'Safe House' climbs into first place with $24 million President’s Day weekend proved to be another strong one at the box office. In its second weekend in theaters, Safe House, an action thriller starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, climbed past last weekend’s victor The Vow and topped the box office chart. |
Tyler Perry's "Good Deeds" A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) has always done what's expected of him, whether it's assuming the helm of his father's company, tolerating his brother's misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiancee, Natalie (Gabrielle Union). But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey (Thandie Newton), a down-on-her-luck single mother who works as a cleaning person in his office building. |
'Dragon Tattoo' screenwriter on changing the story Fans of Stieg Larsson's original novel may have noticed that David Fincher's adaptation of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" made a few changes to the story, although more in terms of what was left out than what was stuck in. That's because any adaptation of a book of this length is going to need a bit of streamlining unless you want to opt for the recent trend of Hollywood mitosis that's splitting everything up into an infinite series of Part 1s and Part 2s. |
Disney: 'The Avengers' will be in 3-D Walt Disney Pictures announced today that "The Avengers" will be converted to 3-D for its May 4, 2012 release. The news shouldn't be a huge surprise -- Disney is undergoing the same 3-D conversion process for "John Carter," and director Joss Whedon expressed his love for 3-D at an EW-hosted Comic-Con panel in 2010. |
Jeremy Piven confirms 'Entourage' movie Straight from Ari Gold’s mouth: “Entourage” is coming to the big screen. Jeremy Piven announced the upcoming movie while visiting “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, New York Magazine's Vulture reports. After sharing the good news, Piven, famous for playing foul-mouthed talent agent Ari Gold on the HBO show, apologized for all the bleeps caused by his character’s "fudge," and "flarfegnugen." |
Our Favorite Movie Trailers Of 2011 Time, like the theatrical run of "Your Highness," has disappeared quickly this year. It's hard to believe it was almost 12 months ago that we were settling into our seats to check out Nicolas Cage's "Season of the Witch." That didn't work out so well. |
CHRONICLE When I saw a first image from the Chronicle I was like – wtf is this about? Just one guy sitting and staring at the camera and I’m suppose to believe he has some superpowers or something? But then we had a chance to watch 2 clips from the whole thing and I said – ok, this could be interesting! Today, we have the third clip and (finally) a decent international poster for this movie and I say – check them out! |
'Hangover 3' Stars Nearing Deals for Big Pay Increases Dealmaking on the studio’s third installment in the raunchy comedy franchise is wrapping up after dragging on for months due in part to the salary demands of its three stars. Sources close to the negotiations say Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms are asking for $15 million each (against backend) to reprise their roles, and they now are likely to get it. |
Female Author wins The Matrix Copyright This little known story has met a just conclusion, as Sophia Stewart, African American author of The Matrix will finally receive her just due from the copyright infringement of her original work!!! A six-year dispute has ended involving Sophia Stewart, the Wachowski Brothers, Joel Silver and Warner Brothers. Stewart’s allegations, involving copyright infringement and racketeering, were received and acknowledged by the Central District of California, Judge Margaret Morrow presiding. |
Battleship' Trailer: Rihanna Speaks When we saw the first trailer for Peter Berg's big-screen adaptation of the Hasbro game Battleship, there were "Blue Crush" and "Armageddon" vibes with regard to how we meet the main characters. Its roster is filled with some of Hollywood's most attractive players, after all, including Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Brooklyn Decker and Rihanna. |