Who cares if the story's been told 8 million times? It hasn't been told in 3-D!

Below is the poster for "The Three Musketeers" in 3-D, set for release April 15, 2011. The good news: The cast looks solid, with Milla Jovovich and Christoph Waltz ("Inglourious Basterds") set to star, and the film will be shot in 3-D (not converted), which should bode well visually. The director is Paul W.S. Anderson, who made the "Resident Evil" movies. Anderson describes his interest in the story here.

Per Coming Soon: Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans and Matthew Macfadyen are attached to star as Musketeers Porthos, Aramis and Athos, respectively. The film's villains include Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as Cardinal Richelieu and Mads Mikkelsen as Rochefort. Anderson's wife, Milla Jovovich, has been cast as Athos' old flame Milady de Winter.

With summer behind us, it’s time to look back at the mediocrity (“Salt”), ineptitude (“Dinner for Schmucks”) and brilliance (“Inception”) that left us flustered and inspired over the past four months.

Most shameful sequel: “Iron Man 2”

Downey’s charm wasn’t as fresh as it was in the original, and neither was the story or action. And was it me, or did every scene feel like a setup for “The Avengers” movie in 2012?

You were once a star and now your career sucks: M. Night Shyamalan

Hey Night, here’s a thought: Make a movie about a director whose career is hijacked by a series of terrible ideas that are poorly executed, and end it with him leaving Hollywood for good.

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Still have a handful of tickets left for "Machete" screenings this Wednesday, 9/1 in Miami, West Palm, Orlando and Tampa. Click here for more info.

Coming in September: Passes to "Resident Evil: Afterlife," "Easy A," "You Again," "The Social Network" and more!

For the second weekend in a row, estimates have Sylvester Stallone's "The Expendables" topping the box office with a $16.5 million take, bring its two-week total to roughly $65 million. Not bad for a movie that's all meat and no brain.

Other new releases didn't fare well: "Twilight" vampire spoof "Vampires Suck" (not screened for press) opened second with $12.2 million; "Lottery Ticket" didn't make bank with only $11.1 million to open 4th; crass soft core porn/horror "Piranha 3D" bit only $10 million worth of tickets to finish 6th; "Nanny McPhee Returns," which has already made more than $60 million overseas, could only ugly-up $8.3 million at 7th, and Jennifer's Aniston's quest to kill her film career continues with the 8th place opening of "The Switch" with $8.1 million. Full weekend chart here.

So what have we learned from this? "The Expendables" is getting decent word of mouth, and people are embracing its action and stars. Some may have expected "Piranha 3D" to open better, but the lack of quality in 3-D movies this summer, coupled with the fact that so little of it looks appealing in terms of it being a "good" movie, kept people away. Also, don't discount that in many areas of the country it's back to school weekend, so many are busy with other things.

Expect another low box office take next weekend, with "Avatar" being re-released with nine minutes of additional footage and "Takers," a heist movie that's more likely to be a hit on home video, opening nationally.

Very funny bit from funnyordie.com in which the cast of "Piranha 3D" -- opening this weekend -- states its case for Oscar glory. For a movie that's being kept away from film critics, this is a great marketing tool that gets people talking without showing any actual clips from the movie. If "Piranha 3D" opens well this weekend -- and horror/schlock fans are juicing for it -- the studio will know who to thank. Warning: Strong Language.

Disney is auctioning off six seasons worth of useless junk from "Lost," and you can own a piece for yourself beginning Saturday, Aug. 21. A partial list of items and more details here. 

The live auction will give away more than 1,000 set pieces, props, costumes and more to the highest bidder. Highlights include Kate’s toy plane, Hurley’s winning lottery ticket, Locke’s Master Bowie hunting knife, Sawyer’s letter, Charlie’s “DS” ring and guitar, Mr. Eko’s club, The Hatch, a Swan Station computer, Desmond’s fail safe key, smugglers’ Virgin Mary statue, Faraday’s journal, Hurley’s Camaro, a DHARMA van, DHARMA-branded food and supplies, and more.

I was not a die-hard "Lost" fan, but I did watch with interest. Here's why I would want something non-lethal and malleable from the auction: I intend to re-watch the show from beginning to end at some point, and I want something to throw, stomp on, yell at and give dirty looks to during the infuriatingly slow, go-nowhere episodes (and there were plenty). My hope is that the anger and frustration would be worth it for the end result, but truthfully I'm not sure if everything in the show adds up. But that's a different discussion. In the meantime, Disney needs to make a huge profit off of things that otherwise have absolutely no value. Why give to the Smithsonian when you can make a buck?