This is too perfect. Our first hint at the plot for Michael Bay's Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon (almost titled Transformers: Fear of a Planet) comes from an Amazon.com description of a ten page children's pop-up book. If you're dying to pre-order the book (which may or may not have doubled as Bay's shooting script), it's titled Transformers 3 Push-Pops Board Book. In the meantime, we've got the details about the plot and new characters after the jump. (Hint: Bay misses the Cold War era.)
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· You may have suspected that Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar staged their walkout last Thursday when Bill O'Reilly started crowing about 9/11 and terrorists and whatever else came to mind. Well, Sherri Shepherd is here to tell you you were wrong. Stop putting everyone in unfair boxes, you labeler. [YouTube]
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"When I first moved out to California, I packed up a van with all three of my possessions--a globe, a mattress and a poster of Gorbachev--and then, along with my friends Lisa and Bobby, drove the 2,700-plus-mile trip through the land of plenty, heading toward the land of milk and honey. I also used to hitchhike in college with a sign that read I DON'T HAVE A GUN. People really seemed to like the sign and I got picked up often." Annnnd now you know. [Playboy]
The annual Brown List is out at Hollywood Temp Diaries, wherein Temp X -- the faceless, fearless, SMS-review-writingest, most underemployed blogger in Hollywood -- catalogs thousands of industry votes to determine film and TV's most and least favorite executives. The people have spoken and, er, what is Jake Gyllenhaal doing on "least-liked" side?
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The bizarre news that Matt Dillon would complement Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet and director Roman Polanski in the screen adaptation of God of Carnage has finally been corrected. Instead, it's John C. Reilly now holding down the fourth wheel in Yasmina Reza's award-winning drama about two sets of feuding parents; he'll play Foster's husband to Winslet and Waltz's couple. Shooting commences in January in Paris. [Deadline]
As if we didn't know this was coming, there will be a third Iron Man film. Disney, which bought Marvel in late 2009, is starting to take over the distribution of the Marvel Universe (not named Spider-Man) and will usher out The Avengers in 2012 and (assuming the world still exists) Iron Man 3 on May 3, 2013. So, Iron Man fans, get ready to "put the pedal to the metal!" in 2013. (Maybe this should be a "come up with Iron Man's catchphrase in the comments" type post, because I'm not very good at doing so.) [Deadline]
It was the revoked film permit heard 'round the world, but now it appears all is well for Angelina Jolie and her untitled directorial debut. The film -- a romance about a Muslim woman and her Serbian rapist/lover -- will be allowed to film in Bosnia after being banned from the country last week. "The script has been approved and they are back on schedule to film in Bosnia next month," a source told Us Weekly. Sounds like someone in the Bosnian Office of TV and Film got themselves a nice fruit basket. [Us via The Playlist]
· Aspiring Fellini Kanye West took to Twitter this weekend to tell the world that the cover art for his newest album has been banned. Gasp! What could have caused such an issue with Island Def Jam? A naked Kanye having sex with a female Phoenix on his couch, naturally. In cartoon form. Click ahead for the NSFW image and stick around for more Buzz Break.
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Forget Mad Men. It looks like the Mel Gibson Rehabilitation Tour will kick-off in earnest with a cameo appearance in the sequel to The Hangover. "It's a done deal," a source told Page Six. "Mel will make a cameo as a tattoo artist." Of course he will. [Page Six via Vulture]
Also in this morning's edition of The Broadsheet: Pride, Prejudice and Zombies is the next movie you'll get tired of hearing about... GLAAD responds to Vince Vaughn... an Oscar contender causes fainting... and more ahead.
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Despite the fact that it sounds like a total waste of talent, Darren Aronofsky is all but locked to helm the sequel to the X-Men prequel, X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2. The silver lining here is that if the movie does well, Aronofsky might gain more money and creative control for challenging, personal projects down the line. Many directors have tried the approach of taking a larger movie in order to finance or even get the green light for more daring fare, but the results have been mixed. Movieline takes a look at at some of the most notable cases after the jump.
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Billionaire weed enthusiast Richard Branson has jumped into the world of film production with his new company Virgin Produced. But in its efforts to purchase its first spec script, this new company has produced the most frighteningly threatening sentence I've seen in some time. Read on to let the pure horror wash over you.
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With the news that Bradley Cooper will not be playing the Flash and Ryan Reynolds already busy with two other comic book franchises, who's left to play the Scarlet Speedster? As a public service to help keep the Sentient Pile of Pudding Known as Sam Worthington away from the role, Movieline is happy to present the five best actors to play the Flash.
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This weekend, a creaky group of friends who had been harshly weathered by age and by life gathered together again after many years apart to jump back in the fray, despite being far too old for such vigorous action. Also, Red starring Helen Mirren and Bruce Willis opened. Your weekend receipts are here.
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That's a lot of freaking galleons. According to published financial records, the soon-to-be-former Harry Potter has amassed a stunning £28.5 million ($45 million) fortune, eclipsing the wealth of Princes William and Harry, who have personal assets of £28 million ($45 million) each. Daddy Radbucks has investments worth $30 million, $5 million in the bank, and $10 million due to him from his film work. Somewhere in England, some poor kid with dark hair and light eyes who made it to the fifth round of casting for Harry Potter before losing it to Radcliffe just swore silent revenge. After the jump, check out exclusive footage of Radcliffe showing off some of his investment strategies. [FT]
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