SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 23, 2012 — Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games juggernaut will arrive on home entertainment at 12:01 A.M. on Saturday, August 18, as the first film in Lionsgate’s (NYSE: LGF) The Hunger Games franchise, which has already grossed nearly $400 million at the North American box office and is approaching $650 million at the worldwide box office, debuts on 2-disc DVD (plus digital copy), 2-disc Blu-Ray (plus digital copy), VOD and digital download with three hours of previously unavailable bonus materials in the biggest home entertainment launch in Lionsgate’s history, the Company announced today.

Lights...camera...jazz!

Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow have debuted the first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s 3D adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” and boy, does it look swell. 

Shot last year in Australia, the $120 million pic features a star-studded cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton and is based on the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Luhrmann, who last teamed with DiCaprio on another literary classic, “Romeo and Juliet” (1996), has a knack for jazzing up the visuals in his films and “Gatsby” appears to be no exception. 

Warners also seems to be casting a wide net with the trailer. The 1920's-set footage features two songs from modern-day artists Jay-Z and Jack White, who covers U2's "Love is Blindness."

One of the most popular novels of the 20th Century, Fitzgerald's tale of American excess has spawned a Broadway play and multiple films, including Jack Clayton's 1974 pic starring Robert Redford and scripted by Francis Ford Coppola.

Luhrmann and Craig Pearce adapted the script after the “Moulin Rouge” helmer purchased the rights in 2008.

“The ‘special effect’ in this movie is seeing fine actors in the prime of their acting careers tearing each other apart,” Luhrmann told the New York Times earlier this year.

Produced by Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher, “The Great Gaysby” opens in 3D and 2D on Christmas Day.

Paul Thomas Anderson's religious drama finally saw the light of day Monday as The Weinstein Company unveiled footage from the director’s mysterious film, "The Master," in addition to Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" and David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," at a special presentation in Cannes. 

“The Master,” which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix, centers on a 1950's cult leader whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America.

Reportedly cut by Anderson himself, the drama's first teaser (see below) focuses solely on drifter Freddie Sutton (Phoenix), a Naval officer whose sinister ways come into question by a superior officer. Phoenix's character eventually becomes the right-hand man of ‘The Master’ Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman) in the film.

Judging from the trailer, "The Master" represents another dark, psychological turn for Anderson, whose "There Will Be Blood" earned five Oscar nominations in 2007, including a Best Actor win for star Daniel Day Lewis.

"The Master" also reunites Anderson with "There Will Be Blood" composer Johnny Greenwood, of Radiohead.

Amy Adams and Laura Dern co-star in the pic, which Anderson has largely kept under wraps for three years. (Right: PTA recently provided a small, 65mm image of Hoffman preaching in a scene from 'The Master' to blog Cigarettes and Red Vines)

Hoffman’s character is rumored to be loosely based on Scientology founder Ron L. Hubbard.

“The Master,” produced by Anderson, JoAnne Sellar, John Lesher, Bill Pohlad and Megan Ellison, arrives Oct. 12.

Watch teaser:

Two flavors of the Will Ferrell sequel hit the Internet today:

Here comes the Men in SMACK!

Will Smith has always had an energetic and playful relationship with the media--that was until 'the kisses.'

Smith, in Mowscow for the premiere of Sony's "Men in Black 3," was caught on tap slapping a Ukranian reporter Friday after the reporter got a little too close for Smith's liking.

In the video below, the reporter can be seen bestowing a kiss on each of Smith's cheeks, a European custom, causing Smith to exclaim "What the hell is wrong with you man?" before slightly backhanding the reporter in the face.

According to TMZ sources, Smith became so upset because the journo's lips apparently grazed the actor's.

See for yourself.

(Video courtesey of TMZ)

Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts star in the Cannes competition title "Rust and Bone," French director Jacques Audiard's follow-up to Oscar-nominated drama "A Prophet."

Based on the short story by Craig Davidson, "Rust and Bone" centers on a young boxer who falls in love with a killer whale trainer on the verge of a terrible accident.

The $22 million pic is produced by Pascal Caucheteux at French production house Why Not Prods., whose credits include Audiard's "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" and "A Prophet," as well as "Of Gods and Men" and "Assault on Precinct 13."

Watch trailer:

Ron Burgundy, meet General Aladeen.

The first teaser for Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's "Anchorman 2" teaser will debut tomorrow night at the midnight screenings of "The Dictator," Paramount has announced.

“I don't know what a teaser trailer is either but they say you all will," said Ron Burgundy in a tweet.

Starring Ferrell, Paul Rudd and Steve Carell, "Anchorman 2" begins shooting early next year.

No, that's not an Untouchables remake--that's Warner Bros.' star-studded crime drama “The Gangster Squad.”

Directed by Ruben Fleischer (“Zombieland”) and starring Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin and Emma Stone, "Gangster Squad" is based on the Los Angeles Times' seven-part series "Tales From the Gangster Squad." The articles, by Paul Lieberman, chronicled the LAPD's efforts to keep East Coast mobsters out of Los Angeles in the 1940s by forming the Gangster Squad.

Anthony Mackie, Bryan Cranston and Michael Pena round out the cast.

The "Gangster Squad" trailer will play in front of "Dark Shadows" this weekend.

Warner Bros. originally scheduled “Gangster Squad” for an October release before moving the pic back to Christmas.

Budgeted at $60 million, the L.A. noir pic was produced by Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick through Lin Pictures and Langley Park, respectively; Jon Silk, of Lin Pictures, is co-producing.

“Gangster Squad” hits theaters December 16.