She has launched her official website, ElizabethBanks.com and is updating there frequently with blogs and such.

Also, Capitol Couture has launched. The website is the official site to find the latest fashion trends and information in regards to the upcoming film “The Hunger Games”.

The movie, says Banks, is a little like Will Ferrell’s “Elf”.

It’s a live action Tinkerbell movie sort of in the vein of Elf in which I would play Tinkerbell. Tinkerbell gets thrown out of Never Never Land, and it’s about where she goes and who she meets and the adventures she has….Tinkerbell is one of the greatest characters because she’s mischievous and snarky and fun and sexy and jealous and vengeful

Banks says don’t get too excited just yet….

We’re in script stage and everybody is really excited and blah, blah, doesn’t mean anything. You might as well not even write it down because who knows, it might not even happen.

“Fright Night” scribe Marti Noxon is on scripting duties, with Banks, Adam Shankman (“Hairspray”) and McG (“Charlie’s Angels”) among the film’s producers.

Meanwhile, Banks has another film she’s listed as a producer on, “Pitch Perfect”.

It is a comedy set in the world of competitive cappella singing. It stars a bevy of hilarious, young talent – Rebel Wilson, Adam DeVine, Anna Kendrik, Anna Camp, Britney Snow. It’s really funny.

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Banks joins a roll call that includes Jack Black, Nicolas Cage, Steve Carell, Catherine Keener and Kevin Kline in a story that follows a battle of wills between Frank, an intellectual film director (Carell) and Francis, an online blogger (Black) who still lives with his parents and who delights in attacking the other man’s films.

Cage plays an actor who is famous for his high-concept films, while Kline will play the director of the world’s top-grossing movie as well as that character’s brother, who turns into an animatronic head. (Yes, it’s a Charlie Kaufman film.)

Banks will play a highly-regarded actress making formulaic comedy bombs who is having an affair with Carell’s Frank.

Anthony Bregman of A Likely Story is producing.

Banks, repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham, will also appear in Lionsgate’s Hunger Games, which opens March 23.

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Bening, a four-time Oscar nominee, will receive The Edward Hastings Career Achievement Award, while Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks will receive The Rising Star Award.

In addition, A.C.T. will honor A Noise Within founders Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott with the Contributions to the Field Award; philanthropists Frannie and the late Mort Fleishhacker with The Benefactor Award; and The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, which has set up a multi-year scholarship fund for the M.F.A. Program, with The Champion Award.

The event will support M.F.A. scholarships while bringing together a group of like-minded supporters of the Conservatory to celebrate A.C.T.’s accomplishments with award winners and with current M.F.A. Program students.

For tickets and more information, click here.

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The actress and her author/producer husband Max Handelman have sold a single-camera comedy titled Dave’s Dead to the top rated network. The project, which hails from 20th Century Fox Television, is being billed as Shaun of the Dead meets My Name is Earl.

The couple, who have been married for nearly a decade, will serve as non-writing executive producers on the comedy, joining a growing list of high-profile actors — including Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Portman and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith — getting involved as producers this development season.

In this case, Eric Siegel and Eric D. Wasserman (Traffic Light, Hard Times of RJ Berger, Roommates) are on board to write and executive produce the project.

Banks, whose on-camera TV credits include 30 Rock and Scrubs, is repped by UTA.

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With the earlier release date, the film would have been up against Universal’s “Contraband,” a thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale. It would have also had to compete with Sony’s “Premium Rush,” a thriller starring the always-strong Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon.

Also set for release that weekend: Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast 3D,” Warner Bros.’ musical drama “Joyful Noise” and The Weinstein Company’s period drama “Coriolanus.”

On Jan. 27, “Man on a Ledge” will be up against Dimension’s horror sequel “The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes,” Open Road’s action-drama “The Grey” and Lionsgate’s action comedy “One for the Money.”

“Man on a Ledge” is about an ex-cop-turned criminal, played by Worthington, who threatens to kill himself by jumping from the top of a hotel in New York City. Police send a police psychologist, played by Banks, to talk him down. The police don’t know, however, that the suicide attempt is a ploy to cover up a diamond heist.

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I have been very fortunate in life both professionally and personally. I have had untold number of opportunities to work with inspiring people, on great projects as an actress, and I have had a fantastic long term relationship of nearly 20 years with my now husband, Max.

The one true hurdle I’ve faced in life is that I have a broken belly. After years of trying to get pregnant, exploring the range of fertility treatments, all unsuccessful, our journey led us to gestational surrogacy: we make a “baby cake” and bake it in another woman’s “oven”.

From that came two miracles. The first was meeting our carrier and her husband who were truly humbling in their decency and generosity. And the second miracle was the birth of our baby boy, Felix Handelman. Felix means “happy” and “lucky” in Latin. And true to his name, Felix is a very happy baby and a blessing on our life.

We have maintained a great deal of privacy throughout this process, and hope to continue to honor Felix’s privacy going forward.

Thanks to all our friends, family, and fans for your support.

If you need me, I’ll be changing dirty diapers and trying to get some sleep.

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Special features for THE NEXT THREE DAYS include:
* Making The Next Three Days
* The Men of The Next Three Days
* True Escapes for Love
* Cast Moments
* Deleted and extended scenes
* Full-Length Bump Key Video

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The dark comedy from writer-director Jacob Aaron Estes (“Mean Creek”) focuses on a couple that spirals into chaos when their new lawn is repeatedly destroyed by raccoons—a plot point . inspired by Estes’ own experience with the creatures in his Echo Park neighborhood.

The film, which premiered Monday, is represented by CAA and UTA. Producers are Mark Gordon, Hagai Shaham and Bryan Zuriff, with Mickey Liddell and Jennifer Hilton as executive producers.

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The Weinsteins have closed a deal on the Paul Rudd comedy My Idiot Brother and Fox Searchlight is believed to have taken most of the world on Homework as Sundance burst ito life on Sunday.

Jesse Peretz’s comedy (pictured) screened in the Premieres section and stars Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer. UTA represented worldwide rights. Relativity Media also bid on the film.

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Kurtzman will also direct the film, which has Chris Pine (who is on the cover of the new Hollywood Reporter) attached to star as well.

People follows a businessman who returns home after his estranged father’s death and discovers that he has an alcoholic sister with a 12-year-old son. Banks will play the sister.

Kurtzman and Orci (Transformers, Star Trek) are producing through their DreamWorks-based Paper Products banner, along with Bobby Cohen.

Banks, who is repped by UTA and Untitled, most recently appeared in The Uninvited, Role Models and W. She next stars in The Next Three Days, which Lionsgate will release next Friday, and she is currently filming the thriller Man on a Ledge for Summit.

Forthcoming films include The Details opposite Tobey Maguire and Laura Linney, and My Idiot Brother opposite Paul Rudd. Banks is also attached to Tink at Disney and the comedy Forever 21 at DreamWorks.

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Elizabeth Banks has signed a “Mosquitoes Suck” T-Shirt up for auction at Clothes Off Our Back.

Bid now on the “Mosquitoes Suck” t-shirt autographed by actress Elizabeth Banks. Ms. Banks (“30 Rock,” The Next Three Days) participated in the recent Comedy Fights Malaria campaign and signed the shirt to support charity.

Malaria is no laughing matter. Every 45 seconds, a child in Africa dies from Malaria — but you can change that. For more information about the Comedy Fights Malaria campaign, click here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1443686253#!/malarianomore

Proceeds from the auction benefit Malaria No More.

You can bid on the shirt until November 11th at Clothes Off Our Back!