Since MGM found a director for the Carrie remake earlier this year, the natural question regarding the film-to-be is simply who will play the title character?  After all, Sissy Spacek was nominated for an Oscar for her performance as a telekinetic teenager in Brian De Palma's 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's first novel.  The question of just who will be covered in pig's blood at prom is close to being answered, it seems, as the candidates to play Carrie are down to two actresses: Chloe Grace Moretz and Haley Bennett.

Saturday night was one for partying and living it up in the Cote d'Azur, as the town followed up the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides screening with a night of revelry.  Presumably a lot of people woke up in dumpsters with a kidney missing, because Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival was considerably more low key.  It's the halfway point of the fest, and today most of the talk seems to be focused on the happily brisk business so far, as well as the world's first look at Tree of Life tomorrow.  Today, though, was about acquisitions.  Angelina Jolie's directorial debut snagged a US distributor, as did Rian Johnson's Looper, the science fiction film reteaming the director with his Brick star Joseph Gordon-Levitt.  Sleeping Beauty, which screened on Thursday, also found itself a home.

The first day of competition at the Cannes Film Festival didn't have the same epic showmanship of opening day, which featured an already-popular Woody Allen premiere, a lifetime achievement award, and of course Lady Gaga rocking the Croisette with aplomb.  Still, it's not really fair to compare any event to that kind of ridiculous theatricality, so let's take a look at what went down on day two of the world's biggest film festival.  Two high profile documentaries were shopped, The Wachowkis and Tom Tykwer talked up their new project, two unnerving films starring Emily Browning and Tilda Swinton screened, while Jack Black and Angelina Jolie stumped for Kung Fu Panda 2.

So Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch didn't debut at number one last weekend; despite our consensus-minded culture, popularity and quality don't necessarily go hand in hand.  There's always next weekend, anyways, and in order to entice you into paying hard-earned money to see the fetishized action-fantasy, Warner Bros is offering the first five minutes of the film online for free.  So take a few minutes and get acquainted with Baby Doll, played by Emily Browning.

After just three live action feature films, director Zack Snyder has developed a signature visual style, and with his fourth movie, Sucker Punch, it looks like he's taken that style to new extremes.  The story – which has certain thematic similarities to Pan's Labyrinth – contrasts stunning, action-packed fantasy sequences with the oppressive daily reality faced by an institutionalized young woman known only as Baby Doll.  You can see Emily Browning in action as Baby Doll in four new clips from Sucker Punch, which jumpkicks its way into theaters this Friday.

Since even before Gary Ross signed on to direct an adaptation of Suzanne Collins' phenomenally popular young adult novel 'The Hunger Games', fan speculation as to who should play the protagonist has been rampant, to say the very least.  The role of Katniss Everdeen in the first film of a planned trilogy has been frequently discussed and much sought after by seemingly every young actresses in the applicable age range.  Now, The Wrap reports that Jennifer Lawrence, who earned an Oscar nomination for the lead role in last year's Winter's Bone, will play Katniss in The Hunger Games.

Watchmen and 300 director Zack Snyder director sure knows how to create visuals that leave an impression, particularly when what looks like a whole movie's worth are crammed into a minute-and-a-half long trailer.  The latest trailer for the director's first original feature, Sucker Punch, is a rush of imagery, most of it the product of much labor from visual effects artists.  Starting at about 26 seconds in, the whole thing is just a whole lot of money shots, featuring battle bots, flying bullets, fire-breathing dragons, sexy women, and an ungodly amount of slow motion.  Check it out, folks, or be doomed to square-dom for all time.

Since his Dawn of the Dead remake first crotch-kicked audiences, both of director Zack Snyder's live action films have been released in March.  Comic book adaptations 300 and Watchmen both hit theaters early in the month, but the director's latest for Warner Bros, the original action fantasy Sucker Punch, will assault your feeble senses on March 25th this year.  Seeing as how that's next month, the marketing for the film, starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jon Hamm is about to begin an assault of its own.  Pretty soon Sucker Punch will be everywhere, but in the meantime, enjoy these two new television commercials for the film.

It's possible that it's something you have to see on the big screen, and it's also possible that so much goes on that you can miss a ton of coolness, but the teaser trailer for Sucker Punch doesn't do a whole lot for me. What it reminds me most of is how sweet Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow looked when it was teasing back in 2004. I want to be psyched, but I won't be burned again...

Then again, it's Zack Snyder at the helm, and he's got a good track record; the man who directed 300 and Watchmen has quickly made it apparent that he has a specific style, and it's all on display here. Lots of CG, lots of slow-mo fighting... In addition, you've got hot girls firing machine guns, fire-breathing dragons, samurais and steampunk WWII battles. I know, how could I not be thrilled? Let's just say I'm being cautious. Don't want to throw my optimism around willy-nilly.

Synopsis: “Sucker Punch” is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, but her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary…with potentially tragic consequences.