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Flotsam & Jetsam

Disney Staging Its Own, Narcissistic Comic-Con

7:10PM Andrew Belonsky | Disney sent representatives and stars to last month’s Comic-Con, but apparently the company isn’t content with collective marketing, because they’re launching their own event, the D23 Expo. More »
Big Screen

Alice’s Computer-Created Wonderland

5:54AM Richard Lawson | Curiouser and curiouser! A teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s Johnny Depp-as-Mad-Hatter Alice in Wonderland has been released at last. And it’s… sigh… a bit disappointing. Just because it looks CGI’d and 3D’d to within an inch of its life. More »

Jack Black, Amnesiac

4:10AM STV | Jack Black will soon reunite with the writers of Kung Fu Panda, teaming up on an untitled comedy about a man who wakes up sans memory on Cuban shores only to deduce he’s a superspy. Yuks, partial nudity and Bourne-franchise comparisons ensue. [THR] If you are the least bit sleepy, we recommend skipping to the jump. Ready? OK: SAG is expected today to approve a measure requesting a strike vote, most likely sometime after the new board is seated later this month. We warned you, didn’t we? Wake up! [THR] More »

9:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Is Johnny Depp Set to Celebrate His Unbirthday? Those casting rumors just continue to pile up for the actor, with unconfirmed reports that director Tim Burton has selected him to play the Mad Hatter in his forthcoming 3-D (!) adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. So far, only In Treatment’s Mia Wasikowska has been confirmed to star in the megabucks live action/CGI film, but we expect an imminent announcement of Burton’s wifely muse Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts (even though we’d much rather see the wild-haired actress essay the Cheshire Cat). [The Herald] More »