The official trailer for Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp‘s movie, The Tourist, has been released and it looks like a mixture of every movie she has done before.
The movie is about Elise (Jolie), a woman who deliberately meets and seduces Frank (Depp) but after hooking up he is forced to go on the run after a case of mistaken identity while she appears to be some sort of spy.
The movie is released on December 10th, I’ll be waiting on DVD or for it to leak online. What do you think of the trailer?
Forbes have come up with a list of the 10 most profitable actors in Hollywood at the moment, now don’t confuse this list with the most paid actors because this is based on how much money the movie studio makes back for every dollar they paid the actors.
10. Sarah Jessica Parker, $17
When it comes to Sex and the City movies, Sarah Jessica Parker is a great investment. In other movies, not so much. Her 2009 film Did You Hear About the Morgans earned an anemic $85 million at the global box office. Compare that with her two Sex and the City movies, which have earned a total $705 million.
9. Nicolas Cage, $17
Cage makes our list mostly thanks to the 2009 film Knowing, which earned a healthy $184 million on an estimated budget of $50 million. The budget was able to stay low because the producers went with Cage over someone who would have cost much more like Will Smith or Johnny Depp.
8. Johnny Depp, $18
Depp is the rare actor on our list who earns more than almost every actor in Hollywood but still manages to offer a good return on investment. That’s because his films do phenomenally. Alice in Wonderland has earned $1 billion. Public Enemies brought in $215 million. As long as he continues to be a major draw overseas and his films keep performing, Depp will continue to get one of the highest paydays in Hollywood.
7. Meryl Stree, $21
The actress (2008′s most profitable actress) proves again and again that age and gender do not determine box-office draw. Mamma Mia earned $610 million at the global box office. It’s Complicated brought in $220 million. As soon as Streep starts earning the same as her male peers, she’ll likely work her way off of our list.
6. Jennifer Aniston, $21
Another woman on our list: Jennifer Aniston (2007′s most profitable actress). The star makes a surprising appearance in sixth place with a $21 return for every $1 she is paid. (She’s tied with Meryl Streep.) Although one of her included movies, Love Happens, was a huge flop, He’s Just Not that Into You and The Bounty Hunter (with $136 million at the global box office on an estimated budget of $40 million) actually did well.
5. Cate Blanchett, $27
The actress has played the female lead in two recent high-grossing films: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Robin Hood (which brought in $310 million despite a weak opening). In both cases she earned significantly less than her male costars, which is why Blanchett makes our top 10 list while Russell Crowe and Brad Pitt do not.
4. Robert Downey Jr., $33
It wasn’t so long ago that Downey (2008′s most profitable actor) was a Hollywood pariah because of his drug and alcohol problems. That helped shrink his quote when he started his comeback in 2008 with the first Iron Man. Since then he’s starred in some of the highest-grossing films of the past few years, including Sherlock Holmes ($517 million) and Iron Man 2 ($622 million) while his payday has stayed relatively low.
3. Daniel Radcliffe, $61
The Harry Potter movies are the kind of high-budget films that would usually hurt an actor on this list unless he was earning under $10 million total. But Radcliffe lands in third place (with a $61 return for ever dollar he earns) because the films earn so much money. The entire franchise has so far brought in $5.4 billion at the global box office making his growing salary seem like a drop in the bucket.
2. Anne Hathaway, $64
For the sake of our return on investment list, being a woman in Hollywood is a good thing. They tend to earn less so when their films hit, they offer a good return. Hathaway lands so high on our list thanks to Alice in Wonderland. For every dollar she earns studios earn $64 off of her films. Most of that payback is coming from Alice. The Disney 3-D film was a gigantic hit earning $1 billion at the global box office, and Hathaway earned much less than star Johnny Depp. But she also benefits from 2009′s Bride Wars, which was a modest hit earning $115 million at the global box office on a low estimated budget of $30 million.
1. Shia LaBeouf, $81
LaBeouf tops our list for the second year in a row thanks to his relatively low-paid work in high-earning films like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the second Transformers movie. As his box office grows so will his quote, which means it will be harder for him to stay at the top of our list unless his films earn proportionally more money. When LaBeouf starred in the first Transformers movie in 2007, Viacom’s Paramount Studio was able to pay him under $5 million. It had to bump that up considerably for the second film (which earned $833 million in 2009), but LaBeouf still isn’t earning $20 million upfront to star in a picture.
