Inception, the mindbending blockbuster starring Leonardo DiCaprio, arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from Warner Bros. on December 7.

With a star-studded cast including Michael Caine and Marion Cotillard, Inception tells the story of Cobb, “a skilled thief and coveted player when it comes to extraction: the stealing of valuable secrets from deep within the mind during a subject’s dream state.”

However, Cobb’s talent has made him a fugitive. Offered one last job to get his life back, Cobb must plant an idea instead of stealing it. All the time he’s being watched by the enemy, which anticipates his every move.

Here’s the lineup:

Blu-Ray Combo Pack:

EXTRACTION MODE – Infiltrate the dreamscape of Inception — with this in-movie experience — to learn how Christopher Nolan, Leonardo DiCaprio and the rest of the cast and crew designed and achieved the movies signature moments.
DREAMS: CINEMA OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS – Taking some of the most fascinating and cutting-edge dream research to-date on lucid dreaming, top scientists make the case that the dream world is not an altered state of consciousness, but a fully functional parallel reality.
INCEPTION: THE COBOL JOB – Now in full animation and motion, check out this comic prologue to see how Cobb, Arthur, and Nash came to be enlisted by Cobol Engineering and perform an extraction on Saito.
5.1 INCEPTION SOUNDTRACK – Composer Hans Zimmer teams up once again with Director Christopher Nolan to create the soundtrack for Inception. Enjoy this feature in full 5.1 surround.
CONCEPTUAL ART GALLERY
PROMOTIONAL ART ARCHIVE
INCEPTION TRAILERS
INCEPTION TV SPOTS
Via BD-Live – PROJECT SOMNACIN: CONFIDENTIAL FILES – Get access to the highly secure files that reveal the inception of the dream-share technology.

DVD:

4 Focus Points:
The Inception of Inception – Christopher Nolan shapes his unusual concepts for Inception
The Japanese Castle: The Dream is Collapsing – Creating and destroying the castle set
Constructing Paradoxical Architecture – Designing the staircase to nowhere
The Freight Train – Constructing the street-faring freight train

Source: Andy’s DVD Spin

Added a total of 1408 Blu-ray captures of Leo in 2008′s movie Revolutionary Road in which he reunited with his Titanic co-star Kate Winslet and its featurettes:

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The cast of Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is firming up, and it appears the Australian director’s critique of the American Dream may feature an international cast: Carey Mulligan, the British starlet who was nominated for an Oscar for An Education, is now the front-runner to play effervescent East Egg–er, Daisy Buchanan.

Insiders tell Vulture that, after testing for the part in New York last week, Scarlett Johansson was still very much being considered by Luhrmann and Gatsby star Leonardo DiCaprio. But now, we hear, because of Johansson’s recent commitment to star in Cameron Crowe’s We Bought a Zoo at Fox — Zoo starts shooting in the late spring of next year; Luhrmann’s Gatsby goes before cameras next summer — she won’t be available, and Mulligan is the top candidate.

Source: Vulture

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Leo has just posted the following note on his Twitter:

It’s true… my production company Appian will be adapting the Devil in the White City. H.H. Holmes it is. Read the Erik Larson book yet?

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It’s Hollywood’s new burning question — who will director Baz Luhrmann cast as the female lead in his big-budget adaptation of the classic American novel?

Best Opinion: Deadline, Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel…

Critics looking to explain why the beloved novel “The Great Gatsby” has never successfully been adapted to the screen often cite casting issues. Mia Farrow didn’t quite connect as Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby’s shallow but beautiful love interest, in a failed 1974 movie version, and Mira Sorvino, taking on the same role in a ponderous 2000 BBC production, fared little better. Now Oscar-nominated director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge), who’s readying a new adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic, is said to be considering just about every “gorgeous actress in her twenties with pale skin and A-list credentials” to play the pivotal role. Here’s the early word on 7 contenders:

1. Rebecca Hall
When Luhrmann recently workshopped his Gatsby screenplay, Hall (The Town) read the part of Daisy, earning buzz. While Luhrmann is apparently far from decided, says Mike Fleming at Deadline, “I’m told that Hall is in the running.”

2. Natalie Portman
An Oscar frontrunner for her performance in the upcoming film, Black Swan, Portman has the upper hand both “aesthetically” and “talent-wise,” according to Krystal Clark at ScreenCrave.

3. Keira Knightley
Fitzgerald described Daisy’s voice as being “full of money,” and willowy Brit Knightley (who channeled a disaffected aristocrat in Atonement) “certainly fits that bill,” says Adam Markovitz in Entertainment Weekly. “But is she too British to play such a distinctly American character?”

