· And you thought Zack Snyder's involvement was the only reason to be bummed about the Warner Bros. Superman reboot. Deadline has posted a letter started by the late Joanne Siegel to Time Warner regarding the ongoing dispute over the rights to the character. Siegel was married to Superman co-creator Jerome Siegel, and is acknowledged to have been the model for the original Lois Lane. The lengthy letter details a number of harsh legal actions taken by the company to keep money away from Siegel's and Joe Shuster's estate, including repeat requests for lengthy and, according to her, unnecessary depositions as her health declined. Click through to read. [Deadline]
· Screenwriter Larry Cohen has some serious issues with Dustin Lance Black's script for Clint Eastwood's upcoming J.Edgar Hoover biopic, J. Edgar. He specifically takes issue with the script's portrayal of Hoover as a closeted gay man. But, worry not: Cohen says you can get the real story from the 1977 film he wrote and directed, The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, which he helpfully notes is coming soon on DVD from MGM. [NYT/Media Decoder]
· Following this weekend's news about casting additions for The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, news has broken that Viggo Mortensen will not play the huntsman in Snow White and the Huntsman after all. I guess we're still getting two "grown-up" Snow White projects because Red Riding Hood worked so well? [THR]
· Sad news: Corey "D.J. Megatron" McGriff, a Hot 97 D.J. and a fixture BET's 106 & Park was shot and killed near his home on Staten Island, in what police believe was a botched robbery attempt. [WSJ]
· And that's when Just Go With It became the twelfth Adam Sandler film to surpass $100 million dollars domestically. [LAT]
· In less depressing news, Robocop director Paul Verhoeven has weighed in on the campaign to construct a statue of the iconic crime fighter in Detroit: "I had no problem with it, let's put it that way... Perhaps I should see it as my most important contribution as a Dutchman to American culture." [Detroit Free Press]
· Would you be more likely to go see a movie in the theater if you could pay for an upgrade that offered comfier seats and a call button to order cocktails, appetizers and dinner? Theater chains sure hope so. [THR]
· Apparently Tom Hanks is going to guest star on an upcoming episode of 30 Rock because, why not? [TVLine]