Unstable Ground has released a new trailer for indie writer/director Justin McConnell’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Collapsed. The film centers on the Weaver family as they attempt survive the day-to-day dangers that living in a lawless and socially decayed civilization can bring.

The Collapsed stars John Fantasia, Steve Vieira, Lise Moule, and Anna Ross as the Weavers. Costars include a bunch of additional peeps I don’t know and Kassandra Santos, who stars on The CW’s “Nikita.” Raven Banner Entertainment will release the frightener in Canada on May 27.

No word on a U.S. date, but peep the trailer:

BAC Films has released a trailer for directors Pascal Sid and Julien Lacombe’s creepy new psych-thriller Behind the Walls. Set in 1922, the film stars French model-turned-actress Laetitia Casta as a novelist who moves to a small village in search of inspiration but finds only nightmares and haunting visions.

This is why writers should pass on the exotic—but isolated—locations and stick to the local Starbucks. The worse thing that can happen there is the barista forgets to put whip cream on your Frappuccino.

Peep the trailer:

“90210” star Jessica Stroup is set to play an office hussy in “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane’s feature film debut Ted. She joins a cast that includes Mark Wahlberg (The Lovely Bones), Mila Kunis (Black Swan), Joel McHale (“Community”), Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar), and Patrick Warburton (Men in Black 2).

Ted tells the tale of a man (Wahlberg) whose childhood Christmas wish for his teddy bear (MacFarlane) to come to life and be his best friend not only happens, but proves to be disastrous 25-years later when the bear has grown into a full-blown degenerate.

Stroup is best known for her portrayal of high school blogger and bitch Erin Silver on The CW’s “90210.” Horror fans, however, will recognize the 24-year-old hottie from the 2007 Wes Craven-produced sequel The Hills Have Eyes 2 and Sony Screen Gems’ 2008 teen-frightener Prom Night.

Universal will unleash Ted in theaters on July 13, 2012.

Magnet Films has released a new trailer for Norwegian director Andre Ovredal’s (Future Murder) much buzzed about shaky-cam monster mockumentary Troll Hunter, arriving on VOD May 6 and in selected theaters for a limited run on June 10.

The film’s synopsis reads:

Troll Hunter is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy.

A thrilling and wildly entertaining film, Troll Hunter delivers truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc on the countryside, with darkly funny adherence to the original Norwegian folklore.

You can catch Troll Hunter at these locations:

6/10/2011
New York City, Landmark Theater

6/17/2011
Berkeley, CA: Shattuck Cinemas 10
San Francisco, CA: Lumiere Theatre 3

6/24/2011
Santa Cruz, CA: Nickelodeon Theatres
West Los Angeles, CA: Nuart Theatre

7/1/2011
Washington, DC: E Street Cinema
Atlanta, GA: Midtown Art Cinemas 8
Minneapolis, MN: Lagoon Cinema
University City, MO: Tivoli Theatre
Omaha, NE: Dundee (Art)

7/2/2011
Columbus, OH: Gateway 8

7/8/2011
Asheville, NC: Carolina Asheville 14

8/12/2011
Salem, MA: Cinema Salem 3

Word on the playground today is that British babe Kate Beckinsale has been offered a role in Sony Pictures remake of director Paul Verhoeven’s beloved 1990 sci-fi classic Total Recall. According to Deadline, the studio is looking to cast Beckinsale in the role of Lori Quaid.

Lori, if you recall, is wife to Doug Quaid, a man who is either a humble factory worker with a memory implant or a wanted super-spy. The part was memorably played in the original film by a then up-and-coming Sharon Stone.

The Total Recall redo is directed by Beckinsale’s lucky-dog husband—and Underworld 1-&-2 director—Len Wiseman and finds girly-man Colin Farrell stepping into Arnold Schwarzenegger’s shoes as protagonist Doug Quaid. “Breaking Bad’s” Bryan Cranston plays the film’s politico villain Vilos Cohaagen.

Eva Mendes (Ghost Rider) and Rosario Dawson (Death Proof) are said to be in the running to play Quaid’s prostitute lover Melina. No word on who is up for the part of the three-breasted mutant hooker.

Model-turned-actress Bjanka Murgel may have only been credited as “Arm Candy” in the 2008 Marvel Studios’ actioner Punisher: War Zone, but one look at the 5-foot-8 Canadian stunner will convince most guys that she’s a star (Photo: Erwin Loewen).

