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jer ima on sopstveni blog?
obozavam njegove tekstove,terapija je sjajna predstava,da ne pominjem genijalnu knjigu,,price za tesku noc''

Though Tony Jaa's Ong Bak 3 failed to top the Thai box office on release - and there is a very good reason for that, sadly - all is not lost in the world of Thai action film. While walking through the market today an exec from production house Sahamongkol film pulled me aside with some very exciting news: Panna Rittikrai is currently wrapping up directorial duties on multi-discipline fight film Bangkok Knockout.

For the uninitiated, Rittikrai was the star of stacks of low budget action films in the 1970s and 1980s, is the mentor of stars Tony Jaa, Dan Chupong and Jija Yanin and has been the principal fight choreographer on virtually all of Sahamongkol's fight films since the original Ong Bak. He is also an accomplished director in his own right - his most recent directorial effort, Born To Fight, still stands as my favorite of the Sahamongkol action films. Yes, I like it better than Ong Bak - and arguably the man most responsible for the look and feel of current Thai action cinema. He's also one hell of a fighter himself and accomplished in many different disciplines, an awful lot of which he's putting on screen in this one. Film Business Asia got some details on the film and according to them the film "features a group of 'fight club' pals whose styles [nine in total] vary from Muay Thai and Capoeira to kung fu and Tai Chi. When one of their number is kidnapped they find themselves fighting for their lives."

And, yes, that article also mentions plans for an upcoming Chocolate 2 plus other projects, so get over there and read.

Bogami, bogato.

Mene stvarno brine sve ovo štp se trenutno dešava u Tajlandu. Zemlja odlazi u kurac.

Nemoj tako. Svaka zemlja kojoj je pretendent na mesto premijera Crnogorac sigurno ima perspektivu...

Heavy metal lost one of its icons Sunday when singer Ronnie James Dio died at 67. He was being treated in a Houston hospital for stomach cancer.

    "My heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45 a.m," said a statement by his wife, Wendy, posted Sunday on the singer's Web site and confirmed by publicist Maureen O'Connor.

    Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins commented on Twitter, "Ronnie was a true gentleman, and obviously one of the best rock singers there will ever be. What a sad loss. ... I only got to meet him once and I can honestly say he was the nicest person I have ever met in music."
    Dio's neo-operatic voice was one of metal's most distinctive instruments, an over-the-top stylist perfectly suited for a genre that demanded excess.

    He fronted some of metal's most revered bands, including a Deep Purple offshoot called Rainbow, the second incarnation of Black Sabbath and his namesake group, Dio. As a result, he had a hand in a half-dozen of metal's greatest albums, including Sabbath's "Heaven and Hell" and Dio's "Holy Diver." Most recently he was heard fronting a Sabbath offshoot, Heaven and Hell, which released a fine 2009 album, "The Devil You Know," and toured extensively in 2008-09.

    Dio's piercing voice and equally flamboyant persona – he is sometimes credited with popularizing the two-fingered "devil's horns" gesture – made him fodder for affectionate parody, most notably by the best-selling comedy duo Tenacious D.
   
    Dio was born Ronald James Padavona in 1942 in Portsmouth, N.H. He began playing in rock bands starting in the late '50s in Cortland, N.Y., and eventually formed the band Elf in 1969. A tour as opening act with Deep Purple led to Dio's first big break – he caught the ear of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who formed the band Rainbow with the vocalist.

    The singer then joined Black Sabbath in 1979 after the departure of Ozzy Osbourne, and sparked one of the group's best albums, "Heaven and Hell." He would continue working off and on with Sabbath and Sabbath band members throughout the remainder of his career, in between stints with Dio – a classic, old-school metal band that toured and recorded consistently over the last three decades. The Dio band released 10 studio albums since 1983 and went through numerous lineup changes, with the singer the sole constant.

