It's not unusual for directors to have two films come out in the same year, but Lionsgate isn't giving Tyler Perry much breathing room. The studio announced today that they will distribute Madea's Big Happy Family on April 22 of next year, even though his adaptation of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf is slated for January 14. He hasn't even shot either one yet. Looks like someone's overcompensating! [Deadline]
It's been 22 years since Mike Tyson last sat down with Barbara Walters (in a tense joint interview with Robin Givens), and now the heavyweight champ is scheduled to appear on The View on Friday, May 7, to promote his upcoming Animal Planet series about pigeon-racing (seriously). Go easy on him, Barbara. In other View scheduling news, Gabourey Sidibe will co-host on Tuesday, May 4. [The Wrap]
The story of the Kennedys (including Camelot, "Happy Birthday, Mr. President," Dallas, and a pillbox hat full of secret woes) is getting the epic treatment via an eight-hour miniseries on the History Channel. The Kennedys will star Greg Kinnear as JFK, Barry Pepper as RFK, Tom Wilkinson as Joe Kennedy Sr., and (wait for it) Katie Holmes as Jackie. My reaction to this news sounds just like what? You guessed it: Betty Draper watching Lee Harvey Oswald get shot. [THR]
· /film has the international poster for Get Him to the Greek. Let's all juli in de bioscoop together. Click for bigger.
· Revealed in the new IMAX/WB deal: The Hobbit's been set for release in December 2013, while the studio has every intention of releasing new Batman and Superman films before then.
· Sarah Silverman will play Seth Rogen's sister in the Sarah Polley-directed Take This Waltz.
· No duh: RuPaul's Drag Race has been renewed after setting record for Logo. Bad news: the new season won't air until winter 2011.
· Noted scalpel-phobe Joan Rivers approves of Heidi Montag's plastic surgery. "I think she should have started sooner!" she told Us. "I think she should have started when she was 13."
According to a press release that just landed in the ol' Movieline inbox, that rumor that Bill Condon would direct the last Twilight installment, Breaking Dawn? It's now a reality. "As fans of the series know, this is a one-of-a-kind book -- and we're hoping to create an equally unique cinematic experience," said Condon in a statement, though no mention is made of rumors that the film will be split into two parts, filmed in 3D, or include the ookiest teenage-boy-on-vampire-baby scene imaginable.
As we told you yesterday, there are already some wildly different reactions to Iron Man 2: there are those who find it "mind-numbingly dull," and those who think it "f***ing rocks balls." If you're the latter, you'll want to wait until after the end credits to see just what easter egg Marvel has planted, hinting at their next film. If you're the former, you'll just want to read this post and be done with it.
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Amid his tales of deploying prison labor in the service of an Elvis Presley show, legendary producer and all-around Hollywood impresario Jerry Weintraub acknowledged Tuesday night that you shoudn't expect a fourth installment of the Ocean's franchise. Also: He once stayed up for four days in Texas drinking and slutting around with Frank Sinatra. Good to know. [THR]
Well, this wasn't quite the coming-out story we were expecting on the cover of People, but it'll do. Sandra Bullock, who's had some wildly extreme reversals of fortune as of late, actually had one more that she never disclosed: in January, she adopted a baby and kept it secret. And apparently her ex Jesse James never texted it to Bombshell McGee, because that secret held like a motherf****r! Wait, who? Jesse James? Why are you talking about him when I have this new baby?
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In a competitive time for everyone, it takes that extra little something to stand out. Clearly the aspiring actor Fabrice Yahyaoui has that and more -- including a MySpace page and this poster announcing himself to the world. (Or at least announcing himself to Canal Street, where Movieline had its introduction.) Are you paying attention, casting directors? HE F*CKIN' WANTS TO ACT. [Fabrice Yahyaoui]
Bill Murray has been so publicly dismissive about the mere possibility of Ghostbusters 3 -- remember when he called it his "nightmare?" -- that it's hard to believe he hasn't just burned his old costume in effigy at this point. In fact, based on his latest round of "let me cut this project off at the knees" quotes, it feels like the best way for Murray to get whatever revenge he's looking for would be to simply appear in the sequel, cash his big check and put in as much effort as he did on Charlie's Angels.
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Is it time to start worrying about Matt Damon's career? Following on the heels of the oft-shifted dud Green Zone, his next film, The Adjustment Bureau, has been knocked from its cushy July 30 calendar position to September 17. Because when you think blockbusters, you think September! Err. Maybe this is a sign that he should just stop making movies for Universal. [Deadline]
· Sorry, that pow-pow-pow ridiculousness just never gets old for me, and thank goodness: Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. have naturally set the franchise machine whirring into action for a Clash of the Titans sequel. Sam Worthington will return as Perseus, but Louis Leterrier will not return as director. And why would he? If you like an original film more than you like your own remake, it might be time to find a new project. A Journey to the Center of the Earth sequel looms as well, huzzah. [Deadline]
Zookeeper gets bumped, Paul Reubens gets Smurfed, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.
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· It's hard to believe that The Hills could be more effective with anyone other than its actual cast, but Babelgum's kid-starring parody comes damn close. Brody's birthday party is going to have streamers and a pony, I heard it on the bus. [HuffPost]
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Over the past two weeks, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been riding out the 200th episode celebration from hell. What started out as a milestone for the Comedy Central series led to death threats from a radical Islamic website. On top of that, their most recent episode, which included a lengthy response to the hype via a brave speech about fear, was completely bleeped out in a defensive effort by Comedy Central. In effect, Parker and Stone found themselves the subject of the very censorship they ridiculed earlier this season. So now what happens?
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Big Brother 9 star Matt McDonald continues to parlay his fifteen minutes of fame into full-fledged stardom, albeit in the California legal system. After being charged both with physically abusing his pregnant girlfriend and intimidating her into dropping charges, he's been arrested for running an oxycodone distribution ring with Big Brother 9 champion Adam Jasinksi. The two allegedly used Jasinski's $500,000 grand prize to help them with their start-up venture. There's no telling yet whether any of this was captured on the little-seen internet series Big Brother Way the Hell After Dark. [TMZ]
