Rosamund Pike and Radha Mitchell have joined Bruce Willis in Disney’s The Surrogates.

Variety reports the film is directed by Jonathan Mostow from a screenplay by Michael Ferris and John Brancato. It is based on the graphic novel by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele. The film is scheduled to start shooting this month in Boston with Mandeville’s David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman producing with Max Handelman and Elizabeth Banks.

The film is set in the near future where humans live in isolation and interact through the use of surrogate robots – which are designed to be better looking versions of the humans.

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Elizabeth Banks on Playing Laura Bush
How does the actress go from playing a sex-crazed clerk in ”The 40 Year-Old Virgin” to the dignified role of the First Lady of the United States in Oliver Stone’s George W. Bush biopic? EW.com finds out

Elizabeth Banks has starred opposite many a comedic leading man, including Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Vince Vaughn (Fred Claus), Eddie Murphy (this summer’s Meet Dave), and Seth Rogen (Kevin Smith’s upcoming Zack and Miri Make a Porno). But now she’ll soon get serious with her just-announced role as First Lady Laura Bush in Oliver Stone’s biopic W. And while the amusingly ironic juxtaposition of Zack and Miri Make a Porno with a film about George W. Bush is not lost on Banks, the actress is much more focused on perfecting her interpretation of Mrs. Bush. EW.com spoke to Banks about her involvement in this sure-to-be controversial film.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How do you research the sitting First Lady?
ELIZABETH BANKS: I’m reading — I have about six books. I have the A&E biography that they did, I have all of her speeches, anything that I could find. I just bought her episode of Charlie Rose. I have a lot on my iPod right now. I’m very interested in getting her voice. I feel like if I get her hair and her voice right, it will go a long way toward creating the character.

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Elizabeth Banks is in final talks to portray First Lady Laura Bush in Oliver Stone’s George W. Bush biopic, ”W”

Elizabeth Banks (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Spider-Man) is in final negotiations to play First Lady Laura Bush in director Oliver Stone’s George W. Bush biopic, W. Josh Brolin is already on board to play Bush. Stone, who wrote the screenplay with his Wall Street co-writer Stanley Weiser, has been openly critical of Bush’s invasion of Iraq, but he has said the biopic will present a fair and accurate portrait, focused on things like his relationship with his father, President George H.W. Bush, his wild younger days, and his conversion to Christianity. Stone was quoted in Variety last January as saying, ”People have turned my political ideas into a cliche, but that is superficial. I’m a dramatist who is interested in people, and I have empathy for Bush as a human being, much the same as I did for Castro, Nixon, Jim Morrison, Jim Garrison, and Alexander the Great.” Shooting on W is scheduled to start in late April. Banks just finished shooting on Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno. She next appears in the Eddie Murphy comedy Meet Dave and in Bill with Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba.

From EW.com

Although we all already know how scruffy Seth Rogen looks and how gorgeous Elizabeth Banks is, we still haven’t officially seen the two together in a photo from the upcoming Kevin Smith movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno. USA Today has the first look all wrapped up in a very interesting article titled “If the title says ‘Porno,’ will moviegoers say ‘no thanks’?”. But as they go on to say, the edgier a comedy is, the better it is (and the better it performs), at least in today’s time. With that said, whether you’re a Kevin Smith man or not, it’s time to jump ahead and take a look at the first new photo from Zack and Miri.

Rogen and Banks star as Zack and Miri (respectively), two “broke friends who embrace their desperation by making their own X-rated tape to pay off their debts. In the process, they uncover romantic feelings for each other.” Beyond that, who knows what other shenanigans will take place in Smith’s comedy. Also co-starring are (of course) Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Tom Savini, and even Traci Lords.

USA Today does bring up a very interesting point about the title, but Smith himself isn’t too worried, saying “we’re just hoping that by the time the movie comes out, if the marketing people do their jobs right, it’s a word that people will kind of get over.”

On the other hand, Jeff Block, an “analyst with movie tracking firm Exhibitor Relations” praises it, saying “It’s one of the best titles of the year. It sells the film for exactly what it is.” He goes on to explain that Smith has a dependable fan base and that “They’ll follow him anywhere. I don’t think anything is too risqué for Kevin Smith fans.”

Without much to go on besides a simple story explanation and perfect cast, this is already near the top of my list of highly anticipated movies for this year. I’m thinking, like Superbad, it’ll hit on all the perfect “sex comedy” notes yet still remain a true Kevin Smith film, and that I truly can’t wait for.

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Oh man, everybody is fucking everybody these days and it’s barely as exciting as it sounds. These celebrity fueled musical bits inspired by Sarah Silverman’s clever little “I’m Fucking Matt Damon” video and her boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel’s response, “I’m fucking Ben Affleck” will probably be poppin’ up everywhere.

Now, in what appears to be a viral marketing effect for Kevin Smith’s new movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Kevin Smith, Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogan have created a parody video with a couple laughs you haven’t already had. Most noticeable, the last scene with Kevin Smith and M. Night Shyamalan’s director credit.

Jason Mewes and ex-porn-star Traci Lords make brief appearances.

Watch Elizabeth Banks is Fucking Seth Rogan:

Or view it at Youtube

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