L.A. Times’ “Hero Complex” got the confirmation but mentions that Warner Bros. have been considering changing the name of the property to avoid the inevitably negative comparisons to Warner Bros.’ flop Speed Racer, another live action movie based on a popular cartoon.
There’s no word on who might be directing although previous rumors have pegged the team of Andy Fickman and Dwayne Johnson possibly reuniting for the third time after the recent Race to Witch Mountain.
This week, Fox News columnist Roger Friedman provided lecture fodder for journalistic ethics professors everywhere. When news of a pirated copy of 20th-Century Fox’s forthcoming ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ recently surfaced (the movie’s set to hit the big screen May 1st), comic fans and interested moviegoers began scouring the Web for an early viewing.
Mr. Friedman not only found and watched the advance copy, he decided it would be a good idea to review it, saying, “It took really less than seconds to start playing it all right onto my computer.’” He was pretty brazen about it, saying also that he found all of the “current top 10 [movies in theaters], plus TV shows, commercials, videos, everything, all streaming away.” He went on to say, “I could have downloaded all of it but really, who has the time or the room?”
Rupert Murdoch, the Charles Xavier of Fox (or Magneto depending upon your view) and Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, which is part of the Fox conglomerate, vehemently condemned Friedman’s tactics, citing a “zero-tolerance” policy for pirated movies. According to the DeadlineDailyHollywood blog, the News Corporation asked Fox News to take down the “reprehensible” column, which it did, and then, after advising Fox News on how to properly handle the situation, promptly dismissed Friedman.
Perhaps in the future, Friedman will review illegally released movies through a blog, rather than on a Web site owned by the company releasing the film. But then again, maybe he thought it would be alright. We are talking about Rupert Murdoch, after all, who doesn’t exactly let accuracy and integrity get in the way of a good story.
Apple said Thursday it will begin offering HD films for purchase and rental on iTunes.
Starting immediately, customers of the service will be able to buy the films for $19.99. HD rentals will be priced at $4.99.
Preorders will be available for “Twilight” (set for a March 21 release) and “Quantum of Solace” (March 24) beginning Thursday. Among the titles available immediately are “Transporter 3″ and “Punisher: War Zone.”
Here are some screencaps of Michelle Williams topless during a sex scene from a straight-to-dvd movie she did called Incendiary.
I’ve never seen or heard of the movie, but it’s described to be about “an adulterous woman’s life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.”
You can see a video of the screencaps here, which shows Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams doing it doggy style.
The Weinstein Company has grabbed the film rights to Gerald Clarke’s Judy Garland biography Get Happy.
Despite her seemingly cheery appearance on stage and screen, Garland’s life was a rollercoaster of addiction, self-esteem issues and manipulation by those around her. And though she won just about every award in the entertainment arena (including an Oscar, a Golden Globe, Grammys and Tonys), Garland struggled with her looks and attempted suicide several times.
She also suffered through five marriages and financial trouble, and died, aged 47, in 1969. Garland is best remembered for her appearances in the likes of The Wizard Of Oz and A Star Is Born, and for her amazing singing voice.
Clarke, meanwhile, is also responsible for the book that formed the basis for the Oscar-nominated Capote script, so chances are it’s a thorough read that should make for a solid film. But what will daughter Liza Minnelli think?
So usually I don’t pay attention when I hear Gwyneth Paltrow’s name because I find her and her husband boring as hell, but when I seen these photos I thought of how much you all like boobs.
In her new movie titled Two Lovers, which also stars Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth decides to strip down and flash her boobs and nipple as she is photographed by Joaquin.
The movie sounds boring as hell, it’s about a man called Leonard (Joaquin) who is a photographer that lives in New York City, his family try set him up on a date with a family friend but he would rather be jumping bones with Michelle (Gwyneth), a woman who lives in the same apartment building, of course to make it “interesting” she just so happens to be married to a rich man and of course strips down.
