Warner Bros. has just released the first image of Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman, and strangely the superhero's new curve-hugging get-up from David E. Kelly's reboot looks exactly like a sexy Halloween costume you can buy online for $29.99. Click through to guess which is which.
In Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's new alien romp Paul, Jason Bateman co-stars as Agent Zoil, a government official with an unknown agenda who is on the hunt for the escaped alien of the title. How did Bateman go from child star to one of the go-to supporting (and sometimes lead) actors in Hollywood?
Everything gets a sequel! As such, here's news you should have anticipated for quite some time. Billy Bob Thornton is apparently in discussions to reprise his role as Willie in the sequel to Bad Santa. "We feel that it's a Christmas perennial for the R-rated crowd," a Weinstein Company spokesperson told The Wrap. "Everyone loves the character and Billy Bob's excited to be in talks with us." Insert your crassest "ho, ho, ho" joke here. [The Wrap]
The entertainment industry has rallied en masse following some of the world's most devastating recent tragedies, organizing relief efforts for survivors of 9/11, the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia, Hurricane Katrina, and last year's earthquake in Haiti. The latter crisis alone prompted -- mere days after the disaster -- a star-studded charity telethon spearheaded by George Clooney and Wyclef Jean and which raised $57 million for the stricken nation. So why, in the wake of last week's 9.0 magnitude Japan earthquake -- and its resulting tsunami and nuclear crisis -- have we heard so little from Hollywood this time around?
· Read that headline again. There is no possible way this thing should work. And yet! The Dylan impression that Fallon unveiled on Late Night is so spot-on -- so lived-in and perfect -- that you simply won't be able to stop watching this clip. If only Todd Haynes knew about this, he could have cast Fallon in I'm Not There. Alas. Click ahead to watch and be awed, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
Earlier this week it was reported that the filmmakers behind Red Dawn were going to replace mentions of China with North Korea, in an effort to make the long-shelved remake more sellable to the "Asian superpower." It turns out that might be difficult. In a spoiler-heavy review, the website Libertas reveals that the crux of the film deals with China invading America to "collect" on the debt owed by years of borrowing. Kinda hard to imagine North Korea having the same aspirations, isn't it? [Libertas via The Playlist]
Say you're a band with a project to promote. The easiest way to get some quick media attention is by picking a fight with a hugely popular entertainment entity (or Charlie Sheen), since the press is desperate for any new story involving said entity. With that understanding then, is it merely coincidental that the Foo Fighters decided to start trashing Glee just in time for the premiere of their documentary, Foo Fighters: Back and Forth?
Everyone knows the world is going to hell before our eyes, but it takes a phenomenally informed and intuitive individual to really put the scope of our misfortunes in perspective. Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne is probably not that individual.
I want to believe. I really do. But every single time a new piece of Thor marketing comes out, believing just gets a little bit harder. The latest discouragement can be found in two new international posters for the Marvel summer blockbuster hopeful, which do a fine job highlighting Sir Anthony Hopkins' ridiculous gold eye patch. Click ahead to snicker.
The surest sign Anne Hathaway and James Franco were total busts as Oscar hosts (besides all of the obvious reasons)? When Billy Crystal took the stage on that fateful night, he was given a standing ovation. Would Crystal return as host? "I think the show needs to change," the 63-year-old comedian said. "There's too many awards and it has to sort of freshen itself up, and if I can be a part of that, that would be great." Nothing like having an eight-time host return to make things "fresh." [AP]
Here at Movieline HQ, we're pretty fascinated with Scream 4. For starters, its summertime shoot seemed like something worthy of a Heart of Darkness-like behind-the-scenes documentary. Things settled down after that -- until this week, when Wes Craven had to go and talk about how the film isn't the one he wanted to direct. All the drama aside, I'm at least still looking forward to Scream 4, but this photo has me wondering how much of it I'll see through my fingers.
"Why Peter Pan Projects Are Infiltrating Hollywood" reads the headline over at THR. Yes, why are studios jumping over themselves to find Pan films -- the latest being the Twilight-y spec script The.Never.Land? Good question! THR doesn't seem to have an answer beyond "fairy dust," which is apparently "floating over Hollywood." OK, then. You guys have any other suggestions? [THR/Heat Vision]
Also in this Friday edition of The Broadsheet: David O. Russell might direct a Russ Meyer biopic... Kevin Costner locks down a Super(man) role... Disney closes up shop in Toyko... and more ahead.
Like some of the best (and worst) work of David Lynch, I wasn't positive where this promo for the Lynch-directed Duran Duran webcast was going when it started. It looked more like a cheap rip-off that owed more to Lynch's reputation for being "weird" than something actually inspired by his work. At the same time, I was kind of intrigued by the idea of Lynch just screwing around with Final Cut Pro effects instead of showing any concert footage. Ah, and then the reveal: The faux-David Lynch style gets chipped away to reveal Duran Duran! This short spot could have been so much more.
It seems like the city of Paris would offer enough picturesque imagery to draw from when designing the poster for a Woody Allen film shot in the city of light. And that's to say nothing of the art the city inspired. Instead though, we get a little bit of the Seine, an obnoxious shout-out to a Vincent van Gogh painting of a village in the south of France and Owen Wilson donning an "Aw shucks" look. I don't get it. But then again, I would have been happy with a giant image of Carla Bruni carrying a baguette.
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