'Harry Potter' And More: The Best Trailers Of 2011

FROM MTV MOVIES: Time, like the theatrical run of "Your Highness," has disappeared quickly this year. It's hard to believe it was almost 12 months ago that we were settling into our seats to check out Nicolas Cage's "Season of the Witch." That didn't work out so well. And so, as the MTV Movies team begins our look back at the cinematic year that was 2011, we're reminded that time is precious. We don't have much of it; we must use it wisely. That's why we're beginning our series of best-of stories with movie trailers those neat little packages of footage that let us know in a few minutes' time whether the full movie is going to be worth it. Picking our 20 favorite trailers was a tough call; just look at the ones that didn't make it, like "The Avengers," "The Amazing Spider-Man," "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Breaking Dawn - Part 1." In the end, though, we selected the trailers that truly stuck with us some since the early days of the year and some newer ones that are sure to haunt us into next year. Read on for our picks for the 20 best movie trailers of 2011. Read the full story at MTV Movies!

Owen Wilson to get Variety award

LONDON -- Owen Wilson is placed to get Variety's Worldwide Star of the season award in the eighth edition from the Dubai Intl. Film Festival. The award, that is given to one film professional yearly at DIFF, appreciates a thesp's contribution towards the film industry. This past year, the award visited Colin Firth, whose pic "The King's Speech" opened up last year's edition from the fest. A unique public Q&A with Wilson, named In Conversation with Owen Wilson, is going to be held throughout the path of the fest. Wilson's credits include the 2010 "Night time in Paris," helmed by Woodsy Allen, "Wedding Crashers," "Zoolander" and "The Royal Tenenbaums," the second that they co-created and co-composed. Furthermore, DIFF has added Ben Wheatley's "Kill List" and "Kotoko," from Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto, to the Night time Mayhem program. "Kill List," that has been popular around the festival circuit since its preem at SXSW captured, will screen on night time on 12 ,. 8 and 12 ,. 9. "Kotoko," which follows the storyplot of the deeply disturbed mother who suffers frightening double vision, will screen at night time on 12 ,. 9 and 12 ,. 10. DIFF will screen 171 photos from 56 nations only at that year's edition. Fest runs 12 ,. 7-14. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

Dancing With the Stars: Will Rob Win the Trophy?

Rob Kardashian Here's what happened to the Dancing With the Stars finalists on Monday night: Ricki Lake did her best not to screw up the lifts in her freestyle dance - "I was really afraid of falling down," she said. J.R. Martinez put on a good face after screwing up his cha cha when his injured ankle started to give out. "I did panic," he said, "because I rolled my ankle in my shoe and I went into a step too quickly." And Rob Kardashian somehow snuck by the two long-time frontrunners and got a perfect score on his freestyle, cruising into first place. "We've already put in all the work, so it's just about having fun," he said. "I try to look at the whole competition as having fun. I've done that since day one, and it's got me this far."Season 10's runner-up, figure skater Evan Lysacek, said for him the finale was all about Kardashian: "I've been following the show all season, but I really came tonight to see him. His improvement has been just amazing."Chaz Bono voiced similar sentiments. "I remember Rob, the first dance, and us backstage rehearsing, and showing each other our dances," said Bono. "And Rob wouldn't smile, he'd look at the floor. It's like he's a different person."Does Bono think Kardashian could take the whole thing? "Yes," he says. "He's come so far. J.R. was the first person I met, and when Lacy [Schwimmer] and I saw one of his first rehearsals, we both said, 'finals.' And then Ricki, too, you saw pretty quickly that she was really good and had a great partner in Derek [Hough]. So for a long time, we all knew it would be Ricki and J.R. But that third spot, who was going to take it? And Rob took it. It wasn't given to him."Cinderella, a.k.a. Rob Kardashian, has arrived at the ball. And the shoes fit.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

James Cameron on 'Titanic 3D': 'It Looks More Amazing Than It Did in '97' (VIDEO)

.post-content img {display:none;} Back in October, director James Cameron joked that the re-release of 'Titanic' in 3D scheduled for next April was all about the bottom-line: "We didn't make enough money the first time around," he said during an early media showcase of nine scenes from the 'Titanic' conversion. Try as he might, however, Cameron can't hide his genuine love for the film and for the audiences who have embraced 'Titanic' since 1997. "'Titanic' is my baby," the director, who won an Oscar for 'Titanic,' says in an exclusive new featurette about the film that you can watch above. "[It] always has something for you, no matter what your age." For more on why Cameron felt this was the perfect time to re-release 'Titanic,' and why this new version is about so much more than just 3D, watch the extended clip above. 'Titanic 3D' is scheduled to hit theaters on April 6, 2012. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

