A few new newsy updates for your reading pleasure. I’m a big fan of McG, so hopefully this new film will go well. And I’m a sucker for all things YA, so y’all know I’m dying for Beautiful Creatures to come out already.

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McG gears up for a new comedy-thriller

Time to gear up for new films, y’all. McG (Supernatural, Terminator: Salvation) is gearing up as well, and casting for his newest film is wrapped up, with filming already going on in Paris.  Ahh, Paris.

Looks like this will be a fun thrill ride kinda film, with Kevin Costner playing a retired Secret Service agent that goes out for the ever-popular “one last mission”.  The twist?  The agent will get a drug that can save his life.  Naturally, the drug has side-effects…and I’m sure hilarity ensues.  Let’s hope Costner can play the funny fall guy.  Hey, he was great in Tin Cup, so fingers crossed.

IMDb has this film listed as being titled Three Days to Kill, but that’s always subject to tweaking.  The film is slated for release in 2013, but exactly when is still up in the air (which isn’t surprising, given the usual sturm und drang of production).

More info — including the full press release — after the jump!

Beautiful Creatures to open Valentines Day

Fans of the Caster Chronicles series will be in love this Valentine’s Day, as the film version of the first book, Beautiful Creatures, is moved to a Valentine’s Day opening.  The series (written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl) — about a young girl who must choose between good and evil, and the boy who has a haunting connection to her  — has been called “The Next Twilight”, but I’d rather just call it a great new series for fans of gothic/paranormal YA fiction.

There are high hopes for the film franchise, but with the final book of the series, Beautiful Redemption, recently published, I’ll bet there will be a stampede of fans to the theaters.  But with Beautiful Creatures and Safe Haven both coming out on the 14th of February, what’s a romance fan to do?  Maybe it’s double-feature time?  Because as pretty as Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough, I’m looking forward to seeing Emily Rossum, Emma Thompson and Jeremy Irons unleash some witchy whup-ass.

Read on for the full Beautiful Creatures press release!