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vern1971 wrote:

I recommend going out and renting The Lookout and Brick for Levitt's performances.

Look everyone, it's Outlaw Vern.

I voted for Keira Knightley, because at 22 she's already got one Oscar nomination and may well get another this year. The folks in double digits, along with James McAvoy are all excellent picks as well.
Shia LaBeouf is impressive, but I want to see how he matures.
Three stints in rehab have knock all the 'promise' off of Lohan.

Chienfantome wrote:

A_Roode, you read my mind
That's definitly how I feel about Gosling, he is an actor in the vein of Sean Penn. Dary, uncompromising, and intense.

Having recently watched both Disturbia and Fracture on DVD, I have to say that both Shia and Ryan have great potential. I would not dis either one's acting skills.

But, I voted for Shia - simply because in Disturbia it would have been so easy for him to be out-done by his supporting cast, but even in his scenes with David Morse and Carrie Anne-Moss, he holds his own and gives as good as he gets. That is a real good trick to pull off, and he did it professionally.

Lindey Lohan, sorry to say, is a has-been already. It may take 5-10 years for her to be taken seriously as an actress again. In only 2 years, she's done as much damage to her career - without help - as Sean Penn did to his career in 15 years! It's good that she's made so much money already, because she may actually have to go to school to learn another trade.

Ryan Gosling and Keira Knightley are definately tops.

But why is Jesse Eisenberg not even getting a mention?

He's probably never going to be a great, the roles I've seen him in seem quite limited, but I think he's going to have a long, solid, and interesting career in the industry.

A small article on him from the Imdb Hit List
http://gothamist.com/2007/09/12/jesse_eisenberg.php

dranscht wrote:

Acting in one so-so movie with a few funny lines does not make Michael Cera a promising star.

Are you forgetting about Arrested Development, sure it was a TV show but Michael Cera worked with some of the best in the business there and stole the show. I've watched the commentaries and the behind the scenes and the man is an improv king. And hey I almost forgot Juno, which brings me to the next point Ellen Page should be on this list. She was unbelievable in Hard Candy.

nickb1016 wrote:

All of these actors have already "made it", but none are household names...yet. I think Shia and Keira are the frontrunners.

I disagree that "none are household names." Ryan Gosling, Scarlett Johansson, and Keira Knightley are all well-established... they've all garnered Oscar attention and starred in box office successes. I think the true up-and-comers on this list are Amanda Bynes and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Jonah Hill is going to get pigeon-holed in comedies, and I'm not even sure why Lindsey Lohan is on this list, since her career is sadly in the toilet and not coming out any time soon.

La Beouf was ok in The Greatest Game Ever Played & was a good comic sidekick in Constantine & I, Robot. He's still getting his feet wet with Transformers & Disturbia. As far as the future goes, I see him getting way better offers than most on the list. Knightley is close but, Im not digging the 2 latest movies she's working on. I mean, two women fighting over the love of a poet & playing Princess Diana's ancestor? 2 films I will choose not to go see. Trying a little too hard to not be typecast as Elizabeth Swan. La Beouf is in Indiana Jones 4 & Eagle Eye. Eagle Eye looks pretty cool. He's still the slacker that saves the world but, its gonna be a more maturing role for him, playing opposite of a single mom (Rosario Dawson). IJ4 will have him in a very big publicity circus, even I had a Raiders of the Lost Ark lunch box. He'll get the good offers but, its up to him to pick the right ones.

Where is Scott Mechlowitz or John Kransinski?

I'm writing in Ellen Page. If you've seen Hard Candy, you'd know why. Then add in Juno and you've got a couple of great films under your belt. However, Gosling has a major head start and would get my vote right now.

definetly shia labeouf i mean he is on spielbergs top list
and considered the next tom hanks thats alot for a young actor

wollam11 wrote:

Where is Scott Mechlowitz or John Kransinski?

starving for work on the walk of fame...

Does anyone else think Tom Hanks is kinda overated. Sure he's a good actor. But I wouldn't call him great. And I really don't find him to be funny either.

cRAzY, while I am not a lover of all things Tom Hanks, I think he is one of one of the few A list actors that the talent matches the hype. There a very few, if any, actors who have the abilty to fit in as many genres as he does, he can lead a film without overpowering it, he is a near box office success every time he comes out with a movie, and I think he knows his talents and the audience as good or even better than any actor out in the market right now.

He is or will become a legend in modern film not because he was the most talented or the coolest in the class, but because he is very smart with his choices, earned his respect through consistant hard work (Bussom (sp?) Budddies (yes, I remember watching that show while it was not reruns), Joe vs. the Volcano, etc.), and people want to like him.

cRAzY wrote:

Does anyone else think Tom Hanks is kinda overated. Sure he's a good actor. But I wouldn't call him great. And I really don't find him to be funny either.

I guess you could say he's overrated but he still seems to live up to the hype.

I voted for Keira Knightley, and not just because I have a huge crush on her.

She has already proven that she is right at home in big-budget blockbusters or small serious dramas.
She can be eye-candy, and she can be a serious actress.

She's young and attractive, and has managed to dodge the traps that some other young female stars have fallen into recently.

also, Ryan Gosling is good.

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