Longtime NBC schedule watchers will remember that The Paul Reiser Show has been sitting on the shelf collecting dust since last fall. Not anymore, though! The network announced that Reiser's Curb Your Enthusiasm-like sitcom (he plays "himself") will premiere on April 14 in place of Perfect Couples. It's likely a burn-off situation, but beggars can't be choosers. [Deadline]
James Franco is still a little touchy about his critically-panned performance at this year's Academy Awards as evidenced by the way he reacted to Bruce Vilanch's unkind review on Monday. Correctly recognizing the seriousness of a snarky, scrawled Skitch Twitpic, Vilanch sweat through whichever novelty t-shirt he was wearing at the time and quickly extended an olive branch to Franco, which was speedily accepted by the actor. Take a look for yourself below.
Everyone accidentally saw Avatar and made it the highest-grossing film ever, but did you know that movie cost, like, nine figures to make? It really did. Therefore, James Cameron's 3-D coloring book doesn't rank among the most profitable films ever made based on how much it grossed compared to its investment. CNBC's new list of the 15 most profitable films is based on that figure, with multiple films earning back over 2,500x their budget. Let's investigate ahead.
· You know how some superhero costumes are sleek and sorta badass? Not Captain America! The latest photo from the Marvel summer tentpole has arrived -- expect a new trailer to follow shortly -- and it highlights the clunky aspects of Cap's costume. Doesn't Chris Evans look like he's wearing long underwear under that thing? Click ahead to judge for yourself, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
Hilary Swank's almost-lost film The Resident is disturbing for a number of reasons -- not the least of which is being a misbegotten, low-budget genre stinker that sends the dual-Oscar winner straight to video for the fourth time in seven years. (On the bright side, Jeffrey Dean Morgan is effectively creepy as her stalk-y, murder-y landlord.) And now, perhaps fittingly, the DVD/Blu-ray cover art has established itself as some of the weirdest of her career. Let's try to figure out what's happening here.
In anticipation of David Gordon Green's medieval stoner comedy Your Highness -- in which Danny McBride speaks comically bad Old English, Natalie Portman strips down to a bikini and, presumably, everyone gets high -- McBride has penned a comic book prequel. Take a look at Your Highness: Knight and Dazed ahead to see James Franco hit a pipe with a wise old wizard and take a stoned journey with a companion bird. You won't be sorry -- unless seeing that McBride's comically bad Old English translates to cartoon dialogue bubbles makes you sorry.
Shut the door, have a seat. It appears that AMC and Lionsgate are close to finalizing a deal with Matthew Weiner to bring Mad Men back for a fifth season. Not that this would surprise anyone -- AMC was pretty confident it would return back in January -- but, hooray! Here's hoping season five kicks off with Don Draper on the verge of becoming a new dad, or something equally crazytown. [Deadline]
Just one week after the Internet was blessed with the greatest picture of Roman Polanski ever (or second greatest, if you're still waiting for the one of him in a prison uniform), the first glimpse of Polanski's God of Carnage has arrived. What can audiences expect from his Virginia Woolf-y adaptation of the Tony award winning play? Judging from Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz, lots of stank faces. Click ahead to judge who affects their sour look better.
In a one-two fanboy punch of historic proportions, Peter Jackson commenced production on The Hobbit this week while simultaneously launching a fan page on Facebook. Response to both has been about what you'd expect: frequent, fulsome, somewhat linguistically challenged yet ever loyal to the Oscar-winner, who replaced Guillermo del Toro on the long-delayed prequel to The Lord of the Rings. And in some spots, the reaction is also kind of... awesome?
From The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo to the Queen of the Nile? Perhaps. Deadline is reporting that David Fincher is in talks with Scott Rudin and Sony Pictures about directing the long (long) gestating Cleopatra, with Angelina Jolie in the titular role. Because matching a director famous for doing ninety-plus takes with a film subject that once almost bankrupted a studio is never not a great idea.
Give the marketing department over at Pixar lots of credit. Since jump street they've fully embraced Cars 2 as a worldwide production, not just one concerned with stateside eyeballs. That means what has been viewed around these parts as a clear money-grab sequel, might actually be a really big money-grab sequel. International doubloons count too! Isn't that right, Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie? Moviefone has debuted the latest globetrotting Cars 2 poster, which you can see ahead.
As his Web persona expands more than ever on both Twitter and his own site, I've never understood why Tom Cruise wouldn't just back off and let his 30-year body of work speak for itself sometimes. Like, another contest? Really? The guy made Risky Business, Born on the Fourth of July and Eyes Wide Shut among so many other titles -- own it, right? Finally, Cruise is. And the self-love is awesome.
Also in this Tuesday edition of The Broadsheet: Brad Pitt's World War Z may be dead... two epically funny men plan a trip to The Office... movie ticket prices could get more confusing, frustrating... and more ahead.
Get ready for some more Last Airbender-style controversy! Deadline has posted an alleged short list of actors competing for the leads in the adaptation of the beloved Japanese Manga and Anime Akira and... they are all white. Yes, a group of Hollywood's hottest Caucasian actors are all competing for the roles of Tetsuo and Kaneda. But if they're really going this route, those names are going to have to change... right?
After receiving a trophy at the GLAAD Media Awards this past Saturday, Tina Fey submitted to a pop culture quiz about gayness with host Andy Cohen. Her awesome revelations: Bert and Ernie probably aren't gay, but Telly and Murray might be; she'd go gay for Lynda Carter; if she were a lesbian, she'd come out during either the Super Bowl halftime show or the Oscars' "In Memoriam" section. Best of all, Sean Hayes represents "the exact mix of adorable, Irish, and gay that confused me my entire high-school career." Perfect. [Vulture]
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