I just don’t know who would be cuter!
Not only has he written the script, but actor Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, I Love You Man) has signed to star as the human lead in The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time for Disney Pictures says Heat Vision.
Segel, who co-wrote the script with Nicholas Stoller, plays a man on a quest with his girlfriend and a puppet friend to find and reunite the Muppets.
James Bobin is set to direct while Segel, David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman will produce.
Former world number one Kim Clijsters was upset by Russian Alisa Kleybanova at Indian Wells last night, going down 6-4 1-6 7-6
Clijsters, who returned to competition in 2009 following a two-year retirement and won her second U.S. Open title in just her third tournament back, appeared to regain control after losing a tight opening set to Kleybanova.
The 26-year-old Belgian broke her opponent four times to storm through the second set and raced into a 4-0 lead in the third-set tiebreak before losing momentum.
After the 23rd-seeded Russian had clawed her way back to 4-4, Clijsters netted a backhand, struck a forehand wide and then dumped a forehand into the net to lose the match.
Looks like things are not quite where Kim would like them to be!
Sony Corp has reached a deal with Michael Jackson’s estate that could be worth as much as $250 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation.
The report said the deal, coming months after Jackson’s death, is the most lucrative recording contract ever signed. It guarantees the estate at least $200 million, according to the newspaper’s web site, and involves 10 albums over seven years.
The deal will combine a mix of previously unreleased songs and new packages of familiar ones, according to the report.
Sony has sold about 31 million of Jackson’s albums worldwide since his death on June 25, the report said. It added that the advances Sony will pay are to be offset by sales of albums as well as revenue generated by licensing Jackson’s music.
Sony’s deal with the estate retroactively covers the soundtrack album to This Is It. It also covers a number of other releases, some of which have been planned and others that still must be determined, according to the Wall Street Journal.
One album of previously unreleased songs is likely to hit stores before the end of this year, and another collection is due out later, it said.
Martin Scorsese says he’s still working on the Frank Sinatra biopic script which is proving to be quite the challenge.
The Shutter Island director says
“It’s very hard because here is a man who changed the entire image of the Italian-American. And that’s just one thing. Along with his political work, civil rights, the Mob”.
Scorsese tells ShortList.com that a straightforward biopic structure is simply incompatible. So, like his The Aviator, this film could only deal “with certain times in his life. We can’t go through the greatest hits of Sinatra’s life. We tried this already. Just can’t do it.”
So how could he do it?
“The other way to go is to have three or four different Sinatras. Younger. Older. Middle-aged. Very old. You cut back and forth in time – and you do it through the music. See what I’m saying? So that’s what we’re trying for. It’s very tricky.”
Scorsese added that he hadn’t spoken to anyone about the film in terms of casting.
Since we are reporting news on my current boyfriends, we may as well stick with the trend!
Christopher Gorham (Harper’s Island, Ugly Betty) has joined the cast of The Ledge for Foresight Unlimited says Reuters.
Matthew Chapman makes his directing and screenwriting debut on this story of a man (Charlie Hunnam) standing on a high-rise ledge who insists he must jump by noon.
A policeman below (Terrence Howard) attempts to talk him down. Gorham plays the man’s roommate.
Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson also star.
Christopher Gorham AND Charlie Hunnam in the same film!…..You have no idea what’s going through my head right about now!
New Zealanders Taika Waititi (Eagle Vs Shark) and Temuera Morrison (Star Wars: Episode Two) have joined the cast of the Green Lantern film at Warner Bros. Pictures says Empire Online.
Waititi stars as the best friend of test pilot Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) who becomes a part of an interplanetary police force after finding a ring imbued with super powers.
Morrison will play Abin Sur, the Corps member instrumental in helping Jordan become a superhero.
Filming started today in New Orleans under the helm of fellow Kiwi Martin Campbell (Goldeneye, Casino Royale).
One bad word against my boyfriend Merc! …..Go ahead……I dare you!
Said Taghmaoui (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy) have joined the cast of Marcus Nispel’s Conan feature for Lionsgate reports Vulture.
Taghmaoui will play a leader of thieves who is saved by Conan (Jason Momoa), while Perlman will play Corin, the father of Conan.
Mickey Rourke was originally slated to play Corin but opted out to star in War of the Gods. Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Bob Sapp and Leo Howard also star.
Looks like Jason Momoa may have actually found a role his monosyllabic grunting, oh sorry…….acting skills………may actually be good for!
Not that I am against something pretty to look at…….I’m just sayin’!
Filming starts this week in Bulgaria.
This is crazy! The first movie isn’t even released yet!
Director Matthew Vaughn’s first film adapts the original first-volume, eight-issue comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. quite closely.
Doing press after the first film’s premiere over the weekend at the SXSW Film Festival, stars Aaron Johnson and Chris Mintz-Plasse tell Coming Soon that Millar and Romita Jr. are getting started on the second volume of the comic which it sounds like Vaughn will have a small hand in.
“Matthew and Mark have a lot of ideas, and I think they work quite tightly” says Johnson, while Mintz-Plasse adds “he [Millar] wants it to be very, very dark is what he’s thinking.”
