Also in this Friday edition of The Broadsheet: Charlie Sheen gives a pep talk to the UCLA baseball team... the Albert Einstein biopic you've always wanted has arrived... Lady Gaga releases "Born this Way"... and more ahead.
That might feel like a stiff breeze winter breeze you're shielding yourself from this morning, but it's really just the chilly, collective sigh of relief from multiplex owners who finally have some desirable movies to show their patrons. "Desirable" being relative, of course, but still: For the first time in 2011, some significant opening-weekend money will be changing hands. But of the week's four (!) new releases, who stands the best shot of taking first place? To the Forecast!
The days ahead just got a little brighter: Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed via Twitter that he will return to acting now that his gubernatorial term is finished! But, not so fast -- Arnold needs to choose his next roles very carefully. Since he took over California, he's gone from bona fide icon to bona fide mega-icon. Rehashing the same roles he was taking before office (Collateral Damage, anyone?) won't do him or us favors. And yes, doing the same types of movies in 3-D is still a rehash. For longevity's sake, he needs a role that will blow minds, that will make everybody rethink what they thought they knew about him -- a role like one of these.
While everyone's probably hoping that the now-even-more-advanced screening of The Beaver will be the wackiest thing they see at SXSW in Austin, the festival has gone ahead and released its full slate of it's Midnight and SXFantastic screenings, which are comprised of the sexy, scary and bizarre films meant to be seen after dark (and also with beer at the Alamo Drafthouse). This year, the slate includes gang fights against aliens, a skateboarding, beer-loving hedgehog and more. Oh, and Don't worry: Of course Hobo with a Shotgun is screening!
· The new Glee music preview features Justin Bieber's "Somebody to Love" and the Waitresses' "I Know What Boys Like." Shriek in delight or pain at your leisure.
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The dust has settled and it looks like they're really going to remake Logan's Run. With Ryan Gosling. Yep. You might remember that I mocked the original Logan's Run the other day. I was positive we didn't need to revisit it, actually! And yet, Logan Run's bastardization is a minor loss compared to what could be. The occasion calls for a rally: Let's name 50 movies that can't be remade for the following reasons: 1) They're perfect the way they are and belong in a time capsule; 2) they will seem grotesque in a 2011 update. Please add your own. Together, we can save some lives.
Regardless of your interest in the ongoing travails of Lindsay Lohan, a very interesting development has arisen in the aftermath of her most recent criminal episode. After the former actress was set free by a judge despite breaking probation in a felony grand theft case, Lohan's mother Dina reportedly told an eager-eared gossip that the whole sordid drama was in fact, "All good. God has a big plan." Oh, does He now?
Sanctum, last weekend's James Cameron-produced underwater adventure, was not exactly a hit with critics nor the box-office. And, if I'm being honest, I very much despised this movie. But then I really started thinking about it -- really trying to figure out what director Alister Grierson was trying to accomplish. Finally, I think I've figured out the true meaning (if not necessarily the intent) of Sanctum: It's a movie about a serial killer.
· Is James Franco worried about co-hosting the Academy Awards on Feb. 27? Not really. "If it is the worst Oscar show ever, who cares? It's almost, like -- fine. It's, like, one night," he told Vanity Fair. "It doesn't matter. If I host the worst Oscar show in the history of the Oscars, like, what do I care? I'll try my best." Have truer or better words ever been spoken by an awards show host? Consider that while you click ahead for more Buzz Break.
So, as usual, you have a pithy, brilliant comment to leave on this site. And then today, all of the sudden, you're coming up against a technical snag forbidding this from happening. Everyone here sympathizes -- and we are working on fixing it! A resolution is forthcoming as soon as possible, and you can get back to contributing your fantastic alternate Transformers 3 titles and wincing aloud at Mike and Molly fat jokes. Promise. Thanks for your patience and understanding!
If there's one thing we love at Movieline HQ, it's ridiculous porn parodies. Who is the audience for this stuff? "You know, The Human Centipede was great, but what it really needed was more badly-lit exploitative shots of female bodies!" Anyway. In Movieline's neverending quest to cover all facets of this burgeoning sub-industry, here's your latest round-up for Thursday, Feb. 10. Have you heard about the Elvis Presley porn parody that is actually drawing death threats?
Melena Ryzik -- The Carpetbagger to you, buddy -- recently went behind the curtain of Pixar Studios just outside of San Francisco. Did she find out where all the Pixar bodies are buried? Is the Pixar campus like a live-action version of Sunnyside Daycare? Nope! But it is delightful, as the Foosball table, cereal bar, and hidden speakeasy can attest. Click through to watch the six-minute video -- you won't be sorry. [NYT/Carpetbagger]
Also in this Thursday edition of The Broadsheet: Marvel may have found the perfect person to write and direct Iron Man 3... Michael Cera habla espanol... Baz Luhrmann will probably make The Great Gatsby after all... and more ahead.
Empire Magazine hosted a web chat with the Ethan half of the Coen Brothers yesterday, in which he said that "We're working on a couple of scripts now; one of which it would be fair to call a full-on horror movie." So of course "Coen Brothers May do a Horror Film" should be popping up all over the place on your RSS feed. Right. They also may work with Sam Raimi and may make a sequel to True Grit. Maybe a third of the webchat questions actually involved rumored projects, and many of the answers seem to have been typed with Coen's tongue firmly planted in his cheek. So yes, here's a rundown of everything Coen said about project rumors, but keep grains of salt at the ready. After all, this is one of the guys who also said Fargo was based on a true story.
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