Of course The Muppets begins with a happy-clappy street symphony that looks like an outtake from Bjork’s “It’s Oh So Quiet.” It’s The Muppets , dammit! Perkiness on tap, puppetry on parade. Here, in this opening scene from the new movie, Jason Segel and his Muppet brother Walter don matching suits and sing about lovin’ life . Because they do.
Leonardo DiCaprio tried his best to buck Clint Eastwood’s reputation as a one-take director but it turns out that his J. Edgar co-star Armie Hammer had a totally difference experience than the leisurely ten-take routine described at last week’s press conference. “There would be takes that we did where I was under the impression we were shooting a rehearsal,” Hammer told Moviefone . “Or that the cameras weren’t even on … and that’s what we used. At one point he was like, “OK, cut, print.” And I was like, “Whoa, whoa, Clint, I had my sides in my hands, I thought we were just rehearsing that.” [ Moviefone ]
When Joss Whedon first dropped Angelina Jolie ‘s name while talking up his doomed Wonder Woman project, folks assumed he’d envisioned her in the lead role. Speaking with Rookie Magazine, he clarified: His Diana Prince, Amazon goddess, was merely Angelina-esque in her globe-trotting humanitarian leanings. And in a way, the superheroine would have been saved by love. Whedon explains after the jump.