There had to come a day when “Star Wars” casting rumors would concern someone besides Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher eventually, and it looks like today is that day.

The usually trustworthy folks over at Latino Review have taken the first crack at reporting which actor will be some of the new blood on J.J. Abrams’ “Star Wars: Episode VII,” and it’s somebody that the director has previously worked with.

Jonathan Rhys Meyer had a memorable role in Abrams’ “Mission: Impossible 3,” but didn’t make the jump to “Ghost Protocol” with director Brad Bird, and he, according to Latino Review, is the first actor in talks for the new “Star Wars.”

So what does this mean for “Star Wars”? There’s no information in the Latino Review story other than Meyers’ name, so take it with a grain of salt for now. The reliability of Latino Review has never been tested on “Star Wars,” other than when they “confirmed” a Harrison Ford deal, despite his interest in returning being on the books since right after deal with Disney was made public.

All that we know so far about the movie is Abrams involved, Michael Arndt as screenwriter, and the likely reprisals from Hamill, Ford, and Fisher. There have been some whispers over Twitter and buried in other news stories about a young female lead for the film, but there has been no official word on that front.

Expect to hear more casting news about “Star Wars: Episode VII” in the coming months.

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As Renner explains in this exclusive from the Blu-ray and DVD release of “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” the one-sheet image of his character and his on-screen sister convinced him that the movie was worth doing before he even saw a script.

“The initial attraction to do the movie came from a little one sheet that I got before I even got the script, and it was something that they ended up shooting in the movie. It was Hansel and Gretel walking away,” Renner says. “There’s a fire going and a witch burning in the background. He has a shotgun, and she has this crossbow. That’s interesting to me. I don’t know why, but it was.”

“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” hits Blu-ray and DVD on June 11.

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The Michael Bay-produced reboot of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise has been filming in New York City for a few weeks now, and turtles sightings—or sighting of actors in awkward motion capture suits—have become more and more frequent.

MTV News got word that Megan Fox, this version’s April O’Neil, was filming a scene just down the street from our Times Square offices, so I headed down to 47th and Broadway to see what I could see.

Fox was on hand, along with one of her amphibian costars, Alan Ritchson who plays Raphael, plus three other well-known characters that you might not expect.

Read more and see more set photos after the jump!

As soon as I arrived on set, I was swept into a crowd of pedestrians who were walking across the street and into the background of the shot. Fox and Ritchson stood outside a Starbucks there. As I walked past, a Steadicam rig circled the two actors. Ritchson was handing Fox his character’s signature weapon, two sai.

The background extras reset—meaning we turned around and walked back where we came from—and that’s when I noticed a few characters that seemed out of place. Anyone familiar with the mob scene that is Times Square should be familiar with the people that wander the sidewalks dressed as unlicensed versions of Elmo, Mickey Mouse, and the like. There are so many deformed versions of these characters that anything legitimate sticks out.

Officially licensed versions of Spongebob, Patrick, and Dora the Explorer were hanging around set, and the storyline of the scene started to click. How could a teenage mutant ninja turtle walk around crowded Times Square? If people mistake him for a mascot character like the others.

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” hits theaters on June 6, 2014.

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In this clip from “This Is the End,” Emma Watson drops by James Franco’s house to suggest what might be causing all of the apocalypse-ing.

Also, check out another video from the set of “Godzilla” in today’s Dailies!

» First clip from “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” [The Playlist]

» Emma Watson suggests a zombie invasion in “This Is the End” clip. [ComingSoon]

» Clip from “Despicable Me 2″ [ComingSoon]

» Gareth Edwards from the set of “Godzilla” [Legendary]

» Trailer for “Europa Report” [Collider]

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For the spoiler hyper-phobic, you need not worry. As this column is called “Five Reasons to See,” it was written with the assumption that anyone reading has not seen it and therefore needs some kind of convincing. If you’d like to learn more about the twists in “Star Trek Into Darkness,” we’d recommend checking out this story.

The critical reception for “Star Trek Into Darkness” has been a complex one to say the least. There are the Trekkies, who have largely dismissed it because this isn’t the “Star Trek” that they know. Then there’s those who say it’s mindless fun. That subgroup is then split between those who think that’s a compliment and those who don’t.

Regardless of which category you think you might fall into, there are good reasons to see “Star Trek Into Darkness,” five to be exact.

Big Scale Sci-fi
See “Star Trek Into Darkness” on the biggest screen you can managed. (IMAX would be ideal, but make sure to sit in the back.) The movie is a spectacle in every sense of the word when it’s applied to movies. The proof is right there as you watch the film, which was clearly designed to be viewed in a theater. The scale of “Star Trek Into Darkness” becomes part of the theater-going experience because of how it used the screen.

Action
J.J. Abrams can direct an action sequence. There are few people who will contest you on that point. The opening sequence of the film and a short jaunt throw open space rank among the best stuff Abrams has ever shot. He understands the architecture of action and can mount a thrilling set piece pretty much out of thin air.