    For many fans, Dio embodied metal's virtues, notably its confrontational power and hell-raising subject matter. That affection spilled over into the comedy of Tenacious D – a duo led by movie star Jack Black --- who wrote the tribute song "Dio" and even had the singer appear as an oracle of sorts in the movie "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny." Dio guides the young Black to pursue his dreams. "Now go, my son," he bellowed, "and rock!"

Da, ja sam već okačio vest na Enciklopediji Mrtvih. Ali evo, još malo Dija:

DIO - I Speed at Night (Montreal 2003)

Bottom Line: Boy meets girl and gets nowhere. Boy meets her avatar and scores.
CANNES -- The films in Un Certain Regard seem to be holding a special sub-competition of their own, to see which will have audiences checking their watches most often. The topical story and strong leads in David Verbeek's "R U There" feel like a great short stretched into a feature that cannot sustain the tension for which it so earnestly strives.

The best target audience for this film about a young gaming champ should be the enormous gaming/"Second Life" community. Yet gamers, for one, inhabit virtual worlds that are far faster and far more action-filled than the slow-paced, moody "R U There." Ominous music throughout sets up a thriller, but it's actually a "boy meets girl but does better with her avatar" story.

Professional gamer Jitze (Stijn Koomen) is in Taipei for a tournament. A terrible accident he witnesses and a sore muscle take their toll on his psyche and body and he's forced to withdraw from the tournament for a few days. While resting, he meets Min Min (Ke Huan-Ru), a beautiful, older woman who sidelines as a prostitute and, in Jitze's case, a masseuse.

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Wanting to spend more time with Min Min, Jitze even pays her to take him with her for a weekend in the country with her family. Ke's Min Min is intriguingly vague and although she seems attracted to Jitze, she acts maternal and standoffish. Only when their avatars meet in the virtual world of "Second Life" is she openly flirty and physical with him.

Lennert Hillege's camera sticks tight to Koomen, who offers an assured, nuanced performance: he is both hard to read and vulnerable. Whether Jitze is alone or wandering through the gray, bleak streets of Taipei, Verbeek drives home the point that gamers, like most of us who are glued to our computers, even when playing or communicating with others are always cut off from actual human contact. In fact, Jitze, a prize-winning master soldier in game life is paralyzed before real suffering, the accident victim, and cannot even offer help.

The serenity that pervades their "Second Life" environments -- rarely if ever yet seen on the big screen -- wonderfully renders yet another way we can suspend time and even life nowadays. To boot, while Jitze's avatar is his gaming soldier self, Min Min's is a silver-haired, bright-eyed knockout with Western features. Again, life is easier/better in a fake world you create than in the real one.

What is novel, though, is seeing gaming competitions for those unfamiliar with them. Surrounded by screaming fans, the teams strategize their plays beforehand, dress in matching running suits and are even treated for sports injuries like real athletes. Yet once the match begins, they could just as easily be playing alone at home, over the Internet.

Venue: Festival de Cannes -- Un Certain Regard
Production: IDTV Film, VPRO, Les Petites Lumieres
Cast: Stijn Koomen, Ke Huan-Ru, Tom de Hoog, Phi Nguyen, David Davis, Pavio Bilak, Eugene Callegari, Tsai Jie De
Director: David Verbeek
Screenwriter: Rogier de Blok
Producer: Frans van Gestel
Director of photography: Lennert Hillege
Production designers: Wang Chih Hui, Lin Ing Chyang
Music: Lim Giong
Editor: Sander Vos
Sales: Films Boutique
No rating, 87 minutes

Heh heh heh, u skladu sa raspravom o fenomenu autorskih prava na drugom topku, evo Crackedovog članka:

The 5 Most Famous Musicians Who Are Thieving Bastards

u kome se između ostalog vidi od koga je Pejdž deknuo Stervej tu hevn itd.   Brega je imao od koga da uči in more ways then one.

Mada, tu je i Metl'ka.  

Naravno, najšokantnije je što je Smoke on the water prepisan od Gilberto/ Evans komboa... Ahhh...