As a result, he offers a great return on investment. For every $1 studios spend on the 24-year-old actor his films return an average $81 of profit. For our list this year LaBeouf also benefits from the fourth Indiana Jones film, which earned $790 million in 2008. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford split the bulk of the profits from that movie leaving LaBeouf as a profitable costar. As the actor’s fame (and box-office earnings) increase he’ll be able to demand more for each film which will hurt his return on investment number unless the films are gigantic blockbusters. That could be the case with the next Transformers movie. LaBeouf was able to ask for more money upfront but because the movie is being filmed in 3-D, it should earn even more than Transformers 2.
source: Hollywood’s Best Actors For The Buck [Forbes]
Michael Cera‘s new movie is about him battling the evil ex-boyfriends of his girlfriend, or something silly like that. In honor of this, Vulture have come up with a list of the most evil boyfriends in movie history. Take a look at theirl ist…
11. Hardy Jenns, Some Kind of Wonderful
A perfect candidate to someday wind up in a Bret Easton Ellis novel, Hardy Jenns (Craig Sheffer) is the spoiled, rich, preening slimeball who can’t quite understand that his popular girlfriend, Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson), is really through with him — this despite the fact that she’s already agreed to go out on a date with the totally average Keith (Eric Stolz) in John Hughes’s infamous teen classic. Like most spurned boyfriends in coming-of-age flicks, Hardy has a plan for revenge — and like most spurned boyfriends in coming-of-age flicks, he fails.
10. Buzz Gunderson, Rebel Without a Cause
The leather-jacketed, pomaded high-school gang leader Buzz Gunderson (Corey Allen), who torments sensitive new loner Jim Stark (James Dean), is the Ur-evil boyfriend of American cinema, the smug thug who inspired generations of bullies in later coming-of-age films. But the others were cardboard cutouts compared to him. Buzz was more than just an unthinking brute; he even copped to liking Jim and admitted that he was really just bugging him out of boredom. And he never really lost the girl, either; rather, Buzz died a horrific death when his car went off a cliff during a game of chicken and exploded on the rocks below, sending the lovely Judy (Natalie Wood) into the arms of his primary victim.
09. Johnny Lawrence>, Karate Kid
“Strike first! Strike hard!” The eighties fascination with bullies, martial arts, and blond jock assholes realized its apotheosis in Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), the always-ready-to-explode disciple of the all-evil, all-the-time Cobra Kai dojo in The Karate Kid. As the ex-boyfriend of Elisabeth Shue’s Ali Mills, jealous, hair-trigger-tempered Johnny had plenty of reasons to administer beatings on Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), the weak-looking new kid who dared to show an interest in her. So when Daniel finally launched that crane kick and brought Johnny down, it was more than the feel-good climax of a box-office hit; it was a pop-culture comeuppance of mythic dimension. So much so that Zabka could basically only ever play bullies from then on.
08. Zachary ‘Sack’ Lodge, Wedding Crashers
The ultimate philandering, manipulative preppy, Zach Lodge (Bradley Cooper) — self-declared fiancée and ultimately failed groom to Rachel McAdams’s Claire Cleary — is kind of a classic eighties-style bully armed with aughts-style money and firepower. When he’s not shooting his competitors in the ass, he’s siccing private investigators on them. And Cooper is so perfect in this part that we’re kind of amazed he ever managed to break out of the dickhead-boyfriend ghetto and actually become a real leading man.
07. Chuck Cranston, Footloose
Since Footloose is essentially a remake of Rebel Without a Cause with preachers and dancing, it falls upon Bonnie Tyler–loving white trash Chuck Cranston (Jim Youngs) to take the Buzz Gunderson role, tormenting Ren McCormick (Kevin Bacon) while beautiful girlfriend Ariel (Lori Singer) cheers him on. However, Chuck gets neither the momentous, fatal flameout of Buzz (instead, he is humiliated in a game of tractor chicken with Ren) or the uplifting redemption of Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid: After Ariel dumps him, he returns to torment Ren during the film’s climactic dance scene and is disposed of handily.
06. Doctor Manhattan, Watchmen
This will probably upset some people, but sorry, Doctor Manhattan (Billy Crudup) totally counts. Yes, he’s ostensibly one of the heroes of Watchmen, and yes, his self-sacrifice at the end of the film is kind of touching. But we can’t really forgive him for working as the superhuman arm of imperialist U.S. foreign policy, abandoning humanity, and totally neglecting Silk Spectre (thus letting her fall into the arms of Nite Owl, who is kind of the Eric Stoltz of the Watchmen universe). Also, he may have given his girlfriends cancer.
05. Jim, Edward Scissorhands
Presumably tired of playing the nerdy kid in eighties John Hughes movies, Anthony Michael Hall put his growth spurt to good use and kicked off the nineties by playing Kim’s (Winona Ryder) rich, homicidal boyfriend in Tim Burton’s masterpiece. Paranoid and intense, Jim is the perfect foil for Edward (Johnny Depp) and his symbolically gifted but dangerous hands — when Edward accidentally cuts Kim, Jim is there to hurl accusations and go ballistic. Indeed, Jim is so unpleasant, so despicable a character that when he’s finally stabbed in the abdomen and falls to his death from a window, nobody even flinches — even though this is ostensibly a sweet-natured, family-friendly movie.
