After seeing the first photo of the new A-team, we knew that Joe Carnahan was sticking close to the original tv series for his reboot. But what we all wanted to know was whether or not we'd get to actually see some of our favorite faces from the 80's in there.

Well, the Official Dwight Schultz Fansite has just confirmed that the man who played the original  Mad Dog Murcdoch will be making a cameo in the new film!

"We are pleased to inform you all that Dwight has actually already been working in Vancouver, where he has played a cameo role in The A-Team movie. Sharlto Copley, the South African actor who plays Murdock, is according to Dwight: 'brilliant beyond words'. Dwight has seen his screen test and he stated: that honestly, if Sharlto is given an opportunity to do what I saw in that test, "Murdock" will be better than ever!' Sharlto has been very kind to him on the set and Dwight must say that he has been treated very well."

While Dwight Schultz isn't usually the first guy you think of when you think A-Team, his cameo sets an excellent precedent. Maybe we'll get an appearance from Mr. T as well...

The A-Team storms into theaters on June 11, 2010.

You've probably seen the Alice in Wonderland trailer by now, so you don't need me to explain how wonderfully bizarre the film looks, but Disney has released a new poster for the film! Click on the image to view a larger version.

The poster is the first in a series of three that the studio is releasing virally. Fans need to give it 7,500 likes on the Mad Hatter's Facebook page for the next poster in the series to be revealed. Perhaps the next one will feature Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter or Mia Wasikowska as Alice.

Follow Alice down the rabbit hole on March 5, 2010.

And he's not reciting quotes from Tropic Thunder, either.  The former Fresh Prince has set his sights on a new adaptation of the classic Daniel Keyes  novel Flowers for Algernon.

Ask any junior high school student and they will tell you that Flowers for Algernon follows a retarded man named Charlie Gordon, who undergoes an experiment that makes him brilliant, but doesn't last. Charlei's world is torn apart when he realizes he is returning to his original IQ of 68. They will also tell you that it was previously adapted into the film Charly, starring Spider-Man's Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson).

The news of the adaptation comes on the heels of the announcement that Smith's collaboration with Steven Spielberg on an American remake of Oldboy has gone bust, much to the delight of film fans around the globe.

Also rumored to be on Smith's plate are Independence Day 2 and Men In Black 3.

James Cameron makes 'em big. Ever since he shocked the box office with Aliens in 1986, each Cameron project has been bigger, better and badder than the one before it. 1991's Terminator 2 was a cinema landmark, and 1997's Titanic, the most costly movie of its day, an Oscar-winning legend and resounding box-office success.

Now, 12-odd years later, Cameron is planning to take us to the world of Pandora, a 3-Dimensional feast for the eyes, in his latest sci-fi epic, Avatar. But a recent New York Times article points out that the trip could cost a pretty penny: $500 million dollars.

While some doubts are circling as to whether the film will live up to expectations (including my own impressions of the Avatar Comic-Con footage), 20th Century Fox is sure of its investment.

“I’m confident we will lead the Christmas season,” media mogul and Fox owner Rupert Murdoch said. He added that he was “excited and moved” by Avatar.

However, according to reports, the studio isn't the sole cash provider, with much of the film's funding, at least 60 percent, being put up by outside investors. Fox's largest contribution to the film may be in the marketing, to which it has set aside $150 million.

In an effort to hedge bets, James Cameron offered up his share of the proceeds if the film crosses a certain budget line, which was rumored to be at the $300 million mark, despite his laboring nearly 14 years on the project.

Even so, Fox is not worried if Avatar fails. Their backup plan?  Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel.

If you ever wondered how nuts a guy like Roland Emmerich would have to be to make some of cinema's most preposterous disaster films, look no further than this recent interview he did with comingsoon.net.

"It is peculiar how 2012 is this date that there are a lot of ideas about it, and we chose the destructive one," the flamboyant director said. " I think destruction works better in the movie. The preparations, well, I will go ski. It is December 21st, which is skiing season. I will chose the highest mountain there is. If the world ends, you know, what can I do? If not, I will ski down."

And if that doesn't convince you he's crazy, check out his nonchalant attitude about wiping the White House off the map... again.

"Harold said, "If you don't destroy the White House, you will be asked about that." I said, "I cannot destroy the White House again." He said, "Well, just do it in a different way." At that time, I was reading a lot about the Kennedies. As a kid, maybe about twelve and a half, I visited these old war ships in the Chesapeake Bay and they had just inaugurated JFK there. I was really excited as a kid. It was about a wave, and then you know JFK comes back to the White House. I thought it was kind of clever. I told Harold, "Let's go for it!""

After claiming he was done with the disaster genre (yeah, right), Emmerich was asked what he might destroy next. His answer is beyond explanation.

"Actually, I destroyed the image of Shakespeare."

I rest my case.

2012 will destroy a theater near you this Friday.

Last month, Sam Raimi said he was getting ready to cast Spider-Man 4. Since then, we've learned that Dylan Baker is returning as Curt Connors and that the villain may very well be The Lizard.

Now, rumors are mounting that everyone's favorite mean girl Rachel McAdams is in the running to play Felicia Hardy/Black Cat.

Mania reports that McAdams is the frontrunner for the role, an on and off friend/foe of Peter Parker's, and that they are also casting for a male villain, which could mean there are going to be two villains in Spider-Man 4, contrary to what Sam Raimi hinted at previously. Bear in mind that none of  this has been confirmed and could be nothing but conjecture.

Prince of Persia star Jake Gyllenhaal is reportedly in negotiations to star in the sci-fi thriller Source Code for Vendome Pictures and The Mark Gordon Co.

Moon director Duncan Jones (A.K.A. Zowie Bowie) will helm the film, which focuses on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it.

Jones has reportedly postponed his planned follow-up to Moon, the futuristic Berlin-based Mute, in order to develop Source Code as his next project. Shooting is expected to begin the first quarter of 2010.

The first one was cinematic history, the second one was so-so, and the third one was, well, did you bother to see Jurassic Park 3?

Not me. But that's neither here nor there. Joe Johnston, the director of Jurassic Park 3, has recently opened up about the possibility for a fourth trip to dinosaur island.

"There is a great story for the fourth one that I would be interested in getting involved with and it's nothing like the first three," Johnston told Ain't It Cool News, "It sort of takes the franchise off in a completely different direction, which is the only way I would want to get involved."

Johnston added that the film probably wouldn't be on an island this time:

"Why would anybody go back to that island?" Johnston said. "It was hard enough to figure out the second and third reason for them to go, but it would take it off in a whole other trilogy basically, but when it gets to that level it's sort of about studios and Steven [Spielberg's] thing and who knows. I think we are at that point where we are due for another one if we are going to do it."

Universal has yet to set a date for Jurassic Park 4.

While it seems as though most people avoided The Box this past weekend, I jumped at the opportunity. 

Check out my review if you're curious to know what's in The Box!

It's funny how everyone gets into the Christmas spirit right after Halloween. Nobody even thinks about Thanksgiving anymore. Christmas decorations and movies start flooding the market on November 1st, and people eat it up.

Taking that into account, it's no mystery why A Christmas Carol topped the charts this weekend with an estimated $31 million. The King of Pop stayed up top as This is It held at #2 with $14 million, proving that the only thing we Americans are more fascinated with than presents are dead celebrities.

Here are the top five results for the weekend:

1. A Chrstmas Carol - $31 Million
2. Michael Jackson's This Is It - $14 million
3. The Men Who Stare at Goats - $13.3 million
4. The Fourth Kind - $12.5 million
5. Paranormal Activity - $8.6 million