in the months leading to the 2004 election between George W. Bush and John Kerry, with a look to how the Republicans won the state of Ohio. "It’s not pretty, but it is instructive," according to Jeannette Catsoulis for the NYT. Andrew O'Hehir (Salon) says of it: "So Goes the Nation has no answers to these questions, but in dispassionately presenting American politics, even at its sleaziest, as an honorable craft, it may offer hope to small-d democrats of all flavors." [imdb]