Tekst je upadljivo bezveze.

Mislim, prvo to su sve poznati podaci, drugo sama tehnologija rada u rokenrol muzici je takva da se u nastajanju muzike uvek polazi od ideje šta se cilja, koja vrsta pesme, koja vrsta rešenja i masa pesama su u svojim demo fazama zapravo varijacije na nešto što već postoji i onda se to polako transformiše ka nečemu što je kao "originalno".

Drugo, tekst prenebregava, u svojoj histeriji protiv slavnih bendova i ubeđenju kako su kao provalili nešto, da su ove slavne pesme daleko bolje od "originala" koje su ripovale, i da su neke zanimljive ideje stavile u mnogo bolju upotrebu.

Začuđenost i osuda kako bendovi nisu kreditovali uzore za svoje najveće hitove je na nivou osnovne škole. Ko bi izvršio tu vrstu PR suicida i kreditovao nekoga za svoje slavne numere?

Meni je inače interesantano kako Satriani ispade najripovaniji. Kao kradu ga i slušaju od Coldplaya do Metallice. On deluje kao missing link koji objedinjuje čitavu pop kulturu.

Sve si u pravu, no vredi ovo imati na radaru. Posebno bih podvukao ovo što kažeš za unapređivanje postojećih pesama u formu koja ih je imortalizovala. To JESTE odlika vrhunskh muzičara i dokaz kreativnosti iako je originalnu formu kreirao neko drugi.

A evo još jednog teksta:

The 5 Worst Deaths Written for Great Characters (And Why)

Naravno, lepo je imati sve na jednom mestu.

Za ljubitelje (nešto starijih) serija:

The 7 Most Soul-Crushing Series Finales in TV History

I, kad ste već na krekdu:

6 Movie Monsters That Just Wouldn't Work

ja sam za krađu i meni su bregine krađe bolje od originala, ali... slavni bend nije znao da će ta numera biti slavna, ne? oni su ih morali kreditovati na ploči kad su drpili stvar. ovako, fakat jeste da su bitange. jedino što su postali naši heroji pa nam je drago što ih nisu uhvatili.

Super su Movie Monsters!

Avatar je odrađen s pola kurca, pretpostavljam najpre da se šuhornuje u tekst, ali ostalo je OK.

E, sad, da se ne zaboravi, sirijz šit:

5 Reasons You Should Be Scared of Google

i odmah šaljivi dodatak Krisa Buholca:

10 Survival Tips Now That Google Knows You're On To Them

Smatrao sam da je neukusno da ja to napišem za AVATAR, da ne bi posle bilo protekcija ovo-ono, ali u dubini duše sam znao da ćeš ga ti odbraniti.

Branio sam ga zbog tebe, a i zbog istine.

Hvala ti. Znao sam da ćeš me sačuvati od stresa.

Jedan od uspelijih krekd fotošop natjecaja:

If Movie Universes Had Propaganda Posters



(Uzgred, integracija Tnypica u ZS je bila genijalan potez!!!)

Takođe:

For Dio: The Only Appropriate Tribute

Quote from: John Reynolds on 12-09-2009, 01:07:50
Voleo bih da ostane zapisano da nisam od besnih antikortnista. Mislim da nema loše sise i ima određenu slutty jebozovnost, te se ne može upoređivati sa Nensi Spandžen kao što neestete rade. Besni antikortnisti i branitelji Sent Kurta mi se čine zaista gej.

spiking ov gej...

Courtney Love reveals all to Hot Press
20 May 2010

In an explosive interview, even by her own uninhibited standards, with Hot Press, controversial rock star and actress Courtney Love has spoken about her past lovers Gavin Rossdale, Billy Corgan and Edward Norton, as well as her relationship with supermodel Kate Moss and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Love also talks about her time working for Hot Press as a photographer in the early 80's.

