Perhaps Aaron Sorkin never got that Facebook poke. While speaking at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France earlier Wednesday, the Oscar winner reportedly said he was through using the social networking site. "I have a lot of opinions on social media that make me sound like a grumpy old man sitting on the porch yelling at kids." And how! [Telegraph]
Former NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal hasn't made much noise since announcing his retirement via Twitter at the beginning of June, but perhaps a clandestine meeting with Ari Emanuel, Lance Klein and Doug Lucterhand at WME could change all that. Is this the beginning of Kazaam 2?
Provided all negotiations go according to plan, the burly Ray Winstone is in talks to potentially join Ian McShane, Eddie Izzard, Eddie Marsan, Bob Hoskins, Toby Jones and Stephen Graham as the seven dwarves in Snow White and The Huntsman. Don't worry, Jim Broadbent and other British character actors not hired for this film -- there might be room for you to play a dwarf in the Relativity Media version of Snow White, which is out next March. Heigh-ho, etc. [THR/Heat Vision]
· And you thought Michael Ian Black had the last word on the controversial tweet posted by Roger Ebert in the wake of the car accident that killed Jackass star Ryan Dunn. Wrong! As usual, the "news animators" at NMA have culled this flare up down to the bare essentials: Bam Margera hurling throwing stars at Ebert as he leaves the Chicago Sun-Times offices. Click through to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
If you loved The Grudge in both its Japanese and American incarnations, here's some pleasant news: director Takashi Shimizu has just signed on for Flight 75. The CBS Films production focuses on a "transpacific airliner where the passengers encounter what appears to be a supernatural force." Somewhere, Alfred Hitchcock is smiling. Or maybe that's Rod Serling. [Deadline]
Beloved former Wire star Idris Elba has been circling many major Hollywood project in recent months, and it looks like he finally bagged one. Deadline reports that Elba -- last seen onscreen as Heimdall in Thor -- has landed the lead role opposite Charlie Hunnam in Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi blockbuster Pacific Rim. Fabulous! But what does this mean for Django Unchained?
"We're putting all of our resources into this," Paramount chairman Brad Grey told the New York Times about the 3-D presentation of Transformers: Dark of the Moon. "It's the most spectacular visual experience I have ever seen." But is that promise enough to get you to shell out extra money to see the additional dimension when the Michael Bay-directed threequel arrives in theaters next week?
Also in this Wednesday edition of The Broadsheet: Snow White and The Huntsman lines up more dwarves... Ron Howard could go to the races... Spike Lee and Mike Tyson hit HBO... and more ahead.
A lesser person would make a joke about Hailee Steinfeld finding her Romeo. Fear not, though; you're in good hands. Variety reports that Douglas Booth has been cast in the upcoming adaptation of Romeo & Juliet from Gosford Park writer Julian Fellowes. The 19-year-old reportedly beat out 300 other actors for the chance to call Juliet the sun. Congrats, handsome! Steinfeld, Holly Hunter, Ed Westwick and Kodi Smit-McPhee round out the motley crew of a cast. [Variety]
"Leave Roger Ebert alone! He's missing half his face!" [@michaelianblank]
Here at Movieline, we hold a special place in our hearts for bad movies. From Van Wilder to Red Sonja to High School Musical 3, the best of the worst almost always offers something truly memorable. Which is why the upcoming release Immortals has us so very excited on this lazy Tuesday: judging from the newly released character posters, this could be the Bad Movie We Love of the year!
· With a testosterone-heavy cast featuring Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro, the Open Road release Killer Elite is poised to be your favorite dude-y action film since The Expendables. Statham stars as a former special-ops agent lured out of retirement to save his mentor (De Niro) from an evil Brit (Clive Owen). Broken bones and dead bodies likely ensue. Fun! It's out Sept. 23, so you've got time to get mentally prepared. For now, check out a first look at De Niro in the film -- complete with a full beard -- then stick around for more Buzz Break.
As more details emerge about the single-car accident that killed Jackass star Ryan Dunn and passenger Zachary Hartwell -- an Iraq war veteran who was recently married, according to MTV -- the story has been overshadowed by a controversial tweet from film critic Roger Ebert, and an angered response from Dunn's best friend and Jackass cohort Bam Margera. In an effort to quell the outrage, Ebert took to his blog on Tuesday morning to clarify his remarks.
A year after headlining one of summer's most ambitious blockbusters, Jake Gyllenhaal has advanced to what anybody would consider the logical next step: A guest spot on the season premiere of Man vs. Wild. The actor accompanied host Bear Grylls to Iceland for the episode airing July 11; according to a Discovery Channel press release, "Jake will have to go where Bear goes, eat whatever Bear eats, and on occasion even take the lead, if he's going to cope with some of the worst conditions known to man." Do with this information what you will. [via EW]
Star Trek 2 still doesn't have an official director -- J.J. Abrams has yet to confirm his involvement, though it is widely assumed he'll be back -- but that doesn't mean there isn't time to speculate about whether William Shatner will make an appearance. You'll recall that Abrams had planned to include a Shatner-as-Captain Kirk cameo in Star Trek, but that didn't work out. ("We tried desperately to put him in the movie, but he was making it very clear that he wanted the movie to focus on him significantly, which, frankly, he deserves," said Abrams.) Will things be different for the sequel?
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