The Ginnifer Goodwin-Kate Hudson chick lit adaptation Something Borrowed, based on Emily Giffin's bestselling beach read, didn't exactly score with critics (Read Stephanie Zacharek's takedown here) and came in at #4 over the weekend with a $13.9 box office take. But producer Molly Smith, speaking to Movieline Monday, is optimistic that a sequel will move forward -- and she's counting on fans of the novel to buoy demand.
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Next March will see Brad Pitt re-teaming with Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) in Cogan's Trade, a crime thriller about an enforcer (Pitt) investigating the robbery of a high stakes poker game run by the mob. Which promises -- according to the very first official-ish image -- Brad Pitt in black leather, hair slicked back, shotgun in hand, wielding the cold stare of a killer. Watch out, Scoot McNairy!
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On Thursday, Alicia Silverstone and her husband Christopher Jarecki gave birth to their first child, a healthy boy named Bear Blu Jarecki. Yes. "Bear Blu." Bear in the big Blu house. Blu-Bear-y Hill. Are you Bear, Blu? It's Me, Alicia Silverstone. Bear de Blune. BluBear the Pirate. "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" by Blu Beartrell. I'm going back some day, come what may, to Blu Bearyouuuuu. It's a pretty awesome name. I'm totally buggin'. [PopEater]
While speaking with Interview recently about his new documentary The Union, Cameron Crowe looked back on his first directing experience ever on Say Anything. In between recounting the advice that his then 23-year-old-star gave him and his lost Diane Court novella, Crowe revealed which scene from the '80s classic came to exist when John Cusack forgot his lines. Can you guess which scene? Hint: It did not involve a boombox.
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Bridesmaids is finally opening this weekend, and oh-my-stars, I'm thrilled. In fact, I'm overexcited. I'm (unnecessarily) pinning the future of lady-led ensemble comedies on Paul Feig's testament to bridesmaidenhood, and I think we should plan ahead in case the world decides that women deserve to dominate more comic casts. Hint to the world: They do. Here are five female ensembles we'd like to see in five typically male-driven genres of film.
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Some titles tell you everything you need to know about a movie, and some tell you pretty much nothing. After giving the world such to-the-point movie titles as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, and the forthcoming Conan the Barbarian (admittedly, all remakes of iconic genre films), Nispel's keeping things mysterious with his next movie, a horror pic simply entitled Backmask.
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Fresh off Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rob Marshall will produce and direct the remake of The Thin Man remake for Warner Bros., with Johnny Depp attached to star. "[W]e are looking forward to working with Warner Bros. to create a reinvention of a beloved story," said Marshall in the press release. Any guesses on who will play Nora to Depp's Nick? [Press Release]
It looks like all you Thomas Pynchon fans hoping that Paul Thomas Anderson would adapt Inherent Vice for his next film are in for a bit of disappointment. But you're the only ones. Deadline reports that The Weinstein Company has won the worldwide distribution rights for Anderson's once-in-development-hell religious drama, and that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix are set to co-star. Drink up the details ahead.
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If you thought Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket was great casting, wait 'til you find out which character Stanley Tucci has signed on to play in Gary Ross's 2012 adaptation of The Hunger Games. First hint: It's pretty much perfect casting. Second hint: No, it's not Haymitch.
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· Haven't eaten lunch yet? Then this montage of great movie sandwiches is sure to make you run for the nearest deli. Some favorites: Robert De Niro's Cop Land sandwich (napkins not included), and Gary Busey's Point Break meatball sub. Yum. Click ahead for the goodness.
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Truthful movie posters are becoming a great American tradition, and it's one we celebrate at Movieline up to five times a year. Courtesy of the website Shiznit UK (which seems to be down at the moment), parody posters for plenty of this summer's blockbusters have arrived, including a mock treatment for the Brad Pitt-Sean Penn emotion-tugger The Tree of Life. Is it accurate?
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Steven Spielberg isn't the only director embarking on a historically accurate portrayal of Abraham Lincoln. Timur Bekmambetov is too! Albeit with vampires. "We are very committed," the director told the New York Times about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, his now-filming historical vampire epic starring Benjamin Walker as Lincoln. Translation: this version of Honest Abe will kill bloodsuckers in the most period-appropriate of settings possible.
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Whit Stillman called; he wants his title back. Deadline reports that F. Gary Gray (Law Abiding Citizen) will direct The Last Days of American Crime. The film -- which has Sam Worthington attached to star -- is an adaptation of a graphic novel about a team of crooks attempting to pull of one last heist before the government eliminates crime with a broadcast signal. Man, the future sounds awesome! [Deadline]
"You wanted to cry out, Does nobody at Pixar ever have crappy days? And is this why [Pixar boss John] Lasseter so often wears Hawaiian shirts--because his job feels like a vacation? Well, yes. 'The people at Pixar are my best friends,' he said. 'Not only do I want to see them every day -- I can't wait to see them every day -- but, when my wife, Nancy, and I make a list of whom we are going to take on vacation, the top group is Pixar. We want to be together all the time.'" [The New Yorker]
Today, we are all Asgardians. With $66 million in ticket sales, Thor dropped its hammer on the box office competition over the weekend, helping get summertime in Hollywood off to a rousing start. What did you think of the Thor's transition from second-tier comic book character to big screen superhero? Let's discuss ahead.
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