Clint Eastwood gets honorary Palme D'Or from Cannes
Clint Eastwood received an honorary Palme D’Or last week from the heads of the Cannes Film Festival for his achievement as a filmmaker, though his unexpected smash Gran Torino suggests that work is hardly over. ... read more
Natalie Portman, Madeleine Albright join A Powerful Noise
This Thursday, March 5, A Powerful Noise, the acclaimed documentary that reveals the struggles of three women living in Mali, Vietnam and Bosnia, will screen to 450 theaters nationwide with a panel discussion simulcast live following the film.... read more
Samuel L. Jackson inks nine-picture deal with Marvel
If you want Samuel L. Jackson to be in your movie, the line just got a lot longer. Marvel Studios signed a nine-picture deal with the actor last week for him to play government super agent Nick Fury in a host of planned films, including Iron Man 2 and The Avengers. ... read more
Joaquin Phoenix Atlanta rap gig not actually happening
Paste, along with various denizens of the general public, has recently puzzled over the odd behavior of Joaquin Phoenix. The Oscar-nominated actor seemingly turned his back on his profession, vowing to never act again and instead to devote himself to the vagabond lifestyle of a musician (a rapper, at that). Our coverage of his awkward (drug-induced? staged?) minutes on David Letterman still clings doggedly to our most-read list weeks later. That's why a MySpace bulletin that arrived earlier today stating in bold letters that "Joaquin Phoenixx" [sic] would bring it to our doorstep, Paste's hometown of Atlanta, tonight at 10... read more
Scream 4: It's happening
They couldn't resist. Nearly 10 years since the last installment of the franchise, the Scream team is back and out for blood.... read more
Jerry Seinfeld returns to (reality) TV
Jerry Seinfeld says, "What's the deal with reality television?" and thus, a show is spawned. There was really no way to avoid that lead, as news has surfaced that Seinfeld is working on a new reality TV show, tentatively titled The Marriage Ref.... read more
Wilco plans album, tours on Ashes of American Flags DVD
As promised, Wilco will be hitting the road this March for an international tour in support of the band's forthcoming concert DVD Ashes of American Flags. The excursion will see Jeff Tweedy and his band of merrymakers getting folked up across the Midwest and points South before hopping across the Atlantic for a string of shows in Spain.... read more
Hasbro, Gore Verbinski to remake Clue
Hasbro's at it again, with another project aiding its quest to flood the box office with board-game movies. (You might say they have a Monopoly on that particular market. Zing!) This time it's with Clue, which is actually a remake. (You might recall a little film from 1985 with a buxom french maid and Tim Curry's horrific smile. Here's a quick refresher.)... read more
Linda Hamilton in talks for Terminator Salvation voice-over
She bypassed 2003’s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines altogether, but Terminator Salvation director McG and now Linda Hamilton herself say they are keen to have Sarah Connor return for the new movie, most likely in a voice-over. ... read more
Slumdog Millionaire's Boyle offers homes for child actors
After a much-deserved trip to Disney World, the Slumdog Millionaire kids might get one last treat: a nice apartment for themselves and their families. According to The Daily Mail, director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson have offered to buy apartments for Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Rubina Ali, who play young Salim and Letika respectively. ... read more
David Lynch joins Twitter
The great thing about David Lynch is that whenever you think that something's too weird, even for him, he sets out to prove you wrong. Sometimes this comes out in his movies. You think to yourself, "That Lynch guy's pretty strange, but not even he would make a studio sitcom starring surreal, non-speaking bunny rabbits." Then you enter the theater and there they are, freaking you out in ways too difficult to explain. It's a patented David Lynch Moment™.... read more
Classic-series Battlestar Galactica movie possibly on the way
Star Wars and the original Battlestar Galactica have more in common than you might realize. When ABC produced the show in the late 1970s, they brought on George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic crew (though they weren't called that at the time) to run special effects. Lucas agreed, but only on the stipulation that none of Star Wars' special effects be used. Things didn't work out as planned and, after a slew of lawsuits, Galactica never really recovered. We probably should be thankful; had Galactica been a smash success, it might not have been rebooted into one of the smartest... read more
Andy Richter rejoins Conan O'Brien on The Tonight Show
The last few weeks of Late Night with Conan O'Brien was a trip down memory lane for old fans, which featured clips of many Conan's greatest moments interspersed with some of the strongest comedy bits and guests in its history. But for longtime fans it was a little bittersweet, as almost all of these were Conan alone, to the point where his chubby sidekick from the early days Andy Richter was edited out. On his final show, though, Conan's last non-musical guest was his old friend, and clips suddenly included some of the funniest bits with both of them.... read more
Fabled indie distributor New Yorker Films closes its doors
New Yorker Films, the pioneer independent-film distributor that was an art-house fixture for four decades, revealed in a curt statement on its website Monday that it would auction off its library and end operations immediately. ... read more
Michel Gondry directing Seth Rogen's Green Hornet
The Green Hornet was floundering. Despite its blockbuster star, Seth Rogen, the film was stuck in development hell. A director was found, Kung Fu Hustle's Stephen Chow, but still nothing was moving forward. Finally, the film was assumed canceled, or at the very least, unlikely to be made until a decade later with a totally different cast and crew. Now, Variety has announced that the project is saved, with a release date set at June 25, 2010. What's more, the only surprise bigger than the film's resurrection is the news that Michel Gondry, the lo-fi auteur behind Eternal Sunshine of... read more
Slumdog Millionaire starlet works with Woody Allen next
Freida Pinto will follow up her performance in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire with a part in Woody Allen's next film. The movie is currently only listed as Woody Allen's Untitled London Project, but Pinto will join the likes of Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins for filming.... read more
Apple rejects South Park iPhone app
Although Steve Jobs hasn't killed Kenny... read more
Salman Rushdie critiques Slumdog Millionaire
Although Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, Bombay-born novelist Salman Rushdie was not impressed with the film, stating during a lecture at Atlanta's Emory University that it "plies impossibility on impossibility."... read more
Watchmen director's cut will arrive in July
As divided reviews roll in for Watchmen, director Zack Snyder has revealed that should the movie open to sizable numbers, a 190-minute director’s cut might screen in L.A. and New York theaters—and that regardless of the movie’s fortunes a couple weekends from now, the longer version will be available in some format by July. ... read more
Ghostbusters III a go, Dan Aykroyd says
Ghostbusters III rumors are alive and well thanks to a few of Dan Aykroyd's incomplete utterances to a question at a promotion for the new House of Blues in Boston. As part of a live chat session with Boston Globe readers, Aykroyd said this about the project: "Script is commenced early Summer. Hope to be in production by late Fall 2009."... read more
