It's not just American Idol that's been shaking up the judges' panel. On Nigel Lythgoe's other Fox reality show, So You Think You Can Dance, they've been hitting puree on the panel for a few seasons now. First they installed director/Miley Cyrus sex device Adam Shankman in the third judges' chair that had previously been free-floating. Then they booted shrieking Mary Murphy for choreographer Michaels. But now, according to E!, Michaels is dunzo and Murphy is returning, and in my opinion, that's a good thing.
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It didn't come close to beating The Dark Knight's opening weekend record, but somehow I think the braintrust behind the Harry Potter films is perfectly satisfied with its opening weekend gross of $125 million, the second largest opening of the year behind Iron Man 2. And far, far, far down the list, at number 5 is Russell Crowe's Next Three Days. Chin up, mate! There's always Robin Hood 2! Your weekend receipts are here.
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Most actors are loath to talk about their crappy past movies. They usually elide around the subject, speaking in delicate, neutral tones. But in the press conference for his upcoming film The Fighter, Mark Wahlberg appropriately pulled no punches and confessed what we all already knew: The Happening was just a terrible movie.
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A man of his word, director Matthew Wilder announced on his Facebook page that Malin Ackerman would step in for the beleaguered and be-rehabbed Lindsay Lohan in his Linda Lovelace biopic, Inferno. You might recognize her from parts in Couples Retreat, 27 Dresses, or as Silk Spectre II in the Watchmen. Based solely on her very realistic hip-pumping in the Owlship love scene, I can only conclude that Ackerman is gonna do great as the star of Deep Throat.[TheWrap]
When you're too unpredictable and uncontrollable to play a porn star...Lindsay, let this be your wake-up call. After previously claiming that he was happy to wait for her, Matthew Wilder, director of Inferno, a biopic centered on the life of Linda Lovelace, the star of the controversial Deep Throat, now officially says that his production can no longer pause for the backsliding, rehabbing, sue-happy Lohan. Wilder will announce which "amazing actress" will get to fill the void left by Lohan. Good luck wrapping your mouth around those lines, Mystery Actress! [E!]
An envelope containing white powder was sent to the Dancing With The Stars offices in CBS Television City in Los Angeles. The offices were evacuated as a precaution and authorities were called in. The white powder was determined to be talcum powder and the workers were allowed to return to their offices. Authorities have not yet revealed who the letter was addressed to, but it's widely assumed to have been sent to controversy lightning rod Bristol Palin; after all, who would really go to the trouble to start a vendetta against the chubby kid from That's So Raven? [Deadline]
Thursday night is rapidly turning into the network equivalent of the O.K. Corral. First CBS, sensing weakness on the part of NBC's comedies, moved The Big Bang Theory and $#*! My Dad Says into the 8 PM berth formerly held by Survivor. NBC responded by doubling-down and expanding their night into a 3 hour comedy behemoth. And now Fox is looking to join the fight. Check out their full, new midseason line-up after the break.
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Well, holy cow. After pulling in $24 million at midnight, the penultimate Potter flick increased its take to a truly magical $65 million in its first day in release. I guarantee you that Warner Bros. execs are alternately high-fiving themselves over having another $65 million night next summer with Part 2, and then secretly calculating how much more they would have made if this one was in 3D. Oh, and some Russell Crowe prison movie self-destructed at number 5. Your Friday box office is here.
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Happy Friday! Wait, I already said that. Oh well -- such in the circle of life, and such is the way the long week closes at Movieline. Cue the Week in Review, with its assortment of high, low, beautiful, hideous, blessed, cursed, and so many more of the nuanced dynamics in between that make our culture remotely interesting. Or, failing that, there's always booze. On that note! I'm gonna ramble, lady. Dixon Gaines will take it from here -- have a great weekend!
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· Black Swan cygnet Natalie Portman has another well-spoken reason for why she doesn't do nude scenes. She even threw in the impressive word "expropriate" to make you feel bad for asking. [MCN via ONTD]
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The domestic and international release schedule for Captain America: The First Avenger was unveiled today. What wasn't released is what Captain America: The First Avenger will be titled internationally. Just like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was retitled to Sorcerer's Stone in the U.S. market, some titles just won't work in other parts of the globe. And considering this country's standing in world opinion these days, Marvel may want to distance themselves from the word "America" as much as they can. With that, Movieline offers Marvel 20 international title suggestions for Captain America: The First Avenger. You're welcome.
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· Hide the bowling pins! Steven Spielberg announced today that he's cast Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in his long, long, long gestating adaptation of Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals. Titled Lincoln -- and adapted by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Tony Kushner -- the film will shoot next fall with an eye toward a release in the fourth quarter of 2012. Catch your breath from that announcement, then click ahead for more Buzz Break.
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It's not often you see "poor Russell Crowe and Paul Haggis" written in a sentence, but there you go. Faced with the guaranteed blockbusting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (which grossed $24 million from its midnight screenings; a not-quite-Twilight-ian amount), Crowe and Haggis will likely see their thriller, The Next Three Days, fall by the wayside at the box office. Thankfully, though, they aren't alone in trying to scale Mt. Potter. Ahead, Movieline remembers the six other films that opened opposite the record-setting franchise.
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Even all those Muggles queued up at Mall of America couldn't push Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to a midnight box-office record. The seventh film in the series pulled down $24 million, a healthy gross that nevertheless fell well short of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's $30 million record in June. The film did break Eclipse's IMAX record, however, surpassing the old $1 million watermark by $400,000. Only $106 million to go, team! [The Wrap]
Also in this Friday edition of The Broadsheet: Sarah Palin's presidential campaign of the future... Two Moses movies on the way... a young girl gets bullied for liking Star Wars... and more ahead.
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