Ryan Gosling in 'Only God Forgives' (Photo: TWC-Radius)

The poster for "Only God Forgives," unveiled last November, teases a decidedly violent thriller with its simple yet disconcerting image of one of Hollywood's most handsome leading men, Ryan Gosling, beat to a disfiguring pulp. Now, the red-band trailer for the film makes for a vivid companion piece with its gorgeous imagery of smashing fists, flying bullets, swinging swords and an ever-stoic Gosling asking, "Wanna fight?"

We do, in fact!

Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson in 'Catching Fire' (Photo: Lionsgate)Say this four times quickly: It's a teaser for a teaser of a trailer that teases a movie. Sure it’s a tad grand -- but we're talking about "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" y'all!

This year's MTV Movie Awards, airing later this month, has a bunch of goodies in store. One of them: the first two-and-a-half minutes of "Catching Fire" footage, to be introduced by Gale Hawthorne himself, Liam Hemsworth.

But first, you can catch an initial ultrafast glimpse of the extremely anticipated sequel to last year's box office smash "The Hunger Games," starring freshly minted Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Melark.

Watch Promo For 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Teaser:

Getty Images/MarvelZoe Saldana is already a favorite among sci-fi fans, and it looks like she'll be putting that reputation to good use in her next project.

It was announced Wednesday that Saldana is in talks to co-star in the screen adaptation of "Guardians of the Galaxy," another comic book project from Marvel Studios. Saldana is in the running to play Gamora, a green-skinned warrior who is the last survivor of a humanoid race all but wiped out by their enemies the Badoon. Gamora will be roaming the outer reaches of space in the film, and given Saldana's experience aboard a starship in "Star Trek" and as a blue-skinned alien in "Avatar," she seems made to order for this role.

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It looks like Matthew McConaughey has officially re-entered the world of big-budget studio pics.

The "Magic Mike" star, who has experienced quite the impressive career resurgence in the past couple of years, is back in full-throttle movie star mode as he's been cast in the lead role of "Interstellar," director Christopher Nolan's first official post-"The Dark Knight Rises" project.

Screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)Critically-lauded and award-winning novelist and "Howard's End" screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala passed away Wednesday at her home in New York City. Her daughter Firoza told the L.A. Times Jhabvala died after battling a long illness. She was 85.

Over the course of her very successful professional life, the German-born author and screenwriter wrote 12 novels, eight short story collections and 23 screenplays. Jhabvala's screenwriting career was born out of her work as a novelist, when in 1961 the newly-formed filmmaking duo of producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory traveled from New York to Delhi to ask Jhabvala to sell them her book "The Householder" and to also pen the screenplay. That meeting led to a long friendship and many fruitful collaborations for Merchant Ivory Productions, which included Jhabvala's Oscar-winning adaptations of "A Room with a View" in 1985 and "Howard's End" in 1992, as well as scripts for "The Bostonians" and "The Remains of the Day."

Tom Hardy, right, and a young fan in New York (Photo: Splash News)Aww. Looksie the wee wittle Bane! 

We couldn't help but notice the normally menacing Tom Hardy, known for his serious, ass-kicking roles in "The Dark Knight Rises," "Lawless," and "Inception," in an uncharacteristic moment of whimsey.

Hardy took a break from filming the crime drama "Animal Rescue" as he posed with a young fan on Tuesday in Brooklyn, New York.

The little guy was dressed as Hardy's infamous Bane character from "Rises."

I wonder how many little Banes will be running around next Halloween? Hmm.