• THE HOBBIT ads to the cast with Billy Connolly as Dain Ironfoot. [THR]
• Disney close to deal for Black List Script SAVING MR. BANKS with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. [Deadline]
• DreamWorks to remake REBECCA which was already adapted for the screen in a 1940 by Alfred Hitchcock. [showblitz]
• Morgan Freeman to join Tom Cruise in Joseph Kosinski’s sci-fi Film. [superherohype]
• Naomi Watts to play Princess Diana in CAUGHT IN FLIGHT. [reuters]
• Patton Oswalt to play a supporting role in remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty directed by Ben Stiller. [comingsoon]

• Community flash mob occupies NBC’s Rockefeller Center. [tvguide]
• Listen to Taylor Swift’s “Safe and Sound” from THE HUNGER GAMES Soundtrack. [youtube]
• THE DARK KNIGHT RISES trailer broke an iTunes record with Over 12.5 million downloads in 24 Hours. [batman-news]
• First teaser trailer for THE IMPOSSIBLE starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. [youtube]
• Director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) will direct Thor 2. [deadline]
• Charlize Theron explains her Prometheus character. [totalfilm]
• New high-res images from THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. [here and here]

New Trailer for UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING, watch below:

It’s that time of year again; time to sit back with some nog and enjoy what only the holidays can bring…links! Here is what The City of Films could scrounge up this year, from all over the web we got your joy right here folks.

OUR LINKS

- CoF Presents: The Twelve Films of Christmas. [here]
- CoF Presents: Our Favorite Christmas Movies. [here]
- Read The City Strip from #1, the Strip returns in January. [here]
- Listen to The City of Films Show series 1. [here]
- Play in The Game Room. [here]

• 25 Funny Christmas Card. [superbooyah]
• The 20 Baddest Santas [Heavy].
• Top 13 Crimes Committed By Guys in Santa Suits [Ranker].
• If Classic Holiday Movies Got Gritty Reboots [Cracked].
• 10 Great Alternative Christmas Songs [listverse].
• The 7 Types of Holiday Fights You’re About to Get In [cracked]
• Jean Shepherd reads his original “A Christmas Story” [suntimes]
• Roger Ebert’s Journal: The Best Films of 2011 [suntimes]

The Star Wars Holiday Special [wiki] in its entirety:

• Debut posters for Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter here and here.
• FX lines up unscripted late night comedy series with Russell Brand. [mtv]
• Reese Witherspoon to star in West Memphis 3 story Devil’s Knot. [variety]
• Peter Farrelly to write and direct comedy pilot for CBS. [movieweb]
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen trailer. [yahoo]
• Marvel Comics have revealed that Woody and Buzz will be returning for a new adventure set between the first two Toy Story movies. [IGN]

New Trailer for GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE:

• Christopher Nolan talks The Dark Knight Rises, why Bane, and ending the trilogy. [herocomplex]
• The Great Gatsby has official images here and here.
• Austin Powers, the musical?  So says Mike Myers. [thr]
• George Lucas knows the genre, but not the MacGuffin for Indiana Jones 5. [nymag]
• Winona Ryder will play the killer’s wife in The Iceman opposite Michael Shannon. [deadline]

George Takei steps in to stop the fighting between Carrie Fischer and William Shatner:

• HBO has set a date for Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory the conclusion of the documentary trilogy that helped free The West Memphis Three. [deadline]
• The Poster for The Amazing Spider-Man, see it here.
• George Clooney and Grant Heslov are developing a Smothers Brothers biopic. [reuters]
• You can read a sequel to Drive in April 2012. [litreactor]
• Watch the video for ‘Immigrant Song,’ with a peek at the opening sequence of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. [pitchfork]

The Motion Pictures of 2011 – A video montage by youtube user Kidnin, watch it below:

• Here is the first look at the Neighborhood Watch cast Richard Ayoade, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Jonah Hill. [here and here]
• Chris Columbus is set to produce a film about Jesus Christ as a Kid, that doesn’t sound right. [variety]
• Martin Scorsese says his next is finally the adaptation of Silence. [bleedingcool]
• Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg are in talks for Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain. [reelz]
• The 24 movie to will start shooting in 2012. [deadline]
• Benicio Del Toro drops out of J.J. Abrams Star Trek sequel. [nymag]

The Boardwalk Empire season finale is this coming Sunday, here is the “To the Lost” promo, and it’s excellent.  It’s been a very compelling season; a slow boil much like the first season with payoffs here and there.  I’d like to think the season finale will be a stunner, you with me?  Watch the promo:

• Ben Whishaw is the new Q in the James Bond film Skyfall. [thr]
• The first Men In Black III teaser poster spotted. [image]
• Watch a red-band clip from Young Adult. [traileraddict]
• Riddick secures new financing and resumes production. [tmz]
• Design for the Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man seen on Pez Dispenser. [cbm]
• Tom Hanks to star in WWII Hitler drama In The Gardern of Beasts. [thr]
• Fox wants Matthew Vaughn back to direct the sequel to X-Men: First Class. [shh]
• Michael Chiklis, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, and Common team up for thriller Pawn. [deadline]

The Angelina Jolie 60 Minutes Interview, watch it below: