USA Today has a first look at Peter Billingsley's directorial debut, Couples Retreat. Check out what they had to say and the first production still photo to the right.

Vince Vaughn (acting as producer) beckoned what has become his new crew of regular co-stars — Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau and Faizon Love, plus Billingsley in his feature directing debut — for Couples Retreat, a romantic comedy due this summer. "I had the concept a while ago, and Favreau did the first draft of the screenplay with specific actors in mind," Vaughn says.

Bateman, hoping to patch up his union with Kristen Bell, wants to go on a therapy vacation and invites three other couples along to save costs. But instead of simply enjoying fun in the sun, the suburbanites are forced to scrutinize the states of their own marriages.

Vaughn sums up the situation: "Jason and Kristen are Type A's struggling to have kids. Faizon and his wife have just separated, and he is dating a young girl from Foot Locker (Kali Hawk). Me and my wife (Malin Akerman of 27 Dresses) are swamped with the kids and work. Favreau and Kristin Davis are secretly not completely faithful to each other."

As his character gripes to Bateman, "Thank you for bringing me to Problem Island."

Also on board: Jean Reno as Monsieur Marcelle, the resort's mastermind, and John Michael Higgins (Willie the elf from Fred Claus) as a therapist.

The South Pacific locale that provides the setting hasn't seen much Hollywood action before. "I think maybe one other movie has been shot there," Vaughn says. That would be the 1979 remake of Hurricane, a disaster flick of another sort. "We shot there for around four weeks. It's so damn beautiful, it looks like it's done with computers."

While the humor will be "adult," it won't be explicit adult. Expect a PG-13.

"We don't believe in swearing for swearing's sake," Vaughn says. Not that there won't be sexual gags, including "yoga teachers who are overly enthusiastic about putting people into poses."

No expletives? No raunchiness? Color us a little sad. That's how we like Vaughn best: uncensored.

The Hollywood Reporter announced that Baz Luhrmann has officially acquired rights to The Great Gatsby. Luhrmann sees the pre-Depression story as a wake-up call as the economy comes crashing down and another gilded age, as he sees it, comes to an end.

"If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to."

He added, "People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and The Great Gatsby can provide that explanation."

He said that he wants to move quickly on the Gatsby project because of that timeliness. "I'm going to move faster than I have before. I'd be surprised if it's another seven years," he said, referring to the period between Moulin Rouge and Australia.

The project also might not be with Fox. The director said he's "talking to everyone, and they're all interested" -- and paused a full 10 seconds when asked if his experience with Fox was a satisfactory one, before offering a noncommittal answer.

To us, The Great Gatsby will always belong to Robert Redford, and the remakes of yesteryear is getting a little out of hand, but...Baz and Fitzgerald? Doesn't sound too shabby.

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
 Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
 The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
 "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Wanted

Check out the TV nominations HERE.

For the uninformed, BNAT stands for Butt Numb a Thon, and it's a yearly 24-hour film festival hosted by Harry Knowles of Aintitcoolnews.com to celebrate his birthday. Over the years, the applications have gotten more expansive and the ability to get in has slimmed. Frankly, I'm surprised I get in, but here I am telling the tale of the classics, teases, and premieres I saw this past weekend all within the glorious 24 hour period known as BNAT. I'm going to run down the list and give impressions, but stick around as I'll be putting up some full reviews for you guys in the coming days.

Here we go:

Viva Villa!
Wallace Beery and Fay Wray star in this tale based on the legend of Pancho Villa. It was fun, it was sometimes offensive, and it was a worthwhile watch if you are interested in watching Mexicans be played by white people who all decide to play them in different stereotypical offensive ways.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
This was the second time I saw this David Fincher directed epic, and it was even better the second time. We also were treated to caviar and chilled vodka while watching, and it made the experience all the more fun. Brad Pitt is excellent, Cate Blanchett is fantastic, and David Fincher has crafted a heartbreaking tale of love, life, and what it means to grow old. It's best picture material.

Sahara
I felt like a fool for never having seen this Humphrey Bogart flick. It takes place in norther Africa during WWII, and Bogie is a tank commander who bands together with nine men to hold off an army of hundreds of Nazi soldiers. It's quickly paced, action packed, and a really fun propaganda-packed ride.

Valkyrie
Guess what? Tom Cruise doesn't have a German accent! And neither does anyone else? And guess what else? It doesn't matter. So many films do this, but, for some reason, people are going at the jugular of this flick and for no reason at all. Bryan Singer's take on the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler won't win any awards, but it has an excellent cast, is expertly directed, and is spectacularly paced. Check out this suspense packed ride on Christmas, it's totally worth it.

Metropolis
Yes, this is the Fritz Lang sci-fi epic everyone watched in film class, but this one was re-scored in the '80s and had lost footage put back in it. So totally wicked Lang images coupled with Pat Benatar and Freddie Mercury in the background equate to a pretty wicked film experience. I'd seen it before, but when owner of the Drafthouse, Tim League, cranked the volume on this one to 11, he made it seem like we were having a party.

