I would exactly call Bradley Cooper and Shia LaBeouf interchangeable but that’s what has happened.  Back in April of 2008, LaBeouf came on board to star in Neil Burger’s (”The Illusionist”) mystery-thriller, “Dark Fields”.  Then LaBeouf realized he could go out and play with anyone he wanted so he decided to exchange “Dark Fields” for Oliver Stone’s unnecessary sequel, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”.  Over a year later, Bradley Cooper steps in to fill the void because he’s LaBeouf’s long-lost twin.  Hit the jump for details.

Earlier today, I attended the Los Angeles press day for “An Education”. The film is a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London and how her life changes after meeting a man nearly twice her age. While the film was great, Carey Mulligan’s performance was another level. It’s absolutely one of the best I’ve seen this year and she’s a lock for getting nominated come awards season.

Anyway, with her star starting to rise, director Oliver Stone cast her as Winnie Gekko in “Wall Street 2″, and as you can tell by her character’s name, she’s playing Michael Douglas’ daughter and the love interest of Shia LaBeouf. While filming just began a few weeks ago, I got Carey to tell me how it’s going. Watch what she said after the jump:

Today, we have an exclusive clip for a special feature from the upcoming Blu-ray/DVD for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” .  The feature focuses on the filming of the action scene so I don’t understand how this feature doesn’t have a disc unto itself.  Either way, if you’re a fan of TF2, you’ll definitely want to hit the jump and check this out.  The DVD and Blu-ray for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” hits shelves on October 20th.

With the short film anthology “New York, I Love You” (a sort of sequel to “Paris, je t’aime”) set for release October 16^th, Vivendi Entertainment has released a ton of clips and I’ve posted all of them after the jump. While most film’s get four to eight clips released for promotional purposes, due to how large the cast is and how each person needs a clip when promoting the movie on a talk show, the studio has released a whopping 16 clips and it’s about sixteen minutes of the movie. So if you’ve been waiting for the film, you can see a lot of it right now. If you’re not familiar with “New York, I Love You”, the film’s got a huge cast and eleven directors telling stories about New York City and love. Take a look:

The first photo of Michael Douglas picking up the part of Gordon Gecko from Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” has just popped up online and it ain’t doing much for me.  I’m left wondering if Gecko is trying to be slick 2000s guy or slick 80s guys stuck in the 2000s.  The plot of the film has a formerly-incarcerated Gecko teaming up with Shia LaBeouf’s character Jacob to find out who killed Jacob’s mentor (played by Frank Langella) and to warn the financial world of the impending credit crisis.  See, that right there–warning the financial world about the credit crisis–that’s idiotic.  That’s like warning a gambler that even though he keeps doubling-down, he will eventually lose it all.  The gambler knows this, but does it anyway.  If Oliver Stone can’t even do this tiny piece of borderline-common sense research on this, then I don’t really care what Gordon Gecko looks like after twenty years.  If you still do, hit the jump.

From the horse’s mouth, it seems that The Man with the Hat is gearing up for another global adventure in the next few years. Harrison Ford says that work on the story for the fifth “Indiana Jones” film has started and that George Lucas is currently at work on a treatment after the he, Steven Spielberg, and Ford agreed on a general story idea. Ford says, “If the script is good, I’ll be very happy to put on the costume again.” Another film was almost a no brainer financially after the strong box office showing of 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, which had an opening weekend gross of over $126 million and a final gross of $317 million on an estimated $185 million budget. Money is one thing, however, as the critical and fan response to the film was lackluster at best. Grab your whip and hit the jump to read more.

Filming got under way on “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” in New York City this week and already some photos have surfaced online of director Oliver Stone and stars Shia LeBeouf and Frank Langella doing their thing in Central Park.  Check them out after the jump.

Susan Sarandon, has carved out a great niche as a supporting actress (although it certainly speaks to how Hollywood handles its actresses once they can no longer be one the cover of Maxim), and she’ll soon be seen in both “Solitary Man” (starring Mary-Louise Parker and Michael Douglas) and “Leaves of Grass” (starring Edward Norton) at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.  She also co-stars in Peter Jackson’s upcoming film, “The Lovely Bones”.  Now she’s got another supporting role in the works.  Hit the jump to wonder how Susan Sarandon and Shia LaBeouf could be from the same gene pool.

Paramount has just announced an October 20^th release date for the DVD/Blu-ray of Michael Bay’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. While the film was beaten up by both critics and fans, the movie has already made over $820 million dollars at the worldwide box office. I think every filmmaker would take that kind of box office no matter what people say. Anyway, if you’re curious what extras are coming on the home video release, or just want to see the cover art, it’s after the jump:

The first trailer for Vivendi Entertainment’s “New York, I Love You” has been released. This is the film that’s like “Paris, je t’aime”, but while that one had no connective tissue, somehow “New York, I Love You” ties most or all of the short films together.

While a feature film made up of a lot of short films might not appeal to all of you, the cast is ridiculous and it’s something I can’t wait to see. If you’re curious, watch the trailer after the jump. I’ve also included all the director’s involved and the full cast:

The first poster has been released for “New York, I Love You”. This is the anthology film that features many short films about love in the city that never sleeps. While many of you might not be excited about a feature film that’s made up of only shorts, take a look at this cast:

Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Natalie Portman, Irrfan Khan, Emilie Ohana, Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, Anton Yelchin, James Caan, Olivia Thirlby, Blake Lively, Drea De Matteo, Julie Christie, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, Ugur Yucel, Taylor Geare, Carlos Acosta, Jacinda Barrett, Shu Qi, Burt Young, Chris Cooper, Robin Wright Penn, Eva Amurri, Eli Wallach, and Cloris Leachman

I think you just got interested. Anyway, after the jump is the poster, the synopsis, and all the directors who contributed to the project. “New York, I Love You” gets released October 16^th.

