Upstart distributor Open Road has set a date for Andrew Niccol ‘s big screen adaptation of The Host , Twilight author Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling sci-fi tale of a young woman ( Saoirse Ronan ) and the body-snatching alien “soul” who takes over her human form. The pic will open on March 29, 2013 — Easter weekend — and begins shooting next February. [ Deadline ]
If you found the first trailer for Horrible Bosses — starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day — seriously lacking in the Jennifer Aniston talking-dirty department, you’re in luck. Warner Bros. has released a new red band trailer for the summer comedy featuring the Friends actress soliciting sex from an employee, and showing off photos of herself in compromising positions. Worst boss ever?
Good on U.K. publication Empire magazine for offering up the — drumroll, please — world’s first Hobbit cover photo. (Never mind that EW had a full spread on The Hobbit in its most recent issue; no cover, no service!) Sir Ian McKellen and his ratty-looking robes get the honor — with Martin Freeman relegated to a “Meet Bilbo!” bubble on the left side of the mag — and, as Empire reveals, there are some slight physical differences between his appearance in The Hobbit , and what fans remember from Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring . Fun! Let’s investigate, Photo Hunt-style.