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Spike Lee and Robert De Niro Are Headed to Showtime
Talk about a power duo! Hollywood business titans, Spike Lee and Robert De Niro, are working together on a new series for Showtime called Alphaville. Set in New York's Alphabet City during the crime and drug-filled 80s, the show will focus on the diverse residents of the neighborhood.
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 my selections below you can also add Soul Men, the creepy thriller Blindness, and the first volume of the fifth season of Melrose Place to your queue.
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.
Link Time! 1/27
- Something to ponder: Do we want a Charlie's Angels 3? — Cinematical
- Susan Sarandon is also coming to ER in the same episode as George Clooney. — Watch With Kristin
- Spike Lee plans to use James Brown's real voice — not Wesley Snipes's — in his biopic of the Godfather of Soul.
Eagle Eye Soars at Box Office
Shia LaBeouf proves he's box office gold once again with the No. 1 movie this weekend, Eagle Eye, also starring Michelle Monaghan and directed by D.J. Caruso.
Miracle at St. Anna: Epically Disappointing
The conflicted and heroic history of World War II's Buffalo Soldiers deserves to be told in a dramatic and thoughtful movie. Unfortunately, Miracle at St. Anna is neither of those things.
Buzz News Roundup, 9/8
- J.K. Rowling has won her copyright infringement lawsuit against a fan who wanted to publish a Harry Potter encyclopedia. — AP
- Spike Lee is working on a sequel to Inside Man.
Buzz News Roundup, 7/7
- The Wire's David Simon has told Broadcasting & Cable that he wants to make a movie about Donnie Andrews, the real-life Omar who robbed drug dealers.
- Reuters reports that Bill Clinton will be among the first guests on Elvis Costello's talk/music show.
- The Osbournes are headed to Fox for a new variety show that might be paired with American Idol next year, TV Week reports.
- According to Billboard, the Flaming Lips are showing their Christmas movie, Christmas on Mars, at the festivals they're playing up until the movie is released on DVD later this year.
- E! reports that Jamie-Lynn Sigler will join the cast of Entourage for a few episodes, playing herself.
- The Hollywood Reporter has the news that the Sundance Institute has established a submission deadline for the 2009 festival: September 8, 2008.
- Spike Lee is on board to film performances of the Broadway show Passing Strange, writes Variety.
- 90210 has added two new members to its cast, Zap2it reports — including the actress currently best known for modeling Case 24 on Deal or No Deal.
Buzz News Roundup, 6/18
- E! Online reports that Universal has set a release date for Bruno: May 15, 2009.
- Dancer/actress Cyd Charisse has died at the age of 86, the AP announces.
- There's some turmoil over at Dirty Sexy Money, where the show's top producer has just been replaced, according to Variety.
- LilWayne's new album became the first since 2005 to sell a million albums in a week, writes Billboard.
- ComingSoon reports that Spike Lee will direct Time Traveler, an adaptation of a memoir by Ronald Mallett, one of the nation's first African-Americans to earn a Ph.D in theoretical physics.
- Susanne Daniels, the executive who wooed Project Runway to Lifetime, has stepped down from the position, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- TV Guide reports that ABC has renewed Jimmy Kimmel Live through 2010.
- TV Week has a story speculating that The CW might be on its way out.
Movie Preview: Miracle at St. Anna
When Spike Lee isn't making waves with his speech, he's making movies that also provoke. The latest addition to his canon, Miracle at St. Anna, will be out this Fall, and this week brought us the first glimpse of its trailer.
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