The hotly-anticipated The Social Network ruled the roost this weekend, hitting number one and finally giving Justin Timberlake a movie he doesn't have to be ashamed of. And, that's just about it, I don't think any other new movies opened this. . .oh, wait. Let Me In and Case 39 seemed to suggest that people aren't yet in scary movie mood, coming in at numbers 8 and 7, respectively. Your weekend receipts are here.
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Liston vs. Patterson. Ali vs. Frazier. Alien vs. Predator. To this rollicking roster of titanic tussles, we can now add the fearsome blood feud of Shia LaBeouf and Frankie Muniz, or, as I prefer to think of it, Scrawny, Pasty-White Fight Club.
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What an exciting time to be alive. After years of Planet Terror and Death Proof being available on separate, skimpy DVDs, the complete theatrical version of Grindhouse is being released on Blu-ray this Tuesday. That's a full three hours and 11 minutes of zombies, machine-gun leg strippers, homicidal stunt men, and the funniest trailers this side of Kentucky Fried Movie. And in true grindhouse fashion, this is a double-feature post: the trailer for Death Race 2 is after the jump.
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Polish the invisible jet, because it looks like someone's finally making a live-action adaptation of Wonder Woman. After Joss Whedon labored on a big-screen version for years before it finally headed back to development hell, David E. Kelly is ready to take the Amazonian Princess to the small screen.
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My Generation -- the ABC mockumentary that dared you to fall in love with 9 thinly-sketched archetypes -- is the second show this season to get the cancellation axe from execs. After posting even terrible numbers the first week and even worse numbers the second, ABC took pity on us all and sent the narcissistic Gen-Y navel-gazers straight to hell. Alas, poor My Generation, we'll always have your maddeningly vague and incredibly irritating posters. [Vulture]
I suppose after such a run of good luck -- your films grossing more than $3 billion worldwide, enough Oscars to goldplate your house and Sean Astin on your speed-dial -- cosmically speaking, you might be due for some bad luck. But man, poor Peter Jackson, is really catching his bad luck in buckets.
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Face it tiger: we just hit the jackpot. Easy A star Emma Stone is reportedly just moments away from being offered the role of Mary Jane Watson in the new Spider-Man reboot. The new Spidey movie will allegedly follow the comics and first introduce Gwen Stacey as Peter Parker's love interest, while Watson becomes more integral as the film series develops. Stone was a real firecracker in Easy A and might just be the perfect feisty redhead to fill the role. [Deadline]
The first big ol' schmancy Oscar bait movie of the season, The Social Network, logged in at number one last night, while the double-barrel horror flicks Let Me In and Case 39 had their screams muffled at number six and number seven, respectively. Your Friday Box Office is here.
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Another week down at ML HQ, and folks, this was a bit of a rough one. But as with all ruts, time, care and consideration will prove the best remedy. Thus I encourage you to have a look at the latest edition of Movieline's Week in Review. There are glints of hope, signs of progress, and the promise of the future -- and it all starts tomorrow with distinguished weekend editor Dixon Gaines. The rest of us will see you Monday. Have a good one!
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· The Social Network may make $30 million this weekend but the more interesting question is "How much would The Social Network make if it starred the cast of The Hangover?" Take a look at this promo remixed with Between Two Ferns highlights and make a guess below. [FOD]
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Get excited! A month after Lionsgate announced it would release Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls in time for Oscar consideration, I am thrilled to introduce the poster that will accompany the film through the awards season. For someone who thinks Perry should have been nominated every year since The Family That Preys, this is what you'd call a watershed moment. Or maybe a tear-shed moment. Click through to see why.
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Grains of salt at the ready: A semi-disclosure from Baz Luhrmann -- at a special Social Network screening in New York -- has placed his long-gestating Great Gatsby adaptation high on the filmmaker's list of Things to Do Today. And while he wouldn't namecheck any of the cast he has in mind, another source has no problem doing exactly that. And by the way: Did you hear about the Gatsby parallels in The Social Network? Madness! Let me explain.
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Only one more Wes Craven film to go before Scream 4 makes its much-anticipated debut, but let's not be so hasty to look past My Soul to Take -- the legendary horror filmmaker's new movie (opening Oct. 8) and his first in 3-D. In fact, how about we talk it over with Craven next week at the Apple Store SoHo in NYC?
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Add Matt Dillon to the list of people suing Bob Yari over Crash. The Oscar nominated actor and producer is reportedly owed $100,000 in unpaid profits made from the film, which Dillon says he was cheated out because Yari "deliberately authorized [the production entity] to apply an incorrect formula for the calculation of [Dillon's] contingent compensation." Dillon's lawsuit joins a similar one director Paul Haggis and producers Brendan Fraser and Bobby Moreseco currently have against Yari. [THR]
Hoo boy. Norway isn't the only place you'll find plus-size trolls this morning: A tsunami of bile has flooded Rotten Tomatoes' Social Network review page, where noted hater Armond White dared to spoil a pristine 100% positive rating for what he described as "a movie excusing Hollywood ruthlessness." (Among other things.) Coincidentally, it also seems to be a movie excusing Internet commenters' ruthlessness.
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