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Game Of Thrones producer David Benioff has hinted that the show will be controversial.

According to Access Hollywood, Benioff explained that HBO has allowed the series to include scenes of sex and violence.

“One of the things that had to be done with [my previous project] Troy is so many things had to be cut because we were trying to do a two-and-a-half hour movie and tell this massive, massive story,” he said.

“Here, because we have ten hours to tell the story, we’re able to include all the major characters… and we’re able to do it the way [author] George [R. R. Martin] does it in the books in terms of the darkness of it and the violence of it and the sexuality of it, which a major studio would never let you do, even if you’re lucky enough to get an R rating. This is beyond R.”

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Sir Michael Caine has been presented with France’s highest cultural honour by being named a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.

The Daily Telegraph reports that the actor received the award last week in Paris during an official state ceremony, which was hosted by French Minister of Culture and Communication Frédéric Mitterrand.

Mitterrand praised Caine in his remarks for exemplifying “the humour, magic and the warmth of the cinema”.

During his acceptance speech, Caine joked that he was convinced that he only received the prize because he speaks the French language.

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The Coen brothers’ latest film True Grit managed to climb to the top of the US box office, in what was a relatively quiet weekend for the film industry.

True Grit took $15 million, beating out Little Fockers, which took only $13.8 million, resulting in the two films trading places this week.

Nicholas Cage’s latest film Season Of The Witch was the highest new entry, taking only $10.7 million for its opening weekend.

Tron: Legacy falls to fourth this week, taking $9.8 million, followed by Natalie Portman’s sleeper hit Black Swan which took $8.4 million.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Country Strong took a modest $7.3 million for its nationwide release.

The US box office top ten in full:
1. (2) True Grit – $15,000,000
2. (1) Little Fockers – $13,800,000
3. (-) Season Of The Witch – $10,700,000
4. (3) Tron: Legacy – $9,803,000
5. (9) Black Swan – $8,400,000
6. (-) Country Strong – $7,300,000
7. (7) The Fighter – $7,000,000
8. (10) The King’s Speech – $6,811,000
9. (4) Yogi Bear – $6,810,000
10. (6) Tangled – $5,200,000

James Cameron has blasted the upcoming Battleship movie, claiming that it “degrades cinema”.

The Avatar director expressed disgust at the board game adaptation, which sees Liam Neeson and Rihanna clash with aliens on the high seas, arguing that “desperate” franchises and sequels are damaging the film industry.

He lamented to Spiegel Online: “We have a story crisis… Now they want to make the ‘Battleship’ game into a film. This is pure desperation.

“Everyone in Hollywood knows how important it is that a film is a brand before it hit theaters. If a brand has been around, Harry Potter for example, or Spider-Man, you are light years ahead. And there lies the problem. Because unfortunately these franchises are becoming more ridiculous. Battleship. This degrades the cinema.”

Cameron previously described modern B-movie Piranha 3D as being the “bottom of the barrel”.

Trent Reznor will once again work with David Fincher to score the soundtrack for the director’s film adaptation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

According to Coming Soon, the Nine Inch Nails frontman recently confirmed that both he and regular musical partner Atticus Ross will soon begin to compose for the upcoming film.

Reznor worked with Fincher on last year’s The Social Network, and is currently rumoured as a possible contender for the ‘Best Original Score’ category of this year’s Academy Awards.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is scheduled to be released in cinemas on December 21.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Sex and the City 2 have both been nominated for a Razzie, also called the Golden Raspberry Awards.

The movie sequels join the ranks of Clash of the Titans, The Last Airbender, Little Fockers, Vampires Suck, The Bounty Hunter, Killers, Jonah Hex and The Expendables in the category of ‘Worst Film Of The Year’.

A full list of nominations for this year’s awards is expected to be released on January 24.

Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, is reportedly nominated for six Razzies.

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen and Land Of The Lost received seven nominations apiece last year.

Christopher Nolan has refused to completely rule out revisiting Inception for a sequel.

Nolan, who wrote and directed last summer’s Leonardo DiCaprio thriller, said that he has “always liked the potential of the world” he created.

“It’s an infinite, or perhaps I should say an infinitesimal world that fascinates me,” Nolan told Deadline. “At the moment, we’re exploring a video game, which is something I’ve been very interested in doing for a number of years. This lends itself nicely to that.”

The filmmaker explained that, although Inception was designed as a one-off film, he doesn’t know where his “creative interests” will take him in the future.

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Sean Penn has been announced as the latest honouree of the Producers Guild of America.

Entertainment Weekly reports that the actor will be recognised with the Stanley Kramer award for working “to bring attention to various social issues”.

Penn starred in the 2008 film Milk, a biopic of gay rights activist Harvey Milk. He has also contributed significantly to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.

The 22nd Annual Producers Guild Awards will be held in Los Angeles on January 22.