James McAvoy: The Movieline Interview
James McAvoy has more than held his own against some of the more domineering screen presences of the last few years, from Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland to…
More Polanski Delays?
Just when we thought we were zeroing in on Roman Polanski D-Day, the L.A. County District Attorney's office has asked for a delay of that Jan. 22 hearing that could…
EXCLUSIVE: Neil Jordan's Ondine Lands With Magnolia Pictures
Movieline has learned that Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Neil Jordan's twisty Irish fantasy Ondine, one of our bidding-war favorites from last year's…
Hollywood Ink: Daniel Craig to Cowboy Up Against Aliens?
· Daniel Craig is in talks to replace Robert Downey Jr. in Cowboys & Aliens, the Jon Favreau-directed graphic novel adaptation that lost Downey earlier this week. The…
VIDEO: Adorable, Grateful Puppet Stands in for Wes Anderson at Awards Ceremony
See, Mo'Nique? When you've got better things to do than drop by an awards ceremony to pick up your hardware, just find an animated stand-in who can express your…
HR Guru: Up in the Air Has Heartless 'Transition Consultants' All Wrong
So far, Up in the Air has coasted through awards season with its timely tale of selfish human-resources mavens who gradually learn there are better things in life than…
How Bad Are We Really Prepared to Feel For Conan O'Brien?
I have a hunch. Television historians around America will forevermore note Jan. 13, 2010, at around 12:14 a.m. as the precise moment that the Great Conan O'Brien…
Twilight Kingpin Says 'No' to Disney
Conan O'Brien wasn't the only one Tuesday rebuffing a media conglomerate. Summit Entertainment production president Erik Feig -- the man who plucked Twilight out of…
Hollywood Ink: Where There's a Will, There's a Paul Rudd and Zach Galifianakis
· Paul Rudd and Zach Galifianakis are set to star in Will, a Paramount comedy about the title character (Rudd) and his "life writer" (Galifianakis) in Heaven who…
Sideboobs, Lesbians and Liam Neeson: Yep, the French Made a Chloe Trailer
Pardon the shamelessly salacious headline, but ever since viewing Chloe last fall at the Toronto International Film Festival, I've been looking for even more ways to…
Disney Purge Continues as Oren Aviv Bounced From Production Post
Whether you want to liken Rich Ross's regime change at Disney to a garden-variety housecleaning metaphor or something more extreme -- say, forcibly flushing out Mickey…
Robert Downey Jr. Skips Cowboys for Holmes
Two franchises are enough for Robert Downey Jr., thank you very much. The actor backed out of Jon Favreau's graphic-novel adaptation Cowboys & Aliens on Monday because…
Latest Moon Oscar Appeal: Do it For the Children
The cheeky, do-it-yourself awards-campaign engineers behind Moon have come up with their latest strategem in the long war to earn Sam Rockwell an Oscar nomination. And…
Hollywood Ink: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts Reunite in Crisis Mode
· Tom Hanks has written and will direct and star in Larry Crowne, about a man's adjustment to a tough mid-life career change. Thankfully he won't have to face the drama…
BREAKING: Spider-Man 4 Dead at Sony; Sam Raimi, Cast Traded for Reboot
Casting bombshells notwithstanding, it was hard not to see this one coming in recent weeks: Sony officially announced this afternoon it has spiked Spider-Man 4…
