Talk of a fourth Evil Dead movie/Evil Dead remake has been around for a while, with little solid proof that the indie horror franchise would actually see new life. Until now: Following an online report that editor Bob Murawski was heading to Detroit to start working on the project, Bruce Campbell -- Ash himself -- has Tweeted confirmation that the project is on its way to fruition.
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· Maybe bookmark this post and come back to it when you get home from work. Courtesy of FilmDrunk comes nine minutes of the filthiest sexual dialogue ever capture on non-pornographic film. You know that part in Last Tango in Paris? It's here. So is that part in Superbad. And that other part in Superbad. And that scene in MacGruber. Click ahead to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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As soon as Movieline heard that Mad Men's Jared Harris would be playing Sherlock Holmes's archenemy Moriarty in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock sequel A Game of Shadows, we were intrigued. After all, how would the Sterling Cooper taskmaster stack up against the long line of actors who have played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's criminal mastermind -- including Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Henry Daniell, Paul Freeman and Vincent D'Donofrio? We may not have the answer just yet but we do have the first image of Harris as the "Napoleon of Crime."
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"Got 2 see 1 of my favorite bands U2 live last night!!!" tweeted Hugh Jackman this morning. "Awesome finish 2 a great day off in TO." Hell yeah! Except, er, why is he so far away from the stage in his accompanying photograph from Toronto's Rogers Centre? Doesn't Wolverine deserve better?
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This morning, we learned that Thor star Chris Hemsworth is nearing a deal to play real-life British Formula One driver James Hunt in Rush, a biopic that Ron Howard will most likely direct. In honor of this casting news and Movieline HQ's excitement over the sports film -- which will follow Hunt's storied '70s rivalry with Austrian driver Niki Lauda -- Movieline has compiled ten other actors who have portrayed professional race car drivers onscreen.
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Forget The Dark Knight Rises; what you're really interested in this morning is some fresh artwork for the remake of The Thing! OK, probably not. But! The Thing remake is coming -- excuse me, The Thing "prelude" to the 1982 John Carpenter film is coming, and it finally has a teaser poster. One that does a good job of recalling the original, without sullying its name (cough, Straw Dogs). Click through for a look.
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Also in this Tuesday edition of The Broadsheet: Johnny Depp could produce and star in two blockbusters... Freaky Deaky gets a massive cast overhaul... Chris Hemsworth goes to the races... and more ahead.
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As promised last week, teaser materials for Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises have begun to hit the web, starting with your first look at the threequel's first teaser poster -- a nifty upward shot of Gotham City crumbling to reveal a bat shape in the sky. Hit the jump for a full look at the poster and keep an eye out for the also-reported first teaser trailer allegedly hitting this week.
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Last month, Fox News host Glenn Beck retired the cable television iteration of his talk show and left the airwaves, promising his fans a two-hour online show on GBTV -- his subscription-based Internet network -- and other vague, "exciting" projects that he could not yet discuss. Today, the polarizing figure (and surprising Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark fan) revealed that those mysterious projects involve film, TV and radio studios that he is constructing in Dallas, Texas. Cue the sinister organ music or Kool & the Gang depending on your mood!
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Just when you thought you'd never think about Oksana Grigorieva's damning tapes of Mel Gibson's pyromaniacal requests for oral sex again, the Braveheart star's brother is here to echo Jodie Foster and Whoopi Goldberg: Mel's not a racist, y'all! He's not even racist. Or aggressive. Or a litterer. Here, let's allow Andrew Gibson to explain it all.
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In this week's latest installment of "celebs correct the public record," actress-blogger Zooey Deschanel took to the web to excoriate L.A. Times op-ed writer Patt Morrison for slamming her in an article about Deschanel's allegedly anti-L.A. statements at a star-studded BAFTA reception for the royal newlyweds last Saturday. Note to journalists: If you're going to call someone a "snobby cow," make sure you get their snobby, cow-ish comments right.
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As Jason Sudeikis's coke-snorting, kung fu-practicing, pot-bellied new supervisor in Horrible Bosses, which notched an impressive number 2 box office slot last weekend, second to Michael Bay's 3-D robotstravaganza Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Colin Farrell is a revelation of douchebag assholery, the last person you'd want above you in the workplace food chain. (Well, one of them.) But which former gaming world champion deserves credit for loosely inspiring portions of Farrell's characterization -- and could Farrell portray this muse one day on the big screen?
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If you were planning a pilgrimage to the View Point Inn in Corbett, Ore. this summer to hyperventilate over the plot of land where Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart shared their prom kiss in Twilight, you might want to make different arrangements. Tragically, the View Point Inn suffered a fire yesterday that left "sizable damage" to the movie landmark.
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It seems Oscar producers weren't the only people James Franco threw under the bus in his new Playboy interview. "They haven't shown me the movie yet, so I don't know what the result is," Franco said about Rise of the Planet of the Apes. "I did reshoots, and it sounds to me the final movie will be different from the screenplay, which had a lot of character development. The movie seems to be more action now. I went and did my job, and I'm supposed to be a scientist. I feel pretty confident that I did that." [Playboy]
