Cirque du Freak,” the big-budget vampire fantasy-adventure that is based on the books by Darren Shan and that was shot in New Orleans over several weeks in spring 2008, has a new name and a new release date, Universal Pictures announced today (July 14).

Now dubbed “The Vampire’s Assistant” — the title of the second book in Shan’s 12-volume “The Saga of Darren Shan” (the first being “Cirque du Freak”) — it is set for wide release on Oct. 23, a Universal spokeswoman said.

It had previously been tentatively scheduled for a January 2010 release.

The movie is based on the first three books in Shan’s saga, which is divided into four three-book cycles. With big-studio backing and a budget said to have exceeded $80 million, the movie stars Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Willem Dafoe, Ken Watanabe and Josh Hutcherson in a story about a young boy who, after visiting a decidedly dark freak show, is drawn into the world of vampires.

Paul Weitz directs.

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/07/cirque_du_freak_gets_a_new_rel.html

Hey, just wanted to let you know that I start filming this week on a new movie called “The Kids Are All Right”.  It’s an independent film with Annette Benning, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Mia Wasikowski.  It’s a really cool story and I’m excited to start working on it.  Also, looks like I might have more to talk about soon too.  More to come….

It’s summertime and the site hasn’t had a fresh layout in a while, so here it is! 🙂 This layout uses the really nice new photoshoot photos of Josh, and I hope you enjoy it! 😀

Thought it would be nice to say Happy Father’s Day to my dad.  He’s an awesome guy.  We’re getting ready to head to the golf course in a few.   Our family went to Gatlinburg last weekend for a few days.  We rented a cabin with some friends and family and had a blast.  It’s so much fun down there.  It was crazy because at Dollywood (it’s an amusement park owned by Dolly Parton) there’s actually a “Journey to the Center of the Earth” 4D ride!  That was crazy!!!  Anyway, this weekend we went to a couple of Red’s games, one of them was the MLB Civil Rights game.  So, we went to a luncheon that afternoon that was for the Beacon Awards.  It was the best luncheon I’ve ever been to!  Former President Bill Clinton was the speaker and that was so AMAZING!  He gave a great speech.  The other cool thing was that the award winners were Bill Cosby, Hank Aaron and Mohammed Ali!!  They were ALL THERE!!!  Bill Cosby has to be the funniest person on the planet.  Anyway, we had a great time.  I’m heading back to L.A. in a couple of days.  AND, I’m starting a new movie next week.  More details to come…..  Take care!

Josh recently did a photoshoot! 70 Medium Quality pictures of Josh on the shoot have been added to our gallery here. In addition, you can check out 17 Exclusive HQs here! If you post the HQs elsewhere, please credit the site.

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As well, Josh attended the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation 20th Annual A Time For Heroes. Three High Quality pictures of him inside have been added to our gallery here.