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– A terrific ensemble cast including Lisa Kudrow, Alyson Machalka, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Penn Badgley (“Gossip Girl”), Cam Gigandet (“Twilight”), Malcolm McDowell and Daniel Bird will join Amanda Bynes and Emma Stone in “Easy Aâ€. (Variety). Will Gluck, who directed the so-so “Fired Up”, is directing.
– Michael Caine tells The Herald-Sun that the next Batman movie is likely “10 months to 2 years away”. By that, I’m gathering he means the film won’t begin production until at least mid 2010 or sometime 2011. Pretty much what we’ve heard in the past.
– Promotional posters, banners and pics from “Spider-Man 4”, “Iron Man 2”, “Shrek Forever After” and “Oobermind” can be viewed here, whilst promo images of “The Avengers”, “Thor”, “Captain America”, “How to Train Your Dragon”, “Rango” and “Despicable Me” can be seen here.
– Mary-Kate Olsen and Alex Pettyfer (“The Wackness”) will star alongside Vanessa-the-Undresser Hudgens in teen romancer “Beastl”. The pic sees Olsen’s character place a curse on a handsome egocentric young man, to be portrayed by Pettyfer, who’s physically transformed into everything he despises. (Variety)
– “Prison Break” fave Robert Knepper (‘T-Bag’) will play the new big bad on “Heroes” next season. Knepper, who also played the rogue in the latest “Transporter” sequel, will play Samuel, a Jim Jones type — charismatic but evil, with a twisted sense of humor — who will veer into the lives of all heroes. (The Hollywood Reporter).
– You can stop linking Megan Fox to the role of ‘Wonder Woman’. The actress says the superhero is “lame”, adding “She flies around in her invisible jet and her weaponry is a lasso that makes you tell the truth. I just don’t get it.” Your loss will hopefully be Charisma Carpenter’s gain. (Now Magazine)
– Aussie actress Emilie De Ravin knows where her next meal is coming from. The “Lost” star has not only inked a deal to return to the prime-time series as a regular next season, but she’s snagged a role opposite Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper in “Remember Me” (Yes Girls, the Robert Pattinson movie). (Variety)
– Dan Milano will write the “Short Circuit” remake for Dimension. Speaking to Variety, the film’s producer said the robot’s visual look won’t change, even though Foster said Pixar’s “Wall-E” is a dead ringer for the original “Short Circuit” protagonist. “We think of ‘Wall-E’ as an extended trailer for our film, because it’s the same face,” Foster said. Who cares about the robot, where’s the Gute!?
– Clive Barker mentioned via his Twitter page that French filmmaker Pascal Laugier “is regrettably no longer on the Hellraiser remake.” Jesus, there’s been more directors on this thing than men on Kim Kardashian!
– Not surprisingly (if only because Patrick Swayze’s not well enough to do another season) A&E has canceled the terrific but little-watched action series “The Beast”. If you get a chance to watch the show in repeat, or even when it hits DVD, please do – it’s a great show. (Variety)
– Dumped “Iron Man” star Terrence Howard has partnered with Radical Media to develop a TV drama based on the life of undercover LAPD detective Ronald Farwell. “Pigs and Panthers” will be set in 1960s and early 1970s Los Angeles, when Farwell infiltrated the Black Panthers. (Variety)
– According to Aint it Cool News, Sony may developing a feature film version of “HR Pufnstuf”. As if my childhood hasn’t been tainted enough already!
– Danneel Harris (“Fired Up”) has signed on for CBS Films’ upcoming pic “The Back-Up Plan,” co-starring Jennifer Lopez. She’s also been tapped to co-star in Screen Gems’ “The Roommate,” with Leighton Meester. (Variety). I guess that earns her an ‘It Girl’ tag for the next few months?
– Vertigo Entertainment are working on an adaptation of Mark Opsasnick’s book “The Real Story Behind The Exorcist”. Well at least it’s not a remake, hey!? (Bloody Disgusting)
– First looks at Brigitte Nielsen, er, I mean Elisabeth Shue in “Piranha” and Josh Brolin in “Jonah Hex” have gone up here and here respectively.
– Brad Silberling tells IESB that of a “Lemony Snicket” sequel does happen, it’ll likely be animated. ”It would never happen with our original two actors. And so, that made me think that the only way that series would work is if the reveal was that the first film was just a dramatization using actors, and now he’s going to show you the real thing, and that real thing would end up actually being a stop-motion world.” The filmmaker says he’d hope to have Jim Carrey reprise the voice of Lemony.
– AccidentalSexiness (I know all about that Yo!) have the first pic from Kevin Smith’s “A Couple of Dicks” starring Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan.
– Oscar Nominee Taraji P. Henson (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) will play Dre’s (Jaden Smith) mother Sherry in the “Karate Kid” remake. (MTV)
– Anna Paquin hopes to reprise her role as Rogue in “X-Men : The First Class”. (IGN Movies). Hopefully CGI-Xavier isn’t as keen.
– Hayden Christensen is in talks to star in Brad ‘The Machinist’ Anderson’s next film ”Vanishing on 7th Street”. ShockTilYouDrop has the low-down!
Film Reccomendation of the Day
Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) – Before he was ‘McDreamy’, Patrick Dempsey was Ronald/Donald Miller – the nerdy lawnmower-boy who won over pretty Amanda Peterson’s heart…. with $1000. Ya see, Ronald is sick of being the resident dork so hires the prettiest girl in school to be his girlfriend. And it works! it works a treat! Suddenly he goes from “geek to shiek”, and there’s not a girl in school that doesn’t want a ride! Steve Rash’s bubbleicious rom-com is an absolute winner; I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched it. It’s just one of those terrific, leave-your-brain-at-the-door and enjoy jaunts. The finale of the film is a lot more rousing than one expect from such a film too.
