One of the nice things about being Steven Spielberg – a list that surely numbers into the millions – is that the concept of "dream casting" does not exist. If The Beard wants an actor for a particular role, he’ll simply make the call, and, unless the performer in question has a vested interest in … Continue reading →
1 National Treasure: Book of Secrets $35,632,000 (-20.4%) $9,298 $124,035,000 2 Alvin and the Chipmunks $30,000,000 (+6.5%) $8,610 $142,375,000 3 I Am Legend $27,500,000 (-17.9%) $7,563 $194,575,000 4 Charlie Wilson’s War $11,768,000 (+21.9%) $4,570 $34,506,000 5 Juno $10,300,000 (+200.7%) $10,320 $25,681,000 6 Alien Vs. Predator – Requiem $10,050,000 $3,849 $26,880,000 7 The Water Horse: Legend … Continue reading →
No, I wouldn’t have guessed that a part-time transvestite with an amazingly unlikely popularity level would show up in J.J. Abrams’ new Trek, either, but UGO is reporting that Tyler Perry is playing the head of Starfleet Academy. The article has a few spoilers and suggests that Abrams is going to be replaying at least … Continue reading →
How’s this for marketing savvy: on the Monday following I Am Legend‘s somewhat surprising $76 million haul (few thought the dour action flick would best the openings of the Lord of the Rings movies), Sony decides to debut the teaser trailer for Will Smith’s next (potential) blockbuster, Hancock. I wonder if they would’ve suppressed it … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago I was on the phone with Nick and he told me he thought people might enjoy reading more about what I don’t like about Los Angeles. The problem, I told him, was that there wasn’t a lot I didn’t like about Los Angeles; while it makes me feel like a … Continue reading →
Ahh, slow news days. These are the days when I eat my lunch outside of the house. Such a nice change of pace. It’s these slow news days when we sometimes hit our highs – last year the holiday season brought me the gift of Zyzzyx Road – and our lows in the desperate search … Continue reading →
Hope you had Christmases. Really. I’m not just saying that. I got monogrammed towels. I’m at an age where that’s an awesome gift. I also got Steve Martin’s autobiography, which is excellent, and highly recommend, though short (I breezed through a hundred pages without trying on my flight back). I went home for the holidays. … Continue reading →
This first look at the Hancock one-sheet isn’t ideal — it’s shot in the wild, so there are some details obscured and missing. But is Sony trying to capitalize (subconsciously at least) on the success of I Am Legend by having the tone of that movie’s advertising reflected in Will Smith’s glasses? I do like … Continue reading →
Bailey Chase, one of the empty eyed hunks who appeared as members of the top secret military group The Initiative in a number of episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer* is running around dropping hints that he’s going to be playing Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. We narrowly averted having to deal with the second … Continue reading →