Love, whose band Hole have just released a new album, Nobody's Daughter, says that she hasn't spoken to Gavin Rossdale (former lead singer with the rock band Bush and now Gwen Stefani's husband) recently. "Me and Gavin dated for eight months," she states. "There was some overlap between when I dated Edward [Norton] and he dated Gwen – but never when they were engaged. So we were like sorta fuck buddies. He was playing the field... one night Gavin made roast chicken and it was really, really good, and then we snogged and he was really good at it. And he'd improved vastly from the last time we snogged."

Love had recently hinted at having a lesbian fling with a supermodel. For the first time she reveals to Hot Press, "It was Kate Moss. She doesn't care." Love then adds, "It's a great story for the grandchildren so . . . yeah. Kate wasn't doing a lot of drugs. It was just a thing that happened in Milan in the '90s. It happened and it was fun and whatever. And she talks about it and so I hope she doesn't get mad that I outed her about it... I feel like such a kiss and tell... Kate's great, though! Kate's a good friend of mine. I almost bought Kate's house in St. John's Wood (London)."

Love also talks about her affection for U2 and their friends. She tells Hot Press: "I do love Bono, and I love the boys – I love all of them. I love Edge's brother, Dick – he's so smart, do you know him? Such a guy. Oh my god! That night we did the Gavin Friday [50th birthday party at Carnegie Hall] thing? And Bono was always telling me for years and years and years that I should meet Gavin. And I was always afraid to, because Gavin, to be honest, really intimidated me more than any of them. And then when we played with them, of course . . . it was fuckin' brilliant."

In a courageous, revealing and touching interview with Olaf Tyaransen, Love also talks extensively about "The Bono Talk", Billy Corgan, Edward Norton, when Hugo Chavez thought she was a hooker and the photos she took for Hot Press!

Courtney Love is on the cover of Hot Press out today, Thursday 20th May 2010. To buy a copy of the magazine, click here

Happy birthday Pac-Man!!!

www.google.com

Aiiii

The 19 Most Hilariously Failed Attempts at Sexy Album Covers

Naravno, bilo bi smešnije da Cracked zna za neke od omota albuma naših izvođača, ali i ovo je prilično entrtejning.

Goldfrapp - Alive

Uh, kolki wtf... još se smejem

Odbijam da gledam ove što se sprdaju sa satanizmom, a sutra Deicide, a u Subotu Mayhem.

Nego:

Kada bi natpisi na majicama govorili istinu.

Davidu Wongu je, kao i obično svaka zlatna:

5 Reasons It's Still Not Cool to Admit You're a Gamer

Njegovi tekstovi nisu samo duhoviti, ima tu i ozbiljnog uvida, mada je većina onoga što je ovde napisao već detaljnije obrađena u njegovim starijim tekstovima na Cracked i pokojnom PWoT.

Legendary Pictures has acquired theatrical feature film rights to Electronic Arts/BioWare hit videogame franchise Mass Effect.

Legendary will make the feature version under its co-production and co-financing agreement with Warner Bros, which will distribute the film worldwide. The companies have previously teamed on projects including The Dark Knight, 300, Clash of the Titans and The Hangover.

Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce the film with Avi and Ari Arad. BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk will serve as executive producers, as will Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson.

The producers say they are in discussions with Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) to draft a screenplay.

Originally developed by BioWare (now owned by Electronic Arts), Mass Effect takes place in the year 2183 and follows a space team trying to defeat an ancient alien race that invades the galaxy every 50,000 years. The most recent game in the series, Mass Effect 2, was released in January.

"Mass Effect is a tremendous property ripe for translation to the big screen," said Legendary chairman and CEO Thomas Tull in a statement. "It has depth, compelling characters and an engaging back story."

Taj Avi Arad ima svoje prste u svakoj piti. Zna čovek gde je novac.

Auh, ako se lako uznemirite, ne čitajte ovo.

