Drew Barrymore might be on a career roll lately -- her winning turn in Going the Distance was the best part of that film; Whip It was a fantastic directorial debut -- but is she responsible for the disappointment that is Radiohead's newest album? In the liner notes for The King of Limbs the band randomly offers a "big thank you" to Barrymore, which may have something to do with fan speculation that she let them use her Los Angeles home to record the album. Or maybe they just loved Whip It too. [NME]
For a lot of film aficionados, The Wettest County in the World is one of the most highly anticipated projects currently in production. The adaptation of Matt Bondurant's Prohibition-set novel has attracted a host top-line talent -- including Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain and Gary Oldman -- and director John Hillcoat, meaning it should be equal parts gritty and violent. Not this first image from the set though, which features LaBeouf grinning alongside some youngsters in their best period-appropriate wardrobe.
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· Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor may have been best-known for her connection both on and off screen with Richard Burton, but in 1958, it's likely her on-screen pairing with Paul Newman had hearts racing fastest. As Moviefone points out, the Cat on a Hot Tin Roof co-stars are pretty much the most beautiful couple you could possibly imagine, yesterday or today. Click ahead to watch them ratchet up the sexual tension, then stick around for an Elizabeth Taylor-centric edition of Buzz Break.
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The recent successes of Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult have been a boon for Matthew Vaughn and X-Men: First Class. The young stars will lead their own tentpoles in 2012 (Hunger Games and Jack the Giant Killer, respectively), but they're supporting mutants in the '60s-set Marvel blockbuster due out in June. So what better time to remind people of that added starpower than with a new still that portends to a possible romance! Just one question: What's with that jet?
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When we think back on the late Elizabeth Taylor, we tend think of her major films roles (particularly the two, in BUtterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf, that won her Oscars) and, yes, her many husbands. What we don't always think of his just how accessible Taylor was as a movie star. After all, it's not every double Academy Award-winning Hollywood icon who does guest spots on productions as wide-ranging from General Hospital to The Simpsons. So, on a day of remembrance, let's look back at Taylor's eight most memorable cameos from television and film.
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Not that Mars Needs Moms needed any more indignities, but here you go: Disney will release the Robert Zemeckis-produced bomb on DVD in Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). The film has grossed just $23 million worldwide since opening two weeks ago. For reference, that's bad. [Variety]
Good morning, class! As mentioned Tuesday before we adjourned, your homework for the evening was to take in ABC and People Magazine's Best in Film: The Greatest Films of Our Time and prepare a brief reaction for today. Movieline's own Elvis Mitchell hit his commentary out of the park; now it's your turn.
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Musical chairs, Hollywood edition! After moving the James Franco-led Rise of the Apes from June to November, Twentieth Century Fox announced on Tuesday night that the film will now get released on Aug. 5. That places the Apes reboot opposite The Smurfs and the Ryan Reynolds-Jason Bateman comedy, The Change-Up. To facilitate this move, Fox also shifted the The Sitter from Aug. 5 to Dec. 9. Mark those calendars accordingly. [Deadline]
Wow. Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor died this morning in Los Angeles, more than a month after her hospitalization for congestive heart failure. She was 79.
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Also in this Wednesday edition of The Broadsheet: Doug Liman hopes to send some of Hollywood's brightest to the moon... Benicio Del Toro is a Savage... The Thin Man gets a screenwriter... and more ahead.
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American audiences basically said it was time to put the Narnia franchise to bed, giving The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader $107.3 million against its $155 million budget. This figure was also significantly less than the gross of the last two Narnia films. But guess what? A sequel is now in development! That's probably thanks to the fact that its international gross has now surpassed $300 million. So apparently, America can't single-handedly determine the success of blockbusters anymore, which is bad news if you didn't like The Tourist.
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Even before he first flexed his acting muscles as the Scavenger Smoker in Half Baked, weed enthusiasts knew they had a champion in rapper Snoop Dogg. Now comes exciting news out of SXSW: The Doggfather's set to star opposite hip-hop newcomer Wiz Khalifa in a stoner comedy called High School. As Khalifa revealed in an interview, the film will bring two generations of rap together through the shared billowing puffs of the marijuana smoke, accompanied by a soundtrack album of new collaborative tracks. Khalifa describes the project in his own words:
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In a great affront to Sting's impact as a thespian, Paramount spent four years planning a remake of Dune. That's over now. Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi book series will not be re-imagined for the silver screen. "Paramount's option has expired and we couldn't reach an agreement," said Richard P. Rubinstein, who holds the rights to the mega-selling title. Damn it! The 1984 Dune movie is a Bad Movie We Despise, but a remake could've ended up in the Bad Movies We Love pantheon. For shame, everyone. [Deadline]
Everyone can agree that infographics are uber-cool and all that -- combining snazzy, geek t-shirt-ready design with movie science that your brain can't process on its own. (Are the criss-crossing timelines of Back to the Future III confusing? There's an infographic for that.) But is it the best idea to release a movie science-explaining infographic for a film that hasn't yet been released, as in the eye-pleasing-but-possibly-semi-spoilery art for Duncan Jones' Source Code? Spoilers ahead.
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By the time you get your books and give yourself a look, you're at the corner just in time to see one of Sucker Punch's stars dump Saved by the Bell's heartthrob protagonist! Which of Zack Snyder's leading ladies gave Zack Morris the heave-ho way back when? Click through for the video.
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