Movies Daily by Zach Cannon

No doubt capitalizing on today’s date, MTV debuted a behind-the-scenes feature on the new Friday the 13th movie. The big reveal: Jason’s mask, which, for better or worse, looks exactly the same. The video is available here .

Battlestar Galactica fans, rejoice! It seems the show’s finale next year will be an extra hour longer than before, giving 2009 a full 11 hours of BSG goodness. You can read a Chicago Tribue article about the extension here , and a E! News article about it here , which also has info about the Caprica spin off and the future of the series.

Amanda Peet is the female lead in Roland Emmerich’s apocalyptic epic 2012. Not to be confused with the Seth Rogen end-of-the-world flick, Seth and Jay vs. The Apocalypse, 2012 also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover, Olive Platt and John Cusack as they try to survive the Mayan-predicted end of days.

Rumor has it Leonardo DiCaprio is being eyed for Captain America, along with Brad Pitt. You can also find an explanation about the whole Captain-America-in-The-Incredible-Hulk misunderstanding here.

And speaking of The Incredible Hulk, which I’ll review for you tomorrow, industry estimates have it taking in between $40 and $60 million this weekend and topping the box office. M Night Shyamalan’s The Happening is predicted to make about $25 million.

Not to go out on a sad note, but political news icon Tim Russert died today at 58. He collapsed in his office earlier this afternoon and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Broadcasting & Cable ran a long piece on him here, in which friends and colleagues remembered him.

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