5 Animals That Are Terrifyingly Hard to Kill

A za trenutke predaha zanimljivo štivo:

5 Pop Culture Classics Created Out of Laziness

8-bit igrica Human Centipede:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/537029

Da li je neko overio Kendrin kućni uradak? Posle mnogo odlaganja i stresa, Vivid ga je juče ipak pustio u prodaju. 

"Umro basista Slipknota

Beživotno telo Paula Graya (38), basiste američkog benda Slipknot, pronađeno je juče u Ajovi, u sobi hotela Des Moines.

Prema TMZ-u policija u sobi nije pronašla ništa što bi ukazivalo na uzrok smrti, a istraga predstoji.   

Gray je svirao u Slipknotu od osnivanja benda, 1995. godine.

Bio je oženjen Brennom, sa kojom je očekivao prvo dete."

meni je ovaj detalj sa brenom kinky...

Da, umro... Piter Stil, Dio, Grej, sve u par meseci. Što bi rekli matori rokeri, Satana okuplja novi bend... Fali im bubnjar, pa ako me zgaze kola u narednih par nedelja znaćete u čemu je stvar.

Mora da na spisku ima matorijih bubnjara.

...ma ne, biće da imaju ritam mašinu.

QuoteSatana okuplja novi bend... Fali im bubnjar, pa ako me zgaze kola u narednih par nedelja znaćete u čemu je stvar.

Na tvom mestu ja se ne bih preterano brinuo...

Pa... jeste  Nisam ja ta klasa. Nico McBrain zato bolje nek se pripazi kad sedne u avion ovih dana, neće mu pomoći ni godine born again christian prakse.

Argh

5 Lovable Animals You Didn't Know Are Secretly Terrifying

Ono sa sovama je... zastrašujuće.

A evo i nešto u duhu ZS foruma. Mislim, vezano za svemir i tako to:

6 reasons space travel will always suck

Ovo je više za Cripple Reaguj, al mrzi me da menjam topik:

15 Grossly Misleading Movie Posters

Već prvi je tajlandski poster za District 9 koji deluje kao mešavina Transformersa i Godzile.

Lista nije fer jer recimo ovo za AVIATOR nije uopšte poster nego je printed ad u sezoni oskara. Naime, u vreme kada krenu nominacije u poslovnim novinama izlaze oglasi koji promovišu film u raznim kategorijama, podsećaju članove Akademije na nominacije i sl. Ovo je still iz filma koji se našao na oglasu tog tipa a plakat svakako nije bio takav.

Isto važi i za Harryja. Ovo je character poster a ne plakat za film. HP se sasvim sigurno neće promovisati isključivo takvim plakatom. Ovakav dizajn služi za neku od sekundarnih kampanja tipa unutar bioskopa i sl.

Ma, naravno, plus pola postera su iz Gane i Poljske, a tamo ih očigledno rade osuđenici na odsluženju u zatvorskoj bolnici.

Quote from: crippled_avenger on 29-05-2010, 04:04:13
Lista nije fer jer recimo ovo za AVIATOR nije uopšte poster nego je printed ad u sezoni oskara. Naime, u vreme kada krenu nominacije u poslovnim novinama izlaze oglasi koji promovišu film u raznim kategorijama, podsećaju članove Akademije na nominacije i sl. Ovo je still iz filma koji se našao na oglasu tog tipa a plakat svakako nije bio takav.

Isto važi i za Harryja. Ovo je character poster a ne plakat za film. HP se sasvim sigurno neće promovisati isključivo takvim plakatom. Ovakav dizajn služi za neku od sekundarnih kampanja tipa unutar bioskopa i sl.

kao i puno komentara na krekdu, mnogo pojava je izvadjeno iz konteksta. ali tekstovi su uglavnom duhoviti...

Tony Jaa has exited the film industry. We don't know for how long and can only speculate on the reasons why but yesterday - Friday, May 28 - Jaa rode an elephant to a Buddhist temple in Surin, Thailand, where he shaved his head, took vows, and was officially ordained as a Buddhist monk.

