The Biz: Is Network TV Ready for Howard Stern on America's Got Talent?

Howard Stern Howard Stern calls themself the King of Media, but he's never really mastered TV. He'll have that chance later this season, as he joins what's been probably the most viewed summer time show, NBC's America's Got Talent, like a judge. It isn't a move without risks for NBC. America's Got Talent didn't need fixing. However when Piers Morgan made a decision to leave the judges' panel, executive producer Simon Cowell made the decision the show needed some trembling up and thinks adding Stern can perform it. The move has made head lines, as Stern's edgy, boundary-pushing humor (and skill at self-promotion) makes him a effective use radio for 3 decades. Before he headed to satellite radio, Stern would be a magnet for FCC scrutiny, which hampered the prosperity of his TV projects. Within the late the nineteen nineties, he obtained rankings together with his syndicated Television show for CBS however, top-having to pay marketers, sensitive over protests and boycotts, remained away. "It had been challenging to obtain premium clients in," states an professional associated with the show. NBC is not concerned about mainstream acceptance of Stern this time around around. Entertainment professionals in the network believe he is able to be funny inside the parameters of broadcast TV and will not change AGT's family-friendly character. "It is a brand which has always meant PG viewing, and you will find no intends to change that," states one NBC insider. As the typically conservative Parents Television Council has registered its objection, Madison Avenue is less responsive to raunchy content. For instance, CBS doesn't have problem selling out its Monday-evening comedy selection, a 2-hour festival of sex jokes. Kaira Adgate of ad-purchasing firm Horizon Media states AGT sponsors nervous about Stern is going to be changed by brand new ones who'll provide the show another look: "Any slack could be acquired by Howard Stern enthusiasts - mostly more youthful males - who might not watch lots of broadcast television." Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

'Siri: The Holiday Horror Movie': There's an App For That ... To Kill You (VIDEO)

Since the news cycle has slowed down to cat videos, what better time to watch a moderately amusing fake horror trailer where Siri -- that HAL 9000-ish computer voice inside your iPhone 4s -- systematically kills a bunch of hipsters on Christmas. Warning: the amount of laughs that follow are directly proportional to the amount of egg nog you've imbibed this morning. [via Slashfilm] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Christopher Plummer on Dragon Tattoo, Beginners Luck and Laughing Off Oscar

