D.C.'s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development has announced that they are looking for extras to participate in the D.C. shoot of Transformers 3, scheduled to take place sometime later this year. All the information you need to apply is here. The most terrifying thing on the survey that all potential extras have to fill out is the question that asks "Do you have a car?" Now, I realize that they are just trying to gauge if potential extras could actually get to the shoot -- but there's no chance in Hell that I'd driving my own car to a movie shoot that's being directed by Michael "let's blow up everything on the set numerous times" Bay. Just sayin'. more ›

Patton Oswalt’s career as a writer and actor has been on an ascending curve over the last couple of years, most notably since he provided the voice (and inspired much of the character) of Remy, the rat who dreams of becoming a gourmet chef, in Brad Bird’s terrific 2007 PIXAR film, Ratatouille. He plays his first on-camera leading role in Big Fan, written and directed by Robert D. Siegel — the former editor of The Onion, and the writer of last year’s critically adored The Wrestler — which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month. more ›