Weekly Wrap: Weekend Preview, Trailers, Oscar Nominee Interviews, Festival Updates, Oscar Talk

BOX OFFICE, REVIEWS, TRAILERS

Weekend Preview: Washington’s “Safe House,” “In Darkness,” “Rampart,” “The Vow,” “Star Wars I: 3-D”

Watch: Woody Harrelson Goes Daniel Day Lewis in “Rampart”

Trailer Watch: Jeremy Renner Takes Over in Tony Gilroy’s “The Bourne Legacy”

Watch: Michelle Williams in Trailer for Polley’s “Take This Waltz”

Teaser Watch: Phil Kaufman’s “Hemingway & Gellhorn”

“Luck” Episode Two: Dustin Hoffman Still Trying to Get Traction

Weekend Box Office: “Chronicle” Narrowly Bests “Woman in Black”

Awards Box Office: Weinstein Releases Struggle

INTERVIEWS, Q&As

Bret McKenzie Talks Songwriting for “The Muppets”

Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki Climbs “The Tree of Life”

Director Patrick Doyon Talks Animated Short “Sunday”

“Tree of Life” Tech Visionary Trumbull Talks Future Cinema

Directors Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis Talk Animated Short “Wild Life”

Gore Verbinski and Ned Beatty Talk Animation Oscar Front-Runner “Rango”

Brad Pitt and Oakland A’s Billy Beane Talk “Moneyball”

FESTIVALS

SXSW Announces Lineup of Midnighters and Shorts

Berlin Fest Lineup

TWC’s Radius Snaps Up Sundance “Bachelorette,” “Pusher”

Tribeca Film Institute Expands Digital Storytelling Program to LA

Sundance Hit “Smashed” Heads to Sony Pictures Classic

“The Artist” Crew Hits Santa Barbara

AWARDS

And the 2012 Oscar Presenters Are…

Oscar Talk: Who Will Win Animated Shorts, Best Actor, Best Picture?

Oscar Nominees ‘Out of Character’ at the Academy’s Portrait Exhibition

“Rango” Dominates Visual Effects Society Awards

Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Actors and Actresses, Clooney and Payne Discuss Measuring Applause

Annies Go to “Rango,” Art Directors Pick “Hugo,” “Dragon Tattoo,” “Harry Potter”

Guardian’s First Film Award Goes to Ireland’s “The Guard”

Amazon Studios Announces Best Film, Script Awards for 2011

Watch: Featurette of Max Von Sydow in “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”

IN THE WORKS

Crazy Brilliant? DreamWorks and Working Title to Remake Hitchcock’s “Rebecca”

Exclusive Preview Poster for Melissa Leo’s “Francine”

Naomi Watts to Play Princess Di in Biopic, Replacing Jessica Chastain

Adams’ “Object of Beauty,” Hoffman for Corbjijn and Carré’s “Most Wanted,” Depp Goes Memphis

Gordon-Levitt Tells hitRecord about Directing Untitled Sexy Comedy with Scarlett Johannson

Magnolia Acquires Rob Reiner’s “The Magic of Belle Isle”

Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall to Play Ex-Lovers in Focus/Working Title Thriller

David Seidler Adapting Pushkin’s “Queen of Spades,” Film Will Feature Tchaikovsky’s Opera

MEDIA

Lionsgate Puts Summit’s Feig in Charge of Production

“The Island President” Hits World News as Maldives’ President Resigns at Gunpoint, Faces Arrest

Magnolia to Release Kevin Macdonald’s Bob Marley Doc in Theaters and Via VOD

Super Bowl 2012 Movie Ads Update

PLUS

Now and Then: “The Getaway” and “Drive” — Heist Films with Arthouse Roots

Video: Ben Gazzara and Friends

Wikileaks’s Julian Assange to Cameo on 500th Simpsons Episode

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