4. Michelle Williams
While all the actresses on the list are capable, Williams is my top pick, says Mike McLaughlin at Get the Big Picture. “She’s got the physical traits to embody Daisy as well as the acting chops to back it up.” Bonus: She worked well with Leonardo DiCaprio (who’s been cast as Jay Gatsby) in this year’s Shutter Island.

5. Blake Lively
The buxom “Gossip Girl” (one of Rebecca Hall’s co-stars in The Town) fueled rumors that she was under consideration when she was seen dining with DiCaprio and Luhrmann last week. “All wrong for the part,” says Dodai Stewart at Jezebel. Despite her “Gossip Girl” experience, “[Lively] lacks the bon vivant effortless snobbery and casual hauteur of the terribly rich.”

6. Scarlett Johansson
The actress reportedly auditioned for Luhrmann at a digital film studio in New York last week, and has said she was “very happy” with how it went. “Perfect,” says Tom DiChiara at MTV.com. “She has the mix of grace and hidden passion to play a spot-on Daisy Buchanan.”

7. Amanda Seyfried
Seyfried (Mamma Mia!) has “got a great mix of innocence and knowing,” says Stewart at Jezebel, who’s surprised that certain other names aren’t being floated. British actress Carey Mulligan (An Education), for instance, also has the requisite “childlike aura.”

Source: The Week

Added 989 Blu-ray captures of Leo in this year’s Scorsese mind-freak movie Shutter Island:

Before he turns himself into J. Edgar Hoover for helmer Clint Eastwood early next year, Leonardo DiCaprio will pause this weekend to reflect on his collaborations with Martin Scorsese — and get in a little awards-season tubthumping for Shutter Island at the same time.

The American Cinematheque will screen the four pics the pair have made together at the Egyptian Theater, starting Saturday with The Departed (2006) and Gangs of New York (2001) and continuing Sunday with this year’s Shutter Island and The Aviator (2004).

DiCaprio will be on hand Sunday at 1 p.m. for a conversation with Scorsese. The helmer is set to beam in via satellite from London, where he’s working on his first 3D feature, Hugo Cabret.

Source: Variety

Last week’s episode of South Park took its buzzsaw approach to pop culture and cut up Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives of New Jersey. On Wednesday night’s (October 20) episode, Matt Stone and Trey Parker focused their acidic approach on the problematic reality show Hoarders and the complicated hit summer movie Inception. In the episode (titled “Insheeption”), Wendy confronts Stan about being a locker hoarder (which, according to the hoarding experts, can lead to room hoarding, house hoarding or even animal hoarding). They stage an intervention, which reveals that Stan really does have a problem letting go (he insists that the expert keep a sandwich covered in maggots). Eventually, school guidance counselor Mr. Mackey and a sheep herder (“It’s pronounced ‘hoarder’”) all end up in regression therapy, which is where the Inception parody kicks in.

While not nearly as savage as their take on Jersey Shore (which clearly enrages Parker and Stone), their send-up of Inception is far more playful. As Mr. Mackey’s dream becomes more dangerous, more and more people try to go in after them (including Randy Marsh, a pizza delivery guy, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, a group of firemen — who apparently have the ability to bring ladders into dreams — and the group of dream spies lead by Leonardo DiCaprio). As the experts continue to attempt to explain themselves (“It’s like a taco inside a taco inside a Taco Bell inside a KFC inside a mall inside your dream!”), only Stan’s mom has a clear head. “Just because something is complicated doesn’t automatically make it cool,” she notes.

The episode keeps escalating until the experts call on Freddy Krueger, who reluctantly signs up to pull everybody out of the dangerous dream. The only thing it was missing? A spinning top gag.

Watch the full episode below:

The big-screen blockbuster Inception picked up six prizes, including the top honor, The Ultimate Scream, at Spike TV’s Scream 2010 awards show in Las Vegas.

Writer-director Christopher Nolan’s psychological science-fiction thriller earned the awards for Best Science Fiction Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actor for Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Breakout Performance for Tom Hardy. It also won the Fight Scene of the Year and Best Science Fiction Movie awards.

Zombieland won the prizes for Best Horror Film, Best Ensemble and Best Cameo, the latter of which was won by a scene-stealing Bill Murray.

His Ghostbusters leading lady, Sigourney Weaver, was named Ultimate Scream Heroine, while her Aliens and Avatar director, James Cameron, won the Best Director honor and “Avatar” the Best 3D movie title.

Green Lantern won the award for Most Anticipated Movie, with star Ryan Reynolds accepting the award.

The event was taped at the Greek Theatre Sunday and will be aired on Spike TV Tuesday.

Source: UPI.com