comments: 3 || add yours One week removed from his 82nd birthday, Christopher Plummer is winding up what one could arguably call a career year. And it’s been a long career — more than half a century’s worth of stage and screen roles comprising such milestones as The Sound of Music, The Man Who Would Be King, The Insider and The Last Station, the latter of which earned the Canadian legend his first-ever Academy Award nomination. But as the curtain closes on a memorable 2011 — most notably his acclaimed stage adaptation Barrymore, his awards-worthy performance in Beginners and this week’s blockbuster hopeful The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo — you’d be hard-pressed to find a time when Plummer wasn’t more beloved. Of course Plummer has always been in demand, averaging around four roles per year since breaking in on stage and TV in the early 1950s. His ubiquity is itself among Plummer’s most renowned attributes, culminating today in his role as Tattoo’s Henrik Vanger; as the wealthy head of a secretive Swedish clan in search of his niece, Vanger enlists disgraced journalist Mikael Blomqvist (Daniel Craig) to help crack the decades-old case. Meanwhile, Plummer continues to make the rounds on behalf of Beginners, the Mike Mills film co-starring Ewan McGregor as an adrift 30-something coming to grips with a dying father (Plummer) — who is himself coming to grips with his late-life admission of homosexuality. That role has found Plummer nominated for numerous awards this fall and has most observers predicting his eventual Oscar supremacy — not that he takes any of that too seriously. First things first, he intimated last week in a conversation with Movieline. How is everything going today? Yesterday, too. It’s fine — I enjoy it, but one after the other… I hear you. And yesterday I started forgetting people’s names. I certainly got kind of gaga. We did 51 people yesterday. 51? Individually? [Nods] Well, they were quick interviews. And then you start forgetting your friends’ names. I was calling Rooney “David.” The resemblance is striking. I’m totally gaga. I feel a little better today. I’ll go easy. I was actually going to ask if there’s one thing about this film that you haven’t been asked but wish you had — or maybe something that came to you afterward? I must say, they have been pretty general. Not bad, not bad. They didn’t stick to just the one thing. If you do start opening it up or changing the subject, that could go on for hours. And you suddenly get terribly excited because you’ve changed the subject. The interview becomes something else altogether. But I’m happy with whatever you ask! Has talking with David and the others over the last few days opened up any new perceptions about the film? Yes, well, I’ve just seen the movie — and I’ve seen it twice — and I realize that it’s much more emotional than the book. And I love the book — I couldn’t put it down. But the first book is much more emotional on the screen, I find. And because it’s her, this sort of avenging angel has been invented for this story. She comes from another planet. It’s just extraordinary what Rooney does, and what David has set her up to do, and how courageous. And that has stuck with me. It’s a great cast, and I enjoyed working with all of them, but the girl really knocked me out. What planet would you say she comes from? What are its life forms like — what’s the terrain? It’s a life form that would actually do us proud if it invaded. It certainly doesn’t come from Pluto. [Laughs] I don’t know where it would come from. I use the word very loosely — planet — but it’s not of this Earth. And then suddenly, she is. And suddenly he shoots her in a very soft light — a very surprising soft light, as she’s looking at her computer. There’s a such an innocence and beauty about the face that all of the sudden knocks you out. It surprises the hell out of you. And he uses that lighting on her so cleverly after some really harsh, rather unpleasant attitude. To see her transform? The audience wants to absolutely embrace her. She’s got that — the girl has got that. Herself. Rooney has got that. So I’m totally in love with that character now. She’s seduced me! Evil bitch. [Laughs] And you didn’t even get a scene with her! Though I guess she’s there in the room near the end. No. She’s in that [scene], and she was very much in the background. She stayed in character: She didn’t speak very much, except for one night. We had a long conversation, which was a lot of fun. She’s great fun. But she’s shy. She’s terribly well-brought-up. She’s got such lovely manners, which is a relief nowadays in the young. But she’s very reserved and very modest about her gifts. But by God, she burns up the screen in that character. Is there anything you can tell a young actor in that situation — one in which the spotlight is about to perhaps swallow them? I wouldn’t presume to give “advice.” Maybe to some struggling young actor, I might have some advice — like, “For Christ’s sake, don’t take yourself so seriously. Remember that you’ve got to have fun in this business; otherwise, get out — fast.” Because it can be rough. If you don’t see the funny side of it, forget it. That’s what I would give a youngster. I don’t have to say anything to her. She’s too intelligent. She’s the type of person who might give up the entire profession tomorrow and be quite intelligent about it and quite revealing about it — and then tackle something else equally well. But I don’t think so; I think she’s going to go on. And after a taste of all this — after it all dies down, and after all the accolades — I think she’s going to be a serious actress. I don’t have to say a word to her. Speaking of having fun, I was struck by the camaraderie shared by you and David and Stellan earlier in today’s press conferences. On a set like this one, where you’re making such a serious film, does that heighten the imperative to lighten things up? We had a great time. [Fincher] just continues that kind of spiel he does; he’s very funny. And we all need it. After a very gloomy morning doing… Larsson… [Laughs] Doing Larsson! That great Scandinavian master! After that, we all need to joke and kill ourselves laughing. “All right! Let’s do 30 takes just for fun!” And he responds to that, because we’re all, hopefully, pros. We’re like