Archive for 'Movies'
‘Footloose’ Director Kenny Ortega Steps Down
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Kenny Ortega has dropped out as director of Paramount’s Footloose remake, starring Gossip Girl’s Crawford and country starlet Julianne Hough, according to Variety.
The High School Musical lensman reportedly left the project after clashing with the studio about budget and tone.
Kenny, who directed the soon-to-be-released Michael Jackson concert film This Is It, allegedly wanted to stage complex musical numbers — which would have cost the studio $30 million. Paramount production chief Adam Goodman, on the other hand, insisted he remake be more dramatic than musical.
The 1984 original starred Kevin Bacon as a city slicker who moves to a rural town where dance has been outlawed by a overzealous local minister. In the process of trying to change the town’s laws, the teen falls in love with the preacher’s daughter.
A new Footloose director is expected to step in promptly to keep the film on track for its June 18 theatrical release
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‘Paranormal Activity’ Continues To Be A Box Office Smash
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
The low-budget chiller Paranormal Activity won a weekend battle of slashers flicks, overtaking part six of the Saw franchise and scooping up $22 million at the weekend box office.
Fueled by rave word-of-mouth reviews on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, Paranormal Activity has taken the box office by storm to become the year’s most unlikely number one hit. Following in the footsteps of 1999’s cult horror thriller The Blair Witch Project, director Oren Peli’s 2006 film was made for a microscopic $11,000 and has already earned $62 million in North America.
That means a $14.8 million debut for Saw VI, a franchise that has been an annual Halloween fixture at theaters since 2004. It was the worst opening ever for Lionsgate’s Saw series, whose previous low was $18.3 million for the original movie.
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New ‘A-Team’ Cast Photo Released
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
We’re getting our first look at the new A-Team. Bradley Cooper, UFC champ Quinton (Rampage) Jackson, Sharlto Copley, and Liam Neeson will star as four crime-fighting former soldiers in a big-screen adaptation of NBC’s ’80s television classic.
The A-Team kicks into theaters next summer.
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Ryan Seacrest, Actor?
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
We can totally see Ryan Seacrest hosting the Oscars, but how about winning one? Ry’s hilarious self-portrait in the 2007 flick Knocked Up was just the beginning of what the Idol host hopes will be the beginning of a long-career on the big screen, according to a new report.
The National Enquirer’s veteran snitch Mike Walker claims Hollywood’s Most Famous Metrosexual has landed his first real acting job in an upcoming feature film. While details about the film are still a bit hush-hush, Ryan was allegedly recently overheard telling a friend: “I play a dad who has to stand up for his young son. You won’t even recognize me in it!”
If it is true, it will be very interesting to see how well Ryan transitions from media host to hollywood actor.
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Christian Bale Modeled ‘American Psycho’ Character Jason Bateman After Tom Cruise.
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
British actor Christian Bale modeled his sociopath central character in the big screen thriller American Psycho after couch jumper Tom Cruise.
According to Mary Harron, who directed the 2000 film, Chrisitan came up with the idea of using Tom as inspiration for playing serial killer Patrick Bateman after seeing him appear on the Late Show with David Letterman.
“We talked about how Martian-like Patrick Bateman was, how he was looking at the world like somebody from another planet, watching what people did and trying to work out the right way to behave,” Harron told The Courier Mail this week.
“And then one day he called me and he had been watching Tom Cruise on David Letterman, and he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes, and he was really taken with this energy,” she said.
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Leonardo DiCaprio & Angelina Jolie Wanted By Ridley Scott To Star In Gucci Biopic
Posted on 23. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Angelina Jolie are in talks to play the monarchs of The Gucci Family in director Ridley Scott’s new film about the fashion dynasty.
Jolie is slated to play Patrizia Reggiano, the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci, who was sentenced to 29 years in prison for masterminding the murder-for-hire plot that killed the fashion guru in 1995, according to Thursday’s Variety.
Shooting on the Gucci biopic is expected to begin early next year.
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Broadway Hit ‘Rock of Ages’ Movie In The Works
Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
So You Think You Can Dance judge Adam Shankman has signed on to produce and direct the big screen adaptation of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Rock of Ages — starring Constantine Maroulis and Amy Spanger.
Variety says Shankman, who directed the 2007 comedy remake Hairspray, is plotting a boisterous production that is expected to slam into theaters in 2011.
“I had the best time of my life making Hairspray and badly wanted another musical, and when I watched ‘Rock of Ages,’ I was struck by the fact that not only had much of the audience seen it more than once, every guy in the audience knew the words to the songs,” Adam told Variety Tuesday. “What an extraordinary opportunity to open the genre to an audience that otherwise wouldn’t go see a musical…..I’m thinking big, and absolutely am going to attempt to cast with movie stars. Now that musicals are working again, actors are much more open to it.”
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Selena Gomez Movie Casting, “What Boys Want”
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Teen starlet Selena Gomez will lead the cast of the New Line comedy What Boys Want, says Variety.
The project, a reverse take on Mel Gibson’s hit What Women Want, follows a young girl who has the ability to hear the thoughts of the opposite sex. A script is being written by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer. The feature will be produced by Kevin Misher and executive produced by Allen Fisher and Gomez’s mother Mandy Teefey, according to the trade paper.
Selena, 17, is best known as the star of The Disney Channel series The Wizards Of Waverly Place. She released her debut album Kiss & Tell with her band The Scene last month.
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Wilmer Valderrama In Talks To Play ‘Dog Whisperer’ Cesar Millan
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Wilmer Valderrama is in talks to play a character based on National Geographic’s “Dog Whisperer,” Cesar Millan.
The 29-year-old actor, who found fame as funny foreign exchange student Fez on the long-running sitcom That ’70s Show, will play a fictionalized version of the popular dog-trainer-to-the-stars in a new FOX comedy, Variety reports.
The proposed comedy will be based on the life of the Mexican-born canine expert, whose show, Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, has been a hit on National Geographic since its premiere in 2004.
