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Movie Preview: Leo and Michelle in Scorsese's Shutter Island
Within about 20 seconds of watching this trailer for Shutter Island, I had chills. By the time it was drawing to a scary, climactic close (and this is just the trailer, mind you) I was fully spooked. More than most frightening things, the idea of being trapped in an asylum (or a prison) as a presumably sane (or innocent) person disturbs me right to the bone.
Buzz News Roundup, 2/27
- USA Today has a gallery of images from the psychological thriller The Box, starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden.
- It's official: Hollywood writers approved their new contract with almost 94 percent of WGA members voting in favor of the agreement, the Associated Press reports.
- Miss/Guided, the ABC comedy starring Judy Greer, will premiere in March, Zap2it reports.
- The next Terminator movie, starring Christian Bale, will open Memorial Day weekend of 2009, Variety reports.
- Billboard writes that Justin Timberlake, Lou Reed and Billy Joel are among the people who will induct members of the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class next month in New York.
- The New York Times reports that several networks are ready to claim Jay Leno once he's done with The Tonight Show next year.
- The Martin Scorsese film Shutter Island, starring Leonardo Dicaprio, just added Emily Mortimer, Jackie Earle Haley and Max von Sydow to the cast, according to ComingSoon.
- Variety has the news that Jonathan Rhys Meyers will join Julianne Moore in the supernatural thriller Shelter.
Buzz News Roundup, 12/7
- The James McAvoy-Angelina Jolie action flick Wanted has moved release dates from March to June 27, writes ComingSoon.
- Johnny Depp will star in a Depression-era crime drama titled Public Enemies, Variety reports.
- Some scheduling notes: Fox has renewed Don't Forget the Lyrics, writes Zap2it; Medium is headed to Monday nights, according to Variety; and The Futon Critic says ABC will start airing a tournament-style game show called The Duel.
- A group of documentary directors will team up to make a documentary based on the bestselling book Freakonomics, writes Variety.
- According to Hollywood Reporter, Zach Gilford will star opposite Alexis Bledel in the comedy The Post-Grad Survival Guide.
- Reuters has the news that Michelle Williams will play the wife of Leonardo DiCaprio's character in Scorsese's film Shutter Island.
- ComingSoon reports that five more actors have joined the cast of Judd Apatow's next comedy Year One, including David Cross and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
- Want Reba McEntire's Valentine's Day album? You'll have to buy it at Hallmark, Billboard reports.
- Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson will star together in a wedding-themed comedy Bride Wars, according to Zap2It.
Scorsese and DiCaprio Team Up for Lehane Story
The novels of Dennis Lehane are proving wildly successful in Hollywood, attracting some of the most talented folks the film industry has to offer. First there was Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring all sorts of excellent actors. Then came Gone Baby Gone, helmed by Ben Affleck and starring Affleck's brother Casey.
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Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams Team Up For Indie Drama
Not to be confused with the news earlier today about Garry Marshall's Valentine's Day movie, this is an indie drama titled Blue Valentine that has Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams starring in the lead roles. Now that Ryan's done working alongside Kirsten Dunst in All Good Things and Williams has wrapped up with Leo on Scorsese's Shutter Island, the pair is getting to work on Blue Valentine, playing "a couple whose marriage is failing. As their relationship hits the rocks, they recall better days."
Movie News Roundup: Stephen King, Kevin Spacey, Sam Raimi Get Busy
Lots of intriguing movie news coming out of Hollywood today:
- Kevin Spacey will star in the indie film Shrink as a depressed therapist who likes to ah, partake of the ganja. (A pot-smoking therapist? That sounds familiar.) His clients in the movie will include "Hollywood characters" like Robin Williams, Keke Palmer, Laura Ramsey and Gore Vidal, among others.
- Columbia and Sam Raimi will team up together again after their Spider-Man ventures for yet another adaptation of a Dennis Lehane novel.
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