doctors after a very serious operation — we have to joke about it in kind of a black way just to keep our sanity. And also warm ourselves up from the freezing Scandinavian cold. The film does look cold. It’s beautifully cold. It’s wonderfully cold. Did David say anything to you about making the music sound like ice? He didn’t! That was a lovely line. I only saw it recently, and I thought the score was extraordinary! I thought the sound underneath the film was some of the best background music and noises I’ve ever heard on a film, and it was so right — that terrible, endless, relentless pulse under every single scene that keeps you uneasy and on the edge of your seat. I didn’t feel that it was two hours and 37 minutes. And he said, “Yes, we talked about keeping it cold — keeping the music cold, like freezing ice. What does ice sound like musically?” I said, “Whales?” He said, “No.” [Laughs] The original book is fairly polarizing. You don’t get a lot of people who say, “Yeah, you know, the Larsson’s all right.” Some people hate the novel. What would you say to those readers in the hopes of them giving this film a chance? Well, I mean, first of all, you can’t just tell people to go to something. There are a lot of people, particularly in America, who will be very offended. All the evangelists? It’s not their kind of movie. But if I had to defend it — and I certainly don’t have to defend it; it’s a marvelous movie — I would tell them that it’s a very important movie in the sense that it makes clear how disgusting violence toward women is, and that an avenging angel must come along and do something about it. We all must do something about it. There’s nothing cheap about the movie. The horrific scenes are laid down honestly as scenes of violence, and that’s it. He has enormous taste as a director. He doesn’t sensationalize them in any way. They’re documented — boom. And then he does the very clever thing of taking you away in the middle of a horrific rape scene, shows you something else, and then comes back. He doesn’t stay with it like some violent, hungry director might want to do. He gives you a rest from it, and then sort of prepares you for another onslaught. I thought the way he handled that was in absolutely great taste. And some people ask, “Well, what’s ‘great taste’?” And I go, “Bugger off.” [Laughs] But there will be people who can’t take that sort of violence, and there will be those who will walk out. But there will be lots more who want to see it, because everyone has morbid curiosity of that kind. And what they will then see is a story of the two leads and their relationship and this extraordinary creature from outer Earth who has invaded us in an honest and very heartbreaking way. Follow her line, and she’ll take you through in a very lovely way. In both this film and Beginners, your characters are seen in advanced stages of infirmity — oxygen tubes, wheelchairs and direct confrontations with mortality. What, if anything, rubs off on you when you see yourself as those characters onscreen? First of all, I always try to get a part in which I don’t die. Or where I’m not ill. And then people say, “Well, he’s over 80, for Christ’s sake. He must be half-dead!” Happy belated birthday, by the way. Thank you! Maybe stop playing Tolstoy? That’s right! Another death! Jesus Christ. No — I tried to make Hal [Plummer’s character in Beginners] happy. I really tried to make him so grateful and happy that he would come out of the closet and was now free to love this guy, and he could tell the world and there was nothing to be ashamed of. I thought that was a nice way to go to your death— to die happy and grateful. There’s nothing morbid about it. And what’s beautiful about Michael Mills’s script is that there’s absolutely nothing sentimental about it. There is no self-pity whatsoever. So that helped enormously to begin with. And the other one? [Dragon Tattoo’s Henrik Vanger] doesn’t die, though I guess he does, because he ain’t in the second or third version. But you don’t see him die. At least you didn’t see him die! Maybe he lives just long enough to have his answer. Yes. Swedes actually live a long time — if they don’t commit suicide early on. Of course. Now I’m going to put you on the spot, but what do you think is your most underrated performance or film? God. [Pauses] I don’t know. It’s so much easier to talk about somebody else’s performances rather than one’s own. I don’t think I deserve to be overrated for a lot of films, so underrated is kind of a comfortable sort of slot to find yourself in. I think a little bit more credit could have been given to Mike Wallace in The Insider, but I think that was a matter of categories. Somebody came in whose performance went from Day One until the end of the movie — they never left the camera — and yet they call themselves a Supporting Actor. [Laughs] I don’t understand some of those categories. Quite clearly that was a Best Actor nomination, and I think my slot was then pushed to the right and sent flying. I only have fun talking about it because I think it’s hysterical, and the guy was a friend of mine. And now you’re back in the awards mix — congratulations on your recent nominations, by the way. Thank you. How seriously do you take it all today? I don’t take it seriously at all. You can’t. It’s terribly nice to be rewarded. Everybody asks, “What’s your reaction?” Well, of course my reaction is, “It’s lovely! It’s great to be recognized — by your peers, particularly. It’s lovely.” But the nominations really are the honor. Somebody’s got to win, but I don’t know. You don’t go around thinking, “Oh my God!” Like if you’re 16 and making your professional debut in a film, you don’t say, “Well, of course this is going to be an Oscar-worthy performance.” If we thought about that, then we would never get anything done. [Laughs] It would be a preoccupation that would drive us to suicide! Back to Stockholm again! Some people finance their own awards campaigns, as though that’s all they’re in it for. [Sighs] No, sir. I’m too cynical — and old — to let that worry me anymore. It’s just very nice. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter. Tagged: academy awards, awards, beginners, christopher plummer, david fincher, oscars, rooney mara, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the oscars