04. Jason Dean, Heathers
Here’s a good one — J.D. (Christian Slater) is both evil movie boyfriend AND James Dean–esque new rebel in town. In truth, he initially seems to be a gift from heaven for poor Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), who has had it with the cliquishness of her posh high-school friends. J.D.’s playful cruelty (feeding his and Veronica’s victims drain cleaner, say) seems like a breath of fresh air at first, until Veronica (and the audience) realize that this guy might actually be not so much a misunderstood bad boy and more a — how do you say — demon from hell.
03. Early Grayce, Kalifornia
The boyishly deranged, bearded companion to Adele Corners (Juliette Lewis, who often found herself in movies like this), Early Grayce (Brad Pitt) is that uniquely American phenomenon: the charismatic serial-killer boyfriend. Such types aren’t just murderers, they’re forces of nature who reveal important symbolic truths to the other, ostensibly more normal characters. In this road movie, Early’s counterpart is psych student and journalist Brian Kessler (David Duchovny), who learns that he needs to get his hands dirty if he is to understand the psyche of a sociopath. It wasn’t much of a hit when first released, but this cult item provided an early (heh) sign of Pitt’s appeal; a year later, he’d become a bona fide superstar with roles in Interview With a Vampire and Legends of the Fall.
02. Chris Wilton, Match Point
Unlike most of the other boyfriends on this list, Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is actually the protagonist of Woody Allen’s caustic late-period classic. But that doesn’t stop the ambitious, coldhearted tennis pro from being a homicidal jerk — first cheating on his fiancée (Emily Mortimer) with voluptuous American actress Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson), then murdering Nola (and her neighbor) when she refuses to get an abortion. And here’s another thing that distinguishes Chris from most of the other evil boyfriends on this list: The bastard totally gets away with it.
01. Frank Booth, Blue Velvet
“Why are there people like Frank?” asks Kyle MacLachlan’s Jeffrey Beaumont in David Lynch’s masterpiece, and the question is as much a cri de coeur for humanity as it is an expression of fear. The oldies-loving, Amyl-nitrite-breathing Frank (Dennis Hopper), the childlike, sadomasochistic criminal at the heart of this noir fairy tale, is an existential fact — pure, distilled evil. True, he’s more a kidnapper than a lover — he’s holding the family of Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) hostage — but in the sinister, constantly shifting world that Lynch creates, Frank is the ultimate bad boyfriend, the guy who corrodes your soul even after he’s gone. And he’s also wickedly charismatic — how else could he have compelled generations of hipsters to abandon Heineken in favor of Pabst Blue Ribbon?
I think it’s a good list overall, I think they got it right. Who would you have added or replaced from this list?
source: The Eleven Most Evil Boyfriends in Movie History [Vulture]
Johnny Depp donned the garb of Capt. Jack Sparrow and got good and liquored up to invite his Comic-Con friends on a new journey with him.
Jack is headed out to search for the Fountain of Youth… or is he?
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is set to be released May 20th, 2011, and will be starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, Ian McShane as Captain Blackbeard/Edward Teach, the lovely Penelope Cruz as Angelica, Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa, Greg Ellis as Lieutenant Theodore Groves and Kevin R. McNally as Joshamee Gibbs.
Usually it’s the Actresses that get ragged on in Hollywood about their looks fading away, well here is a list of 25 male actors who are aging horribly.
25. Tom Berenger
24. Russell Crowe
23. Frankie Muniz
22. Mickey Rourke
21. Nicolas Cage
20. Jack Nicholson
19. Chris Cooper
18. Steven Segal
17. Dick Van Patten
16. Carrot Top
15. Hayden Christensen
14. Nick Nolte
13. Harrison Ford
12. Jeremy London
11. Brendan Fraser
10. Johnny Depp
9. Burt Reynolds
8. Val Kilmer
7. Jonathan Lipnicki
6. Judd Nelson
5. Jeffery Jones
4. Anthony Michael Hall
3. Mel Gibson
2. Sean Penn
1. Omar Sharif
I would replace Hayden Christensen with Ethan Hawke. What a funny list though.
source: The 25 Worst Aging Actors in Hollywood [Best Week Ever]
Dublin, Ireland raised Colin Farrell may be picked to play a young Ozzy Osbourne in an upcoming movie about the rocker’s life.
Paramount and MTV have both stated that Farrell would be their ideal choice to play the Ozzy, but The Prince of Darkness and his wife, Sharon Osbourne, aren’t too keen on that idea.
A source involved with the upcoming film said,
“Colin drinks, he smokes, he womanizes. He’s just a sleeve tattoo away from being a real rock star.”
Sharon wants Johnny Depp (wtf?) to play Osbourne, while Ozzy himself says,
“I’d like to get a Birmingham guy to play the young lad in it because Americans can’t do a good Brummie accent. I don’t want a Johnny Depp or someone from the Hobbit films. I want someone who knows Birmingham. I’m from Birmingham, and it would be good to get someone from Birmingham to play me.”
Source: Colin Farrell set to play Ozzy Osbourne in new bio pic [Irish Central]
The first official trailer for the upcoming animated flick “Rango” has been released. Johnny Depp is playing the title character, a Hawaiian-shirt clad chameleon who embarks on a journey of self-discovery taking place in the western town of Dirt.
One of my favorite actors, Timothy Olyphant, plays The Spirit of the West, and the film is directed by Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean).
The movie also co-stars Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, and Ned Beatty.
I’m not normally interested in animated films, but this one really looks like it’ll be good!
Forbes have released their annual 100 of the most powerful and highest earning celebrities in the world, when compiling the list they looked at how much the celebrities earned and how much star power they have based on media exposure. The list is based from June 2009-June 2010. Here’s the top 15, the full list is after the jump below:
#1 Oprah Winfrey ($315), 2009 Rank: 2
News that this coming season of The Oprah Winfrey Show will be her last helped the self-made billionaire garner more media attention than any other member of the Celebrity 100. Her Harpo production company, which spawned the careers of Dr. Phil, Rachel Ray and Dr. Oz, will introduce interior designer Nate Berkus this fall. Months later, the list’s top-earner will add the lifestyle-themed Oprah Winfrey Network in partnership with Discovery Communications to her media empire.
#2 Beyoncé Knowles ($87), 2009 Rank: 4
One half of the most famous couple in hip-hop, Beyoncé continues to expand her business empire beyond music. Endorsement deals with companies ranging from Nintendo to L’Oreal and her growing House of Dereon fashion line bring in millions of dollars per year on top of the $86 million she grossed from a 93-stop world tour.
#3 James Cameron ($210), 2009 Rank: No Rank
As the director of the highest grossing film of all time, Cameron is definitely “king of the world.” Avatar has earned $2.7 billion at the box office alone and has changed the way Hollywood makes films. In the near future almost every studio blockbuster will be released in 3-D. Cameron is already at work on Avatar 2.
#4 Lady Gaga ($62), 2009 Rank: No Rank
A newcomer to the Celebrity 100, Lady Gaga broke down the door to fame with outlandish outfits and quirky videos, including one that featured her and Beyoncé poisoning an unappreciative boyfriend. Bringing in an estimated $31 million with a 106-date tour that grossed $95 million, Lady Gaga is also a marketer’s dream, teaming up with Polaroid, Virgin Mobile, Monster Cable and Viva Glam.
#5 Tiger Woods ($105), 2009 Rank: 5
Tiger Woods’ fall from global sports icon to tabloid fodder was stunning. He saw Accenture, AT&T and Pepsi drop him as a pitchman, but he remains the highest-paid athlete in the world thanks to huge deals with Nike, Electronic Arts and Upper Deck. Nike built a $650 million (sales) golf business from scratch on Woods’ back. His fledgling golf course design business has been hurt by the economic downturn, as all three courses he’s worked on have experienced major delays.
#6 Britney Spears ($64), 2009 Rank: 13
Not long ago, most of the entertainment world had written Britney Spears off as a celebrity flameout. But over the last year Spears logged the fifth highest-grossing tour in the world, bringing in $130 million in gross box office receipts by playing 98 dates. High-profile endorsement deals with Elizabeth Arden and Candies’ prove that the public expects Spears to stay in the spotlight for good.
#7 U2 ($130), 2009 Rank: No Rank
The world’s biggest rock band, U2 launched a massive world tour in 2009 that has brought in more than $311 million in gross box office receipts. Each tour stop brings in $10 million in gross ticket sales. Add in lucrative merchandise sales, heavy radio play and a steady-selling back catalog, and you have the highest-earning band on the planet.
#8 Sandra Bullock ($56), 2009 Rank: 92
With two hit movies (The Proposal and The Blind Side) and an Oscar win, Bullock should have been sitting on top of the world. She is financially. With $56 million she’s the highest-earning actress. But a messy breakup with cheating husband Jesse James turned her into tabloid fodder. Bullock overcame adversity with news of an adoption and a public return at the MTV Movie Awards.
#9 Johnny Depp ($75), 2009 Rank: No Rank
Depp zooms close to the top of our list this year thanks to his work as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s 3-D update of Alice in Wonderland. The Disney film has grossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, making Depp the only actor to headline two $1 billion films. Depp also landed a big upfront payday for The Tourist. Costarring Angelina Jolie, the film is a rare case these days of two big stars getting big bucks.
#10 Madonna ($58), 2009 Rank: 3
The Material Girl isn’t quite ready to cede her spot in pop music’s hierarchy to Lady Gaga or Britney Spears just yet. The 52-year-old singer had the fourth highest-grossing tour of 2009, bringing in $6 million a night and $138 million overall. An episode of the Fox hit sitcom Glee, which featured cast members singing several of her songs, added to her already high profile and cushioned her significant earnings from publishing royalties.
#11 Simon Cowell ($80), 2009 Rank: 25
Cowell made perhaps the biggest decision of his life this year when he ended his Idol run in favor of producing his own talent show, The X Factor, in America. Cowell, who also produces America’s Got Talent, says The X Factor format is his favorite. It won’t compete against Idol.
#12 Taylor Swift ($45), 2009 Rank: 69
The most-played artist on the radio in 2009, Swift’s 100 live dates during the last 12 months grossed $54 million. She’s one of the few artists who can still convince millions of fans to legally buy music–her Fearless album topped the 2009 sales charts, moving 3.2 million units, while fans downloaded another 12 million tracks from iTunes and Amazon. Large endorsement deals with Sony and CoverGirl helped her bottom line, too.
#13 Miley Cyrus ($48), 2009 Rank: 29
The teen star behind Disney’s lucrative Hannah Montana franchise has now matured into a serious entertainment draw, averaging a nightly gross box office of $1.2 million across 57 tour dates. A starring role in the movie The Last Song, heavy radio play for her hit “Party in the U.S.A.” and her cut from all of those Disney shirts with her face on them add up to a large bump over her earnings from last year.
#14 Kobe Bryant ($48), 2009 Rank: 10
Kobe Bryant signed a three-year, $83.5 million extension in April with the Los Angeles Lakers that will make him the highest-paid player in the NBA. He will be only the second player in NBA history with a $30 million salary (Michael Jordan in the late ’90s was the first). His salary this past year was $23 million. Bryant led the Lakers to their fifth title since 2000. Everybody likes a winner: Bryant’s jersey is the NBA’s top seller in the U.S., China and Europe.
#15 Jay-Z ($63), 2009 Rank: 32
Jay-Z likes to say he’s not a businessman; he’s a business, man–and it’s not idle boasting. The rapper-turned-mogul retains his crown as hip-hop’s cash king thanks to a new album and investments in the 40/40 nightclub chain, the Broadway show “Fela!” and the New Jersey Nets basketball team. Jay-Z’s biggest boost comes from his Blueprint 3 tour, which grossed over $1 million per concert this year. He still makes less than wife Beyoncé.
There’s some surprises on the list but for me I fully expected Oprah Winfrey to be back on top, I just didn’t think Angelina Jolie would fall from being on top last year down 17 spots this year.
I guess Megan Fox got sick of the whole Transformers 3 drama because in the midst of all the rumors and stuff she decided to go on vacation to Maui, Hawaii, giving us these bikini photos.
These photos make me realize just how lucky Brian Austin Green is because her bikini body is incredible. In other rumors she is apparently in talks to take on a lead role in The Pirates Of Caribbean 4.
A source said “Megan is mulling over a number of big movie offers including another sci fi franchise and a role in the next Pirates of the Caribbean, She would play a mermaid who charms Captain Jack but she has a dark motive. Megan has always loved Johnny and is desperate to work with him.”
I definitely approve of Megan Fox being cast as a mermaid in Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 because that means she would spend the whole film showing off her body and like these photos show that is one great body.
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source: Open Post: Hosted By Megan Fox’s Vadge-Approved Abs [Dlisted]
You know how when you go see a movie and it seems the director is always using the same actors over and over? Well here is a list of 10 pairs that need to just give each other a break and work with other people.
10. Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton (5 films together)
Helena Bonham Carter, believe it or not, used to be a distinguished actress who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in The Wings Of A Dove. Since with Burton, however, she only seems to find work in his films slumming around in creepy makeup. Apart from some appearances in the Harry Potter series, the actress hasn’t made a notable splash outside the Burtonverse since 1999’s Fight Club and it seems like there is no slowing down this husband/wife movie making duo. Burton has three projects slated for production that will likely feature the quirky actress.
9. Denzel Washington and Tony Scott (4 films together)
Have you ever noticed a couple at a party and one person was so clearly out of the other person’s league that it left you dumbfounded? This is the feeling I get every time Denzel Washington agrees to make another film with Tony Scott. Washington is one of the greatest actors of this generation, has two Oscars and is a considerable box office draw and yet he chooses to work so faithfully with the lesser of the Scott brothers (I was hoping that American Gangster would steer him in the direction of the more talented brother). There has to be some secret to their working relationship that keeps Washington coming back for more. Whatever it is, I hope Washington wises up and starts working with directors worthy of his talent as soon as possible.
