In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, Fox has purchased an urban-flavored sketch comedy pilot from Jamie Foxx.The network ordered a pilot for an untitled project to be produced by Foxx and Fax Bahr and Adam Small. They all worked together on In Living Color.

Affion Crockett (Wild ‘N Out) is presently attached as one of the stars.

Foxx had been looking to do a sketch-comedy series and teamed with Bahr and Small to pitch the idea to Fox. At the same time, Sony TV-based Tantamount was putting together a sketch-comedy project with Crockett. Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly listened to both pitches and then proposed merging the projects.

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Variety reports that Mark Pellegrino will be starring in Joint Body for writer/director Brian Jun. Shooting will begin next month in Illinois.

Alicia Witt (Friday Night Lights) and Jim Parrack (True Blood) are also in the cast.

Joint Body focuses on a parolee who’s abandoned by his ex-wife and then barred from seeing his young daughter. He starts a relationship with a lonely stripper, rescues her from an unlikely assailant and is then forced to re-evaluate his freedom as he runs from the law and deals with his past.

Pellegrino is presently on the final season of ABC’s Lost. He will play Lucifer during the fifth season of CW Network’s Supernatural.

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Disney/Pixar have created a “Special Cliffhanger Edition” of Toy Story 3 for college students!They are inviting students to visit their Facebook page and then click “I’m In!” for the chance to see the first 65 minutes of the gang’s newest adventure.

Check out the three teaser videos below and to find out if your collage is on the list.

The creators of the beloved Toy Story films re-open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz and our favorite gang of toy characters in Toy Story 3. Woody and Buzz had accepted that their owner Andy would grow up someday, but what happens when that day arrives? In the third installment, Andy is preparing to depart for college, leaving his loyal toys troubled about their uncertain future.

Toy Story 3 stars Tom Hanks, Michael Keaton, Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Bonnie Hunt, and John Ratzenberger.

Toy Story 3 hits theaters nationwide June 18 from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios.

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent starts up a brand new season on Tuesday, March 30 at 10 PM ET on the USA Network and you know we have to celebrate this hit series’ return. We have a new contest running and we’re giving away such prizes as a t-shirt, hat, logo pin, nylon cinch sack and the Law & Order: Criminal Intent – Season 3 and Law & Order: Criminal Intent – Season 4 DVD sets. You know these prizes will go super fast, so be sure to enter this contest today.

Winners Receive:

• Law & Order: Criminal Intent Nylon Cinch Sack
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent T-Shirt
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent Hat
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent Logo Pin
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent – Season 3 DVD
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent – Season 4 DVD

to win these great prizes today.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent returns with 16 all new episodes on its new night, Tuesday, March 30 at 10/9c. SAG nominee Saffron Burrows and Academy Award nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio join Academy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum for the Season Nine two-part season opener featuring the departure of long time cast members Emmy Award nominee Vincent D’Onofrio, Kathryn Erbee and Eric Bogosian. Become a fan on Facebook, Follow on Twitter and visit the official website.

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Heat Vision is reporting that Sof?a Vergara (Modern Family) has been cast in The Smurfs to be directed Raja Gosnell. This is an adaptation of the ’80s cartoon series from Columbia Pictures. They are going to release it in summer 2011.

Vergara is going to portray Odile, an executive at a French cosmetics company “who is married to the live-action character played by Neil Patrick Harris.”

Jayma Mays and Hank Azaria have also been cast in the movie. It starts shooting in New York next week.

In addition to this, Vergara recently grabbed a voice role in George Miller’s Happy Feet 2 in 3D. Warner Bros. wants to release that film in November 2011.

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The Tudors kicks off its fourth and final season with its season premiere on Sunday, April 11 at 9 PM ET on Showtime, but you don’t need to be a Showtime subscriber to check out this new episode. We have the full Season 4 premiere available right here for our readers so click on the video player below to take a look at the first episode of The Tudors’ last season.

The Tudors stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Natalie Dormer, Nick Dunning, Anthony Brophy, Guy Carleton, Jeremy Northam and will air on Sunday nights at 9 PM ET on Showtime.

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Bloody-Disgusting reports that Brian Cox (X2: X-Men United) is not going to be in Scream 4 as had been reported.

According to the site no deal for the actor had been brokered.

The horror series that reignited the genre and grossed more than $500 Million worldwide is back! From Kevin Williamson, creator of the original Scream trilogy, the new film sees the return of cast members Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette, along with a group of new stars, who can hopefully stay alive long enough to figure out the new rules to this one-of-a-kind horror franchise.

Scream 4 will be released by Dimension Films.

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Digital Spy is reporting that according to Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings) The Hobbit is going to start production at the end of this year.

He said that the the two-part J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation should go in front of cameras in New Zealand before 2010 ends.

Then he discussed whether the movie will be done in 3D.

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Sony has made a new featurette from The Karate Kid available. This behind-the-scenes look at the film features Director Harald Zwart, Jaden Smith, and Jackie Chan. Watch it now…

In Columbia Pictures’ The Karate Kid, 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) could’ve been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother’s (Taraji P. Henson) latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying – and the feeling is mutual – but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre’s feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts “the karate kid” on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

The Karate Kid stars Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson, and Tess Liu.

It comes to theaters June 11 from Columbia Pictures.

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