One such guy is director Antoine Thomas. His feature film debut The Hidden 3-D (not to be confused as a remake of the awesome 1987 sci-fi thriller The Hidden starring Kyle MacLachlan and bombshell Claudia Christian) stars Murgel as part of a group of people terrorized while exploring an old medical facility.

The synopsis reads:

When Brian Karter’s mother dies; he is surprised to learn that he has inherited The Sanctuary, home to her controversial experimental addiction treatment center. During a tour of the decrepit building with his friends and a mysterious associate of his mother, it becomes clear that something sinister lies beneath the surface.

Despite their misgivings, the group follows a secret passageway underground and comes to a terrible realization: Brian’s mother built a revolutionary machine that cured people of their addictions but, as a side effect, caused those addictions to materialize in the form of mutant children hungry for human flesh, now living in the bowels of the abandoned building.

With the mutant children hunting the group as prey, Brian and his friends fight to stay alive against the inconceivable and soon realize that some things are better left hidden.

There isn’t much info on Murgel’s character, but she at least has a name this time: Kimberly. And, judging from a couple of stills from the movie (see below), Kimberly wears sexy stockings.

The Hidden 3-D also stars Sean Clement (Bikini Party Massacre), Simonetta Solder (Mother of Tears), Jason Blicker (The Day After Tomorrow), and pretty up-and-comer Jordan Hayes (House at the End of the Street).

Peep pics from the film:

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Here we have Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence as young Mystique in 20th Century Fox’s highly anticipated X-Men: First Class. As you can see, the film’s makeup team has taken the 20-year-old stunner and transformed her into a acne-riddled Na’vi with a ginormous forehead.

X-Men: First Class is an origins story directed by Mathew Vaughn (Kick Ass). The film costars January Jones (Emma Frost), Rose Byrne (Moira), Kevin Bacon (Sebastian Shaw), James McAvoy (Charles Xavier), and Michael Fassbender (Magneto).

The film arrives in theaters on June 3.

Actress Erin Carufel, last seen in the Matthew McConaughey/Marisa Tomei vehicle The Lincoln Lawyer, has scored a part opposite Amanda Seyfried and Jennifer Carpenter in Lakeshore Entertainment’s new serial killer drama Gone.

Written by Allison Burnett (Untraceable), Gone is Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia’s (Adrift) American film debut and stars Seyfried as a woman who discovers that her sister has been kidnapped by the same man who attempted to murder her two years prior.

No word on what role Carufel will be playing, but Gone is the 32-year-old’s first thriller since 2008’s Untraceable.

Gone is set to shoot this month in Portland, Oregon.

TV starlet Leven Rambin (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and Jack Quaid are the latest to sign up for Lionsgate’s big screen adaptation of author Suzanne Collins’ young-adult series “Hunger Games.” They join a cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence (X-Men: First Class), Josh Hutcherson (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), Liam Hemsworth (Knowing), and Elizabeth Banks (The Uninvited).

Hunger Games finds child survivors of an economically and socially collapsed America competing in televised death games in a new country named Panem. Two kids from each of Panem’s 12 districts are chosen by lottery each year to participate. Rambin and Quaid will portray District One players Glimmer and Marvel, respectively.

Rambin, a 20-year-old Texas native, is best known to genre fans as Riley Dawson on the short-lived Fox series “Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles.” Quaid’s claim-to-fame is that he fell out of Meg Ryan’s vagina around the time she was hitched to Dennis Quaid.

Elizabeth Banks is set to join Lionsgate’s big screen adaptation of author Suzanne Collins’ best-selling young-adult book series “Hunger Games.” The 37-year-old looker will star opposite Jennifer Lawrence (X-Men: First Class), Josh Hutcherson (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), Liam Hemsworth (Knowing), Amandla Stenberg (Colombiana) and Dayo Okeniyi.

Hunger Games finds child survivors of an economically and socially collapsed America competing in televised death games in a new country named Panem. Two kids from each of Panem’s 12 districts are chosen to participate by lottery each year.

Banks will play Effie Trinket, the District 12 bureaucrat who chaperons 16-year-old Katniss (Lawrence) and her partner Peeta (Hutcherson) throughout the games. Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, Pleasantville) directs from a script by Billy Ray (Flightplan, Color of Night).

Banks creds include the Guard Brothers’ J-horror remake The Uninvited, James Gunn’s creature-feature comedy Slither, and Sam Raimi’s Spiderman trilogy.

Photo by Nick Koudis Photography.