'Rio' beats out this weeks' premeirs

Last weeks number one film stayed at number one this week. 'Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family' premiered this week at number 2, failing to upstage the animated hit.

'Rio' raked in 26.8 million at the box office after an already strong opening weekend. Number two, Medea brought in 25.8 million this weekend. 'Water for Elephants' came in third.

Studio executives must be celebrating with champagne over the success of 'Rio' which has helped out during a relatively slow quarter.

Oscar nominated director killed in Libya

ABC news broke the story yesterday that the co-director of 'Restrepo' was killed in Libya. The war photographer was caught in the middle of a violent confrontation between the rebels and Muammar Qaddafi's soldiers.

His last tweet was "In besieged Libyan city of Misrato. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO."

Earlier this year 'Restrepo', a documentary about soldiers living in one of the most dangerous area in Afghanistan, was nominated for an Oscar for best documentary.

Cannes Film Festival releases line up

The famed film festival has announced its line up for 2011, and the most noticeable films are some sequels. The festival takes place in France and marks the start of the summer film season.

This year the festival will run May 11- 22 with 'Midnight in Paris' by Willy Allen as the opening film.

As far as the U.S. film market, the most well-known films are 'Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strangers Tides.' Most of the other films are not even going to premier in the U.S. or not marketed as much as these franchises.

So take a look at up coming films:

Rio gives the box-office a boost

'Rio' finished its opening weekend with a stuning $40 million. This comes at a perfect timeing as Holloywood experienced a slump in sales for the past couple of weeks.

Not only was 'Rio' number one this week, its also the biggest opening weekend of the year so far. Hollywood hasn't had such a successesful opening since 'Toy Story 3.' Needless to say, the movie surpassed everyones expectations.

However, I want to point out that just because a movie does well at the box office, does not mean it is actually good. I think 'Transformers 2' is the perfect example. According to the critics reviews on Yahoo!, 'Rio' is not that great, with an average score of C+. Users gave the movie a A-, so it is pretty much up to you to decide if the move is good or it just stinks.

Heres a preview to help you decide.

In case your not sick of Will and Kate's' wedding, watch the movie

It has been in the news for months, heck feels like years, the queens eldest grandson is getting married. Prince William and Kate Middleton will be tying the knot Apr. 29 in Westminster Abby.

Since the royal announcement, the world has been bombarded by news stories about royal plates and designer wedding dress, and everything in between. I don't know about you but I've had it with these people. Yeah it's cool and I might watch a rerun of the ceremony but your ruineing the event. Now, to push us all over the edge with Will and Kate, I present Lifetime's"William and Kate."

Nico Evers-Swindell and Camilla Luddington will be playing the royal couple in the TV movie. I imagine this movie is written as some kind of drama/rom com fashion. However, with such a well-known and current couple, its very likely we already know the whole story. That might get boring. Maybe the makers should have waited a couple of years before making the story into a movie. Or just not bothered.

Regardless of what I think, its happening with or without me. The movie airs Mon, the 18th at 9pm EDT.

Let me know, are you going to watch this atrocity?

Cast addition to the Three Stooges

In case you didn't hear about it yet, there is a film in the works about the Three Stooges. The cast has been monitored very closely.

Today, Larry was announced. Who got the part? We all know him as Jack from Will & Grace! Sean Heyes is Larry.

The first official Stooge to be cast was Will Sasso as Curly. Now, we only got one more to go. And trust me, lots of people are anxiously awaiting the announcement of the last Stooge.

What do you think about the latest casting? And who should be cast as Moe?

2 Snow White movies coming!

2012 will bring 2 different takes on the original 1930's animated classic.

The first is titled The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, and is scheduled for June 29, 2012. according to this article, Julia Roberts is among the cast as the Queen.

The second film is called Snow White and the Huntsman. This film takes a different angle and explores the relationship between the princess and the huntsman that spares her life. The release date, Dec. 21, 2012 will be taking advantage of the holiday season. The film also has an interesting cast, with Kristen Stewart playing the lead role.

So there you have it, same movie, different angle. Let the judging begin, who will be the fairest of them all?