Here's the new poster for 'Burlesque'

The feature poster for Steven Antin's upcoming musical drama "Burlesque" has hit the Web, and you can check it out after the jump. Yes, it features both Cher and Christina Aguilera, and it's actually not that bad.

The film tells the story of a waitress who works a club and ends up stealing the show on the big stage. Aguilera plays a small-town girl who finds love and success in the club, and Cher plays the club owner.

Stanley Tucci plays the manager, and Kristen Bell, Cam Gigandet, Alan Cumming co-star in "Burlesque," which hits theaters Nov. 24, 2010. Decent poster, but I'm still not sold on this thing at all. I wonder why.

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Intense poster for 'The Tempest' hits

Yahoo! Movies today debuted the first poster for Julie Taymor's upcoming version of "The Tempest," starring Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Alan Cumming, Alfred Molina, Djimon Hounsou and Chris Cooper.

See poster below. In the flick, the gender of Prospero has been switched to Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft.

Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-year daughter on a ship. She ends up on an island; it's a tabula rasa: no society, so the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda.

This leads to the power struggle and balance between Caliban and Prospera; a struggle not about brawn, but about intellect. "The Tempest" is expected to hit theaters Dec. 10, 2010. Looking good so far...

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'Smurfs' casting update: George Lopez joins

Raja Gosnell is currently working on Sony's 3D "Smurfs" flick, which is on scheduled to hit theaters July 29, 2011. Variety now reports Jonathan Winters, George Lopez, Katy Perry and Alan Cumming have boarded the cast for the CG/live-action project.

They are all in talks to voice some characters, with Winters going for Papa Smurf, while Lopez may voice Grouchy Smurf. Cumming will be Gutsy Smurf, and Perry may voice Smurfette. Also starring is Neil Patrick Harris, who will be playing the main live-action character.

Eric Dane joins 'Burlesque' musical

I thought they were done casting Steve Antin's upcoming musical "Burlesque," but I guess I was wrong. The latest to join the party is Eric Dane, the Dr. Mark Sloan dude from "Grey's Anatomy."

Is that a bad thing? You tell me, because I never really watched that show. Anyway, Dane joins a cast including Christina Aguilera, Cher, Kristen Bell, Cam Gigandet, Alan Cumming and Stanley Tucci.

Aguilera plays a small-town girl who finds love and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club. The Hollywood Reporter says Dane plays a businessman planning to buy the club. He also falls for Aguilera.

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Hollywood casting update: Sigourney Weaver joins 'Cedar Rapids;' Butler considers 'Coriolanus'

Lots of casting news this week, and here is a short summary of who will star in what soon:

• Sigourney Weaver and Alia Shawkat are joining John C. Reilly, Ed Helms and Anne Heche in Miguel Arteta's comedy "Cedar Rapids," about man (Helms) sent to represent his company and save his colleagues' jobs at a regional insurance conference in Cedar Rapids. (Variety)

• Gerard Butler ("Law Abiding Citizen") is in talks to join Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut "Coriolanus," an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Roman tragedy. Butler would play Tullus Aufidius, commander of the Volscian army. Also on board: Fiennes, William Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain. (THR)

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