Posts by Lane Brown

August 9, 2011
Russell Crowe Elected Mayor

Russell Crowe will join Mark Wahlberg in Allen Hughes‘ Broken City as a mayor who hires a private detective (Wahlberg) to spy on his wife, whom he rightfully suspects of cheating. The role of Crowe’s wife has not yet been cast, but we have a suggestion. Grade: B [Deadline] In other Russell-related news, Warner Bros. […]
August 9, 2011
Hit Happens: Why Did Planet of the Apes Succeed?

Rise of the Planet of the Apes rose right to the top of the box office over the weekend, shocking Hollywood and proving once and for all that America prefers animals acting like people to people acting like animals. How did a monkey movie with a laughable trailer and an oddball, animalistic Oscar campaign make […]
August 8, 2011
Ryan Reynolds: Still Not a Movie Star

Body-switching comedy The Change-Up finished fourth at the box office over the weekend, earning only $13.5 million and further calling into question Ryan Reynolds’ movie-star credentials. Also, that Olivia Wilde sure is on a streak, isn’t she? Previously: The Movie Star
August 8, 2011
Bryan Cranston to Be Eaten by Zombies

The stars of AMC shows that aren’t Walking Dead are getting their piece of the zombie action: Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston is negotiating to join the already cast Mireille Enos (The Killing) and James Badge Dale (Rubicon) in Marc Forster’s World War Z, the Brad Pitt-starring adaptation of Max Brooks’ zombie-apocalypse novel. Not much is […]
August 5, 2011
Martin Lawrence Might Hang Up His Fatsuit, Return to TV

Martin Lawrence is negotiating with CBS to produce and star in a new sitcom. No word yet on a premise or costars, but since Lawrence’s return to TV could presumably thwart a fourth Big Momma’s House movie, this one gets our full blessing. Grade: A [Vulture] Mark Ruffalo and Amanda Seyfried will star in Now […]
August 4, 2011
Walter White Could Do Terrible Things For Two More Seasons

Following talk that renewal negotiations had turned tense and Sony was shopping Breaking Bad to other channels, it now looks like TV’s Best Show will stay put at AMC. The network has an offer on the table for one more 13-episode season, but indications are that the final deal will include 13 to 20 more […]
August 3, 2011
Laurence Fishburne to Play Superman’s Editor

Deposed CSI star Laurence Fishburne will play Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White in Zack Snyder’s Superman: Man of Steel. Nice to see fictional newspapers hiring again. Grade: B+ [EW] Speaking of Man of Steel, as soon as he’s finished directing it, Zack Snyder will make The Last Photograph, an uncharacteristically prestigious-ish-sounding film about a pair […]
August 2, 2011
Bomb Shelter: Why Did Cowboys & Aliens Fail?

Despite a premise that fused two once-reliable genres and a cast featuring both Indiana Jones and James Bond, Jon Favreau’s $163 million Cowboys & Aliens got smurfing smurfed at the box office over the weekend, opening to a measly $36.2 million — well below even the modest $45 million its makers had predicted. As Harrison […]
August 2, 2011
Bradley Cooper: Almost as Good as Mark Wahlberg

Bradley Cooper is in talks to replace Mark Wahlberg in David O. Russell‘s The Silver Linings Playbook, about a former high school teacher institutionalized for depression and released into the care of his mother (trend alert!). Cooper is negotiating for the part of the teacher and, in related news, his Limitless costarRobert De Niro will […]
August 1, 2011
See the First Photos of Bane’s Cargo Pants in The Dark Knight Rises

Is there anything stupider-looking than set photos from a superhero movie? Not really! But here are some pictures from this weekend’s The Dark Knight Rises shoot in Pittsburgh anyway. The challenge for Christopher Nolan’s trilogy-finisher will be finding a way to shoehorn silly villains like Bane (Tom Hardy) and Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) into a Gotham […]

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