Another day, another actor cast in The Dark Knight Rises -- though this one should be familiar to you. Variety reports that Nestor Carbonell is in talks with Warner Bros. about reprising his role in the Christopher Nolan-directed film. Here at Movieline HQ, we're still waiting for the announcement about "Girl at Bar #3." [Variety]
Judd Apatow's follow-up to Knocked Up won't hit theaters until next summer, but you know how hype goes: It's never too early to start foaming at the mouth over future summer favorites. (See also: The Dark Knight Rises and Superman: Man of Steel.) With that in mind: Does Apatow's first directorial effort since Funny People finally have a name?
It is now officially documented that Oscar winners Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are Gleeks. "It's actually the only thing that I watch on television," Cruz said of Fox's musical series recently to EW. And while her husband Bardem is already slated to guest star as a "successful rocker," Cruz might like to visit McKinley High herself. "Once you've done a musical you always want to do it again," the Nine star conceded. "I would love to do more musicals, in TV or film. Not on Broadway, because I'm not brave enough to do that yet. But I love musicals." Ryan Murphy, are you listening? [EW]
In this weekend's fourth installment of Wes Craven's Scream franchise, Courteney Cox reprises her role as Gale Weathers, the acerbic Woodsboro author and fame-hungry reporter who has managed to survive the Ghostface Killer three times now. How did Cox transform herself from a spunky teenager in the He-man-sized sci-fi '80s flop Masters of the Universe to one of the most beloved sitcom actresses of all-time?
· Jim Carrey is turning into the skid on that whole "never star with animals" thing. The funnyman returns to screens this summer with Mr. Popper's Penguins, and if the title didn't alert you to the presence of a gaggle of adorable flightless birds, perhaps this poster will. Throw on your best tuxedo -- or don't -- and click ahead to check it out, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
Morgan Spurlock, marketing genius. The filmmaker and his production company Warrior Poets announced this week that they had successfully purchased the naming rights of Altoona, Penn. -- a small Pennsylvania town that will be known as POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold for the next 60 days. Just rolls off the tongue, right?
The Internet let out a collective "Whaaaaaaaaa?" upon seeing the "Real Men Don't Buy Girls" campaign that Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore debuted earlier this week as a way to inform the public about child sex slavery -- and apparently that was just the reaction the star couple was hoping for.
The kinda awesome trailer for Abduction served notice that Taylor Lautner was not just a kid anymore. From the Tom Cruise-y bike rides to the action hero slides to the hot make-out sessions with Snow White, it's clear that the John Singleton-directed film will facilitate Lautner's weening away from the Twilight teat. Further proof? The first poster for Abduction, which highlights Tay-tay's ability to grow facial hair. He looks like a regular Jr. McDreamy! Click ahead for the poster.
Sometimes honesty isn't the best policy -- at least when it comes to filmmaking. Earlier this week, Passion Play star Mickey Rourke made news when he slagged the already-maligned film, calling it "terrible" and saying that Play wasn't getting a major release because "it's not very good." About that...
The long-running soap opera All My Children will come to an end this September after more than four decades on the air, during which time it played host to many a hungry young actor-turned-successful movie star. Might Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer have found its iconic heroine if she hadn't started out as the girl you loved to hate on AMC? Would this summer's Fast Five or Transformers: Dark of the Moon be the same without the key players who got their start in Pine Valley? And would a certain recent Oscar winner have learned how to be a fighter, so to speak, if not for her legendary on-screen All My Children catfight 25 years ago?
Didn't get around to seeing Hall Pass when it was released back in February? No worries -- soon you'll be able to watch the Farrelly Brothers comedy via the DirecTV service Home Premiere for the low, low price of $30! Ahem. Pass, the previously assumed Just Go With It, Cedar Rapids and The Adjustment Bureau will be available for home viewing just in time for Easter weekend. Enjoy! [Variety]
Also in this Friday edition of The Broadsheet: Mark Wahlberg continues to line up possible jobs... Arnold Schwarzenegger may be back, again... Patton Oswalt is really Odd... and more ahead.
Yay, weekend! Unless, that is, you're not keen on 3-D animated family films or rehashed horror satire, in which case... Well, still: Yay, weekend! Like it or not, let's throw some numbers around and surmise what our box-office king might look like come Sunday. (Hint: He's not wearing a Ghostface mask.)
Jennifer Lawrence fans, rejoice! Your next year or two is gonna be chock-full of J. Lawr, especially now that Relativity has picked up the House at the End of the Street. The Oscar-nominated Lawrence already has The Beaver, the Sundance hit Like Crazy, and X-Men: First Class set with studio releases and will soon begin filming The Hunger Games for a 2012 debut. Will House turn out to be, as producer Aaron Ryder once said, a sort of Psycho for younger viewers?
On Wednesday, it was reported that the National Association of Theatre Owners would protest the planned Home Premiere on-demand service that Warner Bros., Universal, Sony and Twentieth Century Fox are participating in by limiting the screen space offered to those studios during the busy summer months. Apparently, those reports weren't exactly correct.
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