In town to promote "Broken City," Mark Wahlberg and director Allen Hughes delivered the seven-day forecast for Philadelphia's Fox affiliate WTFX yesterday, in addition to some hearty traffic tips.

"We're expecting 40- to 45-minute delays if you're coming east bound on the 676 here," Wahlberg says. "You're going to have some serious problems. Why don't you stop and get yourself a hoagie?"

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From "Moulin Rouge!" to "Romeo and Juliet," director Baz Luhrman has always been fond of mixing vintage material with modern tunes, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that Jay-Z has been tapped as composer of the director's 3D adaptation of "The Great Gatsby."

The fourteen-time Grammy winner's producer Jeymes Samuel (aka 'The Bullitts') recently made the announcement on Twitter.

“Jay-Z and myself have been working tirelessly on the score for the upcoming#CLASSIC The Great Gatsby! It is too DOPE for words!” he tweeted.

Based on the 1920's-set novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Warner Bros.' "The Great Gatsby" stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carrie Mulligan and tells the story of a Midwesterner (Maguire) fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor (DiCaprio). The $120 million "Gatsby," co-financed by Village Roadshow, was originally scheduled to open Christmas day before Warner Bros. pushed the film back to May 10 (DiCaprio's "Django Unchained" also opened Christmas day).

"The Great Gatsby's" first teaser coincidentally featured music from Jay-Z and collaborator Kanye West.

Two Hollywood heavyweights are returning to the bigscreen next year in sci-fi fashion.

Tom Cruise toplines "Tron" director Joseph Kosinski's latest, "Oblivion," from Universal Pictures while Will Smith pairs with helmer M. Night Shyamalan on Columbia's futuristic saga "After Earth."

Both trailers are expected to run heavily this holiday season. (Watch below)

The question is...which looks better?

"Oblivion" trailer:

Next summer, the Enterprise crew will step away from the light and venture "Into Darkness."

Directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and newcomer Benjamin Cumberbatch, Paramount's "Star Trek" follow-up tells the story of a evil, new presence in the Star Trek galaxy. Cumberbatch, who highlights most of the sci-fi tentpole's initial teaser, is rumored to play the villain Khan in the pic although neither Abrams nor the studio have confirmed the identiy of his character.

Alice Eve also makes her Star Trek debut, playing a character new to the canon (and a possible love interest of Captain Kirk).

Set for release May 17, 2013 and produced by Bad Robot, "Star Trek: Into the Darkness" was written by Damon Lindelof, Roberto Ortiz and Alex Kurtzman.

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Here's another trailer for Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," which opens Christmas Day. Starring Jaime Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz, The Weinstein Company pic follows a slave-turned-bounty hunter (Foxx) on a mission to rescue his wife from her sadistic slavemaster.

Director Peter Jackson and producers of "The Hobbit" are denying reports that as many as 27 animals died during the filming of Warner Bros. and MGM's “Hobbit” trilogy in New Zealand.

“The producers completely reject the accusations,” Jackson and the filmmakers said Monday in a statement.

AP spoke to four animal wranglers who worked on “The Hobbit” films near Wellington, where they claimed conditions were unsuitable for horses, goats and sheep because the land "was peppered with bluffs, sinkholes and broken-down fencing."

“The producers of The Hobbit take the welfare of all animals very seriously and have always pursued the highest standard of care for animals in their charge,” the filmmakers said Monday in response to the allegations.

The organization overseeing animal welfare on the "Hobbit" films, The American Humane Association, also backed the producers' assessment before acknowledging that conditions could be improved in the animals’ housing facility, which the org doesn’t normally oversee.

“We made safety recommendations to the animals' living areas. The production company followed our recommendations and upgraded fence and farm housing, among other things,”  said an American Humane Association spokesman.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is the first of three planned “Hobbit” pics and will world premiere in Wellington, New Zealand on Nov. 28 before opening Dec. 14 in the U.S.

Read the producers full statement below:

The producers of The Hobbit take the welfare of all animals very seriously and have always pursued the highest standard of care for animals in their charge.  Any incidents that occurred that were brought to their attention as regards to this care were immediately investigated and appropriate action taken.  This includes hundreds of thousands of dollars that were spent on upgrading housing and stable facilities in early 2011.

The producers completely reject the accusations that twenty seven animals died due to mistreatment during the making of the films.  Extraordinary measures were taken to make sure that animals were not used during action sequences or any other sequence that might create undue stress for the animals involved.  Over fifty five per cent of all shots using animals in The Hobbit are in fact computer generated; this includes horses, ponies, rabbits, hedgehogs, birds, deer, elk, mice, wild boars, and wolves.

The American Humane Association (AHA) was on hand to monitor all use of animals by the production. No animals died or were harmed on set during filming.

We regret that some of these accusations by wranglers who were dismissed from the film over a year ago are only now being brought to our attention.  We are currently investigating these new allegations and are attempting to speak with all parties involved to establish the truth.

 

007's next mission: the AFI Fest.

Sources tell Variety tonight's "secret screening" at the AFI Film Festival is the latest James Bond film, "Skyfall."

Directed by Sam Mendes, the Sony-MGM thriller opens nationwide Friday after grossing a colossal $289 million overseas. "Skyfall," which expanded to 53 markets this past weekend (including Germany, India, Italy and Spain), also became the highest-grossing debut ever in the U.K. ($59.9 million, beating the final "Harry Potter").

Screening tonight at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, "Skyfall" follows last year's AFI "secret" screening of Steven Soderbergh's low-budget pic "Haywire." Best picture nominee "The Fighter," helmed by David O. Russell, was the fest's 2010 selection.

Sony and MGM, which co-financed the 23rd Bond film, have no plans of stopping the bigscreen icon. The duo recently hired "Skyfall" co-writer John Logan to pen the next two 007 installments.

Starring Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem, "Skyfall" marks the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise.