the cinema
People
New Photos Reveal ‘Mark Zuckerberg’ Wore Nothing But Hoodies
3:36AM Ryan Tate | Collegiate Mark Zuckerberg just wore an endless series of grey hoodies, according to new photos a student sent us from the set of The Social Network. Hey, the young cyborg was starting Facebook, not a fashion house. More »
Big Screen
First Shots From Facebook Movie
6:48AM Nicholas Carlson | The movie about how Harvard students Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin started Facebook — called The Social Network — is shooting at Johns Hopkins University today, All Facebook reports. More »
Big Screen
Harvey Weinstein’s Desperate Hunt For More Cash
2:08AM Ryan Tate | It turns out Harvey Weinstein, the mogul behind Inglourious Basterds, is on something of a kill-crazy mission of his own. His Weinstein Co. is firing staff, not paying back some debt and tossing aside loan covenants, says the WSJ. More »
Online
Hugely Annoying YouTuber Scores Film Deal
5:49AM Ryan Tate | Internet media is niche media. So you’ve probably never heard of “Fred”, the online actor whose YouTube channel is followed by 1.5 million people. But don’t worry: Fred’s self-harm-inducing schtick will soon land in a theatre near you. More »
Big Screen
Facebook Movie Cast Not Quite Geeky Enough
5:18AM Ryan Tate | Scriptshadow, which obtained the first leaked script for Facebook movie The Social Network, now claims to have casting choices, including Justin Timberlake as Napster’s Sean Parker. News In Film created this handy graphic. More »
Online
Eric Schmidt’s Clumsy Hollywood Seduction
6:11AM Ryan Tate | Eric Schmidt wants so badly for the cool kids in Hollywood to like him. The Google CEO bought that Southern California house. He tried and largely failed to get studio content on YouTube. Maybe if he offers the crown jewels? More »
Big Screen
Why MySpace Is Happy To Be Insulted By Adam Sandler
3:02AM Ryan Tate | Social networking is for lonely, psychotic shut-ins. Or at least that’s the upshot of the jokes in the attached clip from Adam Sandler vehicle Funny People. And still MySpace apparently cooperated with the filmmakers; its co-founder and logo appear. 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 »
Big Screen
Roman Catholicism Beats Space Deism Every Time
1:17AM Richard Lawson | Religion on Earth just slightly trumped religion in space this weekend, though that should not, we repeat not, encourage any Scientologists that they’re gaining traction. For more on the stateside box office figures, click through. More »
Big Screen
