Newslets: MPAA Ratings, Nicole Kidman, Star Trek 2

With a surprising lack of news this week, I thought I'd just briefly cover a few semi-important stories.

Ratings:
The MPAA has rated Capitalism: A Love Story, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Nine, and This Is It. Capitalism was given an R rating for some language. Sounds like a joke to me, but what kid really wants to see Michael Moore rant on and on about the desolate economy. New Moon was give a PG-13 (duh) for some violence and action. In some unrelated Twilight news, they plan for the third one to be aimed at guys also. HAHAHAHA, no guy would ever see the third film unless they were dragged by their girlfriend. Nine was rated PG-13 as well for sexual content and smoking. Yes, you can bring your kiddies to the future Oscar winner. The oddest rating this week belongs to This Is It for suggestive choreography and scary images. WTF!? I know Michael Jackson was scary, but what the hell? By the way, Couples Retreat was rerated with a PG-13 without making any cuts.

Nicole Kidman:
Nicole Kidman has been chosen to star in The Danish Girl, an adaptation of the book by David Ebershoff. Tomas Alfredson will direct. He directed the unbelievably underrated Let the Right One In. If you haven't seen it, you must.

Star Trek 2:
Apparently, Star Trek 2 is a politically fused science fiction movie. Ummm, okay?

Silent Hill 2:
An unnecessary sequel is being made to Silent Hill. The first was enjoyable to an extent, but it was more that the special effects were awesome. They can probably do a good job again, but please, no more scenes where barbed wire rapes a woman.

Defendor Distributor:
Sony Pictures has picked up the hyped Woody Harrelson film Defendor. Judging by the trailer, this will be a sleeper hit. I fell in love with the movie when I saw the trailer and now I've got to see it. No release date has been given out by Sony.

Youth in Revolt Delay:
I'm not sure why, but Fox Searchlight has made a stupid decision to delay Youth in Revolt until January 2010. The reviews from TIFF were good, so I'm not sure what caused the delay.