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Hey there guys. It's quiet around The Movie Blog studios this Monday as both Darren Conley and Bruxy Cavey are away. However, Doug and I do our very best to hold down the fort and we bring you the follwing:

1) CNN, Porn and Hillary Clinton

2) New "Prince of Peace - God of War" news

3) Cell Phones Should be banned in theaters

4) Paramount and Dreamworks go with HD-DVD only

5) Office Space

6) More on the Justice League

7) Unrated DVDs

All this and a few things more.

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There is word flying around this morning that actor James McAvoy has landed the coveted role of James Montgomery Scott (AKA Scotty) on the upcoming Star Trek film. The folks over at RopeOfSilicon give us this:

The 28-year-old actor has won the role of chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise, immortalised in Captain Kirk's phrase "Beam me up, Scotty", reports the site, confirming McAvoy will play Scotty as a young man.

Now McAvoy was just excellent in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe last year as the charming Mr. Tummis, and he was even better in The Last King of Scotland (his performance in that film gets seriously overlooked because of Forest Whitaker's performance of a lifetime in the same movie). So if this rumor is true.... then it's solid news for Star Trek fans.

The only problem is that the rumor seems to has originated from the UK tabloid the Sunday Mirror, which is not exactly the most reliable source to say the least. So take this one with a serious grain of Scotty sized salt before getting either too excited or too upset about it.

This was funny. The guys over at RopeofSilicon provided a fun little link to an image of a fake "McLovin" ID from the film Superbad. All you've got to do is copy and paste your face into the grey box (like I did). Oh yes... I am McLovin.

Get the full sized McLovin template here.

Ok, a couple of sources pointed me to this new P2 Trailer. The trailer is nothing special at all (actually, it's not very good) but the IDEA for this as a little horror movie is terrific. Parking lots are some of the creepiest places on earth. The dark, the echoing footsteps, the concrete... damn they can be spooky. So even though this P2 trailer isn't any good... I still find myslef curious to see it:

File this one under the "You've got to be frigging kidding me" category. It appears there is going to be 2 more Legally Blonde movies heading our way, and it looks like they hired the director for it too, Savage Steve Holland. The folks over at Collider give us this:

Yes, it's official, I am directing the Tri-quel to Legally Blonde. It's called Legally Blondes. I'm not sure how much I can say about it as I just got the call. But it's very sweet and funny. Beloved director Sean Macnamara (BRATZ) was supposed to direct this project. He had too much on his plate as a show-runner/producer. His company Brookwell/Macnamara basically produces EVERYTHING else that's being made in this town. So he will PRODUCE LB3! So I got hired to direct. I think it's because I kinda look like Sean. We're both incredibly handsome, beefy, bushy haired surfer types.

I'm just at a loss for words. I'll admit that even I found the first Legally Blonde movie to have its charm. I liked it. The second film wasn't needed at all... and as it turns out most people who saw it wish it was never made. It was just a terrible movie. How on earth can they even consider doing another one?

I refuse to believe they'd actually be able to get Reese Witherspoon to reprise her role in the film. Her name would be the only possible draw to the movie... and without her in it... you're guaranteed looking at a straight to DVD project. And if by some miracle they do manage to get Witherspoon to sign on, I will officially announce the demise of her career. This just can't actually happen.