'Chuck' Star Yvonne Strahovski to Play Scientist in 'I, Frankenstein' (Exclusive)

Yvonne Strahovski Chuck star Yvonne Strahovski is in final negotiations to join I, Frankenstein, the action monster movie starring Aaron Eckhart. Miranda Otto, best known for playing Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings movies, also is on board.our editor recommends'Chuck's' Yvonne Strahovski Talks the Final Season: 'We're Milking It'Reason No. 1 Why You Need THR's Comic-Con Issue: Yvonne Strahovski With a Lightsaber Stuart Beattie is directing the Lakeshore/Lionsgate movie, which follows Frankenstein's monster (Eckhart) vacillating between humanity and monsterdom while being pursued by demons wanting to gain the secret of his reanimated corpse. Strahovski will play the female lead, a scientist working on reanimating the dead and tricked into working for demons seeking to create an army of the undead. Otto is playing the queen of the gargoyles who wants to help Frankenstein. Bill Nighy is already in negotiations to play the leader of the demons while Socratis Otto (no relation to Miranda) is his right hand man. The movie, based on a comic by Kevin Grevioux, is due to shoot this winter in Australia. Hopscotch Features is partnering with Lakeshore to produce the movie. Lionsgate will distribute. Strahovski, repped by IFA Talent Agency and KcKeon Myones Management, is wrapping up her run on Chuck, which is in its final season. She was last seen on the big-screen with The Killer Elite with Robert DeNiro and Jason Statham. She recently wrapped the Anne Fletcher-directed comedy My Mother's Curse, which stars Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand. Australian actress Otto starred in the pilot for Locke & Key, which adapted the Joe Hill comic book, and starred in ABC's Cashmere Mafia. She is repped by Gersh and Management 360 as well as United Agent's in Australia. Email: Borys.Kit@thr.com Twitter: @borys_kit Yvonne Strahovski

Michael Fassbender's 'Prometheus' Character Inspired By... Greg Louganis?

For the mystery wrapped around Ridley Scott's most likely "Alien"-related next film, we all do know a couple of reasons for "Prometheus." For just one, a plot summary revealed that certain of Hollywood's most in-demand stars, Michael Fassbender, will have an android within the approaching film. MTV News sitting lower with Fassbender as they was marketing his new film, "Shame," and that he requested the actor what it really was prefer to join the legacy of "Alien" robots. Fassbender described that for his character, David, he required their own path when getting pregnant him. "I type of went my very own way, really. I did not watch the ['Alien'] films. After I discovered I had been doing the work, I did not revisit them," he stated. He did, however, take a look at another famous robot-related movie before starring in "Prometheus." "I viewed 'Blade Runner,' however i did not watch the 'Alien' films," stated Fassbender, who accepted that Ian Holm's and Lance Henriksen's performances will always be at the back of his mind. "Obviously, they are inside. I'm able to remember them from the time I have seen the flicks before, however i kind of went an alternative way.Inch As well as for inspiration completely from left area, Fassbender stated he looked to Olympic diver, Greg Louganis. "Louganis was my first inspiration. I believed that I'd kind of base my physicality roughly around him, after which it type of went after that,Inch he stated. Possibly he'll do a space diving. You never know? Exactly what do you think about Fassbender's method of his role in "Prometheus"? Tell us within the comments below as well as on Twitter!