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I am willing to bet the main reason people will watch this movie is to see Gwyneth Patlrow’s boob, even though she has showed some skin before in Shakespeare in Love.
The ladies of Hollywood sure are loving going nude at the moment aren’t they? Well here is another one for you, this time it is Kate Winslet.
Kate goes almost fully nude in her new movie, The Reader, which sees her nominated for her fifth Golden Globe nomination and possible seventh Oscar nomination.
In the movie she plays a Nazi war criminal, Hanna Schmitz, who has an affair with a 15-year-old boy, the movie is said to have “quite a bit of sex in the film. It’s realistic. Kate had no problems going nude. ”
On top of nominations for The Reader, she is also nominated/hoping for a nomination for another new movie, Revolutionary Road, in which she has a sex scene with Leonardo DiCaprio - directed by her husband Sam Mendes.
On directing a sex scene between his wife and Leonardo he says it was “a profoundly weird experience.”
Kate Winslet goes nude in one movie and then has a sex scene in the other, the life of an actor.
On Tuesday, I posted the top 9 of MTV’s top men and women of 2008, today they revealed the top spot and I don’t even know what to say about it.
1 - Lil Wayne:
The fact remains that for 12 long months, no one dominated hip-hop like Wayne did. No one sold more records, generated more headlines or appeared on as many tracks. No one flooded the market with as much product, and — in a genre loaded with compelling characters — no one was as mercurial, controversial, hilarious and, well, bizarre as Weezy was. Not to mention, when you move 1 million copies of an album in one week, it’s pretty safe to say you’ve crossed over to the mainstream. Wayne most definitely was hip-hop in 2008, but he was pop culture too.
So considering all that — and after sifting through a year’s worth of headlines, videos and reader comments — we’ve decided to crown Lil Wayne as MTV News’ Man of the Year. From his epic Arizona drug bust in January to selling a million copies of Tha Carter III in June and, finally, nabbing eight Grammy nods in December, ‘08 has been anything but dull for Wayne … and that’s just skimming the surface. Below, for your perusal, we’ve compiled his entire 2008 résumé — a list of accomplishments truly befitting our Man of the Year.
1 - Twlighters:
If you’re one of the millions of women who live and die by “Twilight,” please take a quick glance into the nearest mirror — because MTV News’ Woman of the Year is you.
Our sincerest apologies to male Stephenie Meyer lovers, Kaleb the Twilight Guy and, well, me. But even Forks fans of the testosterone persuasion have to admit that “Twilight” is a franchise driven by sincere, shrieking and borderline-stalker female fans.
I thought they would have someone like Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton but then again it is MTV.
Fresh from the success of “Twilight,” Kristen Stewart is set to portray Joan Jett in “The Runaways,” the rock ‘n’ roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band.
Video director Floria Sigismondiwrote the screenplay and is directing, while John and Art Linson and River Road Entertainment’s Bill Pohlad are producing. Jett will act as an executive producer.
The Runaways were hugely influential as the first successful all-girl hard rock band; its members included guitarists Jett and Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox.
The band was brought together in late 1975 by impresario Kim Fowley, who thought a novelty act of teenaged girls performing in leather and lace would be an easy sell, but the girls ended up proving to be serious and influential musicians with songs like “Cherry Bomb.”
The band lasted about four years together, falling apart over management and money issues.
Joan Jett continued her rock career into the ’80s, forming the Blackhearts and scoring with such hits as “I Love Rock N’ Roll” and “I Hate Myself for Loving You.” She continues to record and tour.
The film will revolve around Jett and Currie and follow them from the band’s meteoric rise as teenagers to their dissolution and disillusionment.
The movie is eyeing a 2009 start and will work around Stewart’s commitments to the two “Twilight” sequels. The first one, “New Moon,” is expected to shoot sometime in first-quarter 2009, with Stewart reprising her role as Bella, the human who falls for a vampire.
“Twilight” has made more than $120 million since opening Nov. 21.
