February
17
Truth or Dare: Madonna Not in New Moon, Pattinson, Efron on Oscars, Watchmen, Spielberg's Lincoln
Let's play a game of true or false.
Summit says NO, Madonna will not appear in Twilight sequel New Moon, despite what you may read.
Director Marc Forster has worked with screenwriter David Benioff, twice, on Stay and Kite Runner, but until the Quantum of Solace director sees a finished screenplay, he's just interested in Benioff's Kurt Cobain biopic.
In a sign that studios are in no mood to take any chances these days, Ridley Scott's Nottingham will now be called Robin Hood. Don't mess with a brand name. And Russell Crowe will not only be trim and fit, he will play just the one role, not two, Scott tells MTV News. Production starts in two months.
TRUE, DreamWorks' money woes have jeopardized Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which was to be his next picture after the currently filming TinTin, reports Kim Masters on Slate. EW has more.
TRUE, Zac Efron and Rob Pattinson will present on the Oscar show, but not together. The show will stress young Oscar attendees on the Red Carpet, hiding many others for a big reveal on the show itself. (TRUE, the Academy is trying to pull younger viewers.) TRUE, Dreamgirl Beyonce will sing, but new mother MIA will NOT sing on the Oscars. UPDATE: She might attend, though.
TRUE, Watchmen screens for junket press Tuesday night in L.A. Unfortunately, I have to do something else. Here's an early Time "non-review" and the latest clip:
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Posted by: chule | February 17, 2009 at 08:49 PM
hell no. please, no Kurt Cobain biopic. It's still too freakin' early. He killed himself in 94, he's not even a "legend" yet whatever that means.
anyway I'm sick to death of all those biopics about so-called tragic music stars hell-bent on their self-destructive lifestyles... it's getting boring, Hollywood.
Posted by: UGLY DEAF MUSLIM PUNK GURL! | February 17, 2009 at 09:12 PM
I'm not going to read TIME's welp/geek writer yammering about Watchman, some yute who was still in HIGH SCHOOL when it was published, for God's sake. Go away, little boy, ya bother me.
The use of music in this clip is the first element of the preview/teaser campaign that's given me pause. The images in the comic may turn out to have had exactly the right degree of concrete reality. There's still some degree of abstraction in two-dimensional drawings. If the literal-mindedness of Snyder's visualization ends up killing the story's impact, he will not be forgiven anytime soon .
Posted by: David C. | February 18, 2009 at 07:44 AM
hey.. i'm 25 and watch and love the Oscars every year (and usually have seen most of the movies, especially the indie ones) but this year? no question.. i'll be there... from 4pm-12 or whatever the time from red carpet till curtain down is.... b/c of two words:
Robert Pattinson
letterstorob.com
Posted by: UnintendedChoice | February 18, 2009 at 10:46 AM