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This is cool: Instead of firing up your webcam and chatting with friends online, how about transporting yourself to Pandora, the world at the center of James Cameron's
'Avatar'?

Well, according to a report in Variety, you'll be able to do just that soon using a new technology called "augmented reality," which launches movable 3-D images or games on computer screens when an item is held up to a webcam.

What the fock?!

According to Entertainment Weekly, Dustin Hoffman, who played Ben Stiller's eccentric father Bernie Focker in 2004's 'Meet the Fockers,' may not be reprising his role in the upcoming 'Little Fockers.' Allegedly, there has been "strife between Hoffman and the studio over the size of the part, the scheduling of the days on set and other difficulties."

Leave it to the beaver -- the one named Bessie Boo -- to prod Sean Connery out of (semi-)retirement and get him to team up with the iconic James Bond theme-song singer Shirley Bassey on a project.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, the 79-year-old Connery voiced the title role in 'Sir Billi,' an animated film years in production opening in 2010. Connery has executive produced the film virtually since the start of the project, created by husband-and-wife team Sascha and Tessa Hartmann.

Mike White, creator of the most unusual cinematic pairing of the last ten years, 'Chuck & Buck,' is the choice to write another frenemy flick, 'Santa Wars.' In this Scott Rudin- produced project (which just so happens to be based on a true story) two professional Kris Kringles found the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas (also real -- we s*** you not), only to see their friendship go down the chute. And since Christmas is just around the corner, we're inspired to make a few casting suggestions.

Apparently waiting in line for hours on cold sidewalks, watching the non-stop trailers on television and actually seeing 'New Moon' at midnight last night wasn't enough for Twihards. This morning a lot of those devoted Edward and Jacob fans hit Google with a vengeance trying to find out when the next installment of the series, 'Eclipse,' will make its way to theaters, making the search one of the most requested of the day. Find out when it hits theaters after the jump.

The 'Twilight' saga isn't the only movie franchise cashing in on moviegoers' desire to see vampires fight werewolves. The undead 'Underworld' franchise lives on, with news today that there'll be a fourth installment.

According to the Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog, the task of writing the fourth film falls upon John Hlavin, best known as a writer and story editor on FX's 'The Shield.' (He's also written for short-lived TV dramas 'Day Break' and 'E-Ring,' so he has some genre-tale credentials.)

One minute you're a 'Loser' and the next minute you're a god. That's how quickly things can change in Hollywood, especially if you're Idris Elba.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel Studios has tapped Elba to play the role of Norse god Heimdall in their upcoming big budget comic adaptation 'Thor.' It marks the second major comic book role for the actor, who also plays betrayed government operative Roque in next year's 'The Losers', based on the DC Comics title of the same name.

Funny how a 'New Moon' rising can bring out a transformation in all of us. Just days after 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' director Chris Weitz admitted during an interview with MovieMaker Magazine that "I have maybe one more film in me," it now appears that he's had a change of heart.

Far from folding up his director's chair, a new interview with New York Magazine reveals that Weitz is blaming all those pesky retirement rumors on -- what else? -- online gossip.

"That's become Internet Chinese whispers," Weitz insists in his chat with NY Mag. "I said something like, 'Oh I'm so tired of doing all these movies,' but that became, 'I'm not doing any more movies now.' There's always a time I say never again, but it's more like a bad hangover."

Looks like someone's gunning to be the next big sci-fi/fantasy icon, judging from a recent report by Mania. After having blasted his way through last summer's 'Terminator: Salvation' and James Cameron's upcoming 'Avatar,' not to mention slicing off heads in next year's 'Clash Of The Titans' remake, 33-year-old Aussie actor Sam Worthington has signed on to co-star in the movie version of Rick Remender's upcoming three-part Radical Comics miniseries 'The Last Days of American Crime,' according to a report in Variety.

From a trip down the rabbit hole to the wilds of the English countryside, Mia Wasikowska is enjoying quite the Hollywood journey. According to Variety, Wasikowska is currently in negotiations to take the titular role in a new adaptation of 'Jane Eyre' to be directed by 'Sin Nombre' helmer Cary Fukunaga.