What has gotten into Terrence Malick? The Halley's Comet of directors has already shot his follow-up to The Tree of Life, even though that film isn't even coming out for another three months. Slow down, Terry! You're going to throw your back out! The first look at Malick's other next film -- an untitled drama starring Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem -- has arrived online, and it looks perfectly Malick-y. Click ahead to get lost in wheat field.
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· Check out the big brain on Dr. Gregory House! On the hit Fox series House this week, the team decided to parody the famous opening scene from Pulp Fiction, but minus all those swear words and screaming. The results are pretty good! Good enough, at least, to make me want to entertain the idea of sitting through an episode of House on my laptop. Say what again, click ahead to watch the scene, and stick around for more Buzz Break.
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You may have wondered why handsome leading man/director/humanitarian George Clooney has not yet committed to running for office. After all, he is one of the most politically outspoken celebrities in Hollywood, and he even helped his father run for Congress back in 2004. The reason behind Clooney's lack of political ambition is quite simple though -- as he recently told Newsweek, he just "f*cked too many chicks." Read on for the Oscar winner's full explanation.
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If he can't give you an Arrested Development movie -- oh, right, it's still shooting sometime this year -- Mitch Hurwitz has the next best thing in mind: A remake of Lars Von Trier's Boss of It All, which he's setting up with Imagine Entertainment producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. The film -- which has reportedly been in development for a year -- is about the owner of an IT company who creates a fictitious boss to pass along bad news to his employees. Movieline would like to encourage Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and David Cross to keep their schedules open. You can check out the original von Trier film on Netflix instant watch right now. [Wrap via Vulture]
If you thought you'd seen the last of pop phenom Justin Bieber (well, for a while) after his rocku-biopic Never Say Never opened two weeks ago, his Rolling Stone interview hit, he died in a hail of gunfire on CSI, and he cut that magical hair, think again: In an unprecedented move by Paramount and director Jon M. Chu, a new cut of the film is being re-released to theaters this Friday for a limited one-week run. So why the Bieber Redux? And why are non-Beliebers buzzing about the impact Never Say Never: The Director's Fan Cut could have on the future of filmmaking?
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Also in this Wednesday edition of The Broadsheet: Bette Midler weighs in on the Best Picture nominees... Steve Carell will talk to his dog, but in a sad way... there's a second Spider-man musical in the works... and more ahead.
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Academy president Tom Sherak has officially weighed in on whether Banksy will be allowed to attend the Oscars in disguise on behalf of Best Documentary nominee Exit Through the Giftshop. While the Academy would still prefer that he not wear a disguise, it doesn't sound like security will be standing by to taser anybody in a monkey mask. Said Sherak, "Listen, he'd run right over me. I'm not gonna stand up to stop him. Nobody is, that's not what we do." Meanwhile, Banksy probably doesn't care what Sherak said because he is too busy throwing up street art all over Los Angeles. Click through for the three latest pieces that have turned up.
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I can only imagine that everyone involved in Bad Santa will be at least a little bit bummed out after this trailer for Bad Teacher. As the trailer started, maybe they just mused, "Hey, that Jake Kasdan guy made a movie with people cussing and doing drugs around kids, except it stars Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake and it doesn't look as funny. Interesting. I wonder what they decided to call it?" Then, the title screen flashes, and that's when they realize that someone actually stole their title page and logline and changed the word "Santa" to "Teacher."
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· For the last post each day this week, we'll be revisiting the finest Oscar speeches ever. This is my bread and butter, so get excited. Today, we kick off with Shirley MacLaine's spirited, hilarious, and touching speech for her Best Actress win in 1983's Terms of Endearment. Rock Hudson and Liza Minnelli do a hell of a job presenting too. [YouTube]
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Yup. He is an Academy Award nominee, actor, Oscar host, curator, student, singer, soap star, literary fellow, self-pleasure enthusiast, Twitter star, and champion for seventies sitcoms, but it's still not enough for James Franco. The man who collects jobs like Charlie Sheen collects loose-lipped escorts has added another bullet point on that already crowded CV -- he is being featured in a new art exhibit alongside Gus Van Sant.
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Bill Murray put a halt to to his random karaoke appearances and CNBC interviews on Tuesday morning so that he could call in for a scheduled interview with Howard Stern, where the actor was slated to promote Get Low on DVD. As soon as the notoriously reclusive star jumped on the line though, Stern probed the actor about his many casting rumors, including Ghostbusters 3.
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Earlier today Movieline caught up with director/digital wunderkind Jon M. Chu, helmer of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, to follow-up on the recently announced Director's Fan Cut hitting North American theaters on Friday. While you wait with bated breath for the full chat, posting on Wednesday, find out why Chu pegged David Fincher's The Social Network to come home with Oscar gold this Sunday.
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Good news, Greta Gerwig fans! Remember when the trailer for Arthur debuted earlier this month and you were left wondering why your girl crush of the moment was left to offer nothing but a sideways glance at Russell Brand, Helen Mirren and Luis Guzman? Well, apparently Warner Bros. heard your pleas, because the newly release poster for the April comedy puts Gerwig front and center. That she has her eyes closed is of no consequence. Baby steps, Gerwigphiles! Click ahead for the marketing goodness.
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James Nguyen, the possibly-delusional former Silicon Valley software salesman-turned-filmmaker behind the truly awful-and-not-even-in-a-good-way 2008 cult pic Birdemic (on DVD shelves this week), is hard at work on Birdemic 2: The Resurrection. That's the bad news. The good news: He's filming it in 3-D -- and the untrained Nguyen assures the Wall Street Journal that he's "completely mastered the art of 3-D cinematography." The self-described "Master of the Romantic Thriller" adds that the sequel might have something to do with the La Brea Tar Pits. We take it back. This is all bad news. [WSJ Speakeasy]
· The Internet: A place where any creatively inclined Tom, Dick or Harry can cut together a bunch of clips from movies starring Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore and create a sequel to E.T.. One that includes Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, The Jonas Brothers (!) and lots of carnage. (Poor, Morgan Freeman!) Click ahead to watch the extended trailer for ET-X: Extinction, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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