It was another lousy weekend to be Renée Zellweger at the box office. Her gloriously trashy psychological thriller Case 39 plunged off Paramount's shelf to a demoralizing if predictable seventh-place opening -- the Oscar-winner's fourth consecutive wide-release disappointment in two and half years. Theories abound as to what went wrong when, but there's no reason to look back when the 41-year-old actress has a wide-open future in front of her. Or does she? It couldn't hurt follow Movieline's fail-safe career advice:
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This afternoon we're thrilled to announce that TV reporter/smurfboy Michael Ausiello will be joining the company as of January 2011 to spearhead his own, yet-to-be-named TV site. With his influential Entertainment Weekly and EW.com column The Ausiello Files, Michael has become one of the biggest names in the TV universe, so we're obviously excited to have him in the family, and interested to see what kind of site he comes up with. Still wondering about that name, aren't you? Post your best guess after the jump... Full press release
Tony Gilroy will finally have a chance to make a Bourne movie his way. Gilroy, who wrote the first three films in the franchise to varying degrees of success and involvement, will direct his script for number four, tentatively titled The Bourne Legacy. Whether or not Matt Damon will return remains up in the air, but considering the star said he would only return if Paul Greengrass did as well, aspiring actors should get their headshots ready. [Deadline]
Jeff Bridges' Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn is a nasty fella. In the opening scene of this extended theatrical trailer for True Grit, when asked how many people he's shot in his life, the grizzled U.S. Marshal answers, "Shot? Or killed?" Whoa. I mean, when I'm asked that question, I can immediately say, "Zero, sir," on both accounts.
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· Are there Death Eaters loose in the forest? Perhaps Dementors? No, just a Photoshopping expert trying to make Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson look equal parts determined and zombie-like in the latest poster for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I. Look at how the end begins and strap in for more Buzz Break after the jump.
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As noted last week, I'll be down at the Apple Store SoHo tonight for a Q&A with the one and only Wes Craven. You and your probing questions are invited! Craven and actor Max Thieriot will be discussing and showing clips from the horror maven's new 3-D effort My Soul to Take, which is in theaters Friday. The event starts at 7 p.m. and is free on a first-come/first-served basis; see Friday's post for more information. Looking forward to seeing you there!
You didn't really want it, but that doesn't mean Todd Phillips isn't going to give it to you anyway. The director confirmed to Empire that the sequel to The Hangover will take place in Bangkok and Los Angeles, and feature "some f**ked-up surprises." One of those will apparently be the return of Ken Jeong's Mr. Chow, a character that seems to have no place in a non-Vegas-set sequel. Though if this means Jeong has to take an extended leave of absence from Community, color me excited. [Empire]
Tired of being the last to know about Sad Don Draper, Sad Keanu and Katy Perry's boobs? Then take matters into your own hands, Michael Bay-style! A brand new photo editing website has arrived and it's intentions are fairly simple: Take any picture you like (so long as it's within the size parameters) and run it through the Michael Bay-ifier. That means your very own Internet Meme (or Christmas card) can feature things like explosions, Shia LaBeouf's disembodied head and a fighter plane. Sadly, giant transforming robots are not available. Click ahead -- explosion! -- for an example.
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Sure, Kids Are All Right director Lisa Cholodenko thought Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar win was "cool." But: "[I]t felt so long overdue, the announcement itself was almost... dusty. I liked Kathryn's film. I liked that it was quite macho. But I still think that it's lopsided, the value we give to things. Why should a film have to have all that stuff in it: the guns, the special effects? Why does a film like, say, Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola get called 'petite'?" Great point, though I think we'd all agree a few IED's would have greatly improved those drowsy Tokyo montages. [The Guardian]
Here's an early still from Joel Schumacher's Trespass, which is currently filming. Looks like stars Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman are in a pretty tight spot, though based on Schumacher's checkered track record and the especially dismal performance of his last film, maybe the actors are hoping this faceless gunman pulls the trigger. Click through to check out the photo and guess what's going through Oscar winners' minds. They might regret it, but you won't.
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Also in today's edition of the Broadsheet: A Social Network screening breaks down... a noted Facebook expert breaks down The Social Network... Nobel Prize Week is officially underway... and more...
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At least some of The Social Network's $23 million weekend haul came from the Facebook company, which bought out two theaters this weekend to take its employees to see the film. "To celebrate a period of intense activity at Facebook, we decided to go to the movies," a spokesman told the NY Times. "We thought this particular movie might be amusing." Cheeky statements aside, though, what did the employees really think?
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Art Gilmore, whose iconic voice narrated thousands of trailers from Dumbo to Rear Window to I Married a Monster from Outer Space, died recently from age-related causes at 98. Gilmore narrated over 2,700 trailers starting in 1950 and also served as a television announcer for The George Gobel Show, The Red Skelton Show, Mackenzie's Raiders, Men of Annapolis and Highway Patrol. As a memorial, take a trip down memory lane with two great trailers featuring Gilmore's voice after the jump.
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The apotheosis of ridiculous 80s action flicks, Commando was released on October 4th, 1985 and it still stands as one of my favorite action movies. There's so much inspired lunacy it's hard to know where to begin: Dan Hedaya as a Latin American dictator! The mile-high body count! The campy one-liners! It's the Schwarzeneggiest movie ever made! A remake is supposedly in the works, but I say accept no substitutes. After the break, enjoy the original trailer, plus the bloodiest invasion battle this side of Normandy.
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Chord Overstreet is playing Kurt's boyfriend on Glee! Wait, no he's not! Maybe he is! Nope, definitely not! Word is, the blond-haired large-mouthed bass is now set to be Quinn Fabray's new main squeeze, because, sure why not? Check in later this week as Ryan Murphy changes his mind and has Overstreet's character dating Coach Bieste, a comfy Barcalounger, and finally Poochie, on their way back to their respective home planets. [EW]
