The 3PM Dispatch: BAFTAs, Thor 2, Deadpool, Sweet Valley High

Awards! These Films Are Nommed For Some British Ones...
The folks over at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts have announced their list of nominations for their upcoming BAFTA awards. The 1930s throwback The Artist and Gary Oldman's 1970s spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy cinematically floated the judges respective boats the most, with the former receiving 12 noms and the latter receiving 11. And in a move sure to upset Quentin Tarantino, Drive is in the running for both Best Picture and Best Director... You can peruse the full nom list over on our blog by clicking here.

Diablo Cody Reveals Her Plan To Make 'Sweet Valley High' The Most Painful Movie Ever...
Diablo Cody has revealed to MTV how she plans to make her adaptation of the popular tween romance book series Sweet Valley High even more painful than the idea of a Diablo Cody adaptation of the popular tween romance book series Sweet Valley High already sounds. How will she do this, you ask? By making it a musical of course! "I am so excited about Sweet Valley High," she said excitedly. "There's original songs being written for it right now, which is the most exciting development."

These People Will Voice Computer Animated Animals...
Dreamworks has told Heat Vision the names of the actors who will voice the three new lead roles in their upcoming computer animated feature, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. And they are... The Help's Jessica Chastain who will voice Gia the jaguar, Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston who will voice Vitaly the Siberian tiger and Three Amigos' Martin Short who will voice Stefano the sea lion. Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith all reprise their lead roles.

Stringer Bell Confirms He'll Be In 'Thor 2' But Not In 'Avengers'
Freshly minted Golden Globe winner Idris Elba has confirmed to MTV that he will be returning to the world of Asgard in Marvel's Thor 2. Elba played Heimdall in Thor and told MTV, "Thor 2 for sure... We're going at it again." He then went on to confirm that he won't be appearing in the superhero extravaganza that is The Avengers.

Hope You're Hungry For More 'Hunger Games'
The Wrap report that Slumdog Millionaire writer Simon Beaufoy has been hired and is already hard at work writing a sequel for the yet-to-be released The Hunger Games. They also report that director Gary Ross has also signed on and will stay in the director's chair for the second adaptation, which is titled Catching Fire. Studio Lionsgate is hoping to get a jump on production in order to start shooting the sequel later this year.

Marvel "May Or May" Not Have Shot 8 Minutes Of R-Rated 'Deadpool' Footage'...
Comic writer Rob Liefeld proved to be a solid foundation for which to build a wall of subtlety and discretion when he said the following to Bleeding Cool about Fox's proposed R-rated X-Men spinoff Deadpool. "I may or may have not seen some sort of test of footage that would blow your mind if you saw it and go holy crap and that's Deadpool in costume. Katana swords, guns, shooting people's faces off and making me laugh," Liefeld said stonefaced about the film, which still has Green Lantern star Ryan Reynolds attached. "I may or may not have seen something that looks just like that. And you've got what would amount to the first R-rated X-Men movie. Because that script is R-rated. They may or may not have wanted to shoot eight minutes to see how it would play." You should see Liefeld's poker face. Impenetrable...

Today In Rebooting: The time's about right for a Smurfs reboot ain't it?

Today In Trivia: After Ryan Reynolds heard Deadpool would be appearing in X-Men Origins: Wolverine he immediately approached the filmmakers about the role. He was given it straight away making him and Wesley Snipes (Blade) the only two actors to have been given roles in Marvel comic adaptations without having to audition. *Bonus Trivia: Ryan Reynolds starred in Blade: Trinity.

Today's Bad Movie Tagline: The tagline for Ryan Reynold's 2003 comedy The In-Laws: "The cake is going to hit the fan.". Er, what? Cake? Fan? WHAT???

Happy Birthday: To the real life manic pixie girl Zooey Deschanel, who is 32 today.

Bonus Happy Birthday!: To Darth Vader's Voice, James Earl Jones who is 81 today.

TODAY'S POLL
Do You Like Musicals?
Well, do you?

The poll results will be in Thursday's edition of The 3PM Dispatch.

TUESDAY'S POLL RESULTS
Most Flicksters disagree with Quentin Tarantino's call that The Three Musketeers is a better film than Drive.

Did Tarantino Get It Right Dissing 'Drive' In Favour Of 'Three Musketeers'?
76.92% - No - Drive is better.
12.82% - Yes - The Three Musketeers is better.
10.26% - Neither is better.