After experiencing great success with each of his first two feature films, it appears as if director Jared Hess has hit a bit of a stumbling block with his third picture, Gentlemen Broncos. The movie was generally savaged by reviewers upon its limited release in New York and L.A. last weekend — although New York's own David Edelstein did describe it as being "enchantingly freakish" — and the film only took in a meager tally of just $14,458. Well, it seems as if Fox Searchlight has come to the realization that they have a stinker on their hands and instead of throwing good money after bad, they have decided that the better approach is to cut their losses on the $10 million film. Earlier today, e-mails went out to critics in various markets all over the country stating that the film will not be expanding nationwide this weekend as originally planned. Vulture reached out to Fox Searchlight for comment, but our e-mails were not returned. Oh well, they can't all be Paranormal Activity, can they?

Gentlemen Broncos' National Release Cancelled [CinemaBlend]

"I do have a few wigs, actually. And sometimes I grow my facial hair out. I wanted to walk around Comic-Con this year, so I dressed kinda homeless. But someone recognized me and posted it online. I was like, 'Thanks. Now I can't wear that again.'" —Twilight's Kellan Lutz [Nylon via PopSugar]

"As much as it has to be funny, you also want to help educate my generation or the generation after me that might not know the importance of the unity of the Berlin Wall when coming down — how it really affected people's lives." —Katy Perry on why she's hosting the MTV Europe Awards [AP via Yahoo]

Last month, Woody Allen explained in an interview how to tell whether one of his movies is good or bad simply from its title: "If I look at the film and it's no good, I don't like to give it an aggressive title, I give it ... the kind of title that is low-key and promises nothing, so people are less disappointed by it". Shortly after, he announced that his next film would be called You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. We ran into him last night at the Martin Scorsese–hosted screening of The Red Shoes at the DGA Theater, and asked him what Stranger's name portended. "Well, that was a very aggressive title, so you can hope that it's a good movie," he told us. "If I didn't think it was a good film, I would give it a quiet one-word title to deflect attention from it — so now you know the secret."

There's lots to admire about ABC's brand-new reboot of the classic miniseries V. We were correct with our original assumption that the Visitors would be stand-ins for terrorists this time around (as opposed to Nazis), but we thought that positioning them as a terrorist sleeper cell was an inspired touch. However, the one moment that everyone was really on the lookout for last night was the initial reveal that — 25-YEAR-OLD SPOILER ALERT — the Visitors are, in fact, mouse-eating lizard people. To that end, we pulled a few screencaps from last night's big-budget premiere and compared them to the primitive-yet-lovable effects of the original to see whose alien makeup fared better.

We like newly appointed Oscar hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin — but can they really follow Hugh Jackman's heroic performance at last year's ceremony? We're still skeptical! One guy who isn't, though, is the man himself. We ran into Jackman at last night's Valentino: The Last Emperor DVD-release party at the Standard Hotel and asked him about the Academy's decision. "I had no idea they were [hosting the Oscars]! You are breaking the news to me," he told us. "They are both fantastic. Steve actually gave me a lot of funny hints last year ... I rang him and he was really helpful. He is really funny and he knows what he's doing. He's done this before. Alec Baldwin is also a true genius. I think the both of them together have hosted Saturday Night Live like 100 times, so you know they must be funny." It was only 29 times, we pointed out. Plus, Jackman, too, had hosted SNL before, hadn't he? "Oh, just once," he told us. "See!"

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As the Romans Do: Gerard Butler has joined Ralph Fiennes, William Hurt and Vanessa Redgrave in Fiennes's directorial debut, Coriolanus. The movie is set in contemporary times but based on Shakespeare's Roman political drama. Fiennes reportedly hired Butler because the 300 star already owns a pair of mandals. [THR]

Boner Champ: Sigourney Weaver, John C. Reilly and Alia Shawkat have signed up for the comedy Cedar Rapids, starring Ed Helms and Anne Heche. The lead role is in Helms' wheelhouse: he plays a small-town insurance salesman (might as well be a paper salesman) who, after his role model dies, has to attend a conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where his mind is blown by the big city. Just wait until he sees Scranton! [Variety]