Theater owners these days! Doing it for themselves, what what! On the heels of the Alamo Drafthouse banishing an idiot text-messager from its hallowed moviegoing confines comes this gem from Connecticut's art-house Avon Theater, which essentially boils down to the equivalent of those amusement-park signs declaiming, "You must be this tall to ride The Whizbanger," or whatever. Except this is all about The Tree of Life. And, apparently, a few sad viewers' puny tastes.
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Literally, actually. If you live in the Michigan area, are over 18 years old, and a clown, you can e-mail in your resume for consideration to become an extra in Oz: The Great and Powerful. The production advises that you "include a picture of you not in clown mode" with your note, which actually doubles as good advice for everyday life as well. The James Franco-led film starts shooting this summer. [Michigan Acting via Coming Soon]
Also in this Friday edition of The Broadsheet: Ryan Gosling may team with Nicolas Winding Refn again... director Rob Cohen is going on a Bullet Run... Paul Haggis may tackle a popular novel series... and more ahead
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Michael Bay is notoriously tough on actors -- just ask Megan Fox -- but it appears he gave new Transformers: Dark of the Moon star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley some preparedness training before he even cast her in the new robot-killing film. Warning: this story involves the desert, high heels, and underwear.
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While the new Captain America: The First Avenger trailer premieres tonight at 7:30 p.m. EDT (how blogger-inconvenient), the new poster hits you right now, square in the face, with a jawline from the gods and a shield from an early season of American Gladiators (when Human Cannonball was still a thing). BREAKING: Chris Evans looks like John Edwards from the side.
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That sound you just heard was the entire Internet saying in unison, "Good job, Joel Courtney!" The adorable Super 8 star has just been cast as Tom Sawyer in Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn. Per Variety, the Jo Kastner-directed adaptation will shoot in Bulgaria instead of Missouri, which is... odd. Otherwise, mint! Courtney is also in talks for the supernatural thriller The Healer. Spooky, scary, etc. [Variety]
· Bad Teacher isn't the only R-rated comedy on the horizon. Warner Bros. has Horrible Bosses coming in two weeks, and the latest clip has arrived online, sans R-rating. Instead, you get Kevin Spacey laughing in Jason Bateman's face over his dead grandmother. No wonder the posters are calling Spacey a "psycho." Click through to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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Hollywood Out of its Effing Mind, Part MMCXLVI: "A reliable individual [said] that the movie will net out at a cost of about $215 million, after allowing for all the tax rebates. That's nearly twice the cost of Men in Black II. Sony would not confirm the budget figure." [TheWrap]
The push to get audiences to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon in glorious 3-D is getting a bit harder. In fact, this one feels more like a shove. Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, star Shia LaBeouf said that Dark of the Moon is the "greatest 3-D film ever made." Oh, is that all?
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With filming on The Hobbit series underway in New Zealand -- and with Peter Jackson possibly done with major casting; maybe -- it seems like just the right time for a set photo from the film to emerge from the wilds of Middle-earth. Lo and behold, here you go! EW does the honors, debuting this pensive shot of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins. First impression: those ears are big! Click through for a first look at The Hobbit.
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For the past week, Harry Potter fans have been anxiously waiting to find out what author J.K. Rowling planned to unveil with the mysterious new website Pottermore. Would it be something as disappointing as a Harry Potter encyclopedia, or something as brain-melting as a new Potter adventure. Well, good news and bad news: Rowling revealed on Thursday that Pottermore will include some new content! (Brain melts.) Unfortunately, that content will be of the additional notes variety. (Brain doesn't melt.) At least you can get e-book versions of all seven Potter novels?
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Also in this Thursday edition of The Broadsheet: The FBI finally catches the inspiration for The Departed... a tragedy strikes How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying... Viggo Mortensen lends his face to January... and more ahead.
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That surprise Warren Beatty project has finally come into focus: Deadline reports the Hollywood legend will play Howard Hughes in the untitled Paramount film, though it won't be a straight-ahead biopic. Instead, at least part of the script will focus on a relationship Hughes had with a much younger woman when he was older. Beatty will apparently meet who's who of acting talent for roles, among them: Andrew Garfield, Alec Baldwin, Annette Bening, Shia LaBeouf, Jack Nicholson, Evan Rachel Wood and Rooney Mara. Huh. Wonder how Bening got a meeting. [Deadline]
Awards season isn't completely over for some of your favorite films from last year: The 12th annual Golden Trailer Awards pit the best marketing campaigns, trailer, and posters from films in 2010 and 2011 against one another, which means the Tree of Life trailer is up against that of The Social Network, the vampire remake Let Me In competes with the spooky remake Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, and Cars 2 battles Rango. Never mind that half of these films haven't come out yet!
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After Idris Elba signed up for Pacific Rim earlier on Wednesday, it seemed that Jamie Foxx would be the last man standing for Quentin Tarantino in his quest to find a lead for Django Unchained. And he apparently is. Deadline reports that Tarantino wants Foxx to play the titular, revenge-seeking slave, and that talks will begin soon. Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson have all been discussed as co-stars. Developing... [Deadline]