Jeremy Renner on 'The Avengers': Yep, It's 'Awesome'

As extended as magical tales exist, Hollywood will not be from ideas. No less than this is actually the takeaway within the trailer for 'Jack the Giant Killer,' which reimagines classic folklore 'Jack the Giant Killer' -- and 'Jack as well as the Beanstalk' -- in to a slam-bam action spectacle with monstrous leaders, flaming trees, and numerous beans ... "that could affect the world to be sure it." OK, beans. You use that. The charming Nicholas Hoult ('X-Males: First Class') plays the titular Jack, while Bill Nighy, Ian McShane and Ewan McGregor provide support -- though don't blink or else you will miss them inside the trailer. Apparently part 'Jurassic Park,' part 'Your Highness,' part 'Mirror Mirror,' 'Jack the Giant Killer' involves theaters in June 2012. Bryan Singer ('X-Males,' 'Superman Returns') directs. Watch a clip in HD at Apple. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Cablevision's Rutledge resigns

Cablevision COO Tom Rutledge resigned from his publish after ten years using the New York, N.Y.-based MSO. Conditions of his departure weren't obvious but he released an argument through the organization searching back fondly on his years at Cablevision. "I'm happy with our record of success, as well as the strong leadership team that continues to be in position to carry on the work,Inch stated Rutledge inside a statement. Rutledge has not indicated what his next move, if any, may be. He's a cable-industry veteran of 34 years, credited with becoming an innovator for Cablevision. Cablevision Boss James Dolan wanted him well. "Tom Rutledge has performed a vital role in driving and shaping Cablevision's success during the last decade, using an uncommon mixture of technological vision and operational excellence which has shipped results. We're enormously grateful for his time here." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Globes heap TV noms on newbies