8. Keira Knightley and Joe Wright (2 films together)
These two have only made 2 films together but their working relationship became stale somewhere around the middle point of Atonement. Perhaps the problem is that Keira Knightley seems to only play in period dramas (she’s done 5 in the last few years) and thus her work with Wright seems redundant? There were rumors that the two were going to take on My Fair Lady but luckily they abandoned that project. Knightley is marginally talented and Wright seems to have a good eye but unless the two of them break out of their comfort zones (each other), they will forever be pigeonholed into the realm of glossy period productions.
7. Tom Hanks and Ron Howard (4 films together)
Although their works have been spread out over 3 decades, the recent one-two punch of The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons was enough to suggest these two go on permanent hiatus from each other. With the critical ‘meh’ that the first film received, I was shocked the sequel (based on the much less popular book) was ever greenlight in the first place. Hanks and Howard are both capable of producing good work but rarely do so together. Perhaps the two should look into doing another comedy a la their 1984 classic Splash?
6. Penelope Cruz and Pedro Almodovar (4 films together)
It’s hard to fault this pairing because most of their work together has been stunning but the Spanish duo’s last film together, Broken Embraces, left a lot to be desired. Almodovar has always relied on muses and Cruz has served him well over the years but now seems like a good time for them to take a break from each other. Cruz has become a hot commodity in the US and Almodovar needs to take on a new direction. Interestingly, Almodovar is turning to one of his former muses, Antonio Banderas, for his next film.
5. Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott (5 films together)
I’m a big fan of Sir Ridley Scott but the ‘Russell Crowe’ years have led to his most boring films as a director. Sure, their initial pairing (Gladiator) re-established Scott as an auteur and turned Crowe into a bonafide star but their subsequent pairings have done nothing for me as a viewer. With Scott setting his sights on 2 Alien prequels, it seems unlikely that he will find room for Crowe in those films but going back to a past success doesn’t bode well for a reinvigoration of the director’s creative potential.
4. Scarlett Johansson and Woody Allen (3 films together)
Woody Allen does love his young blonde starlets, doesn’t he? Sometimes he is able to garner fantastic performances out of them (Mira Sorvino in Mighty Aphrodite) but he hasn’t had such luck with Ms. Johansson. She’s starred in quite possibly his worst film to date (Scoop) and been the least interesting part in the better of his more recent efforts (Match Point and Vicky Cristina Barcelona). Now that the actress is over the age of 25 perhaps old Woody will grow tired of her and move on to younger stars to fill his creative void. That’s the thing Allen loves about his stars, he gets older but they stay the same age.
3. Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass(3 films together)
If Green Zone proved one thing it is that Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon should probably avoid each other outside of the Bourne series if they don’t want inevitable comparisons to their previous work. It would be hard not to draw those comparisons since the trademarks of the Bourne series are Greengrass’ signature directing style and, of course, the appearance of Matt Damon. There are still rumors of these two doing a 4th Bourne film but if they plan to work together outside the series they are going to have to lay off the breakneck action sequences and go for something less recognizably Bourne. Perhaps a romantic comedy (with shaky cam)?
2. Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson (4 films together)
This is a duo who I wish would just take a break from filmmaking altogether. Jovovich is a stunning beauty but is one of the least talented actresses I have ever witnessed on screen. Anderson, similarly, is one of the least talented directors I’ve ever had the displeasure of seeing films by. When you put them together, you get one of the worst action-adventure-scifi franchises of the last twenty years, Resident Evil. With that series coming to an end this year, the director already has plans to cast his wife in his next feature; a 3D retelling of the Three Musketeers. Maybe they’ll get a divorce and spare us all their future collaborations?
1. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton (6 films together)
It’s hard to argue with success (their most recent film, Alice in Wonderland, has garnered their highest box office) but Tim Burton’s reliance on Depp has reached a level of near parody. Their collaborative efforts have become more and more predictable and the once exciting duo has been reduced to a bland mix of dayglow hot topic merchandise. Their last truly great film together was Ed Wood in 1994 and found both at their career best. It is possible for them to reclaim this glory but Burton is going to need to cast Depp more appropriately instead of dressing him up in garish make up and wigs and letting him run on autopilot.
This list would be 100% correct if they had of added Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese to this list. Is there any actor/director pairs you are sick of seeing working together?
source: 10 Director/Actor Pairings Who Need A Break [The Film Stage]
Ever since the Oscars started there has been debate over people winning for certain roles, most people agree that a lot of actors win just because they are overdue an Oscar for previous roles instead of the role they actually win for. Here is a list of 10 actors who are way overdue an Oscar.
