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Link Time! Simon Baker Scores Surfer Role
- Simon Baker attached to surfing drama Breath — Coming Soon
- Eddie Murphy to star in R-rated animal comedy The Misadventures of Fluffy — Movieline
- Anvil! The Story of Anvil and Capitalism: A Love Story both left off of Oscar documentary shortlist — Cinematical
- Get a look at next week's annual Slapsgiving on How I Met Your Mother — PopWatch
- All Songs Considered: The 50 most important recordings of the decade — NPR
- Susan Boyle breaks Amazon's record for global CD pre-orders — Lifeline Live
- Could Lost's Nestor Carbonell be Khan in the Star Trek sequel? — Moviefone
- True Blood's Stephen Moyer signs on for thriller The Caller — MTV Movies Blog
- Remember Chandler's awkward relationship with Thanksgiving?
Moneyball Movie Gets Another Chance Thanks to Aaron Sorkin
The Moneyball movie that got grounded by Sony just days before it was supposed to start shooting may yet make it to a big screen near you. Aaron Sorkin has been hired to rewrite the script for the film, which is based on Michael Lewis's nonfiction book.
The script has been the major point of contention: Sony halted production on the film because it didn't like some changes Steven Soderbergh — who was then signed on to direct the film — had made.
David Fincher Might Direct Aaron Sorkin's Facebook Movie
The movie Aaron Sorkin is writing about Facebook looks to be getting even more bizarre: Word is Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher is in talks to direct the movie. Can I assume the first rule is to not talk about Facebook?
Actually, I probably can assume that when it comes to this top-secret project, the script of which has supposedly been printed on red paper so it would be harder to photocopy.
Buzz News Roundup, 2/4
- Al Pacino will play King Lear in a new film adaptation of the Shakespeare play. — ComingSoon
- Steve Zahn is close to joining the cast of Treme, the New Orleans-set show from the creator of The Wire. — TV.com
- Columbia Pictures and producer Scott Rudin will make a film based on the life of Henry Molaison, whose brain became the most studied gray matter in medical history.
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below, the Oscar-winning documentary Taxi to the Dark Side is also now available on DVD.
Aaron Sorkin Joins Facebook to Write Facebook Movie
I find this movie news intriguing, baffling and preposterous all at the same time. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (you know, The West Wing, Charlie Wilson's War, the ill-fated Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, among others) wants to write a movie about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. These are the things that strike me most about this news:
Charlie Wilson’s War: Eye-Opening Entertainment
Note: I asked GiggleSugar to go to write up this review, and she graciously agreed. Thanks, Giggle!
Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) is a Texas Congressman who drinks whisky in the morning, whose single notable legislative achievement is having been re-elected five times, and who hires only sexy young women as aides.
Buzz News Roundup, 7/13
- ESPN will have a special “Beckham-cam” for the soccer star's U.S. debut, writes the Times UK.
- Mandy Patinkin is being written out of the "Criminal Minds" season premiere after failing to show up for his first day of work, Zap2it reports.
- Us Weekly says Illeana Douglas is heading to "Ugly Betty" to play an editor at Mode.
- ComingSoon reports that one of my favorite funny ladies, Cheryl Hines, is joining Luke Wilson in the romantic comedy Henry Poole Was Here.
- NME fuels the rumor that Blur may reunite for a new album.
- Ellen Burstyn and Michael Imperioli will star in "For One More Day," an Oprah-produced TV movie based on a Mitch Albom book.
- According to Variety, Tim Robbins will be joining Bill Murray and Saoirse Ronan in the movie City of Embers.
- Billboard reports that Marilyn Manson is making a horror movie about Lewis Carroll.
- Reuters says Rosie O'Donnell will return to "Nip/Tuck."
- Who needs TV? Aaron Sorkin has a new three-film screenwriting deal with DreamWorks, which will include a film based on the protesters at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago.
"Studio 60": Maybe Not Dead Yet
"Studio 60" fans, here's some potentially good news: According to Hollywood Reporter columnist Ray Richmond, the show is still in production, and the cast and crew are currently working on episode 20.
NBC still hasn't said when (or whether) it plans to air these additional episodes, but it's a good sign that fans might get to finish out the full season. Only 16 episodes have aired so far, and I can't imagine NBC spending the money to produce more if they weren't eventually going to make it to TV.
The Flaming Lips Are Broadway Bound
The Flaming Lips are famous for on-stage theatrics involving puppets, bunny costumes, and frontman Wayne Coyne crowd-surfing in a giant hamster ball. So it seems fitting that the band's highly captivating 2002 album, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, will soon be made into a Broadway musical.
In an exclusive interview, Coyne told EW.com that the band is working with "The West Wing" and "Studio 60" creator Aaron Sorkin to adapt the album for the stage.
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