“If you could get any more dark than ‘Kick-Ass’ is right now, then Mark had even darker ideas. Matthew went with absolutely everything but there were some things that were impossible to film. No one’s going to see it because it’s too disgusting” adds Johnson.
Of course a lot will depend on Box Office for the first film methinks!
Alice in Wonderland proved that it’s no one-weekend phenomenon.
The Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration had audiences coming back for more. After holding extremely well throughout the week, the Disney film dropped a relatively small 47 percent its second weekend in theaters for an additional $62 million. It’s 10-day total now adds up to $208 million, beating 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to become Burton’s highest grossing film.
Alice’s release far outshone any of the newcomers, with Matt Damon’s Green Zone being the best performer of the bunch. Despite coming from Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass, this Iraq war drama didn’t connect with audiences anywhere near as well as the duo’s previous collaborations. The Universal film cost $100 million and only opened to $14.5 million, a gross below even the studio’s modest expectations going into the weekend.
She’s Out of My League nabbed the third spot for the frame, with a better-than-expected Saturday that gave the R-rated comedy a $9.6 million opener.
The Rob Pattinson starrer Remember Me bowed in fourth place for the frame with an $8.2 million take. The inexpensive film shouldn’t cause Summit Entertainment much grief, but it is clear that teenage girls apparently have only Edward Cullen, not Rob, in their hearts!
Paramount’s Shutter Island rounded out the top five. The Leonardo DiCaprio-starring thriller added another $8 million, putting the film’s total take at $109 million.
This looks like a remarkable film!
So the South by Southwest Music and media conference is taking place n Austin at this moment, and sadly the Mo & Ro productions did not have enough in the budget to fly me to Austin, so instead I took a tour of the lovely website – which incidentally is looking really interactive this year, you can include your hotel and itinerary information so that you don’t get lost in the overwhelmingly massively sprawling scheduling this year – behold the music alone. I’m very happy with the Canadian content, I see we’ve got some Brian Borcherdt, some Basia Bulat, some…well let’s say there’s a few playing over the week…You Say Party! We Say Die!, Jesse Dangerously, Amelia Curran, well you get it…
Other interesting panels of note – the pay TV vs Internet model for program delivery was discussed between Mark Cuban who aside from being a Mavericks cheerleader occasionally moonlights as a rich guy, and Avner Ronan the brain behind Boxee, discussing the merits and potential future of TV and the web respectively. The plot synopsis on the SXSW page leaves a bit to be desired, I’m sure the back and forth was a bit more engaging as anyone with any stake in the models can really get sucked into the debate – I know because we’ve had the same discussions at Mo & Ro headquarters.
Also interesting to come across was the Drawn Together movie screening – if anyone missed this ridiculously offensive cartoon when it was on Comedy Central, well I’m sure the DVD is cheap at a second hand shop after someone received it as a gift and was offended by one joke or another. I enjoyed the show and laugh with a knowing “I’m heading to Hell” whenever I fire up some old episodes.
Head to the website and go on the virtual conference if you’re stuck at home as I am – although yes I admit it’s not as much fun as say, drinking your face off at a showcase then heading to the hotel room for 2 hours sleep so you can get up to run to a panel, only to get stuck at a breakfast buffet and say forget it, then head to another afternoon showcase….and by day 5 realize your original itinerary has been shot to hell and you’re just best to make it up on the fly and hope you don’t miss your flight home. Sigh, next year perhaps.
I REPEAT…………………..
Ok………..So I was going to avoid getting dragged into a debate about Lady Gaga’s (lack of) talent but simply cannot fight the inevitability of this discussion……..
Am I a fan of Lady Gaga?….Not particularly…….Do i think she is a great artist?……not particularly……Do I think she is the one and only legitimate heir to Madonna’s throne?……Absolutely!
Lady Gaga is a perfect example that style will always outsell substance and talent every day. What I personally don’t get is how someone with an obvious talent for songwriting insists on going the lowest common denominator route?!
She is a marketing dream and has unapologetically been so…….as well as being a GENUINE ally to the gays (props for that!)………..but anyone who can write what is intrinsically a touching love song and then incorporate “Ra ra-a-a-a, Ro-ma-Ro-ma-ma, Gaga-ooh-la-la” in order to shift units is definitely compromising somewhere………you decide!
So…….let’s get this s*it storm started!
PS: I also refer you to my post about Telephone………………In case you were looking for my two cents worth, the song is B-Grade pop crap, the video is totally derivative and I am SO tired of her using other peoples ideas and getting called an original, musical uber-genius.
Looks like it may actually get these famed creatures back where they belong!
Especially love the shot at the end of the guy with all the Predator crosshairs on him!
BRILLIANT!
Here is the EOnline video in which Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe tells Gerard Butler she’d “hit that”!
It’s about 2 minutes in!
Looks like fun!
Roger Federer and former tennis greats Pete Sampras, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf will play in exhibition matches on Friday to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Federer and Sampras will take on Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal in a men’s encounter after Navratilova and Justine Henin have competed against Graf and my darling baby, the Mighty Big D, Lindsay Davenport.