Now, this is not necessarily forever. Joining the monkhood for set periods of time is a fairly common practice in Thailand and the expectations are not that he will remain in the monastery forever. In fact, Jaa's mother has already been quoted saying she hopes her son will find a nice woman and get married once his time as a monk is complete. This does, however, completely eliminate any chance of Jaa being involved in the film industry for the time being and this, I think, is entirely the point. In fact, I actually predicted this move back in August of 2008. Here's what I think is happening:

Following the success of Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong, Jaa insisted he be allowed to direct his next film himself - a desire largely responsible for destroying his relationship with director Prachya Pinkaew. Jaa got his way, though, and the reins of Ong Bak 2 were handed over to him. The initial footage from that film looked fantastic but it didn't take long for strange stories to emerge from the set - stories of Jaa sacrificing chickens before shooting for the day could commence - and things rapidly fell behind schedule and way over budget. And then, with pressure mounting and debts adding up, Jaa simply crumbled under the pressure and disappeared. He was gone for two solid months - during which time the wilder stories explaining his absence involved black magic in Cambodia - before his mentor Panna Rittikrai managed to track him down and bring the wayward star home. And then, believe it or not, things got even messier.

First Jaa appeared on TV, weeping and vowing to complete the film. Then he publicly issued a set of demands to production house Sahamongkol, threatening to disappear again if they were not met. Among the demands were the insistence that he be released from the long term, exclusive contract that he signed with the production house. Shortly after this Jaa was whisked away in a car full of Sahamongkol 'heavies' prompting speculation that he had been kidnapped. Not true, Jaa said when he reappeared, but whatever happened was unsettling enough to him that he took refuge in a police station, where he later met with Sahamongkol boss Sia Jiang. That meeting resulted in Jaa's demands being dropped, Jaa agreeing to split Ong Bak 2 into two movies to allow the company a chance to recover the cost over runs, the creation of a major new role for Sahamongkol's other star Dan Chupong, and directorial duties for the remaining shoot were handed over to Panna Rittikrai.

Well, the results of those shoots have both been released now. Ong Bak 2 - mostly Jaa's film - is flawed but was a success thanks to the incredible fight work. Ong Bak 3, however - assembled fast and cheap from a quickly revised script by an assembly of Sahamongkol execs and Rittikrai - became the first Jaa film to ever fail to top the Thai box office and, frankly, stinks of contractual obligation. The passion isn't there, the fire is completely gone from Jaa as a performer, he's put on weight - not to Segal levels but he's lost all of his definition - and all of the films best moments belong to the charismatic Chupong, not Jaa. With Ong Bak 3 it seems that Tony just doesn't care any more.

So here's my take on things. Jaa, clearly, meant what he said when he threatened to walk away and disappear again. My guess is Sia Jiang laid down the legal and financial consequences Jaa would face if he failed to fulfill his Ong Bak 2 contract, effectively forcing him back to work on that film, but now that that particular film is done and that particular debt is paid, Jaa has gone to where their contracts couldn't touch him. How long will he remain a monk? My guess is until one day after his original ten year exclusive contract with Sahamongkol expires.

Hot DAMN!!!

He's been rumoured for a while, but has Tommy Lee Jones officially joined the "Captain America" movie?

British actress Hayley Atwell, who stars as Peggy Carter in the film, let slip the fact that Jones was involved in an interview with LeicesterSquareTV.

Jones' role is unknown, though it's expected he'll play General Chester Phillips, a hard nosed military commander who oversaw some of the early missions of Steve Rogers and selected him to be a part of the supersoldier experiment. He later retired and ended up being assassinated at a rest home in Kentucky.

Meanwhile talk of Jeremy Renner playing Hawkeye in Marvel's "The Avengers" movie has resurfaced over at AICN.

British writer Drew Pearce has come onboard to co-write the screenplay for the film adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan's sci-fi action comic "Runaways" for Marvel Studios reports Deadline.

