Sony has released a four-minute trailer for David Fincher's remake of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," which opens December 21.

Based on the tome by Stieg Larsson, "Girl" stars Daniel Craig as a disgraced journalist who is aided by a misfit computer hacker (Rooney Mara) to solve a 40 year-old crime. Robin Wright and Christopher Plummer co-star.

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Former Oscar host Steve Martin took to his website Tuesday to offer some friendly (and hilarious) advice for new Oscar host Eddie Murphy. The tips include “If you feel tired midway through, give Neil Patrick Harris a Red Bull and throw some sheet music at him.”

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Seth Rogen, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Stone and other celebrities have joined Stand Up 2 Cancer for the benefit Star Wars video “Use the Force for Good.”

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Variety film reporter Rachel Abrams live blogs from the Film Finance Forum in New York, where investors and other industry pros dissect the current state of the film market.

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for family-buddy comedy "The Big Year." Starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson, pic tells the story of three men who try to outdo each other during a year-long competition to spot the rarest birds in North America. Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") and Rashida Jones also star. Produced by Red Hour Films' Karen Rosenfelt, Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld, "The Big Year" opens wide on October 14.

 
Several high-profile pics have debuted in Venice and Telluride, stirring awards buzz and, in some cases, a few shrugs. Here are some of the buzzier titles on the fest circuit as of Tuesday, September 6th.

"The Descendants" is one of those satisfying, emotionally rich films that works on multiple levels. More

A DANGEROUS METHOD

David Cronenberg’s latest is an elegant, coolly restrained account of the friendship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. More

SHAME

Few filmmakers have plumbed the soul-churning depths of sexual addiction as fearlessly as British director Steve McQueen has in "Shame." More

TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY

An inventive, meaty distillation of Le Carre's 1974 novel, pic turns hero George Smiley's hunt for a mole within Blighty's MI6 into an incisive examination of Cold War ethics. More

ALBERT NOBBS

It's a career-crowning role for Glenn Close--too bad the film is such a drag. More

LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

More than mere rock-doc hagiography, Martin Scorsese’s doc reveals how George Harrison struggled to tame his soul, understand life and ready himself for death. More

W.E.

Madonna’s sophomore feature doesn't have much going for it apart from lavish production design and terrific, well-researched costumes. More

This past summer, Fox Searchlight announced plans to finally release Kenneth Lonergan’s long-delayed “Margaret” on Sept. 30, nearly SIX YEARS after wrapping principal photography.

Starring Anna Paquin and Matt Damon, “Margaret” tells the story of a high-school student (Paquin) who witnesses a fatal automobile accident. Mark Ruffalo, who starred in Lonergan's acclaimed "You Can Count On Me" rounds out the cast.

Scott Rudin produced the film along with Gary Gilbert and the late Sydney Pollack.

Searchlight plans a limited release in the U.S. for "Margaret," before releasing two other year-end pics: Sundance pick-up "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Oct. 21), and Alexander Payne's George Clooney family drama "The Descendents" (Nov. 23).

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