Organisers are hoping the “Hit for Haiti” charity matches at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden will raise $1 million for victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake.
“It is impressive to see this remarkable line-up of athletes work together to raise much-needed funds for Haiti,” tournament owner Larry Ellison, the billionaire software mogul and chief executive of Oracle, said in a statement.
“Our hope is to hold an event that supports relief efforts and continues to raise the visibility for how Haiti needs the world’s help.”
The Haiti earthquake is thought to have killed up to 300,000 people and left a million homeless.
Hit For Haiti will stream live online from 10.30pm EST.
Click on the image below to be taken to the website!
Seems the whispers around the Hollywood watercooler today is that 20th Century Fox has approached NBC about picking up 24 if Fox opt to cancel it, and that the Peacock is considering it.
“There’s definitely some interest,” says an insider close to the talks.
Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Fox is nearing a decision to end the serial thriller after eight seasons due to declining ratings and rising costs.
A move to NBC, while still considered somewhat of a long shot given the hefty price tag, would likely delay Fox’s plans to launch a Jack Bauer film franchise. From a production standpoint, 24 execs have stated that it would be next to impossible to make a movie while the series was still on the air.
Reps for 20th Century Fox and NBC declined to comment.
Thoughts?
Everyone wants a piece of Betty White!
Hot on the heels of her confirmed Saturday Night Live hosting stint, the TV legend has signed on to guest star in the season finale of ABC’s The Middle.
White will play a school librarian who confronts Brick, played by Atticus Shaffer, about his failure to return numerous overdue books.
On Thursday, NBC confirmed that the ex Golden Girl will be hosting a special Women of Comedy-themed SNL on May 8 featuring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, and Ana Gasteyer.
We simply cannot get enough of Betty!
Forever and ALWAYS will be the Gold standard for all Destiny’s Child’s work and, let’s be honest, most pop songs!
James Cameron tells USA Today that he’s targeting a Spring 2012 release date, the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sailing, for a 3D re-release of Titanic.
The director was also asked about Avatar’s 3D home release and in the process revealed a re-release might be in the works.
“We’re not officially announcing it [3D Blu-ray] right now but I’m hoping for fall. The wildcard is that we might be re-releasing the movie this fall. It’s kind of gotten stomped out in theaters because of Alice in Wonderland” says Cameron.
He adds that
“The word we’re getting back from exhibitors is we probably left a couple of hundred million dollars on the table as a result. The question is the appetite still going to be there after the summer glut of movies. We’re going to assess that. We’re talking about maybe adding in additional footage and doing something creative.”
A few hours after this article was published, The Hollywood Reporter added to the report saying that Cameron and Fox are in discussions about re-releasing Avatar, primarily in 3D theaters, in late summer.
Cameron has 40 minutes of additional material which didn’t make the theatrical cut, with 10-12 minutes of extra scenes already cut which could quickly be put through postproduction and be ready for a theatrical reissue.
AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!
With just one more episode left in its arsenal, Scrubs 2.0 appears to be winding down, but is it really, truly ending this time around?
At first we were skeptical about its season-nine revival, the whole notion of an entirely new cast and Zach Braff-less episodes left us scratching our heads, but it ended up having it’s moments in the sun (albeit, not too many!) and some ofthe characters were being fleshed out really well (Dr.Mahoney!).
Now that show staples like Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke have booked other pilots, it’s time to consider that tough question once again: Is Scrubs finally bye-byes?
Sadly, Scrub-bers, while Bill is hopeful for a lifelong run of our favorite funny docs, it’s highly unlikely at this point.
“In my heart and head I felt like Scrubs ended last year,” Bill told us before the Cougar Town panel at the Paley TV Festival. “This year was a bit of a spinoff, but I really liked it, I liked what they did. They worked really hard.”
Having said that, the brilliant brain behind the long-running series is anticipating its end.
“I’m always very honest,” Bill said. “I say it’s a one in 10 chance that it’s going to be on after the next two weeks.”
So what’s next? Aside from Cougar Town ,which we highly recommend you watch after Modern Family on Wednesdays, Bill has big plans for Scrubs.
“Scrubs is going to be on forever. We’ll come do it at our garage,” he teased. “For anybody that’s a huge fan, I’m still going to be doing it in my backyard at least once or twice a week, if they want to come.”
I, for one, would be front and center at Bill’s house when they do! Long live Scrubs!
If you’re still up in the air about tuning back into ABC’s sci-fi thriller when it returns at the end of the month, the Los Angeles Times Show Tracker’s chat with V boss Scott Rosenbaum might just entice you to watch.
“There will be three or four huge, oh-my-God, wow…I-didn’t-see-that-coming [moments],” he promises.
Plus, big things to come between Anna (Morena Baccarin) and Erica (Elizabeth Mitchell).
“Those two are…circling each other, looking for each other’s weaknesses and then—boom—the fight happens.” Alright, twist our arm, we’re in!
Sounds like it’s going to be awesome!
Oh for lords sake woman………..will you just GET OVER yourself!
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