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Cupid’s annual arrow barrage will suit Hollywood just fine next year: Valentine’s Day falls on a Friday in 2014, and Universal today slotted its remake of Endless Love for that ultimate date night. The drama stars Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde in the roles played by Martin Hewitt and Brooke Shields in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1981 [...]
In this clip from "This Is the End," Emma Watson drops by James Franco’s house to suggest what might be causing all of the apocalypse-ing. Also, check out another video from the set of "Godzilla" in today’s Dailies! » First clip from "Ain’t Them Bodies Saints" [The Playlist] » Emma Watson suggests a zombie invasion [...]
UPDATE, 6:08 PM: Philip K. Dick’s daughter Laura Leslie issued a statement today about the settlement between her father’s estate and Media Rights Capital. From the sound of it The Adjustment Bureau will not be the last time MRC has a hand in an adaptation of a Dick property. Take a read: Media Rights Capital [...]
FRIDAY 6:30 PM, 2ND UPDATE: Warner Bros‘ The Great Gatsby (3,035 theaters) domestic grosses just keep climbing upward. My sources’ latest estimates for the film are $18M-$22M for today, including Thursday late shows and Friday midnights, and $55M-$58M for opening weekend. The “X factor” will be Mother’s Day, which could contribute to a huger-than-normal Sunday [...]
There really is nothin’ like a Dame. Helen Mirren won an Olivier Award last week for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan’s The Audience. But Saturday night’s performance led the Oscar winner to use some not-so-royal language when dressing down a troupe of drummers who were passing by the West End’s Gielgud [...]
The curtain on Gavin Hood’s "Ender’s Game" adaptation has slowly started to pull back, with a handful of photos and a poster to its name. It can now add the first photo of Ben Kingsley’s Mazer Rackham to the list, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. As the mysterious and weathered warrior, Kingsley went deep into his [...]
Rapper and “American Idol” judge Nicki Minaj is set to trade music for the movies: she’s in final negotiations to star alongside Cameron Diaz in the upcoming revenge comedy “The Other Woman.” Diaz stars as the titular other woman who discovers her boyfriend (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is married. She teams up with his wife (Leslie Mann) [...]
The first clip from "Star Trek Into Darkness" debuted today over at AOL, and the bottom line is that even at a little over a minute long, the preview manages to be highly "Star Trek"-y in an awesome kind of way. The basic set-up for the clip should be familiar to anyone who was able [...]
Richard LeParmentier, best known for his role as Admiral Motti, commander of Vader’s Death Star in Star Wars Episode IV: The New Hope, has died at his Austin, Texas home. He was 66. LeParmentier appeared in more than 50 films and TV shows throughout his career, but his most memorable performance was the role of [...]
While promoting the Jackie Robinson biopic "42," on last night’s "Late Show with David Letterman," the perpetually aloof Harrison Ford fielded questions about his involvement in the J.J. Abrams-directed "Star Wars: Episode VII," and his response was pretty surprising. After discussing just how many (of the dozen) "Star Wars" movies Ford has appeared in, Letterman [...]