While it got the cold shoulder were the Oscars are concerned, “The Dark Knight” is doing quite fine, thank you very much. Warner Bros. has announced that Christopher Nolan’s movie has earned $1,001,082,160 worldwide. It is only the fourth movie to cross the 1 billion line. (The others are “Titanic,” “Lord of the Rings: The …
Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire,” was the top winner at Sunday’s Oscars, picking up eight awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay as well as awards for best score and song. Sean Penn took home Best Actor and Kate Winslet won Best Actress.
Marvel Productions wants Mickey Rourke for the role of the villain in “Iron Man 2.” However, times being what they are, they don’t want to pay Rourke’s asking price. Now, reports are circulating that Marvel is waiting until Sunday night to make Rourke an offer. Why Sunday night? Because it’s the Oscars. If Rourke picks …
To read the reviews when “The Love Guru,” opened in theaters, you would have thought that comedy as it is known had ceased to be. While this movie is un-funny, uncomfortable and overlong at 88 minutes, it is not the end of comic cinema. And while it may not signal the end of the Mike …
Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson have all signed on for the third film in the popular “Fockers” films. This new film was originally going to be called “Meet the Little Fockers,” but Universal decided it was too much of a mouthful, so it’s been shortened to simply, “Little Fockers.” The storyline involves Stiller …
Natalie Portman is rumored to be joining the cast of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” The horror movie combines the sensibility and properness of Jane Austen with blood-thirsty zombies. I think I might start camping out to see this one right now. Portman had said in previous interviews that she would never appear in a …
The cast list for this movie is now officially insane. AICN is reporting that Arnold Schwarzenegger is joining Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts in the new movie “The Expendables.” Schwarzenegger is only appearing in a cameo, seeing as his day job keeps him pretty occupied. Stallone is …
William Monahan, the Oscar-winning writer of “The Departed,” and who also scripts such films as “Body of Lies,” and “Kingdom of Heaven,” will be tackling John Grisham next. Monahan has been signed to write the screen adaptation of Grisham’s latest book, “The Associate.” The project reportedly has Shia LaBeouf tapped to play the lead. There …
Well… Sorta. Richard Roeper, the guy who took over for Gene Siskel in the balcony opposite Roger Ebert has launched his new web-site. Besides featuring his columns from the Chicago Sun Times, it also features Richard’s movie reviews and comments. Granted, Roeper can’t really hold a candle to Roger Ebert, but I think he might …
Curtis Hanson, the director of “LA Confidential,” “Wonder Boys,” and “8 Mile,” is talking with Disney about helming the action thriller “Gemini Man.” The project has been in development since 1997. The most recent draft of the script was written by David Benioff, (“25th Hour,” “Troy”). Jerry Bruckheimer is producing. The story is about an …