The Enterprise Crew
If there’s one thing that Abrams definitely got right with his “Star Trek,” it’s the new crew of the Enterprise. Each actor has to step into a role that not only has been performed before, but has reached a level of pop culture significance. And yet each member of the crew inhabits the role like it was always his or hers.

Benedict Cumberbatch
When it comes to John Harrison, it isn’t the twist that people will be talking about. (The real identity is surprisingly insignificant in the grand scheme of things.) What people should pay closer attention to is the man behind the twist. Cumberbatch turns in one hell of a performance, doing a ton without a lot of time to do it in. He’s by far the most compelling character in the movie, and it should hopefully prove to others that we need much more Cumberbatch.

For Fun
At some point in the recent past, “fun” became the word used to damn something with faint praise. Plot holes are another issue and shouldn’t be overlooked in the name of enjoyment, but part of the reason that “Into Darkness” is able to move at such a quick pace is that it gets sloppy with the plot and motivation. To slow down to explain the story, as is, would mean

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By Amelia Mularz

Disney character Merida from the movie “Brave” got a makeover this week, and loads of parents weren’t having it. The animated heroine got all gussied up in preparation for her induction into the Disney Princess Collection (who knew such pomp and circumstance existed?). Disney released a rendering and it became evident that little Merida had received a sassy new look.

Parents complained that she had a deeper neckline, fuller hips, lipstick and voluptuously teased hair. There was even talk of a ‘come hither’ look. As word spread more and more parents weighed in and agreed that yes, Merida was looking damn fine. Before we could even wipe the drool from our chins, our nation had plummeted into some serious sexy cartoon character terrain.

Of course, this comes right on the heels of the recent Candy Land board rejiggering. Queen Frostine got fishnets and frumpy ol’ Gramma Nut allegedly got a boob job (emphasis on allegedly).

Back in the day, board games featured hungry hippos and an animated movie meant watching Winnie the Pooh futz around with his honey pot. Yes, Pooh might’ve been borderline depressive with low self-esteem, but we could wrap our minds around his appearance (just not our arms around his waist).

Sure, Betty Boop used to wear a garter belt, and Thelma from “Scooby Doo” was all about her school girl skirt, but for every Betty there was a plump robotic maid named Rosey, and for every Thelma there was a gangly Olive Oyl.

Modern animation has gone off the rails with its sexy factor, especially when it comes to these Disney princesses. Ariel…seriously?! Smoking hot. Princess Jasmine in a tube top? Wowza. And what about the guys? What woman in her early 30s can honestly say she didn’t learn to French kiss on a Prince Eric doll?

So what’s the solution? Pockmarks and rosacea. If Merida is a teenager, give her some acne scars across her cheeks. Bestow Jasmine with the freshman 15, and Pocahontas with a bad case of pubescent menstrual cramps. Let Cinderella experiment with glitter makeup and lipstick that’s three shades too dark, so that one day she’ll look back at pictures from her youth and realize she was unknowingly made up like a chola for every single school dance.

Yes, lets create some cartoon characters that girls can truly relate to.

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By Aaron Pruner

“Star Trek Into Darkness” hits theaters Friday, making it the 12th film in the “Star Trek” movie franchise. With Benedict Cumberbatch filling the “bad guy” shoes here, it seems only fair that we take a look back and rank all of the Star Trek movie villains that have graced the big screen over the past three decades. You’re welcome.

11. The Whale Probe From Space – “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” (1986)
This is probably the weirdest villain on the list because, well, it’s a whale-loving space monster looking to reunite with its Humpback brethren by emptying all of Earth’s oceans.

10. Sybok – “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” (1989)
The half-brother of Spock, Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) is pretty much a backwards Vulcan. Emotions are more important than logic to him. Here, he brainwashes everyone so he can get to the middle of space to meet God…who turns out to be an alien that crushes him to death.

9. Nero – “Star Trek” (2009)
Nero (Eric Bana) is an evil Romulan who travels back from the future seeking revenge on Spock for his wife’s death. He’s got this stuff called “Red Matter” that he likes to inject into planets to create black holes.

8. Ru’afo – “Star Trek: Insurrection” (1998)
Ru’afo (F. Murray Abraham) is an alien obsessed with maintaining his youth. So much so, that all the surgeries he’s had makes him into Stretch Face. Plus, he wants to harvest the radiation from his home planet’s rings to keep him young.

7. Shinzon – “Star Trek: Nemesis” (2002)
Praetor Shinzon (Tom Hardy) is Captain Picard’s evil clone. He suffers from a weird clone blood disease, so he hunts down Picard to steal his blood for a cure. He also wants to blow up Earth for some reason.

6. Dr. Soran – “Star Trek: Generations” (1994)
Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell) is obsessed the heavenly ribbon of space energy called The Nexus. He’s so obsessed, in fact, that he destroys solar systems just to get back inside of it.

