Michael Bay Officially At Work on Transformers 3
Candy muse and tentpole kingpin Michael Bay took to his blog this morning to announce that work on Transformers 3 is officially underway. It's even got a release date…
How the Weinsteins Lost Precious
The L.A. Times has mapped out the e-mail trail between the Weinstein Company and sales agents for Precious, revealing some of the most fantastically desperate posturing…
Hugh Jackman Gets in the Robotic Ring with Real Steel
· Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in Real Steel, director Shawn Levy's tale of an ex-boxer who must reinvent himself when the boxing circuit is overrun with 2,000-pound…
Roman Polanski's Star Defense Witness: 'I Lied'
Forget everything you've heard about Roman Polanski's defense strategy -- the corrupt judge, the documentary expose, the motion to dismiss the 30-year old case, the…
Roman Roundup: Backlash Builds as Polanski and Co. Fight Back
Another day, another flurry of activity from the front lines of the Roman Polanski Culture War, where the embattled, incarcerated filmmaker and his Hollywood supporters…
Report: Universal Bosses Out Soon
The acknowledged regrouping at Universal may take a bloody turn -- and soon, according to rumors orbiting the lot. The climate is such, says one exec, that "you're…
Fantastic Mr. Fox Do-Over Trailer Takes the Serious Route
Exactly two months ago, Fox Searchlight uncorked the first trailer for Wes Anderson's stop-motion adaptation of The Fantastic Mr. Fox. To say it failed would be kind…
Is Lauren Conrad: The Movie Coming Soon to Theater Near You?
· In a bit of news that will no doubt plunge every struggling writer in Hollywood into a teeth-gnashing bout of existential crisis, former Hills star Lauren Conrad sold…
Is Summit Entertainment Going Lion-Shopping?
When Summit Entertainment hit paydirt with the Twilight franchise, everybody knew a formidable new player had arrived on the scene. And by the time it classlessly kicked…
Why You Should Care About the Roman Polanski Culture War
From GI Joe to F-bombs, we've reported from the front lines of more than few cultural skirmishes. But none to date boast the impact of the firestorm surrounding Roman…
Paramount Announces More Late-Night Paranormal Activity
After last weekend's successful $77,000, midnight-only bow, Paramount says it has received more than 200,000 "demands" to expand its microbudget experiment Paranormal…
Mel Gibson Takes The Beaver For a Jog
For those of you who said you'd believe Mel Gibson's lead casting in The Beaver when you saw it, here you go: The man behind Mad Max, Lethal Weapon and Malibu's most…
Stalled Leonardo Di Caprio Project Receives the Chernin Touch
· Having settled into his freshly painted and fumigated production-company bungalow on the Fox lot, former News Corp. president Peter Chernin has gotten to the business…
The Wild Wiki West of Roman Polanski
Ranking somewhere near the bottom of Roman Polanski's current troubles, you'll find his oft-vandalized, recently unlocked Wikipedia article. According to reports this…
So Is John Travolta Finally Done with Scientology?
Mere days after John Travolta acknowledged his late son Jett's autism and the seizure disorder that led to his death last January, Scientology's critics are speculating…
