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Everything You’ve Ever Loved To Get Remade And Ruined
12:21AM Richard Lawson | Officially out of ideas, Hollywood continues to mine the recent past for any bit of something worth reviving. Movies that you and I both loved once. Plays that the English loved many centuries ago. More »
End-Of-Monday Tallies Put ‘Racer’ At Third, UTA Minus One Emile Hirsch
10:10AM Seth | It seems as if our reconnaissance on Speed Racer—quickly shaping up to be one of the biggest turkeys in recent Hollywood history—proved correct: The film was indeed third at the box office this weekend, taking in $18.6 million, $1.6 million short of the bloated studio estimates released yesterday. (What Happens in Vegas actually $200k more than its $2 million estimate.) And there’s more Racer roadkill: More »
The Wachowskis Still in Hiding as ‘Speed Racer’ Circles the Drain
3:30AM Defamer Hollywood | For all its confectionery imagery, Christina Ricci scene-stealing and the few other things Speed Racer gets right, it still faces a box-office false start that could make Leatherheads look like a hit in comparison. We sketched a few of the hurdles here yesterday (number one being its own studio’s resignation to its underachievement), but at this point there’s only one that counts: Larry and Andy Wachowski need to climb out of their hole. More »
Julia Roberts Can’t Open! (And Other Crises Setting a Shattered Hollywood on Edge)
3:00AM Defamer Hollywood | OK, OK, Hollywood Reporter — we get it. The trade paper today took 1,600 words, three pie charts, two line graphs, and a half-dozen adorable floating-head info boxes to confirm the long-suspected word on the street that — are you ready? — the star system is dying. Jim Carrey can’t open! Brad Pitt’s last film did $4 million! Julia Roberts hasn’t broken $70 million since 2001! Shriek! More »
Underpromoted ‘Speed Racer’ Plans Public One-Night Stand With Korean Pop Icon
8:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Speed Racer doesn’t have enough going for it, evidently, for Warner Bros. to sell an April 25 sneak preview in Los Angeles on its own hotly anticipated merits. And its venue partners at the ImaginAsian Theatre apparently could take or leave stars Emile Hirch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon and others. No, what this movie really needs is a boost from one of the world’s most famous international pop stars to get people interested — i.e. Rain, the Korean sensation (and Speed Racer co-star) whose profile dwarfs the WB tentpole by comparison. And with free, first-come-first-served seats, we imagine a perfectly calm crowd will be on hand to join him. Follow the jump for details about joining the riot. More »
Sean Penn As Harvey Milk: First Set-Gawking YouTube Video
7:35AM Seth | Thanks to some intrepid, DV-equipped pedestrians in San Francisco’s Castro district, the YouTubes now provide some tantalising glimpses of what Sean Penn looks and sounds like as Harvey Milk in Gus Van Sant’s biopic. (His face is obstructed in the clip above, but you can get a better look at him here.) More »
7:10AM Defamer Hollywood | Pow! That’s the sound of a pneumatic cattle bolt flying into our awards-crazy melons, officially marking the start of Oscar Season: The National Board of Review has named No Country for Old Men their best film of 2007. Other big wins: George Clooney for best actor in Michael Clayton, Tim Burton for best director for Sweeney Todd, and Emile Hirsch and Ellen Page won breakthrough performances for Into the Wild and Juno, respectively. [Reuters] Categories/Tags: Awards, Ellen Page, Emile Hirsch, George Clooney, Joel Coen, Juno, No Country for Old Men, Oscars, sweeney todd, Tim Burton More »