5. The Borg Queen – “Star Trek: First Contact” (1996)
The Borg Queen (Alice Krige) is the creepy mouthpiece of the cybernetic collective known as Borg. The Enterprise travels back in time to stop her as she attempts to assimilate all of planet Earth.

4. V’Ger – “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” (1979)
The V’Ger is a highly intelligent machine cloud that evolved from a century’s old space probe. It’s returning to Earth with the information it’s collected, destroying ships and planets in the process.

3. Kruge – “Star Trek III: The Search For Spock” (1984)
Kruge (Christopher Lloyd) is a Klingon captain out to steal the Genesis, originally introduced in “Star Trek II.” He’s the Klingon that killed Kirk’s son. They end up fighting on a volcanic planet, leaving Kruge hanging from a cliff. He refuses to be saved by Kirk. Klingons…

2. General Chang – “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” (1991)
General Chang (Christopher

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A few weeks ago, Steven Spielberg signed on to direct Cooper in an adaptation of “American Sniper,” the tragic true story of Chris Kyle, whose memoir the actor’s production company optioned. Cooper shared his reaction to attracting such a legendary director.

“I mean, it’s insane. It’s a book I read and one my production company optioned,” Cooper said. “This guy, Jason Dean Hall, wrote a version of the script. [Spielberg] read it last week or two weeks ago.”

The news unfortunately caught Zach Galifianakis by surprise. “Wait, wait, wait. You’re doing a Steven Spielberg movie?” he asked before storming off.

Once the room had cooled down, Helms offered a quick update on his delayed “Vacation” reboot. “Yeah, we’re waiting. Spielberg’s going to direct that too,” he said, and Galifianakis left again.

Getting back to the truth, Helms confirmed that the delay had to do with a disagreement about the appropriate rating for the movie, PG-13 versus R. “There was some dispute on what tone the movie should take, and I’m always on the side of whatever’s funniest,” he said. “Really, it came down to a question of, does America want to see Ed Helms naked?”

“And that answers is unequivocally, ‘Oh, yeah,’ ” Cooper added.

Helms remains hopeful that what he calls “business considerations” will get sorted out. “There’s a business behind this business. Sometimes it gets in the way of the creative process or delays the creative process. That’s kind of where we’re at,” he said. “I hope, I really hope that it gets worked out because I love, love this ‘Vacation’ movie, and I can’t wait to do it.”

“The Hangover Part III” opens on May 23.

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By Tara Fowler

After years of waiting, “Star Trek Into Darkness” has finally hit theaters. The original gang’s all there, along with a shady new villain played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Is this baddie, as is claimed, a generic nobody named John Harrison? Or is he really a certain somebody whose name rhymes with swan? Who can say? But since Cumberbatch the actor will be literally everywhere this year (“August: Osage County,” “The Fifth Estate,” “The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug” (and look! There he is outside my window), we’ve put together six fun facts you may not have known about the “Sherlock” star. Go boldly where no man has gone before and read on!

1) He was kidnapped and held at gunpoint in South Africa: And he actually talked his way out of it, much like his television counterpart Sherlock Holmes would have. “I argued my way out,” he told the Daily Mail. “I said, ‘If you leave me in here, it’s not the lack of air, it’s the small space. There’s a problem with my heart and my brain.’ I just tried to explain to them: ‘I will die, possibly have a fit, and it will be a problem for you. I will be a dead Englishman in your car. Not good.’”

2) He can do a mean Alan Rickman impersonation: By which, we obviously mean excellent. His David Tennant is not bad either. Check out the video below:

3) He’s quite the smarty pants, but like all intelligent men, he has his vices: “I did sort of blow my GCSEs out of the water,” he told Metro recently. “I couldn’t believe it and neither could my teachers. And then there was a lot of pressure on me to achieve an Oxbridge level of brilliance at A-levels. But then adolescence came late and I discovered girls, pot and all sorts of other things, so I got a bit lazy.”

4) If he hadn’t become an actor, he would have been a neurosurgeon: “I’d have liked to have been a neurosurgeon—I’m thinking that because of the character in “Saturday” [by Ian McEwan, one of Cumberbatch's favorite authors],” he told What’s On Stage in 2005. “It would have been nice to have done something useful, responsible, that required a mind-blowing skill, where something really important hangs in the balance.”

5) His mother wanted him to change his name when he became an actor: “It sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn’t it?” he’s said of his strange moniker. “What a fluffy old name. I can never say it on a Monday morning. When I became an actor, mom wasn’t keen on me keeping it.”

6) He finds the fact that he’s a sex symbol “hysterically funny”: “I hate the fact that I’m a sex symbol,” he joked to the Radio Times. “God damn my beauty and success. No, I find it hysterically funny, I really do. It’s a giggle. I wield it with a massive smile.” Wield it however you like, Cumberbatch, so long as you

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