TV Academy Elects Bruce Rosenblum as Chairman and CEO

For the first time in 14 years, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has elected a top industry executive as its chairman and CEO. Bruce Rosenblum takes on the high-profile but unpaid position in addition to his job as president of the Warner Bros. Television Group and member of the Office of the President of Warner Bros.our editor recommendsWhy It's Called an Emmy9 Emmy Myths DebunkedAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences Elects 2011 OfficersTV Academy Hall of Fame Honors Diahann Caroll, Peter Jennings He is the first high-level TV executive to lead the organization best known for giving out the Primetime Emmy Awards since Rich Frank ended his terms in office in 1997. At that time, Frank was also president of Walt Disney's television operations. PHOTOS: The Best and Worst Moments From the 2011 Emmy Awards Rosenblum replaces John Shaffner, who was termed out after two terms and not eligible to run for re-election. Shaffner is a production designer who has done most of his work at Warner Bros., on such shows as Friends, The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men. The idea that one of TV's top executives would lead the academy was an issue in the election, in which Rosenblum faced a heated contest with Nancy Bradley Wiard, a freelance TV producer and consultant. She has done projects for TV One and previously was a producer on the TV soap opera The Young & the Restless, from 1973-2003. The issue was whether Rosenblum, who was recruited by some ATAS board members to reinvigorate the nonprofit group's leadership, should be chosen over Wiard, who had worked her way up through the organization, serving on numerous committees. She most recently has been the ATAS vice chair and co-chairs the academy's anomalies committee and is a member of the activities and by-laws committees. She also was part of the group that earlier this year negotiated a new eight-year contract for the four major broadcast networks to continue carrying the Emmy Awards. PHOTOS: Best and Worst Emmy Moments It is what is unspoken in that new contract with ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox that makes this election especially important. Over the next seven years, there will be opportunities to make changes in the show, such as dropping certain categories to speed things up and make room for more pure entertainment. Wiard was known to have been instrumental in the decision by ATAS to fold together the TV movie and miniseries category. Some board members believe Rosenblum, who is on the same level as the top network executives, will be better able to make the right deal. Others think that he is too close to the network heads and that he might be susceptible to going along with their wishes. There is also concern that some ATAS board members may not want to confront Rosenblum because they will fear he might then not hire them to work at Warner Bros., which is the top supplier to the major TV and cable networks and has been for 18 of the past 20 years. PHOTOS: Executives Hit the Emmy Red Carpet Within ATAS, everyone is a peer. That means a production designer or writer or publicist or director is the equal of a top executive like Rosenblum, at least in theory. The election of new officers is not a vote by all 6,000 ATAS members. Rather the election is by representatives of each of the peer groups within the academy and the executive committee. That means about 80 people vote after each candidate is allowed to make a brief statement about their intentions. Rosenblum has said that he is taking on this time consuming task because he wants to help guide an important industry organization at a time of great change in the business of television. He is known as a man of great integrity and has an excellent business reputation. PHOTOS: Emmys Red Carpet Fashion Rosenblum has also said in recent weeks that his agenda would be to expand the diversity of the ATAS membership, promote anti-piracy efforts, encourage local production and help create employment opportunities for everyone in the industry. Rosenblum, who is 53 years old, has headed the Warner TV group since 2005 and before that was executive vp for six years. He played a central role in the deal that created the CW, a joint venture of Warner and CBS. Rosenblum joined Warner in 1989 when it acquired Lorimar Telepictures, where he was vp business affairs. He began his career in entertainment law in 1982. He is a graduate of USC and has his law degree from UCLA. Related Topics Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 1 2 next last

Disney, YouTube to Partner on Original Video Series

The Wally Disney Company and YouTube are joining forces in beginning a completely new video series, that is distributed around the co-high quality funnel.our editor recommendsJustin Bieber Becomes First Artist to Top 2 Billion YouTube Sights (Video)Will YouTube's Hollywood Experiment Pay back?Expert: YouTube Channels No Immediate Threat to Entertainment Companies STORY: Will YouTube's Hollywood Experiment Pay back? The venture will dsicover Disney Interactive Media and YouTube, a Google possessed company, trading a combined $ten million to $15 million by having an original video series, looks at the NY Occasions. The videos will probably be provided online and Disney.com. The partnership should aid Disney in drawing a larger audience online, because the organization values that it's own brand is not sufficient to tug in youthful audiences looking for movie. Questions remain why Disney chosen to partner with YouTube rather than Hulu, which Disney is an element owner. Where Hulu and YouTube differ, however, is always that Hulu was created for TV content while YouTube is original for your web. STORY: YouTube to incorporate Television Stations With Premium Content From Hollywood Companies "You need to go where our audience is," mentioned James A. Pitaro, co-leader of Disney Interactive. The partnership hopes to "bring Disney's legacy of storytelling to a different generation of homes and Disney fans round the platforms that like.In . For YouTube, the web site hopes to attain credibility among parents while growing ad revenue for your properly produced videos. The alliance may also be significant, as YouTube remains legally embattled with Viacom (who has Disney rival Nickelodeon), keeping almost all its videos in the site. STORY: Analyst: YouTube Channels No Immediate Threat to Entertainment Companies "It is really an acknowledgment you want to make use of the most effective brands and, yes, we expect this partnership to draw new entrepreneurs," mentioned Robert Kyncl, YouTube's global mind for content partners. The state announcement is predicted on Monday, November. 7, following YouTube's announcement in the finish of October that it's going to create 100 new TV-style channels to feature artists including Madonna, Jay-Z, Ashton Kutcher, Sofia Vergara and Shaquille O'Neal. Related Subjects Disney Interactive Media Group YouTube

