Also in this week-ending, Friday afternoon edition of Biz Break: MGM gets into the Ray Bradbury business, how Obama lost Hollywood, and more… Alec Baldwin to Rejoin Woody Allen and Russell Brand — Separately The busy actor, who will reportedly play himself in a film shooting next week at Cannes, is in line to re-team with both his To Rome, With Love director Woody Allen and his Rock of Ages co-star Russell Brand — on separate projects, alas, including Allen’s upcoming, untitled San Francisco-set film and the New Line comedy Man That Rocks The Cradle , respectively. Deadline reports . Catherine Zeta-Jones Signs on to RED 2 The Oscar-winner joins Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren and Mary-Louise Parker, all of whom appeared in the original 2010 action-comedy about a group of middle-aged contract killers reunited for a mission. Dean Parisot takes over directing duties for Robert Schwentke. THR reports . Dark Shadows Starts Soft at Midnight The poorly reviewed Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration earned a very light $550,000 from midnight screenings early Friday and expects to end the weekend with a disappointing $30 million (or less) haul. Deadline reports . MGM bites the Dust The studio has picked up the rights to Ray Bradbury’s 2002 story collection From the Dust Returned , about “a mortal boy named Timothy who is adopted into a family of benevolent ghouls.” Deadline reports . Sam Claflin gets Quiet for Hammer The hot young actor, soon to be seen in Snow White and the Hunstsman , is set to join the Hammer Films production The Quiet Ones , co-starring Jared Harris. THR reports . Despite Starmegeddon , has Barack Obama lost the Hollywood left? A new report from Buzzfeed underscores the problems facing the president as he lobbies for reelection among a constituency that helped push him to victory in 2008.
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Alec Baldwin Rejoins Woody, Catherine Zeta-Jones Sees RED 2, Soft Shadows at Midnight: Biz Break
