McG Booted From Magic Kingdom as Disney Halts Leagues
One can only imagine how the first Rich Ross-led production meeting went recently at Disney, where the new regime likely settled down at its mouse-shaped conference…
Hollywood Ink: Anna Faris Rom-Com Bonanza!
· Anna Faris had a pretty good Monday, led by the news that Universal had acquired the comedy pitch TMI as a likely project for her and Ryan Reynolds. It's the first…
New Moon Round-Up: Kristen Stewart's 'Truth Machine,' Twilight House For Sale
About 79 hours remain before New Moon makes its midnight debut, which can only mean navigating a steady torrent of related news as the hype flood swirls around us. Find…
Kali Hawk Hints to Movieline Why the Couples Retreat Poster Controversy May Be Overblown
The marketing department at Universal is probably ready to take the rest of their forgettable year off after its second ethics controversy in a week. Just days after Uni…
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 'I've Chosen You to be My Esoteric Interview For the Day'
It might be unreasonable to suggest that any actor can have a career year at 28, but you can't say 2009 wasn't a whopper for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In addition to his…
Say Hello to Your First 2009 Oscar Winners!
Congratulations to Roger Corman, Lauren Bacall and Gordon Willis, who received honorary Oscars Saturday night at the Academy's Governors Ball. The trio (plus producer…
Psst! Buddy! Wanna Buy a Lion?
· It's official: MGM is for sale. The venerable studio, with its James Bond franchise, massive film library and some of the most patient creditors in Hollywood, is now…
Friday Box Office: Massive 2012 Quake Rocks Multiplex
Roland Emmerich has once again wrung a blockbuster out of the apocalypse, as 2012 blew out all projected estimates with a fantastic Friday gross over $23 million. That…
Friday Night Fights
And so another long week closes at Movieline, where we leave you with sweet memories of new friends, old enemies and the undecided strangers in between. If the last…
6 Brilliant Films by This Weekend's Honorary Oscar-Winning DP Gordon Willis
Gordon Willis is the best cinematographer America ever produced. There. I said it. If he'd only shot the Godfather trilogy, Manhattan, Zelig and All the President's Men…
In Theaters: 2012
If and when the world ends, please let it be as fun, loud, optimistic and excessive an apocalypse as the one Roland Emmerich puts forth in 2012. The $200 million…
Gina Gershon: 'The Facts Are the Road Map, and You Build Your Character From There'
Don't judge this weekend's two-part Liftetime movie Everything She Ever Wanted (premiering Saturday) by its cover. As basic-cable pulp goes, the adaptation of Ann Rule's…
New Gus Van Sant Project Becomes World Series of Hollywood Nepotism
· The Gus Van Sant drama formerly known as Restless began shooting this week in Portland, where Bryce Dallas Howard (daughter of Ron, who's co-producing) has joined…
Repent, Ye Talking Fox! The Apocalypse is Nigh!
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular one-stop guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or cataclysmic at the box office. This week, a summer blockbuster…
Hilarious Exaggeration of the Day: The James Bond Franchise is Worth $1.5 Billion
Things were going so well for Ron Grover in his piece about MGM's slow plunge toward insolvency. There was the news that the studio's creditors declined an equity stake…