King Curling (Kong Curling)

A Euforia Film release of a 4 1/2 Film presentation. (International sales: NonStop Sales, Stockholm.) Produced by Hakon Overas. Executive producer, Lars Andreas Hellebust. Directed by Ole Endresen. Screenplay, Endresen, Atle Antonsen.With: Atle Antonsen, Linn Skaber, Ane Dahl Torp, Kare Conradi, Jon Oigarden, Steinar Sagen, Jan Saelid, Anne Marit Jacobsen, Ingar Helge Gimle, Magnus Devold, Else Kass Furuseth, Harald Eia, Bard Tufte Johansen. (Norwegian, English dialogue)Doing for the ice-rink-based sport of curling what "Kingpin" did for bowling or "Dodgeball" did for ... er, dodgeball, raucous Norwegian laffer "King Curling" reps a hilarious take on the mock-heroic sporting-underdog genre. Pic throws a spotlight mostly on massive local comedy star Atle Antonsen, who co-wrote and stars as a champ who must overcome odds to win a crucial match, but co-writer-helmer Ole Endresen ensures the rest of his skilled cast all get a chance to score laughs. Made with pro polish, pic is funny enough, even in translation, to travel beyond Norway, where it's put up high B.O. numbers. Early action is set about 10 years ago, though the mix of 1970s and '80s fashions and soundtrack choices confuse the issue somewhat. Oslo native Truls Paulsen (Antonsen) is the obsessively competitive captain of Norway's top curling team, a sport that (for those who may not be of Scottish, Canadian or Scandinavian extraction) looks like a cross between bowling and darts. Truls' team includes ladies' man Marcus (Jon Oigarden), grumpy Espen (Jan Saelid) and workhorse Flemming (Steinar Sagen), along with Truls' lifelong mentor, Gordon (Ingar Helge Gimle), as the team coach, and Truls' wife, Sigrid (Linn Skaber), as the team's one-woman entourage. Unfortunately, due to obsessive-compulsive tendencies, Truls totally loses it during a match against afro-sporting archrival Stefan Ravndal (Kare Conradi) and his team, and ends up spending a decade in a mental hospital drugged up to his eyeballs. When he's finally released into Sigrid's care, he struggles to reintegrate into society, especially since he's under strict orders not to even think about curling again. But when he hears that Gordon is dying in a hospital and only an expensive lung transplant will save him, Truls decides to reform the team for one last, lucrative match. Screenplay utterly conforms to the traditional loser-to-winner story template, but as with a sonnet or a three-minute pop song, structural originality is never the point; it's all in the details, the running gags and the timing. Pic deftly weaves in subplots and other elements -- Espen's frustrations with a noisy milkman, a support group composed of loonies, some misadventures with bird-watchers -- that evoke Antonsen and Endresen's roots in TV sketch comedy, as do the elegantly staged bouts of slapstick, such as a one-take tracking shot of Truls wreaking havoc in a hospital corridor. Otherwise, the humor relies mainly on bathetic campiness, the characters intoning sentiments with tremendously earnest gravitas about the intrinsically silly-looking sport they worship. Consequently, few of the lines are funny on paper; it's the way the thesps deliver them with such intensely straight faces that puts the material across. The ensemble is uniformly excellent; Antonsen, strapping but perfectly ordinary in appearance, is a standout, along with Skaber, both perky and menacing as his frustrated, slightly demented spouse. Production design and costumes deploy the palette of hot pastels and lurid colors needed to evoke the right degree of Nordic kitsch. Lensing by Askild Vik Edvardsen utilizes widescreen framing to full comic effect, while editing by Per Erik Eriksen keeps things ticking beautifully.Camera (color, widescreen), Askild Vik Edvardsen; editor, Per Erik Eriksen; music, Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen, Eyvind Andreas Skeie; music supervisors, Henrik Hawor, Johan Husvik; production designer, Merete Bostrom; costume designer, Camilla Lindblom; sound (Dolby Digital), Kenneth Gustavsen; sound designer, Baard Haugan Ingebretsen; supervising sound editor, Baard H. Ingebretsen; re-recording mixer, Petter Fladeby; visual effects supervisor, Oystein Larsen; stunt coordinator, Kristoffer Jorgensen; line producer, Orjan Karlsen; assistant director, Tonje S. Rolland; casting, Andrea Eckerbom. Reviewed at London Film Festival (Cinema Europa), Oct. 22, 2011. Running time: 78 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Secretary of State weighs in anti-piracy legislation

