Earlier this year, Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) shared that she would be reprising her role as Becky in Sin City 2, a movie that has been rumored to be in the making for many years.

According to MTV, Alexis Bledel has been told that the script for Sin City 2 is complete, and it will definitely be a prequel film, at least as far as her character is concerned.

“Someone told us yesterday that there’s a script. I don’t know what their source was, but they said they read the second script. … Apparently, [I’m] back because it’s a prequel. Because [I’m] supposed to die in the first one. But you don’t see it, so maybe she doesn’t.”

I’ll keep you posted as news develops. I know that Alexis Bledel loved her role in Sin City, saying recently “I wish I had been able to do more roles like I did in ‘Sin City’ — roles that were starkly different along the way.”

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Riki Lindhome (Juliet from the Life & Death Brigade on Gilmore Girls), who starred earlier this year in The Last House on the Left, has just completed filming of another film, Say Hello to Stan Talmadge.

Say Hello to Stan Talmadge is a comedy film set in 1979. The film, told in the form of a flashback, follows the misadventures of Stan Talmadge (Gary Cole), an estranged ex-husband who latches onto the idea of a cross-country road trip in a motor home as a way to reunite his family. They take a trip across country to a “Family Feud”-style game show known as “Beat Your Neighbor.”

Riki Lindhome is credited in the film as Polly Talmadge, presumably Stan’s daughter. Also co-starring in the film are Agnes Bruckner, Tina Holmes, Jennifer Coolidge and Robert Hoffman. The film is listed with a 2009 release date, but no other promotional information is yet available.

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Lauren Graham’s movie The Answer Man premiered On Demand on June 26th and many of you have been wondering where you can watch it. ‘On Demand’ can mean so many things, after all!

Amazon.com has The Answer Man ‘On Demand’, listed as a “pre-theatrical release” since the movie will also hit theaters on July 24th.

In The Answer Man, Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels) is the reclusive author of “Me and God,” a book that become the new standard about spirituality for an entire generation. 20 years later, Arlen is still sought out as the man with the “answers”, though he has none (even for himself). Arlen’s life collides with Elizabeth (Lauren Graham), a single mom raising her seven year-old son, and Kris (Lou Taylor Pucci), a young man fresh out of rehab who is searching for meaning. Both Elizabeth and Kris are hopeful that Arlen has the answers, but of course we know that’s not true!

You can watch The Answer Man online with Amazon (think of it like renting a movie) here for $9.99.

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Lauren Graham’s movie The Answer Man (previously The Dream of the Romans or Arlen Faber) premiered On Demand on June 26th, with theatrical release coming up on July 24th.

I decided to rustle up some reviews of the film, and of Lauren Graham’s performance:

This is one of the best romantic comedies I’ve seen in a long time… Graham is… pitch perfect and the chemistry kindles plausibly between the pair as Arlen befriends her small, scared son Alex (Max Antisell). - Holland Sentinel

‘The Answer Man’ blends a great story (written by director John Hindman), bursts of fresh humor, rich sounds and textures, well-developed central characters, and strong performances from the actors… As the over-protective healer, Graham plays a loving, spiritual character reminiscent of her role in ‘Evan Almighty.’ - Suite 101

It’s an endearing, at time touching, little film that combines romance with some grounded spirituality (it’s never gag-inducing). - Pajiba

“The Answer Man” (formerly known as “Arlen Faber”) is very smart, very funny, very insightful and very well-written by John Hindman, who also directs… the ever-radiant Ms. Graham lends oodles of nuance to a slightly under-written role; she’s great as the empathetic chiropractor who befriends Daniels. - mlive

Though his film is a tad choppy and a lot chatty, Hindman elicits sympathetic performances from leads who demonstrate a deep understanding of movie physics. - Philly.com

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In an interview published this week, Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) talks about her upcoming film, Post Grad, and about her experience portraying Rory on Gilmore Girls.

Alexis shares a few tidbits about the relevancy of the film today, but is quickly asked about how she wanted to make Ryden different from Gilmore Girls’ Rory. In comparing the two characters, Alexis says:

“Well, as the years went by on Gilmore Girls, I noticed that Rory was kind of like an idealized product of the show’s imagination because she was really perfect in a lot of ways, which started to annoy me a bit, but you have to keep playing the character. But Ryden -– I think she’s much more relatable in a lot of ways and this character’s story picks up in the same stage of life where Rory left off, graduating from college. So for anyone who likes the show, its kind of -– it’s a continuation in a way, but she’s a completely different girl because she makes a lot of mistakes. She has a very typical college experience. She’s kind of an average girl, and I can relate much more to her.”