Vaughan himself penned an earlier draft about children of supervillains who try to use their evil powers for heroic purposes.

Pearce is best known for creating the UK comedy series "No Heroics" (trailer here) about a bar where superheroes hang around between efforts to save the world.

Peter Sollett ("Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist") is directing the film, no word as yet when production will kick off.

A few months ago all the speculative casting about Marvel's "Captain America" film came to a head when a shortlist of four final contenders for the titular role emerged online.

Today, a similar thing has happened for Sony's upcoming planned reboot of the "Spider-Man" franchise. Director Marc Webb has been meeting and reading actors quietly for several months and though the the studio is still on the lookout, the shortlist of candidates that will likely submit to a screen test shortly has come down to five names which Heat Vision seem to have uncovered:

1. Jamie Bell

The 24-year-old British actor and best known name on the list, Bell rose to fame as the title character in "Billy Elliot".

He followed that up with classic literary adaptations like "Nicholas Nickleby" and the upcoming "Jane Eyre", Hollywood actioneers like Peter Jackson's "King Kong" and Doug Liman's "Jumper", indie dramas "The Chumscrubber" and "Undertow", and big-budget war dramas including Clint Eastwood's "Flags of our Fathers" and Ed Zwick's "Defiance".

He also stars as the voice and motion-capture elements of Tintin in Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" adaptation opening next year.

2. Andrew Garfield

The oldest and most interesting actor on the list, the U.S.-born and British-raised 26-year-old came to notice in 2007 thanks to starring roles in Robert Redford's "Lions for Lambs" and acclaimed indie "Boy A" along with guest spots on British TV in the likes of "Trial & Retribution" and "Doctor Who".

He popped up again recently as the lead in the first and most acclaimed part of the "Red Riding" TV movie trilogy, played the loveable young Anton in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" and will later this year appear in David Fincher's "The Social Network" and Mark Romanek's "Never Let Me Go".

3. Josh Hutcherson

The youngest actor on the list, the 18-year-old has also racked up the strongest and widest resume of the batch.

Hutcherson has appeared in comedies like "RV" and "Kicking and Screaming", done voice work on animated feature "Howl's Moving Castle" and series "Justice League", and appeared in numerous arthouse dramas like "The Kids Are All Right," "American Splendor" and "Little Manhattan"

More relevant though is that he's had major roles in FX-heavy studio family-fantasy-action fare like "The Polar Express," "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant," "Bridge to Terabithia," "Zathura," "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D" and the upcoming "Red Dawn" remake.

4. Alden Ehrenreich

The 20-year-old American actor was "discovered" by Steven Spielberg thanks to a comedy video he saw at a bat mitzvah.

Though he had forgettable guest spots on "Supernatural" and "CSI", many took notice of him last year when he played one of the main roles in Francis Ford Coppola's "Tetro" opposite veteran Vincent Gallo and stole the limelight from him.

He also stars in Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" opening later this year.

5. Frank Dillane

Though he starred as a child in 1997's "Welcome to Sarajevo", the 19-year-old British thesp's sole real credit is playing the teenage version of Tom Riddle in the flashback/memory segments of last year's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince".

Sony aims to begin production on the film by the end of the year and Alvin Sargent is currently getting the script into shape, but all claim they intend to take whatever time is needed to make sure the product comes out right.

At present Hutcherson seems to be the favorite thanks to his experience and age, but his commitment to the upcoming "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D" sequel could put a kink in the studio's plans.

20th Century Fox has announced that rising British hunk James McAvoy ("Wanted," "Last King of Scotland," "Atonement") has signed on to play a young Charles Xavier in the upcoming "X-Men: First Class".

The story is said to "chart the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time.

Before they were archenemies, they were the closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men."

Patrick Stewart played the wheelchair-bound older version of the character in the four previous "X-Men" films. Matthew Vaughn directs 'First Class' which aims to kick off shooting this Summer in the UK for a release next June.