Fox's frosh series 'New Girl' picked up two Golden Globe nominations, including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Zooey Deschanel.It was out with the old and in with the new on the TV side of the Golden Globes. The kudocast saw an aggressive reshuffling of the decks across categories, which injected plenty of fresh blood including many rookie series.While HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," the reigning drama series champ, is back again but it is the lone returning entrant. The other four are all frosh: HBO's "Game of Thrones," Showtime's "Homeland," FX's "American Horror Story" and Starz's "Boss." With CBS's"The Good Wife" failing to nab a repeat nomination, the dramas will be entirely represented by cable series.Broadcast fared a bit better on the comedy side, where Fox will see this year's winner, "Glee," return and add another in rookie series "New Girl." ABC's "Modern Family" is back as well but alongside some dark-horse contenders -- HBO's "Enlightened" and Showtime's "Episodes" -- that managed to knock out some broadcast favorites: NBC's "30 Rock" and CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."HBO had its typically strong showing overall, nabbing 18 nominations -- half of which came in movies/miniseries categories led by four for "Mildred Pierce." Only PBS' "Downton Abbey" had as many noms. "Mildred Pierce" made Globes fave Kate Winslet a double nominee, along with her mention for film comedy actress for "Carnage."Among series alone, there was no one dominant player, with "Boardwalk," "Modern Family" and "Homeland" each grabbing three. Showtime got all eight of its noms in series categories, second in total only to HBO."Mildred Pierce" made Kate Winslet a double nominee this time around, as she's also up on the feature comedy/musical side for "Carnage."In the comedy thesping heat, "Big Bang" was knocked for a loop in the lead actor category where this year's winner, Jim Parsons, didn't get a nomination, but his co-star, Johnny Galecki, did. He's joined by "30 Rock's" Alec Baldwin and "Hung's" Thomas Jane, as well as two entrants from Showtime: David Duchovny for "Californication" and Matt LeBlanc for "Episodes."For lead comedy actress, the reigning winner Laura Linney returns again for Showtime's "The Big C." Laura Dern of "Enlightened," Amy Poehler of "Parks and Recreation" and Zooey Deschanel of "New Girl" round out the category. Notably absent from the category is Edie Falco, a kudos darling for Showtime's "Nurse Jackie."Perhaps the biggest surprise in the thesping categories was the shutout for "Glee," which earned the most nominations of any series last year. But all four actors who were nominated didn't get invited back to compete, including Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer.The drama actress category kept with the Globes' upheaval theme by only returning "The Good Wife's" Julianna Margulies and bringing in two contenders who were on few shortlists to get a nomination: Madeleine Stowe of the new ABC sudser "Revenge," and Callie Thorne of USA's "Necessary Roughness." They're joined by two more expected rookies, AMC's Mireille Enos of "The Killing" and Showtime's Claire Danes of "Homeland," a Globes fave who won this year in the miniseries category for her turn in HBO's "Temple Grandin."Kelsey Grammer earned his first Globe nom since 2002, and his first lead drama actor bid, for his turn as the tyrannical politician in Starz's "Boss." "Homeland's" Damian Lewis is another new face in the category, rounded out by Steve Buscemi of "Boardwalk," Bryan Cranston of "Breaking Bad" and Jeremy Irons for Showtime's "The Borgias."Competing against "Downton Abbey" and "Mildred Pierce" in the longform heat are HBO's "Too Big to Fail" and "Cinema Verite" and BBC America mini "The Hour." PBS and BBC America also fielded other players, with Idris Elba of BBC America's "Luther" returning to the longform actor category, which also welcomed Bill Nighy of PBS' "Page Eight." The rest were William Hurt ("Fail"), Hugh Bonneville ("Abbey") and Dominic West ("Hour")."Hour," which recreated the 1950s British news biz, also recognized Romola Garai in the miniseries/movie actress category. Also in the race are Winslet, Diane Lane ("Verite"), Elizabeth McGovern ("Abbey") and Emily Watson of Sundance Channel's "Appropriate Adult."In the supporting acting categories, where series talent intermingles with longform thesps, "Modern Family" showed its strength by returning Sofia Vergara and Eric Stonestreet. Stonestreet will face off against "Game of Thrones' " Peter Dinklage and three longform players: Paul Giamatti of "Too Big to Fail"; Guy Pearce of "Mildred Pierce"; and Tim Robbins of "Cinema Verite." Vying against Vergara are Jessica Lange of "American Horror Story," Kelly Macdonald of "Boardwalk Empire," Maggie Smith of "Downton Abbey" and Evan Rachel Wood of "Mildred Pierce.""American Horror Story" joins a list of rookie shows that should get a nice jolt of fresh attention from the public after scoring dual nods that put them in contention for both series and acting honors, including Fox's "New Girl," Starz's "Boss," HBO's "Enlightened" and Showtime's "Episodes."While AMC was expected to lighten its statuette load given "Mad Men" was eligible for the Globes race this year, it may have hoped for a better showing given "The Killing" and "Breaking Bad" only drew one nomination apiece while "The Walking Dead" was shut out entirely.Ditto for FX, which saw no love for "Justified," "Louie" and "Sons of Anarchy." Other notable omissions were "Friday Night Lights," "The Office," and "Dexter." Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

Van Dyke to present SAG kudo to Moore

Dick Van Dyke will present the Screen Actors Guild's 48th Life Achievement Award to Mary Tyler Moore at next month's SAG Awards.The show will take place Jan. 29 at the Shrine in Los Angeles.Moore is being feted for her career achievement and humanitarian accomplishments.Moore and Van Dyke first worked together when they were cast as suburban couple Rob and Laura Petrie in Van Dyke's 1960s sitcom.The series earned four Emmys during the show's five-year run, three Emmys for Van Dyke and two Emmys and a nomination for Moore.SAG made the announcement about Van Dyke on Tuesday. It had announced Moore as the recipient of the life achievement award in September. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Lowe's in crosshairs over 'Muslim' advertisements