I have to agree with Alexis here and I think that Season 6 and 7 of Gilmore Girls suffer from this perfection. It’s not just limited to the character of Rory, though. I think all the characters became too perfectly coiffed, with things that came too easily to them (relationships aside). Many of us bonded with Gilmore Girls because the characters were realistic - they ran out of clothes, they were late to class, they made mistakes. That realism was lost as the series progressed (in my opinion). I always thought that Alexis seemed the most disconnected from this perfect-Rory, so it’s nice to hear Alexis talk about it.

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David Sutcliffe (Christopher Hayden on Gilmore Girls) stars in the upcoming release Misconceptions.

The film follows the story of Miranda Bliss (AJ Cook), a religiously conservative, married woman who receives a message from God telling her to become a surrogate mother for a gay couple. The couple, a Jewish doctor (David Moscow) and an African-American choreographer (Orlando Jones), are very excited… so much so that

David Sutcliffe stars as Parker Bliss Sr, Miranda’s husband. The couple are reeling after the death of their only son, Parker Jr, and are not ready yet to have more kids of their own. Miranda, herself opposed to gay marriage, and Parker, an anti-gay activist, so you can see how troublesome this could be. Add in that Miranda agrees to be the surrogate without telling Parker… the whole story is complex in its workings, but tells a touching story about love and grief and, of course, misconceptions.

“Misconceptions” Trailer

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Krysten Ritter (Lucy on Gilmore Girls) co-stars in The Last International Playboy, which premiered on June 12th in New York at City Cinemas Village East.

The Last International Playboy tells the story of Jack Frost (Jason Behr), “the ultimate New York City playboy” - a guys guy who loves dating. However, when he learns that his childhood love Carolina (Monet Mazur) is engaged, Jack sinks into a depression. He’s haunted by the suicide of his mother, as well as this news, and sinks into a self-destructive cycle of behavior.

Meanwhile, Jack’s best friends Ozzy (Krysten Ritter), Scotch (Mike Landry) and Kate (Lucy Gordon) struggle to help Jack overcome his depression. But, where they will fail, it’s his 11-year-old neighbor Sophie (India Ennenga) who will help this self-absorbed urbanite to move on.

Alexis Bledel’s (Rory Gilmore) upcoming movie, Post Grad, has released a novel! Post Grad, the film, will be out in August, but you can read up on the story now in the Post Grad Novel or Audiobook.

The story, and film, tell the story of Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel), a recent college grad whose aspirations include landing her dream job at a publishing house and living in a posh apartment. Sadly, things don’t work out that way. Ryden’s college nemesis grabs her perfect job and Ryden is left with no choice but to move back home.

Stuck with her eccentric family and no job prospects, Ryden feels like her life is going nowhere. The only things keeping her together are her best friend Adam (Zach Gilford) and her next-door neighbor, David (Rodrigo Santoro).

If you want to check out the books before you buy them, you can read the first two chapters here! It also looks like the film will be adding some blog posts and webisodes as the movie comes closer to release! You can also enter a contest to win a trip to the LA screening of Post Grad.

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Along with new photos, The Answer Man has launched its website at AnswerManMovie.com. There’s not much at the website aside from the trailer and a great picture of Lauren Graham.

The Answer Man is a comedy / romance about a reclusive author (Jeff Daniels as Arlen Faber) of the spiritual guide ‘Me and God.’ Even 20 years after publishing his one and only book, Arlen is sought after as the man with all the answers. Then his life collides with those of Elizabeth (Lauren Graham), a single mom raising her seven-year-old son, and Kris (Lou Taylor Pucci). Learn more about the movie here.

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Matt Czuchry (Logan Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls) stars as Tucker Max in the film I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, which it’s just been announced will open in theaters on September 25, 2009.

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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is an adaptation of the best-selling book by Tucker Max (it’s based on his own adventures). The film loosely follows the short story about Tucker Max’s trip to a friend’s bachelor party. On that trip, Tucker Max (Matt Czuchry) gets the groom into trouble then abandons him to pursue his own carnal pleasures. After getting banned from the wedding, Max must attempt to get back into his friend’s favor.

Prior to the official opening night in September, Tucker Max has planned a premiere tour across the US (and maybe to Canada) that will visit various theaters to pre-screen the film. So far they haven’t announced which cities or any of the details.

In August of last year, I had the chance to interview Matt about his role in I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. You can read that here.