You've seen the first clip from Alexander Payne's upcoming drama The Descendants and now Fox Searchlight has unveiled the poster for the film which features George Clooney as a wealthy Hawaiian who takes his two daughters on a trip after his wife is critically injured in a boating accident. Check out the official artwork ahead.
About five years ago, stories began circulating that honeybee colonies were collapsing in staggering numbers. Turns out the buzzing little Blind Melon mascots are partly responsible for one-third of our diet, which means the continuing demise of the species is catastrophic. In the new documentary The Vanishing of the Bees, which premiered Sunday night in L.A., more is learned about the ramifications of Colony Collapse Disorder; Ellen Page narrates!
The Cannes Film Festival might have drawn to a close, but the Lars von Trier Apology Tour still has a few more stops to make. Following a statement of support from Iranian Vice Minister of Culture Javad Shamaqdari (!) about the "fascist behavior" of Cannes Film Festival organizers for calling Von Trier "persona non grata," the Melancholia director issued yet another statement clarifying his remarks from last week.
· Cinephiles, avert your eyes. The MTV Movie Awards are happening next Sunday, and host Jason Sudeikis is busy making the rounds to nominees and presenters. Part of his hosting duties? Delivering some "moo shu chicken" to "Danny Radcliffe." Expelliarmus, MSG! Click through for the promo.
Physician-turned-comedian Ken Jeong (AKA Dr. Ken) got his start on the big screen with comic bits in films like Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, and Role Models, but he made his most memorable on-screen appearance in Todd Phillips' 2009 surprise hit The Hangover as a flamboyant gangster named Chow. This week in The Hangover Part II, Jeong returns to cause more mayhem on the streets of Bangkok with an entrance that manages to one-up the shocking sight of springing, fully nude, from the trunk of a Mercedes.
The Farrelly brothers' Three Stooges reboot may have taken over eight years to get off the ground but it is finally in production. Proof arrives this week via the first image of Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes and Will Sasso in character as Moe, Larry and Curly. Take a look at the cast ahead -- captured in between takes on a car crash scene in Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta -- and see if you can correctly identify all three stooges.
Star Wars is all about allegiances -- just like fast food restaurants and credit card companies! Bam Bocock of How to Carve Roast Unicorn has reinvented several brand logos as Star Wars-referencing banners, and I think you'll most enjoy Nike's new Yoda-centric look. Click through for pictures. (Unfortunately, Cinnabon doesn't reinvent itself using Princess Leia's hair.)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides brought in another $8.3 million in ticket sales on Monday, but -- judging from the weekend receipts -- most of that haul was likely in just two dimensions. That's because the Johnny Depp-led film had the lowest percentage of grosses from its 3D screens for any non-family film since the release of Avatar in 2009. Is this the end of 3D?
If you've been holding off on purchasing advance tickets to see The Hangover Part II this weekend because of the lawsuit that Mike Tyson's face-tattoo artist brought against Warner Bros., head over to Moviefone now. A St. Louis judge has ruled in favor of the studio, meaning the highly anticipated sequel will arrive in theaters -- as planned -- on Friday. Admit it: you were a little worried there for a moment. [Deadline]
If you were going to market a Labor Day horror movie called Shark Night 3D, what else would you put on the poster besides a giant deadly shark and a woman in peril? Nothing, of course! Which makes things quite easy for the Shark Night 3D marketing team at Relativity Media. Click ahead for the expected -- but not ineffective -- first poster.
Lakers forward Ron Artest is arguably the most colorful player the NBA currently has; athlete, rapper, brawler, music promoter, stand-up comedian -- he's like the new Dennis Rodman. Naturally, Artest is also making a movie about his life, so when he popped up at the Young Hollywood Awards (airing May 26 on Ion Television at 9pm ET/PT) of all places, Movieline picked his brain: Who could play Ron Artest in the Ron Artest movie?
And you thought The Dark Knight Rises had a ridiculously packed cast! Following the news that Lenny Kravitz would play Cinna in The Hunger Games, Deadline reports that Toby Jones has joined the film. He's set to play Claudius Templesmith, the host/announcer of the games, opposite Stanley Tucci. Still not cast: President Snow. Suggestions welcome in the comments. [Deadline]
Also in this Tuesday edition of The Broadsheet: The Dark Knight Rises is still casting... Wanted 2 gets a status update... Freaky Friday will soon have a pet equivalent... and more ahead.
After casting pretty much all of the characters (with the notable exception of President Snow, still yet to be announced) Lionsgate and director Gary Ross revealed their choice to play District 12 stylist Cinna, the kindly primper who helps Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) in The Hunger Games. Musician-actor Lenny Kravitz will don Cinna's metro duds; hear what Ross & Co. had to say about the casting after the jump and tell us if you approve.
Paramedics were called to Peter Jackson's New Zealand studio Tuesday morning following an explosion that injured two men working on the director's $500 million Hobbit production.
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