Hollywood Ink: Let the John Belushi Biopic Casting Speculation Begin
Also in today's (slim) Hollywood Ink: Robert Schwentke may be the new Ridley Scott, and Paramount gets geeky. But really: Let's hear your Belushi recommendations after…
Just So You Know, James Caan is No 'G**damn Hollywood Liberal'
While attending the HollyShorts Film Festival's opening night, James Caan leveled with a reporter about his political leanings. "I'm not a G** damn Hollywood liberal…
Old Spice Guy Somehow 'Unclear' Why Tyler Perry Would Give Him Bigger Madea Part
Actor and body-wash pitchman Isaiah Mustafa last week scored what was believed to be his second role in as many upcoming Tyler Perry films, supplementing his small part…
Bangladeshi Incredible Hulk Leaves Marvel, Edward Norton in the Dust
If you needed any further proof that Marvel's Hulk franchise is irrevocably cursed, then have a look at the stirring trailer for HALKa -- the downmarket Bangladeshi…
Hollywood Ink: Blake Lively and Scarlett Johansson Share Gravity Short List
Also in this edition of Hollywood Ink: Channing Tatum forges ahead (literally)... Nepotism is alive and well at Fox... Paramount goes book shopping... and more…
5 Other Films Whose Viral Marketing Should Hijack the News
Michael Cera and Jason Schwartzman took the promotional TV news segment to the next level this week, filling in a whole weathercast in Atlanta for the sake of Scott…
Animal Kingdom Director David Michôd on the Ups and Downs of His Acclaimed Debut
Nearly seven months after his debut feature Animal Kingdom wowed Sundance, found American distribution and repurposed Air Supply's "All Out of Love" in the most…
Whole New Word Developed For Inception Haters
Tired of calling the Inception haters in your life "f***head," "a**hole," "dumb sh*t" and the myriad of other boring pejoratives generally used to defend Christopher…
Awesome Bookmaker Says Natalie Portman is Odds-On Favorite for Dragon Tattoo
You know that Sony and David Fincher eventually will need to cast a female lead for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and so, as with anything, an enterprising bookie…
Hollywood Ink: Reese Witherspoon, Nora Ephron in Search of Peggy Lee
Also today in Hollywood Ink: Adrien Brody will square off with Tony Kaye... MGM slips closer to bankruptcy... Elvis's granddaughter meets Mad Max... and that's about it…
Leaked Katzenberg Pep Talk Has Noah Baumbach Rewriting Madagascar 3
Nikki Finke this afternoon published an internal e-mail that Jeffrey Karzenberg sent around to his DreamWorks Animation staff -- an upbeat, not-quite-spellchecked…
Will Ferrell's Raymond Carver Film Heading to TIFF
Will Ferrell's adaptation of the Raymond Carver story Everything Must Go will have its world premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film…
Twelve Opens to Horrible $463 Per Screen
Hoo boy: Joel Schumacher's slick, abysmally reviewed privileged-teen drama Twelve earned an estimated $107,000 over its opening weekend -- averaging out to a…
Snooki Meets Obama in Violent, Bottle-Smashing Artist's Rendering
The geniuses at NMA Media have followed their exquisite CGI recounting of the Lindsay Lohan saga with an animated introduction to the gang at Jersey Shore. Or maybe…
Moscow Fires Shut Down Darkest Hour
Production on the Anton Yelchin/Olivia Thirlby sci-fi thriller The Darkest Hour got held up two weeks after forest fires around Moscow scuttled the film's exterior…