Home-improvement chain Lowe's is facing requires a boycott, following the store listened to the phone call with a conservative Florida activist group petitioned marketers to prevent sponsoring TLC's "American Muslim." Lowe's authored towards the Florida Family Assn. a week ago saying, "You will find certain programs that don't meet Lowe's advertising recommendations, such as the demonstrate introduced to the attention. Lowe's will no more be advertising on that program." The audience is logging the marketers on each week's program and stated that some 65 marketers who have been visible on previous segs didn't appear throughout the 12 ,. fourth and 12 ,. fifth instances of the show. There is however been a backlash against Lowe's particularly, with California condition senator Ted Lieu delivering Boss Robert Niblock an itemized interest in an apology for that "bigoted, shameful and not-American" ad pull, along with a reinstatement from the retailer's advertising around the program. Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison has became a member of the fray too. The legislator is perhaps probably the most prominent Muslim in American politics and addressed the debate Monday via his website. "Lowe's Corporation has selected to uphold the values of the fringe hate group and never the creed from the First Amendment, which guarantees from the free exercise of religion," authored Ellison. "American Muslim" follows the lives of Muslim families in Dearborn, Michigan, a town having a particularly high power of Muslim people. Lowe's apologized to make "many people very unhappy" but did not budge on its decision to drag ad dollars in the show, stating that it had received "a lot of communication about this program, from every perspective possible." Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Hailee Steinfeld Joins Cast of Summit's 'Ender's Game'

Noel Vasquez/Getty Images for ExtraPaul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman Paul Reubens, creator of the Pee-wee Herman character, has signed with WME for representation in all areas.our editor recommendsPaul Reubens Reveals Status of Judd Apatow's Forthcoming Pee-wee Herman MovieScream Awards 2011: Pee-Wee Herman Talks About Receiving the Visionary Honor (Video)The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway: Film Review The actor's iconic character has been the subject of two films,Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) and Big Top Pee-wee (1988); and the Saturday morning CBS television show,Pee-wee's Playhouse. The cult children's TV show aired in the late 1980s and included characters played by the latePhil Hartman and Laurence Fishburne. PHOTOS: Paul Reubens, Kal Penn at 2011 Scream Awards Reubens relaunched Pee-wee in 2010 with a series of live performances, including a stint at Club Nokia at L.A. Live and later on Broadway. The Pee-wee Herman Show was broadcast as an HBO special in March and garnered three Emmy nominations. Reubens is developing a new Pee-wee Herman film, which is being produced by Judd Apatow and is set up at Universal. Reubens also has acted in non-Pee-wee roles. His film credits include Batman Returns, Blow and Reno 911!: Miami. Reubens also starred in Todd Solondz's Life During Wartime and has guest starred on 30 Rock and Pushing Daisies. He is managed by Vie Entertainment. Email: Daniel.Miller@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Scream Awards 2011: Red Carpet and Show Photos Judd Apatow Paul Reubens

Bruce Springsteen to keynote SXSW

SpringsteenBruce Springsteen has been tapped as the keynote speaker at the 2012 South By Southwest Music and Media Conference and Festival.The Boss will speak at the Austin Convention Center on March 15. The music portion of SXSW fest runs March 13-18.Past SXSW music keynoters include Johnny Cash, Neil Young and and Smokey Robinson. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

'John Carter' Trailer: Taylor Kitsch Brings 'Something New' To Mars

The 2009 week, a completely new poster and many new images first showed in the approaching Disney fantasy film, "John Carter." The primary photo from the bunch displayed the legendary whitened ape, a symbol within the original books by Edgar Grain Burroughs. Within the new trailer, which first showed online on IGN today, we have seen Taylor Kitsch as John Carter take this monstrous animal lower in a single blow, ready for an orchestral cover of Brought Zeppelin's "Kashmir." A clip differs considerably in the teaser, that was received by fans having a mostly lukewarm response. It focuses all its action positioned on the struggles of Mars, or Barsoom as it is known on the planet from the movie and also the books. This results in the region which was covered mostly within the first trailer, namely John Carter's origin like a Civil War soldier. A lot of the particular narrative elements originated from that area of the story, rather than concentrating on Carter after he awakens on Mars to have an unknown reason. Once around the red-colored planet, Carter is tossed right into a struggle for that fate of Mars. A clip provides a better glimpse at a few of the supporting stars, who include Lynn Collins, Mark Strong, Dominic West, Willem Dafoe and Bryan Cranston. "John Carter" marks the giant screen debut because of its Academy Award-winning director, Andrew Stanton. Stanton was formerly noted for his focus on several Pixar films, including "Finding Nemo" and "WALL-E." What have you think about a clip for "John Carter"? Tell us within the comments below as well as on Twitter!