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As usual, we'd like to end this week with a listen of movies coming out this weekend.  Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we're getting anything that spectacular, but if you've seen The Dark Knight a few too many times, here are your options:

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Jeti Li
Quick synopsis: The third in the Mummy trilogy has Rick O'Connell up against Jet Li and and army of soldiers.
Prediction: Despite being panned by critics, this movie will still do well opening weekend.

Swing Vote
Stars: Kevin Costner, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper
Quick synopsis: One man's vote will decide the next election, watch him be wooed.
Prediction: Not going to fair too well.  Maybe we'll see it on DVD.

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In addition to Swing Vote opening this weekend, we also have The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor starring Brendan Fraser and Jet Li.  However, unlike Swing Vote which is getitng mixed reviews, it looks like there's a consensus on the third Mummy movie: it sucks. 

Check out the sampling of reviews from around the web:

- The best news about this clangorous clunker is that it may well have vanquished the Mummy franchise. -- Wall Street Journal

- The new Mummy is, how can I put it? Just freakin' awful. -- Rolling Stone

- Tiresome and messy, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor borrows mightily from the Indiana Jones franchise and various martial-arts films, but it doesn't do what those films did nearly as well. -- Washington Post

- You might not be able to kill a mummy but as "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" demonstrates, you can kill a franchise -- The Hollywood Reporter

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If you've already seen The Dark Knight five times and are looking for something else to occupy your time, you might want to take a look at Swing Vote this weekend. 

It looks like Swing Vote is getting mixed reviews from the critics mostly due to it being too lightweight on the political satire side.  At least it sounds like it's a cute movie to see the relationship between Kevin Costner and his on-screen daughter.  Here's a sampling of reviews from around the net.

- Swing Vote lopes along and is best taken as a tale of a father and a daughter coming through a rough patch to a better place, rather than anything to do with real-world politics. --  Chicago Tribune

- One minute you're laughing at its sendup of the political process, and the next you're stricken by the sorry state of the sweet and brainy protagonist's family. -- USA Today

- As often happens with politics, even as Swing Vote entertains, it leaves us feeling like we've been subjected to some slick manipulation and worse, left with promises unfulfilled. -- Toronto Star

- Swing Vote captures the spirit of an election year when many once-apathetic Americans are keenly interested in the outcome. We have met the enemy and he is us. But so is the hero. -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

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You know it, we know it…nobody beats a Twilighter when it comes to devotion. Your tens of thousands of comments across our many, many blog posts and articles are testament to that. So when our Kim Stolz sat down with Stephenie ahead of the “Twilight” event tonight, one of the first questions was to respond to the sheer passion of the Twilighters. Watch Stephenie’s response below, and then click here to watch our entire interview with Ms. Meyer, and click here for Larry’s article about the chat.

Stay tuned to the MTV Movies Blog for more from tonight’s “Twilight” Concert Series event with Stephenie Meyer, moderated by MTV News’ Kim Stolz!

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The upcoming Dragonball live action movie based on the popular manga doesn't hit theaters until April of 2009, but we have a series of promotional posters for you courtesty of Movie Soon.

Justin Chatwin as Goku

We have more pictures of Chi Chi and Mai after the jump!

Eriko Tamura as Mai

Jamie Chung as Chi Chi

Okay Dragonball Z fans, time to vent in our comments section.

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The upcoming Dragonball live action movie based on the popular manga doesn't hit theaters until April of 2009, but we have a series of promotional posters for you courtesty of Movie Soon.

Justin Chatwin as Goku

We have more pictures of Chi Chi and Mai after the jump!

Eriko Tamura as Mai

Jamie Chung as Chi Chi

Okay Dragonball Z fans, time to vent in our comments section.

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Univeral Studios has bought the rights to 2 Guns, a graphic novel from Boom! Studios according to The Hollywood Reporter.

2 Guns the comic is written by Steven Grant with artwork by Mat Santoloco.  The story is about a DEA agent and an unvercover Naval Intelligence officer who are unwittingly investigating each other and try to steal money from the mob for the good guys.  Unfortunately, they are tricked by the mob into stealing $50 million from the CIA.  Sounds clever.

Marc Platt, the producer behind the hit Wanted, will produce alongside Boom! co-founders Andrew Cosby and Ross Richie.

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You’ve been bombarding TRL, spamming our website and screaming on FNMTV. Now you’ll be able to get up, close and personal with your favorite Jersey boys themselves as the Jonas Brothers’ previously announced 3-D concert film has now snagged a release date: February 27, 2009.

The currently untitled Disney flick will follow the mold of the recent Miley Cyrus smash hit, combining live concert footage with behind-the-scenes moments. Not much else is known about the movie yet, but stay tuned to the MTV Movies Blog for all your breaking Jonas Brothers movie needs.

So how excited are you guys to see the Jonas Brothers in glorious 3-D? Are you already clearing your schedules to see it opening day? Chime in below!

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Hot off the publicity trail for Mamma Mia!, Pierce Brosnan discussed his next project, The Thomas Crown Affair 2, with USA Today.

Brosnan told them that although the new film is based off the 1964 film Topkapi, "We are just using a sliver of that."  Apparently the film will share the same setting, Istanbul. 

This time around the billionaire thief won't be going after any paintings.  Crown will be going after a rare diamond.

Rene Russo will not return, but instead a new female lead will star alongside Brosnan.  Angelina Jolie is currently under consideration.  As Brosnan says, "This is a different affair."

This time around, the film will be directed by Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Starship Troopers, Show Girls) who according to Brosnan "does sexy very well."  Which means Brosnan plans to "go to the gym to get rid of [his] Mamma Mia! middle."

Pierce, for 55, I'd say you look pretty damn good just the way you are.

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The excitement over High School Musical 3: Senior Year is reaching a fevererd pitch.

As part of the promotional efforts for the movie, here's a look at new posters for it. Let's start with the dreamy Troy Bolton...

Click on the following images, meanwhile, for closer looks at other posters for High School Musical 3:

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Colin Firth has signed on to star alongside Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray, a movie adaptation of the Oscar Wilde classic, The Picture of Dorian Gray, accoridng to The Hollywood Reporter.

In the novel, the story revolves around Gray, a young man who as he descends into a hedonisitic lifestyle, a portrait of him ages and morphs, although he himself does not.  Firth will play Lord Henry Wotton, the aristocrat that corrupts Gray into his hedonisitic lifestyle.

The movie has already began shooting this week.

Colin Firth stars in Mamma Mia! which is in theaters now.  He will next appear in Genova and Easy Virtue.  The busy man has also finished filming A Christmas Carol alongside Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman.

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A blockbuster movie such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen can't just be shut down for a few weeks.

That's why director Michael Bay says star Shia LaBeouf's injury from his weekend car accident may be tied into the upcoming sequel.

“His two fingers are pretty mashed, but we’re figuring out a way to shoot around it, kind of write it in the story,” Bay told Access Hollywood of the actor, who has undergone extensive hand surgery.

LaBeouf was charged with a misdemeanor DUI on July 27.

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Nicolas Cage and infamous director John Carpenter are in final negotiations to star and direct, respectively, in the upcoming prison movie, Scared Straight according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film is about a troubled youth who is sent to prison as part of the Scared Straight program.  However, during his brief stay, a prison riot breaks out and the youth is captured by inmates and help hostage.  A lifer, who would be played by Cage, is forced to try and rescue to the kid.

The project, which was original written by Joe Gazzam and then rewritten by Ron Brinkerhoff, was initially set up at New Line for a couple of years.  Now the project is with Emmet / Furla Films and being financed by Nu Image / Millennium.

Production would start in October.

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