My Bloody Valentine 3D
Extended scenes of vaginas and breasts in 3D. Now that's what modern technology is created for. There's also lots of gimmicky fun gore and violence going on this is ridiculously silly horror flick. The acting is eh...passable...the violence is way over the top and fun...and the story is about as generic as it comes. You will laugh out loud, and it was a relatively enjoyable breeze for 90 minutes.

I Love You, Man
This is your SXSW 2009 premiere film starring the likes of the lovable Paul Rudd and Jason Segel. It's got a pretty great supporting cast too, but the problem with the film lies with the fact that the dude who wrote and directed Along Came Polly did it.  There's little plot outside of that Paul Rudd is getting married, has no male friends, and his wife to be is uncomfortable with that so he desperately searches to find his Mr. Right. (in a totally hetero way that is handled in a totally homo way, which makes it funny right?) Segel and Rudd are hilarious in most scenes, and there are enough side gags to keep your interest. The film lacks heart, but is by no means bad.

White Dog
A young actress becomes the new owner of a dog who is hell bent on attacking black people. It's a race thriller/horror/drama, and I was getting uncomfortable in my seat so I took this time to do a walk about. What I saw seemed entertaining enough, and I was told it recently came out on Criterion, so it can't be all that bad right?

Che
Hardest to watch last movie ever after being up for 30 hours. The four plus hour cut of Steve Soderberg's Che isn't a bad, it just overly ambitious and indulgent. The first half of the film, before the intermission, is sometimes repetitive, but always interesting and expertly acted. The problem just seems that was probably Soderberg telling Benicio Del Toro all the research he did, and the two just goaded each other into creating a longer more, comprehensive film, and by the end of it, you're ready for Che to die. Benicio is amazing, and the direction for the most part is good, but the film just has a problem with pacing and needs to have some editing work done. I don't really need to see that many shots of anonymous soldiers, guns on a table, or random rain forest. With that said, I was very attentive throughout the whole film and found it informative and attention grabbing, but I didn't seem to be in the majority there. It's got good in it, it's just severely flawed.

Extended clips and such:

Corline 3D
Henry Selick made the creepy cool Nightmare Before Christmas and is back with an even creepier film about a girl who falls asleep to dream of a dream world she wants to run away to. When she can't wake herself up and finds herself trapped, she realizes her dream world isn't as pleasant as the previously thought. This thing seems like it may be too creepy for kids, and it's spectacularly wacky. I'll be sure and check it out upon release.

UP
I wasn't really excited about this one. I saw the trailers, read the synopsis, and I started to think maybe Pixar was going to let me down. But then I saw this. Man! UP is going to be fantastic, the story seems heartbreaking and hilarious all in one roll. It's sweet, clever, and everything you've come to expect from a Pixar film. Color me excited for this summer.

Monsters vs. Aliens
Dreamworks latest animated film, about a group of aliens who attack the earth, and the human response is to unleash secret government monsters upon them. It's a little too dick and fart humor-y for me and has a couple too many pop culture references for my taste, but the action seemed pretty cool, and the characters seemed funny and well crafted. I'll check it out and hope it's more Kung Fu Panda than Shrek The Third.

Push
Chris Evans can move things with his mind. Dakota Fanning can see the future. They both live in a world where people with special abilities is relatively common place, and we glimpsed a couple of cool action sequences from the upcoming action film. I saw the trailer a while ago and was pretty sold, and nothing I saw deterred me from my curiosities.

Knowing
Alex Proyas made The Crow, I, Robot, and Dark City. He makes cool movies, so despite the fact that this film stars a cheesy looking Nicolas Cage (not to be confused with bad ass Nicolas Cage, whom we see far too little of these days) I am still excited. A long time ago, a time capsule was buried and when it was unearthed, Nic Cage finds a sheet full of numbers and maps them to a history of natural disasters. The paper also contains future disasters and Nic goes around trying to stop them. Eh? Interesting enough.

Observe and Report
Seth Rogen stars as a mall cop who is trying to solve a flasher crime. It seems darker than previous Rogen fare, and it seems like the first miss he might have. I could be totally wrong, but with what I saw, I was left severely underwhelmed. It didn't seem funny, action packed, or anything. It just seemed flat.

Watchmen
We saw the first 25 minutes or so of Watchmen, and it was exceptional. I'm not a hardcore graphic novel fan, and I'm not super familiar with these guys, but from what I've seen of Zack Snyder's latest, I am starting to get as excited as the devout.  I'm not going to spoil anything, I'll only say that the film seems like something truly unique and special and it's release is way too far away.

