The MTV Movie Awards will take place on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Broadcasting live from Los Angeles, the cinematic showcase will highlight all of your favorite films from the year with an extra oomph of playhouse pizzazz to honor the industry.

Movie of the Year
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted

Best Shirtless Performance
Channing Tatum, Magic Mike
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises
Daniel Craig, Skyfall
Seth MacFarlane, Ted
Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2

Best Fight
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeremy Renner vs Tom Hiddleston, The Avengers
Christian Bale vs Tom Hardy, The Dark Knight Rises
Jamie Foxx vs Candieland Henchmen, Django Unchained
Daniel Craig vs Ola Rapace, Skyfall
Mark Wahlberg vs Seth MacFarlane, Ted

There is no “The Legend Ends” when there’s money to be made … and “The Avengers” to challenge.

Hot on the heels of rumors that Warner Bros. has scrapped Will Beall’s “Justice League” script and is starting the project over from scratch comes word that the film is still very much a high priority at the studio — and that “from scratch” might mean bringing in a tried and true superhero duo to make it work in time to take on “The Avengers 2″ in Summer 2015 (and, in theory, “Star Wars: Episode VII,” though we all know that J.J. Abrams, who took four years to make a “Star Trek” sequel, won’t have it ready by then, right?).

Latino Review, who’s been slinging super-scoops left and right lately, reports that Warner Bros. has brought in ”Dark Knight” mastermind and “Man of Steel” producer Christopher Nolan to “completely take over the DCU [DC Comics Universe] … so anything having to do with these superheroes goes through him now.”

Nolan, like Abrams, is a notoriously secretive fellow, so it’s no surprise that he’s “completely locked it down and it’s gone radio silent over there.” But Latino Review was still able to get an inkling of what’s going on behind closed doors at the Hall of Justice.

As with this summer’s “Man of Steel” (which apparently thrilled Warner Bros. suits at recent early screenings), Nolan will be “Godfathering-slash-producing” the “Justice League” project, with Zack Snyder coming on board to possibly direct. But the real kicker is that the studio is looking to bring back a tried and true superhero star to team up with a brand new one in the film.

Yes, “Justice League” is perhaps being shaped as a team-up for Christian Bale to reprise his role as Batman and join “Man of Steel” star Henry Cavill as Superman.

That makes for some pretty extreme fanboy wishful thinking. It also makes complete business sense, whether it’s true or not.

Warner Bros. doesn’t have “Harry Potter” any more, and they’ve just wrapped up “The Dark Knight.” They’re feeling the pressure of Disney’s “The Avengers” ready to take another bajillion dollars at the box office in a couple of years, as well as “Star Wars” poised to once again take over the galaxy. Would-be WB franchise kickstarters “Beautiful Creatures” and “Jack the Giant Slayer” have both tanked this year, and it’s only early March.

Warner Bros. is freaking out. They need a hit. And, as the Justice League’s motto is “No Fear,” the superhero team-up might indeed hold the key to a bright future, one in which the studio can truly compete (or at least co-exist) with the likes of “The Avengers” and “Star Wars.” 

WB is very happy with “Man of Steel,” so apparently the Nolan/Snyder team works well. But in order for “Justice League” to really be a sure thing, they need to bring back the guy who starred in two superhero movies that grossed more than a billion dollars each in worldwide box office. They need Bale as Batman.

Sure, Bale let it be known last summer that “The Dark Knight Rises” was (most likely) going to make for his final gig as the Caped Crusader. But he also went on record as saying, well, never say never. 

“My understanding is that this ["The Dark Knight Rises'] is the last one. I think it’s appropriate, I think it’s going out at the right time,” said Bale in an interview with Empire Magazine. “But … if Chris [Nolan] came to me with a script and said, ‘You know what? There is another story’ then I would love the challenge of making a fourth one work.”

Christian Bale as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman in a Christopher Nolan-produced (and possibly Zack Snyder-directed) “Justice League” movie? You’d go see that, right?

To quote Latino Review again, such a thing would indeed be “quite the muscular defense to Disney’s juggernaut offense.” But is it actually going to happen? Stay tuned, Justice Leaguers.

Source: Yahoo Movies

 Jennifer Lawrence has been tapped to star opposite Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in the David O Russell pic formerly known as American Bullshit, the drama written by Eric Singer and Russell about the ’70s FBI sting operation Abscam that took down a bunch of U.S. congressmen.

That puts Lawrence back in business with Russell and Cooper, her cohorts on The Weinstein Company’s Silver Linings Playbook that landed them all Oscar nominations; she already has won the SAG Award and a Golden Globe for the role.

She will play Bale’s wife in the Abscam movie, which is being produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle through Atlas Entertainment, which developed the film at Sony Pictures. The ensemble is being fully financed by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures. Ellison also is producing and has been developing the script.

Source: Deadline

I’ve added new photoshoots of Christian Bale did for the ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ movie last year to the gallery! Thanks to Baleheadsblog for them!

Last week we mentioned that actor Christian Bale had made the day of an 8-year-old Dallas boy named Zach Guillot, who is battling leukemia, by calling him in his hospital room. It’s sweet. You can watch it below.

Earlier today, Zach got another surprise: a robust Batman care package that had Zach asking, “How many stuff does he send me, these days?”

Watch his reaction above, and follow Zach’s battle at facebook.com/ZachAttacksLeukemia.

Sorry for the late updates guys! Due to my busy working schedule, I was unable to update the news & photos of Christian. Here are some photos of Christian at the 18th Annual Critic Choice Awards & 70th Golden Globe Awards!

Sorry for late update , Happy Birthday Christian!

I’ve added new event photos of Christian Bale attends the 2012 Human Rights First Awards at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on October 24, 2012 in New York City.

I’ve added new high quality candids photos of Christian Bale and his family arriving LAX Airport on October 25, 2012.

Hollywood bad-boys Tom Hardy and Christian Bale have been earmarked to play Reading’s late, great striker Robin Friday on the silver screen.

The story of Royals’ cult hero was penned by journalist and author Paolo Hewitt and Oasis bassist Paul McGuigan in 1996.

After tales of Friday’s legendary status reached tinseltown, film producers and writers have hammered out a script of Friday’s life and are now in the process of sending out their work to prospective actors and directors.

“I read the script in about half an hour and I was in tears by the end of it – it was absolutely fantastic,” Hewitt told the Reading Post.

“Robin was such an ebullient character and whenever anybody spoke about it – scoring the best goal you have ever seen, or dancing naked in a club somewhere, it is always visual with him.

“I think the book really leant itself to a film.” Much like Friday’s life, the money men behind the film aren’t looking at doing things by halves and making a small-scale movie. Read the rest of this entry »