10. Glenn Close:
Nominated For: The World According to Garp (1982), The Big Chill (1983), The Natural (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), and Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Why She’s Overdue: One of the best actresses of the 1980s, she’s had a resurgence of fame and awards recognition through her excellent work on FX’s Damages. Does anyone think that if she got a juicy role like Patty Hewes on the big screen that she wouldn’t excel? She may have gone through a career lull pre-FX, but she’s back in a big way and when Damages ends, a young writer/director could help her find Oscar glory by writing a role specifically for her, much like Scott Cooper did for Bridges with Crazy Heart. She clearly hasn’t found a big screen role worthy of her dramatic ability in years but as she continues to take up mantle space with her Damages work, it only seems like a matter of time before someone taps her for something important on the big screen.
Next Project(s): Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2010)
9. Leonardo DiCaprio:
Nominated For: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), The Aviator (2004), and Blood Diamond (2006)
Why He’s Overdue: Is it possible for an actor in their mid-30s to be considered overdue? Leo’s Titanic co-star certainly was when she finally won her Oscar and DiCaprio has proven that he has the dramatic chops to be considered one of the best actors of his generation and not merely for his nominated work. He was robbed of nominations for both Titanic and The Departed and is currently delivering spectacular work in Shutter Island. If things had gone a little differently and he had been nominated for Titanic and The Departed and Shutter Island had come out last Fall as originally planned, we could be talking about Leo’s SIXTH nomination and just how overdue he is no matter his young age. It only seems a matter of time before he finally gets the part that lands him the Oscar. I bet it happens before he turns forty.
Next Project(s): Inception (2010) and Prisoners (2010)
8. Annette Bening:
Nominated For: The Grifters (1990), American Beauty (1999), and Being Julia (2004)
Why She’s Overdue: Because I’m tired of her taking stupid roles in junk like Running with Scissors and The Women and an Oscar would get her the parts she deserves. Bening is clearly more talented than the parts she’s been offered but she also clearly takes time between Oscar-ish films. It’s time for #4 and if she continues working to #5, she’ll have to be considered overdue merely by being in so many great films. Like a lot of people on this list, Bening has to be considered overdue merely for the breadth of her long, varied career. Like Bridges, she may need someone to write a juicy dramatic role for her specifically to finally get to the podium.
Next Project(s): The Kids Are All Right (2010), Hemingway & Fuentes (2010), and State of the Union (2010)
7. Ralph Fiennes:
Nominated For: Schindler’s List (1993) and The English Patient (1996)
Why He’s Overdue: Is anyone else surprised that Fiennes didn’t find a part for at least one more nomination in the 2000s? He arguably should have been more widely considered for a supporting nod for In Bruges but, unlike a lot of actors (although like several on this list), he didn’t seem that concerned about taking Oscar bait roles, choosing more complex films like Spider, The Constant Gardener, and The White Countess (we’ll ignore Maid in Manhattan like everyone should). But Lord Voldemort never lost his acting chops and is clearly one of the best alive at his craft. This is merely a case of a great actor waiting for a great part. I have a feeling the next time he gets nominated, he wins. With several major 2010 films, he’ll be back in the public eye in a big way and maybe the right producer will finally find him that part, although he may have found it for himself with his directorial debut of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, in which he’ll play the lead, Oscar-friendly role.
Next Project(s): Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Clash of the Titans (2010), Cemetery Junction (2010), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (2010), and Coriolanus (2010)
6. Laura Linney:
Nominated For: You Can Count on Me (2000), Kinsey (2004), and The Savages (2007)
Why She’s Overdue: Because it needs to happen now. I’m worried that Linney is passing that threshold where she’ll stop getting juicy dramatic roles much like Glenn Close did in the 1990s. It’s tough for actresses of a certain age to find parts as good Linney did in the 2000s, including in un-nominated but great work like Mystic River and The Squid and the Whale, along with her amazing performance on HBO’s John Adams. Laura Linney is one of those rare actresses who makes everything she’s in just a bit better. This one seems like a needed director/actress match-up. If the right writer/director could find the right way to exploit Linney’s remarkable sensitive intellectualism, she could easily start writing an acceptance speech.
Next Project(s): Sympathy for Delicious (2010), Morning (2010), and The Details (2010)
5. Johnny Depp:
Nominated For: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Finding Neverland (2004), and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Why He’s Overdue: Much like DiCaprio, Depp could have easily been nominated for more than three to date with several great performances ignored, especially in the 1990s before he started making big money for Hollywood. He may only have three nods, but when you add in a career that also includes great work in films like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Public Enemies (all three better performances than the three for which he was nominated), it becomes clear that Depp is overdue for an acceptance speech. Like several names on this list, Depp winning an Oscar seems nearly inevitable. It will be more surprising if his career ends without one. It’s just a matter of time, although continuing to do Pirates movies and sticking with Tim Burton through the less impressive second half of his career may make that time a little longer.
