Episode Title: "Epitaph Two: Return"

Written By: Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon & Andrew Chambliss

Synopsis: The "Dollhouse" saga comes to a conclusion. Ten years have passed since the death of Boyd Langton and the destruction of the Rossum Corporation's headquarters, but Armageddon commenced nonetheless.

The episode picks up following the events of "Epitaph One," bringing Mag (Felicia Day), Zone (Zack Ward) and mini-Echo (Adair Tishler) face-to-face with the real Echo (Eliza Dushku). Once Topher (Fran Kranz) is freed from Rossum's control, the computer genius devises a plan to save the world from Rossum's technology, but freedom doesn't come without sacrifice. Read more...

Today's Twitter-Wood came under duress, as TwitPic.com was down for a while, and I wasn't sure where the Twitter Pic of the Day was going to come from. Luckily, everything worked out and I didn't have to make a blind decision. That means I've fully vetted today's shot of John Travolta at the opening for "From Paris With Love," Jason Reitman's view of Oprah's birthday celebration and Jackie Earle Haley's photo opp at Golden Ear Park.

The feed also brought a status update from Kevin Smith on his film "Hit Somebody," which is based on one of my all-time favorite Warren Zevon songs, a few more thoughts on J.D. Salinger's passing and a pre-date dilemma from Diablo Cody. Check it all out and find out who was backstage at the Grammy Awards yesterday in Twitter-Wood for January 29, 2010. Read more...

by Perri Nemiroff

Promo Police is back for round two. The lineup pits indies “HIGH School” and “The Yellow Handkerchief” up against Hollywood heavyweights “Green Lantern,” “Iron Man 2,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Last Airbender” and “Wall Street 2.” As the end of the month approaches, the force is looking to make quota. This week’s offenders unfortunately won’t boost the stats. Some are facing minimal charges, but the rest are proudly exonerated and set free for your enjoyment.

Concept Art: “Green Lantern”
The Good: The FX folks responsible for these images are taking their job very seriously in multiple senses of the word. First, they’re very accurate portrayals of the popular comic book characters. Secondly and more importantly, they have an ominous undertone suggesting “Green Lantern” could be a more serious superhero film like “The Dark Knight.”
The Bad: Tomar-Re and Kilowog can scowl all they want; when you’ve got faces like that people are bound to giggle.
Promotional Power: Does anything regarding “Green Lantern” not have promotional power? Check it out here. Read more...

Boba Fett. Maybe not the single-most iconic character in the "Star Wars" universe, but that's more because it's hard to choose just one than anything else. Boba Fett is a badass bounty hunter. His ultimate end -- in the movies, that is -- is rather lame, but he is the embodiment of cruel cool. A big part of that appeal is the armor, a relic of his forgotten people, the Mandalorians.

Of course, as the prequel trilogy taught us, Boba is actually a clone of his father, Jango. Dear old dad is also the clone template for Imperial stormtroopers. See, Jango was the baddest of the Mandalorians. The future footsoldiers of Emperor Palpatine's Galactic Empire were modeled after him because the Mandalorian people are known for their tenacity and their combat abilities. Yet we've never once seen them outside of Expanded Universe books and comics. That all changes tonight on the latest episode of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," entitled "The Mandalore Plot."

We spoke to "Clone Wars" supervising director Dave Filoni last week, and he was more than happy to enlighten us on how this came about. Not just that, but also how these Mandalorians compare to what we know of the culture already, primary from the writings of noted EU author Karen Traviss. Read more...

In theaters today is "Edge of Darkness," which marks the triumphant return of star Mel Gibson to the big screen. The Australian actor who first made a name for himself here in the U.S. with "Mad Max" has been sticking behind the camera for the past seven years, focusing on passion projects like "Apocalypto" and "The Passion of the Christ." He's back in "Darkness," and it's vintage Mel: he plays a homicide detective investigating the death of his daughter, which of course is not a simple case.