Terminator: Salvation
McG showed up to show what a douche he was, by talking down and referencing cool shit in hopes we buy into his particular brand of bullshit. He claimed to have the finished film, but said studios wouldn't let him show it. So he showed us some extended clips before he, no doubt, hopped into a limo and did a line off of a stripper's asshole. The movie? Well the clips showed more promise than the recent trailers, and if nothing else we seem to have a totally worthwhile action film on the horizon. Here's to hoping it has some substance to it too.

While the East and West coast critics give away their top honors to films like Wall-E, Milk and Slumdog Millionaire. The Austin Film Critics Associations bestowed the majority of their praise on this summers high grossing, bad ass super hero film The Dark Knight. The Awards are as follows:

Best Picture
The Dark Knight
Best Director
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Best Actor
Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, Rachel's Getting Married
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jonathan and Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Best Original Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York
Best Original Score
James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmerman, The Dark Knight
Best Cinematography
Colin Watkinson, The Fall
Best Animated Film
Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film
Let The Right One In
Best Documentary
Man on a Wire

In an article to file under WTF: Stephen Norrington has signed on to write and direct a reinvention of The Crow, based on the comic created by James O’Barr.

The 1994 Alex Proyas-directed screen transfer, in which rock musician Eric Draven is murdered trying to rescue his girlfriend from thugs, and returns from the dead one year later to exact vengeance. Though the original became a gothic-style hit that grossed nearly $100 million worldwide, it is primarily remembered for a tragic accident in which star Brandon Lee was killed during filming.

For Norrington, The Crow deal marks the end of a long screen sabbatical. After making his breakthrough with the Marvel Comics hero Blade, Norrington took on a big-budget comic transfer with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Neither the director nor his star, Sean Connery, has made a film since. For a good reason, no?

Norrington said he felt demoralized by that experience, and the accomplished sculptor spent the next five years writing and working on his art. He made a deal to direct Clash of the Titans for Warner Bros., but left the project, he said, because he was “unable to excite Warner Bros. with my take, or influence the screenplay to any comfortable extent.” That pic goes into production early next year with Louis Leterrier at the helm.

Norrington resolved to focus on independent projects, and sparked to an approach on The Crow from Relativity production chief Tucker Tooley.

“Whereas Proyas’ original was gloriously gothic and stylized, the new movie will be realistic, hard-edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style,” Norrington told Daily Variety.

Well, Movie Pressers, this sounds interesting, albeit probably a bad idea.

The new X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer hit the net last week, and while you could watch the shitty quality You Tube vids, we decided to go ahead and post the link to the official trailer's page.

Check it out here.

Thoughts? Does Hugh Jackman's sideburns look really fake to anyone else? How did this film get so many hot dudes in one place?! No one else thinking that...?

Ugh, we cannot wait for the next 12 weeks to be over because then Chris Weitz will be shooting Twilight sequel, New Moon, and all the news and drama surrounding this franchise will go away for a bit.

So, onto the news. After Catherine Hardwicke's ouster and the announcement that Weitz would be helming New Moon, rumors have also circulated that Summit Entertainment is not super duper happy regarding the role of Jacob Black and the manchild who played him in Twilight, Taylor Lautner. Spoiler alert! Supposedly Jacob becomes the man in Bella's life while Edward is off doing something (seriously, folks we haven't read the books, and even we know all the details) and becomes...uh....something bigger than a whiny Native American dude with long hair and too white of teeth. Something to do with a moon, if you get our drift.

Anyhoo, supposedly Summit thinks that Lautner is too itty bitty and not a big enough star to carry New Moon while Edward and Bella are separated and has been on the look out for someone bigger, better, and beefier. Enter Scorpion King 2 actor Michael Copon, who has apparently been in a full out bid to land the role, even announcing it on his Facebook page.

Approached for comment on Lautner's omission from the New Moon press release, Summit confirmed that it was not a typographical error. "The casting decision in regards to the character Jacob Black has yet to be made," a representative told MTV News.

But even once someone is officially announced as the new Jacob, Weitz still has many other key casting decisions to make and an extremely brief amount of time in which to make them. With barely 12 weeks until cameras are due to begin rolling, the filmmaker needs to find faces to portray several key characters — including the peace-keeping, Italian vampires known as the Volturi.

With the buzz building for these roles, MTV News has confirmed that 27-year-old Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian heartthrob Ben Barnes is throwing his hat into the ring. Barnes is believed to be campaigning for the role of Aro, a mind-reading vampire whose New Moon encounter with Edward and Bella helps shape their destiny together.

Does this info set your 'tween lit-loving hearts a patter? Anyone else excited for this Twilight bidness to simmer down now?

Alright you late holiday shoppers and poor excuses for family members. You have one Tuesday left, well really next week has all sorts of weird things happening with Sunday and Monday releases, but you have very little time left. So check out this weeks releases and act like you were waiting for a special release as opposed to being lazy.  Jump on it HERE.

Looks like no one was standing around this weekend as Keanu Reeves managed to bust out the big bank again at the top of the box office. Click over to our Box Office Results section and find out how your favorite release of the week did. Do it...it's fun.