Next Project(s): Alice in Wonderland (2010), The Rum Diary (2010), Rango (2011), The Tourist (2011), and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
4. Tom Cruise:
Nominated For: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996), and Magnolia (1999)
Why He’s Overdue: Are we over the couch insanity yet? I know you think Tom Cruise is crazy and I’m not going to argue that but there are plenty of mentally unhinged actors with well-deserved Oscars and Cruise has delivered with very few career rough patches for a quarter-century now. It seemed likely to happen in the 2000s after the one-two punch of Jerry Maguire and Magnolia raised the actor’s critical profile significantly but Cruise had some hurdles in the last decade, ones that it seems would be easy to overcome in the next decade if he makes the right career decisions and stops going on daytime talk shows. Cruise has always been a director’s actor – he delivers when paired with talented filmmakers like Oliver Stone, Barry Levinson, Cameron Crowe, or P.T. Anderson. He needs to pair up with those kind of talented artists more often and he’ll find the part that finally gets him the Oscar he should have won for Magnolia.
Next Project(s): Knight and Day (2010) and Mission: Impossible IV (2011)
3. Joan Allen:
Nominated For: Nixon (1995), The Crucible (1996), and The Contender (2000)
Why She’s Overdue: With three nominations in six years, it seemed like Joan Allen was merely tallying them up until she would finally win a trophy. Sadly, the 2000s didn’t turn out that way but this actress is far too talented to retire without an Oscar. Allen didn’t help herself by limiting her film work and popping up in disasters like Death Race, but high acclaim for her TV work on Georgia O’Keeffe will hopefully put her back on the radar of producers that are producing Oscar bait films. Allen isn’t much older than Susan Sarandon was when she got her “overdue” role in Dead Man Walking. That kind of tough intellectual role would be perfect for Allen to finally get her date with Oscar.
Next Project(s): Good Sharma (2010)
2. Peter O’Toole:
Nominated For: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), and Venus (2006)
Why He’s Overdue: Seriously? Because he’s 77, been nominated eight times already, and has been a part of the film industry for five decades. He’s one of the few true living legends and he probably should have won for Venus a few years ago (and probably would have if they hadn’t already given him an actual Honorary Award for career achievement). The only question with O’Toole is if someone will write him the right part again. Here’s all I have to say about that – Christopher Plummer is older and he got his first nomination this year and starred in a Best Picture nominee in Up. There’s definitely still time for O’Toole. The only question is which filmmaker out there is willing to write him the ninth nomination?
Next Project(s): Eager to Die (2010), Katherine of Alexandria (2011), and Mary Mother of Christ (2011)
1. Julianne Moore:
Nominated For: Boogie Nights (1997), The End of the Affair (1999), The Hours (2002), and Far From Heaven (2002)
Why She’s Overdue: Because she’s one of the best actresses alive and should have won at least one already for Far From Heaven and been nominated at least one more time for A Single Man. Moore made some bad career choices in the second half of the 2000s that derailed what seemed to be a Winslet-esque run where she’d be nominated every two to three years but if anyone thinks she can’t climb to that level of regular nominee again in the 2010s, they’re crazy. Moore delivers every single time and her raised profile this year with her nearly-nominated work in A Single Man and even her hilarious guest appearance on 30 Rock. Getting her back in the public eye will hopefully put her amazing talent in the mind of a writer out there currently crafting the next great female role. In short, she’s overdue.
Next Project(s): Chloe (2010), Shelter (2010), and The Kids Are All Right (2010)
I always thought Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio already won Oscars, I don’t necessarily agree wit DiCaprio or Tom Cruise being overdue an Oscar but I agree with the rest of them.
source: The Top 10 Actors Overdue for an Oscar [Movie Retreiver]
Johnny Depp was out with a friend in LA last night when a crazed mugger with a shattered bottle approached them. Depp apparently isn’t one to back down!
His friend said:
“It was an extremely scary moment. This guy looked off his head.
“Johnny looked him straight in the eyes and told him to back off.
“[The mugger] looked at Johnny and said, ‘I ain’t stealing from Captain Jack’ and put the bottle down. Johnny gave him a few bucks and told him to straighten up his life.â€
Johnny Depp already gets more ass than a toilet seat, so he’s decided to start scaring off muggers in the streets of LA? Now he’s just showing off.
Source: Johnny Depp Mugger Wouldn’t Steal From “Captain Jack Sparrow!” Actor [The Post Chronicle]
