Earlier this month, Warner Bros. released the first photo of Adrianne Palicki in NBC's Wonder Woman reboot, and her get-up looked a lot like a sexy Halloween costume you could buy at Ricky's NYC. Fans weren't too pleased, however, and the network has since given Adrianne Palicki a more modest costume. Sorta. Take a look at Wonder Woman's new gear after the jump.
Over the weekend at the Bronx Zoo in New York, a 20-inch Egyptian cobra escaped and slithered off to infamy... on Twitter; a spoof account, @bronxzooscobra, currently has over 150,000 followers, and its proprietor has even been interviewed ("interviewed") by the New York Times. "I just want Justin Bieber to follow me," the "snake" wrote to the Times in an email. With this kind of coverage, why not? And why stop at Bieber -- there's a movie here! Ahead, five famous snakes that could bring life to the tale of New York's most famous (non-Bernie Madoff) snake.
Remember how everyone -- including us here at Movieline HQ -- thought Johnny Depp was spotted on the set of Hugo Cabret? He wasn't, according to Paramount! That mustachioed mystery man in the frame is not Depp. Unless he is, and this is just a clever ruse designed to keep a cool secret still secret. Or not. Click ahead to get another look and decide for yourself.
· The Harry Potter victory lap is starting pretty early -- with bits and pieces of marketing for the final installment of the billion dollar franchise hitting the web at a fairly consistent clip. The latest? An adorable behind-the-scenes video that shows Emma Watson to be a lot less uptight than Hermione Granger. Accio, laughter! Click ahead to watch.
We gather here today to remember Chris Hemsworth's original Thor costume, which was mangled in an unthinkable flexing mishap on-set. The 27-year-old confessed to the Los Angeles Times that he couldn't fit into the tight togs thanks to his new hypermuscular frame. When will the torture for these over-pumped, under-loved thespians be over?
Johnny Knoxville knows what the people want. They want to see grown men hit in the junk with all manner of blunt objects. They want to watch beehive tetherball. And everyone wants to watch Britney Spears climb into a Porta-Potty filled with you-know-what and get launched into the stratosphere, a la Steve-O, in a "deleted scene" from Jackass 3D -- which is just what Knoxville gifted to the world when he visited Jimmy Kimmel last night.
Robert Pattinson is on the cover of this month's Italian Vanity Fair discussing important things (being true to your girl) and silly things (Water for Elephants). "Life is not black and white ... [but] there is one thing I never understood: why people cheat," he said. "...My parents met when my mom was 17 and my father 25, they are still together and seem very happy. I grew up believing that you can be together all of your life." Sounds like he's going to cheat on somebody in about ten minutes. I sympathize: Christoph Waltz's ringmaster outfit makes me think of naughty things, too. [PopEater]
On Tuesday, it was announced that Bill Murray will likely play Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Roger Michell's adaptation of Hyde Park On the Hudson. This raises the question: did Murray ever play any presidential characters during his run on Saturday Night Live -- perhaps even FDR himself?
While Fraggle Rock remains but a twinkle in the eye of your average '80s nostalgist, The Muppets is full-steam ahead toward its November release. Not that it was any easier getting this one restarted. "It was the hardest thing to get made that I've ever been involved in," Muppets co-writer/co-star/champion Jason Segel told the Los Angeles Times. "This is a relatively high budget for a movie with puppets. It cost more than Sarah Marshall, I'll tell you that. And it's such a beloved franchise. It was tricky to get everyone to agree on a script, on a budget, on a concept." How does Disney plan on reminding everyone about this "beloved franchise"? Apparently they already started.
What started with 16 basketball movies is now down to a precious final four. Yesterday, you voted and, frankly, it wasn't even close. That's not to say that there weren't upsets -- two number one seeds were vanquished! -- but it's evident that you really like these films. Which will play in tomorrow's championship game? Well, that's up to you! (Sorry: Write-in votes for Juwanna Mann will not be considered.)
At the opening of CinemaCon, the annual cinema exhibitors meeting in Las Vegas, Warner Bros. executives predicted that China's box office will surpass that of the U.S. in ten years time. Apparently the country's film market has expanded 65% in the last year, for an increase of $1.5 billion. This isn't huge shock, since they're also poised to overtake our entire economy, but uh, at least now you have some idea of when to expect that sequel to The Tourist. [The Independent]
The first look at concept art for Pixar's upcoming not-Cars 2-movie Brave showed off epic landscapes of lush forests and castles at magic hour. Beautiful, but kinda boring for non-adrenaline junkies. Well, good news, adrenaline junkies! The latest pic is an action shot of Princess Merida pointing an arrow right at you! That it's still gorgeous and totally sublime is neither here nor there. Click ahead to see.
The brand that is Gwyneth Paltrow continues to expand: According to the New York Post, the Oscar-winning actress, Glee guest star, Grammy performer, and GOOPster -- among many other qualifiers -- will potentially team with Hearst for a new cooking-based magazine. Paltrow, you'll recall, is no stranger to cooking, having previously worked with chef Mario Batali on the book Spain: A Culinary Road Trip. Expect the equally busy James Franco to start his own wood-working magazine shortly. [NYP]
Also in this Wednesday edition of The Broadsheet: Twilight's Melissa Rosenberg will write the next teen obsession... Lucasfilm signs up a possibly controversial 3-D conversion company for The Phantom Menace... Roger Ebert predicted the future... and more ahead.
Even if you managed to get past the incoherent cinematography, stilted dialogue, non-existent characters and every other element that sunk Battle: Los Angeles, it turns out there was still one more glaring problem with the film. And given that this whole alien invasion revival trend isn't going away, aspiring screenwriters should probably take note: Apparently, if aliens actually invaded, we wouldn't win.
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