So much for Angelina Jolie sticking to directing. According to Deadline, Jolie is in talks to star in a movie written and directed by Luc Besson. The film would be Angelina’s first live-action role since 2010’s ‘The Tourist’ (she voiced Master Tigress in…
Much was made of David Denby’s embargo-breaking review of ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ in this week’s edition of The New Yorker. (Denby and the magazine published a review of the highly anticipated release a full eight days before the…
Emily Watson has never been in a Harry Potter movie — you’re thinking of Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger in the eight ‘Harry Potter’ movies — but that doesn’t stop people from telling Emily Watson just how much they enjoyed her performance as…
Maybe it’s because he’s played so many villains that the prospect of sitting down with Gary Oldman to discuss his new film, ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,’ is more than a little intimidating. In person, Oldman is surprisingly soft-spoken, and couldn’t be more polite or…
On Dec. 6, 1967 in Flushing, New York, Judd Apatow was born to parents Maury Apatow and Tami Shad. 44 years later, after childhood that saw him grow up in Syosset on Long Island, Apatow is one of comedy’s premiere voices —…
This week, NASA discovered a planet in which they named Kepler-22b. (I hope the residents of Kepler-22b are OK with the fact that the new name of their home world sounds like it can also be used to slow the effects of…
Thankfully, Jean Valjean will not be popping out of your screen next year. According to the BBC, Tom Hooper’s adaptation of ‘Les Miseralbes’ won’t be in 3D. “I can definitely announce it’s good old-fashioned 2D … I slightly worry with 3D that some…
Chewbacca is going to be on the holiday episode of ‘Glee.’ Sadly, it does not appear that he will be participating in any Life Day events (if you have any idea what Life Day refers to, I’m sorry), but he will…
Proving that even passion projects for high-grossing directors cost a pound of flesh, Vulture reports that Michael Bay may come back for a fourth ‘Transformers’ film — provided the studio lets him make ‘Pain and Gain.’ “Without ‘Pain & Gain,’ there’s not…
The Stephen Daldry-directed ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ is tailor-made for Award season glory (and, really, anyone who owns stock in Kleenex). The emotional story is narrated by nine-year-old Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn), who loses his father in the terrorist attacks on…
It’s another banner week for home video. There’s five major theatrical releases and one foreign film coming to DVD — a mixed bag that includes something for everyone: melodrama ‘The Help,’ comedy ‘The Hangover Part II,’ sci-fi Western ‘Cowboys & Aliens,’ spy thriller ‘The Debt,’ family film ‘Mr. Popper’s…
“I, along with a lot of other people, are very excited about the appointment of Patty Jenkins,” original ‘Thor’ director Kenneth Branagh told Moviefone back in November. “I think that’s a great choice to direct the movie. I know that Kevin…
Andrew Embiricos, grandson of the late Rita Hayworth, was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday; the 25-year-old died of an apparent suicide. According to the NY Daily News, Embiricos was the son of Hayworth’s daughter Princess Yasmin…
It’s a longstanding Hollywood myth that the coming of sound pictures in 1927 ruined the careers of most silent stars and forced the studios to find a new generation of Broadway-trained stars with full-throated speaking and singing voices. That myth…
It’s hard to believe that Meryl Streep hasn’t won an Academy Award since the 1984 ceremonies, when she was rewarded for her seminal work in ‘Sophie’s Choice.’ Not that Streep hasn’t been invited to the Oscars over the last 27…
Zoe Kravitz, from one famous father to another? Apparently! Lenny’s daughter is in talks to join Will and Jaden Smith in the M. Night Shyamalan blockbusters ‘1000 A.E.’ — which, as far as Moviefone HQ knows, has nothing to do…
The week of “the most news you’ve ever read about Benicio Del Toro” appears to be coming to an end. On Friday, Latino Review posted a scoop that Del Toro would be playing Kahn Noonien Singh in J.J. Abrams’ ‘Star Trek’ sequel…
Canadian director David Cronenberg’s latest, ‘A Dangerous Method,’ takes us into a world most of us haven’t frequented since college — sexual psychology, Sigmund Freud, the id and the superego. Never one to shy away from the hard stuff, Cronenberg introduces us to…
There’s no place like (your) home for Dorothy’s red slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ In Los Angeles on Dec. 16, Profiles in History will auction off a pair of the iconic glittery red shoes worn by Judy Garland in…
As you’ve probably heard by now, pop icon Madonna will lead the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI in on Feb. 5, 2012 — the same weekend that her directorial effort, ‘W.E.’ arrives in theaters for wide-audience consumption. (‘W.E.’ will enjoy a one-week…