In this behind-the-scenes clip from The Expendables, Sly goes to Brazil to watch MMA fights in the hopes of casting some extras. You’ll never believe this, but it turns out the usual crop of fruity Disney Channel queerbait with Zac Efron hair don’t make the most believable action-movie soldiers. [via Fightlinker] (additional note for MMA fans: Anderson Silva seems to speak pretty good English for a guy who always uses an interpreter)

Inception expected to surpass $100 million domestically by late tomorrow.  (*BRAAAAAAAAAHHMMM*). |Deadline|

The manager from Major League died. One of the most prolific “that guy”s around, James Gammon, died of adrenal and liver cancer in Costa Mesa at the age of 70.  That really sucks, because this guy seemed cool. He talked like he gargled with dirty syringes and rock salt, way before Christian Bale started thinking that was cool.  Though it has to be said, for a guy who made a career out of playing characters on death’s door, this is hardly surprising. |NYTimes|

Hangover 2 will be set in Thailand. Though it was initially rumored and then denied, ComingSoon is claiming they’ve confirmed that The Hangover 2 will indeed be set in Thailand, the land of coconut milk and projectile vaginas.  I’m not huge on the idea of comedy sequels, but if Zach Galifianakis carries a ladyboy wearing sunglasses around in a baby Bjorn, consider me sold. |ComingSoon|

Tracy Morgan’s Blavatar.  Tracy Morgan has taken to calling his “Black and Blue” special Blavatar, choosing it over A Blaffair to Rememblack. It’s funny because he’s African-American, you see.  And he makes pregnant women’s water break using karate.  |EW|

SITE NEWS: My on-lactation coverage of Comic Con begins tonight.  Expect photo essays, crowd weariness, and technical difficulties.  Burnsy and Chodin will be taking over the heavy news lifting for the next couple days, so expect C-Tates posts and lovingly-detailed gay jokes.  The latest episode of the Frotcast will be up tomorrow.  We even tried to mix it this time. (*BRAAAAAHM*)

(Is this picture related?  Not really, but I love it.)

Opening this week:
Predators
The reviews for the Robert Rodriguez-produced, Nimrod Antal-directed Predator sequel pluralization have been middling so far, but does it really matter?  If I don’t see it, Danny Trejo says he’ll stab my family.  And I believed him, he grabbed his crotch right afterwards.

Despicable Me
Looks okay, I guess.  I didn’t see any Dreamworks face, so there’s that.  Gosh, I can’t wait to have some annoying, stupid kids.

The Kids Are All Right
Annette Bening. Julianne Moore.  Lesbos.  Everyone I know seems to be groaning at the “quirky family” ness of this one, but I don’t know.  I thought the trailer looked funny. Besides, it’s got Mark Ruffalo in it, and he’s like a boxer puppy with a bandanna around its neck.  Just wanna feed that f*cker a milk bone and scratch his chin (no homo).

Grease Sing-a-long
Playing in NY, LA, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, San Diego, Miami, and Ocala, FL.  I think I’d rather have my genitals ridiculed by a clique of popular cheerleaders than be in a room full of people singing along to motherf*cking Grease.  Put them together and make the setting this van and you have my perfect nightmare.

Winnebago Man (NYC only)
Yes, it’s a documentary about the star of the funniest viral video of all time.  I would stab my mother to see this film.  Well, your mother anyway.  If you’re in the New York area, I would urge you to go see-  Aaaah I don’t even know what the f*ck I’m typing!  DON’T SLAM THE F*CKIN’ DOOR, TONY.   (*waves flies out of face, kicks dirt*)

Oh and check out the FilmDrunk Frotcast, you jerks. Critics are already calling it “the bro-iest circle jerk of the summer.”

WarmingGlow covered Tracy Morgan’s appearance on Kimmell, which was very funny, but so was his Daily Show interview above.  They don’t talk about the movie, but he does mention wanting to open a strip club with fat guys called “Chickendales.”  Also, “I’m old school, I don’t be pullin’ out.”

Matt Damon set to play Robert Kennedy in a biopic.  “Awright, which one a you hahd ons shawt my brothah?”  Top of the list to play Sirhan Sirhan?  You guessed it, Michelle Rodriguez.  |DeadlineHollywood|

If you follow the clues and meet up with a guy in a “Tron Lives” shirt and punch the special code into the official website, you’ll get to see the Tron Legacy trailer! Or you could just wait for some giant dork to do that for you and watch it online a half hour later.  If I see anyone in a Tron Lives shirt I’m pulling his pants down. |Techland|

Mickey Rourke is in talks to play Conan‘s father in Conan the Barbarian.  Don’t do it, Mick.  Aw, who am I kidding, I’ll still love you, as long as you’re still nice to small animals, swear, and continue to dress like a gay pirate. |Yahoo|

Jonah Hill is set for The Sitter, from Eastbound & Down/Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green.  Sources say Hill was originally set to play The Stander, but quickly became fatigued. Haha, I love you, obvious fat jokes. |FilmSchoolRejects|

And finally, here are some pictures from the set of The Knockout, starring Gina Carano.  She’s the only girl who can give me a raging boner, then karate kick it in half like a flimsy board. |photos at BloodyElbow, spy video at WatchKalibRun|

Cop Out was directed by Kevin Smith, though you’d never know it from WB’s ad campaign, which seems to focus more on the WOOP WOOP dats-da-sounda-da-po-lice angle.  These two red-band clips are part of the latest promo push, and I want to like them, I really do, but I kinda don’t give a crap.  They seem more like outtakes than part of a scripted comedy. They both involve a long, semi-painful, sort of awkward build up to a joke that isn’t horrible, but kind of a let down. It’s basically the comedy equivalent of watching me seduce a woman.

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Starring Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis in Kevin Smith’s major-studio, broad comedy debut, I had high hopes for Cop Out, or at least I really wanted to like it.  Then the first trailer came out and it was almost Old Dogs-level bad, or nearly on par with the Date Night trailer.  After the jump I’ve got the new red-band trailer, and though I chuckled a couple times, and it had at least one original gag (see above), which was enough to make it an improvement over the first one, it also had not one but two of the dreaded nutshots in the trailer.  Move over, Love Guru!  C’mon, guys, if I wanted to see nutshots in a trailer, I’d visit my mom on set.  *bike horn*

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