It is familiar ground for Gibson however. He's frequently played a cop (or vigilante-type) in the course of his career, and it's frequently put him on some mission of revenge. "Darkness" is similar, as the investigation eventually uncovers evidence of a corporate cover-up. Gibson is quick to point out, however, that his latest performance stands apart from those in the likes of "Conspiracy Theory" and "Payback." Read more...

On "Lost," death is about as common as the cold. It drifts in and out just like a sickness, sometimes with warning but often without any signs at all, and almost always claiming its victims with ruthless efficiency. Whether the dead party is a beloved or loathed character, one thing remains true throughout — the death scenes of "Lost" are almost always epic and inventive.

After the jump, we've listed 23 dead characters who should return for the final season of "Lost."

Stay tuned to MTV next week for the final installments of LOST IN NUMBERS, a series of features pegged directly to the show's trademark number sequence: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. Needless to say, spoilers for season five and earlier lie ahead. And make sure to tune in to MTV Movies Blog next Tuesday for our live blog of the season premiere! Read more...

Few things in life are as consistently entertaining as Jim Henson's Muppets. They date all the way back to the mid-'50s, before "Muppet" existed as a word, on the TV series "Sam and Friends." And even today, they still delight the masses with fun diversions, such as the recent Muppet/"Bohemian Rhapsody" YouTube sensation. And yet, as popular as Henson's colorful characters have remained over the years, we haven't seen a proper, theatrically released story about them since the 1999 release "Muppets in Space."

The big screen hiatus might be ending soon. It seems that James Bobin, co-creator of the HBO comedy series "The Flight of the Conchords," is Disney's pick to direct the next Muppet movie, Vulture exclusively reports. As an unnamed Disney rep put it, "the movie is James' to direct — if he wants it." No one on either side -- Bobin's reps or the studio -- would comment officially. There's a potential problem though: Judd Apatow. Read more...

FROM HOLLYWOOD CRUSH: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is still months away from a set opening date, but that doesn't stop us from being excited for it. Today we were lucky enough to chat with Thierry Coup, the vice president of creative development for Universal Creative who is heading the Wizarding World project about one of the more exciting elements of the park: Ollivander's Wand Shop.

Much like everything else about Wizarding World, Coup and the workers over at Universal are working as hard as they can to keep everything about the park as close to the books and films as possible. They teased back in September that the wand shop would be an “incredible interactive experience” where, like in the "Harry Potter" universe, the wand picks the wizard, and it seems as though they've succeeded.

Continue reading 'Wizarding World Of Harry Potter' Park: We've Got The Entire Scoop On Ollivander's Wand Shop

Even as "Avatar" continues to overtake every Hollywood box office record that's ever been set, fans are already wondering when we'll see more. And while Pandora fans don't have a hard timeframe to pin their hopes to yet, we'll still ask anyone who was involved with the movie about sequel possibilities whenever there's an opportunity. Such was the case yesterday, when star Joel David Moore -- who played human scientist Norm Spellman -- stopped by the MTV Newsroom for a chat.

"There are a lot of places for it to go and all of those decisions lie in one man's brain," he said, referring to "Avatar" director James Cameron. What Moore does know is that he hasn't seen the last of the Na'vi people. "Yes, I will be a part of whatever they want me to do. How can you not? I would love to go back to that world." Read more...

In what might have been the strangest development of 2009, James Franco agreed to do a guest star stint on daytime TV soap opera "General Hospital." It wasn't a put-on either... he really did it!!! So when MTV's Josh Horowitz spoke to Franco at Sundance recently, he of course had to ask for a status update on the appearance.

"There will be one more very special episode that we will film in May, in New York," he said. What about after that? Any chance we'll see Franco doing more daytime TV? "Other soaps have not called," he said, a hint of disappointment in his voice. And who can blame him? That "General Hospital" stuff isn't going to realign the universe, but it sure is fun!