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Spoilers for the ‘Forrest Gump’ Sequel That 9/11 Snuffed Out

8:05AM Kyle Buchanan | Sad news: on a day that has already seen the ignominious shitcanning of Hollywood’s best “cyborg dinosaurs rescue kidnapped children” franchise, word has emerged that screenwriter Eric Roth has quietly buried his unnecessary script for Forrest Gump 2 out by the old oak tree. While promoting The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Roth told Slashfilm that the sequel just didn’t seem the same after 9/11 happened (what, those scenes of a digital Tom Hanks outrunning smoke and debris in Manhattan felt too soon?). The news reminded us that several years ago, your Defamer editor was at a talk where Roth revealed the Gump sequel’s surprise twist, which he told us not to tell. Guess it doesn’t matter now! Here’s your before-the-jump SPOILER ALERT… More »

Trade Roundup: Jim Carrey Scrooged

8:21AM Defamer Hollywood | · Casting genius or casting insanity? You make the call*: Jim Carrey will play Scrooge and all three ghosts in a 3-D/motion-capture Robert Zemeckis reimagination of A Christmas Carol for Disney. [*And we bet we know what you're going to say!] [Variety] · Some more details about Cloverfield, the supertopsecret Paramount/JJ Abrams project introduced to the world by means of a mysterious trailer playing before Transformers in the US. [THR] · After making meaningless Tuesday box office history, Transformers took in $US29.1 million on Wednesday to claim a record of somewhat greater import: The Biggest Fourth of July Ever. [Variety] · The folks at Nielsen continue to measure summer TV ratings, even on nights when virtually no one is watching. [THR] · Paramount tries to save Angelina Jolie box office failure A Mighty Heart by cutting its number of screens in half, hoping that this will somehow help the movie build word-of-mouth and extend its run in some markets. [Variety] More »