“Runaways” reunites the Gersh-repped Stewart with Art Linson and Pohlad, with whom she worked on “Into the Wild.” She also appeared in the Linson-produced “What Just Happened.”
Twilight isn’t the only thing that is lighting up, as one of the stars from the movie, Kristen Stewart, was spotted blazing up a pipe on the front of her steps in Los Angeles.
Stewart, 18, was spotted smoking up on her porch with a mysterious male and a dog that looked kind of stoned sleepy.
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Oh and if you didn’t know, Kristen Stewart who likes to smoke up outside her home will make more money because they are doing a sequel to Twilight.
Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith is being geared up for stardom as he takes on the lead role in a remake of The Karate Kid.
Last year it was denied that the 10-year-old will be starring in a remake of the 1984 classic, but now it has been confirmed the young actor will indeed be in the movie.
Variety reports that Jerry Weintraub, who launched the original franchise, will produce the movie alongside James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and of course Will Smith.
Chris Murphy will write the script and shooting is set to begin next year in Beijing and some others cities, it will follow the same plot as the original by following a young kid who is bullied but learns to fight back from his mentor.
Jaden has starred in The Pursuit of Happyness with his father and can be next seen in The Day The Earth Stood Still, alongside Keanu Reeves.
Britney Spears is no longer going to be playing the Virgin Mary according to Philippe Rebboah, the producer of the movie.
Rebboah announced to Fox News last year that he was hoping to cast Spears as the movie in the upcoming movie titled “Sweet Baby Jesus.”
The movie is about a pregnant 19-year-old unsure of her baby daddy who goes into labor on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, Maryland.
Rebboah says that “Britney read the script and she really liked it and really wanted to play the role of Mary, She isn’t as scandalous in Europe as she is in the States, and I knew she would do a good job, but [people] were so against it and she was pressured. Then she ran into all the trouble with her family so we mutually decided the timing wasn’t right.”
Alison Pill, who stars in the upcoming movie Milk, will now take the role on and joins the cast of Tom Green, Lily Tomlin and Pierce Brosnan’s son, Sean Brosnan.
But that doesn’t mean Britney won’t have anything to do with the movie, “Britney was so touched by the script, so we are in talks about having her write and perform the closing number. Music of the ’70s is a real focus in the film. We don’t want her to do anything religious, but something that captures the beauty of the story.”
After months of speculation, Kim Cattrall says that there will be a sequel to this year’s hugely popular Sex and the City: The Movie.
The actress appeared on Britain’s The Paul O’Grady Show, with guest-host Spice Girl Melanie Brown. Asked point blank, “Will there be a sequel?” Cattrall replied emphatically, “Yes there will!”
Cattrall, 52, talked more about sequel plans at Cosmopolitan’s Ultimate Women of the Year Awards in London, where she received the “Ultimate Icon” honor. “The fans keep saying, ‘Yes, one more,’” Cattrall told reporters. “The movie was so much fun to do and be part of again. I hope we’re going to do it again.”
She’s especially looking forward to getting the script. “Samantha single is more fun that you can ever imagine,” she said.
But personally, Cattrall said she’s more similar to the contemplative Carrie. She sees a little bit of herself in all the characters – except one. “I never was a Charlotte. I can have a morning like Carrie, and I can have an afternoon like Miranda and I always hope for an evening like Samantha!”
Despite all the controversy over his “indecent” prank calls, Russell Brand is being lined up to star in the upcoming Pirates Of The Caribbean 4.
Brand is apparently being lined up to play the younger brother of Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp.
According to The Sun, the actor could be receiving over $8 million to play in the movie, which also stars Keith Richards as Sparrow’s dad.
A source said “there couldn’t be a role more perfectly suited. There’s a lot of Jack Sparrow in his mannerisms and behavior. Depp’s accent isn’t a million miles away from Russell’s either.
I don’t know how I feel about casting him, but he certainly has the look down and this is a step up from the rumors of casting Zac Efron in the movie.