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, responding to predictions that anti-piracy legislation would give foreign regimes reason to censor the web, said that there "is no contradiction between intellectual property rights protection and enforcement and ensuring freedom of expression on the Internet." She made the remarks in a letter to Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), a chief supporter of a House bill aimed at rooting out so-called "rogue websites," including those overseas, that traffic in pirated movies, TV shows, music and an array of other goods. Berman had asked her to respond to assertions made by opponents of the legislation, who say that it would send the wrong message to foreign governments because it relies on domain name filtering, underming U.S. support for online freedom of expression. The Center for Democracy and Technology opposes the legislation as written, and says the "international example it sets would encourage balkanization of the global Internet." Clinton gave a Jan. 21, 2010, speech on Internet freedom, but Berman said her words had been "mischaracterized" by opponents of the anti-piracy legislation pending in the House and the Senate. "The Arab Spring shows the promise of the Internet as a medium by which peaceful demonstrators can mobilize citizens in the face of government oppression," Clinton wrote in her Oct. 25 letter. "The Internet also offers tremendous opportunity for creators and inventors, but that promise will not be met unless the rules of copyright and trademark are protected and enforced." She did not directly cite the legislation -- the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect IP Act in the Senate -- but wrote that "there will be many opportunities in the future for the State Department to reiterate publicly that Internet freedom and intellectual property protection are mutually consistent." Meanwhile, Politico reported on Friday that Google is considering dropping its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has been aggressively lobbying for passage of the anti-piracy bills. Google execs have opposed the legislation, warning of its consequences on free speech as well as the obligation that it will impose on Internet companies to block sites. Another opponent of the legislation, Yahoo!, last month declined to renew its membership. Member companies of the Consumer Electronics Assn. also are pressing that organization to reconsider its membership in the Chamber, Politico said. A spokeswoman for Google could not immediately be reached. A spokesman for CEA also had no comment, but said, "we have worked well with the Chamber on many issues, most recently successful passage of important free trade agreements" but added that they do "believe that the Chamber's support of this IP legislation, and particularly the trial lawyer-friendly private right of action therein, does not comport with our members' interests." Contact Ted Johnson at ted.johnson@variety.com

Jonas Pate lines up crime drama cast

Jack Huston, Emmy Rossum and Nasir "Nas" Jones will topline indie crime drama "Way Down South" with Jonas Pate directing. Project was announced Wednesday at the opening day of the American Film Market. Shooting's set to start in the spring in New Orleans. Pate's directing from a script he wrote with his twin brother Josh Pate ("The Take"). The film tells the story of a gambler and small time crook, played by Huston, who steals a Civil War-era sword from a museum to finance his escape from a loan shark who staked him in a losing poker game. Jones has been cast as the best friend and Rossum will play the former love interest. Country music singer Hank Williams III has also been cast. Braxton Pope will produce with Eric Fischer and Brianna Lee Johnson of Efish Entertainment. Tom Reilly of Efish will exec produce. Pope told Variety that producers are hoping to sign the Black Keys to score "Way Down South." Pope is due to produce the feature "Bait" from a script by Bret Easton Ellis to be directed by Paul Schrader, set to shoot in Puerto Rico. Efish Entertainment recently wrapped the independent feature "Seven Below," starring Val Kilmer and Ving Rhames, and co-financed "Vehicle 19" starring Paul Walker and the forthcoming "A Night Train To Lisbon," to be directed by Bille August. Pate is represented by WME. Huston is represented by UTA and manager Todd Diener of Untitled. Rossum is represented by ICM and manager Christian Donatelli of The Schiff Company. Nas is represented by WME and manager Anthony Saleh. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Rihanna Cancels Sweden Concert After Being Hospitalized

Rihanna Rihanna was forced to cancel a concert in Sweden on Monday after she was hospitalized for severe exhaustion, The Associated Press reports. The "Umbrella" singer was deemed "not capable" of performing and took to Twitter to apologize to fans for having to cancel the Malmo concert last-minute. Check out the rest of today's news "I am sorry to everyone was coming out to my show in Malmo, Sweden," she said in a statement. "It would have been a great time... so much better than being sick with the flu. Ugh! I'm really disappointed I couldn't be there." Rihanna is scheduled to perform in Stockholm on Tuesday night.