Shia LaBeouf and I have some history. That’s because back when he was promoting “Surf’s Up” in Hawaii, I surprised him with an “Indiana Jones” question on a red carpet and his reaction was priceless. Here’s the interview. Since then, he’s always remembered me and been extremely friendly. He’s never acted like the movie star he is.

So when I walked into the interview room to speak with him about “Transformers Revenge of the Fallen” as a reporter for our partners at Omelete, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Would he remember me? Would he tell his publicists to escort me out? Or would he be the same Shia that is willing to talk about anything.

Thankfully, it was the Shia that I’ve always encountered and he greeted me like a friend. Before the cameras rolled we talked briefly about his hand (he said it’s doing well) and caught up a bit. I then told him I had a few surprises to ask him and he said he not only expected them, but was ready for whatever I could ask.

What he didn’t know is…I’m friends with someone he grew up with, and the first two questions came from our mutual friend Bo Barrett. Once again I surprised Shia and his reaction is great. Same with his answers.

So after the jump watch Shia talk about his childhood, Michael Bay, traveling the world to promote the movie, and “Y: The Last Man”.

For the last few years, director D.J. Caruso has been trying to bring Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s “Y: The Last Man” to the big screen.

D.J. has always said he wanted Shia LaBeouf to play the series’ protagonist Yorick Brown. But recently, Shia has said the character is too close to his “Transformers” role and that led to everyone speculating the project wouldn’t happen.

Not so fast, says Shia.

You see, yesterday I sat down with the in-demand actor as a reporter for our partner website Omelete. Shia is out doing a lot of press for “Transformers Revenge of the Fallen” and I got some time with him on camera. In the next day you’ll be able to see the entire interview, but after the jump you can see Shia explain his love for “Y: The Last Man” and how the project might still happen.

He also says one of the reasons they’re not making it is, “the script is not ready to be shot. DJ is making a different movie right now. He’s making “Jack and the Beanstalk”.

Interesting. More after the jump:

According to a recent interview with the BBC, Shia LaBeouf says that Steven Spielberg has just “cracked the story” on “Indiana Jones 5″ and since it’s a slow news day, let’s talk about that for a minute.

Before I explain why this isn’t tre, I want to note that while “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” isn’t a particularly good movie and Spielberg hasn’t put less effort into a movie since “The Lost World”, it was a box office smash and clearly set up LaBeouf’s “Mutt Williams” for a new franchise where he could continue visually-recalling Marlon Brando and swinging from vines like a monkey.

Of course, Spielberg may have “cracked” it, but if there is a fifth “Indiana Jones”, I don’t expect Spielberg to be involved in anything other than a producing role, at most.  Also, Ford is clearly done (or done beyond a cameo) and then there’s the dreaded Lucas having to sign off on every script.  While Spielberg rassles with the “Tintin” movies and his long-in-development Abraham Lincoln biopic, I don’t see this project coming to fruition anytime soon.  Everyone, LaBeouf included, should breathe a sigh of relief at that.

Click here to see the full interview where LaBeouf also notes that “Wall Street 2″ (which he’s currently working on) is now officially called “Money Never Sleeps”.

In a recent interview with Wizard Magazine, Shia LaBeouf has taken himself out of the running for the role of leading (and only) man in the planned adaptation of Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s  brilliant comic series “Y: The Last Man”.  LaBeouf tells Wizard, “You take Sam and you put a monkey on his shoulder.  I don’t know if it’s that big a differential. It seems like he’s the ordinary guy in an extraordinary situation again.”  I understand that LaBeouf doesn’t want to be pigeonholed and do roles that seem repetitive but I’ll say that A) The dramatic material in playing Yorick would far exceed anything that could come out of a “Transformers” movie; and B) if that’s his new criteria for judging which films he will and won’t do, he’s basically ruled out about two-thirds of all Hollywood movies.

LaBeouf continues, “I’m not willing to make that movie currently, and may be too old to play the role by the time it does come around.”  Clearly not a lot of faith in director D.J. Caruso and writer Carl Ellsworth to make it happen in the near-future and with Caruso currently in negotiations on Masi Oka’s “The Defenders”, it looks like we won’t be seeing the adventures of Yorick Brown and Ampersand any time soon.

According to Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily, Javier Bardem has been tapped as the baddie in Oliver Stone’s upcoming “Wall Street 2″.  Wait–there’s someone worse than Michael Douglas’ Gordon Gekko?  Apparently.  According to Finke, “Shia is a young Wall Street trader who’s engaged to be married to Gekko’s estranged daughter. Shia wants to be a major player, but his mentor unexpectedly kills himself, and Shia thinks a stock-shorting worldwide hedge fund manager is responsible. Shia seeks revenge on this villain, to be played by ‘No Country for Old Men’ Supporting Actor Oscar-winner Javier Bardem. So Shia goes to Gordon saying, ‘I need your help’, and makes a Faustian deal with Gekko who in return wants Shia’s help getting back with the daughter.”

The roles of the daughter and the mentor have yet to be cast but I’m sure they’ll be juicy.  While the story doesn’t seem bad, it’s apparently taking place between June 2008 and through the federal bailout so it seems like whatever happens to the characters, they’ll at least get a happy ending on the financial front.  Finke’s source says, “We wanted to see some perspective in the same way that the original dealt with insider trading.”  My problem is that, like Stone’s “W”, not enough time has passed to get that necessary perspective.  Hopefully, that perspective will arrive by August 10th when the film starts shooting.