Fact: Howard Stern has been trying to remake Bob Clark's '80s teen sex classic Porky's for years. Lesser known fact: A Porky's sequel shot in 2009 by cult director Brian Trenchard-Smith (Stunt Rock, BMX Bandits), designed to possibly never see the light of day, has spawned a strange lawsuit that's currently screwing up Stern's plans. So why exactly is it that we've never heard of Porky's: The College Years (AKA Pimpin' Pee Wee)?
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It's only human nature to watch something as loathsome as Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch and worry about what the director will do with Superman: Man of Steel. I get that. Still, despite Sucker Punch's abysmal critical showing and underwhelming opening weekend, I'm even more excited today about seeing what Snyder does with his much-anticipated follow-up. I'd even go so far as to argue that Snyder is the best director for this job -- even more so today.
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Denise Richards responded to her ex-husband Charlie Sheen's terribly insulting, unfunny tweet that she's a dog thief who abuses animals with a similar claim: Charlie once took custody of two of her dogs and let one die of malnourishment. Horrible, yes, but this reminds me of two facts: 1) I don't want to see Charlie's name in my newsfeed ever again, and 2) I only want to see Denise Richards' name in my newsfeed if she's revealing great secrets about her five cinematic triumphs. Here are my suggestions.
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For the past few months, it was assumed that Johnny Depp would be working strictly behind the camera on Martin Scorsese's 3-D adaptation of Brian Selznick's bestseller, The Invention of Hugo Cabret -- a heart-warming tale of an orphan living inside a Parisian train station. Wrong assumption! Le Parisien snapped a pic of the producer in costume, meaning it looks like Cabret will have at least some Depp. Take a look at the first image of the superstar as M. Rouleau alongside stars Chloe Moretz and Asa Butterfield ahead.
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Just over the transom from the good folks at the Tribeca Film Festival: the premiere of Edward Burns' Newlyweds will close out the 10th edition of the fest on April 30. Burns -- who previously debuted Ash Wednesday, Looking for Kitty and Nice Guy Johnny at Tribeca -- reportedly made Newlyweds for just $9,000.
· The mad geniuses over at Rooster Teeth have created a new fake trailer for the fake Michael Bay-directed Angry Birds: The Movie, and... well, it certainly looks like something Hollywood might attempt. Only, where are the explosions? And the American flags waving in slow motion? Michael Bay, this is not. This looks more like Simon West to me. Click ahead to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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Quentin Tarantino fans have been holding their collective breath for the combined version of Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 for years (a home video release is still TBA), but Sunday night in Los Angeles the holy grail of special cuts debuted theatrically at the New Beverly Cinema with more gore, more severed limbs, and a handful of minor changes. On Tarantino's birthday!
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Randy Quaid may have over 80 credits listed on his IMDb page, but these days the Oscar-nominated actor is better known nowadays for his fugitive lifestyle and cuckoo-bananas conspiracy theories. All of that could change, however, if Star Whackers -- the "highly experimental" documentary that Quaid and his wife Evi just announced -- is well-received when it premieres next month in Vancouver.
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Nobody knows anything. Except in the case of how Robert Redford and William Goldman stopped being friends at the height of their respective careers during production on All the President's Men. That story, it appears, has finally become known.
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The buzz surrounding Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar keeps humming for many reasons -- Larry Cohen's complaints aside -- not the least of which being the hot and heavy make-out scene between Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer. But what movie has the potential to be the next J. Edgar (in the same arm-stretching reach-y way that J. Edgar is the next Black Swan)?
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It's a hard knock life. Over the weekend, Deadline reported that Glee creator Ryan Murphy had broken off talks with Sony Pictures and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment to direct the big screen reboot of Annie. No word yet on who will direct in his absence, but Willow Smith is still set to whip her perm as the titular little orphan. [Deadline]
Lost in the wave of teeth-gnashing over Cars 2 is that fact that Pixar is still Pixar -- a more reliable producer of critically acclaimed popular entertainment cannot be found in Hollywood. As such: Let's get excited about Brave, the next next Pixar film and the studio's first non-sequel since Up in 2009. How is this one going to look?
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Grains of salt at the ready: According to The Daily Express, Cameron Diaz is so enamored with her current boyfriend, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, that she's planning a movie set inside the world of baseball. "She's even thinking that Alex could star in the movie with her," said a source. Right. Yankee Haters ™ shouldn't get their hopes up for this one just yet -- but then again, maybe they should. It would be awesome. [Daily Express]
Oh, dear. It seems that you decided to ignore popular opinion and spent your hard-earned money on Sucker Punch over the weekend (or, more likely, it seems that you didn't). Are you mad? Do you feel betrayed? Do you need somewhere to vent your frustration? Hey, maybe you liked Sucker Punch and want to vehemently defend its merits? Well, great! Let's talk about it! I promise, your friends at Movieline won't let the steam powered World War I-era German zombie soldiers hurt you.
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Also in this Monday edition of The Broadsheet: Screenwriter Larry Cohen has issues with Dustin Lance Black's J. Edgar script... Hollywood is still making two Snow White movies... R.I.P. Corey "D.J. Megatron" McGriff... and more ahead.
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