Jack Antonoff recalls his 1997 trip to the Video Music Awards — and a very intimate moment with Fiona Apple. By James Montgomery Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff of Fun. Photo: MTV News
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After months of ambiguity, Joss Whedon has signed on to write and direct the sequel to his biggest film to date, Marvel’s superhero extravaganza The Avengers . According to The Wrap , Disney chairman Bob Iger confirmed Whedon’s return to the billion-and-a-half-dollar franchise during a call with analysts today, adding that in addition to Avengers 2 the Buffy / Firefly veteran will also bring a “Marvel-based” television series to ABC. [ The Wrap ]
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The deep thoughtful look, the craggy face — the signature beard. Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis resonates as Abraham Lincoln in this first shot of him in full character for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming epic about the nation’s 16th president, Lincoln . Paparazzi snapped photos of a bearded Day-Lewis at a diner last year, but on Tuesday morning, EW.com posted this exclusive shot of Day-Lewis in period costume for the highly anticipated movie that will be released on Nov. 9, just three days after the 2012 Presidential election. The site also addresses reports that Day-Lewis, known for his immersive acting techniques, prepared for the role of the mid-19th Century president “by avoiding the trappings of 21st — not to mention 20th — century life during the shoot”. Not so, says Spielberg, who tells EW : “Daniel was always conscious of his contemporary surroundings” and “never went into a fugue state. He did not channel Lincoln. All that stuff is just more about gossip than it is about technique.” Those on the set, including Spielberg, did, however refer to Day-Lewis as “Mr. President,” but the Jaws director says that was about maintaining atmosphere. “I was calling [all] the actors by their character names,” he tells EW . “That was something I felt was important to establish a little authenticity, maybe even more for me than for them.” Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
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Last night’s landing of the Mars Science Laboratory, also known as the rover Curiosity, had all the excitement, drama and pathos of a major Hollywood film. Or, at least, the pre-title sequence of a major Hollywood film. If we do soon find ourselves re-living the historic moment on the big screen, we’ve got some casting suggestions for last night’s adventure. Big shot producers, you don’t owe us a thing — just save us a room on the Ark when it’s time to move to Venus, m’kay? (I don’t know about you, but while everyone was cheering and hugging I expected a quiet guy in the back to rise up from his seat, point at his screen and say, “Guys? Guys? I’m picking up something that I can’t quite— ” And then the lights would flicker, the floor would buckle, all the scientists’ eyes would bleed out and a grotesque voice would shout “WHO DARES DISTURB ME?!?!!?!?!?”) Tom Sizemore as Adam Steltzner Known as the “face of the Mars Science Laboratory,” this media-friendly genius is the designer of the “sky crane” that got Curiosity safely to the otherworldy ground. According to an NPR interview, Steltzner’s career as a scientist came after an adolescence studying sex, drugs and rock and roll. As such, we think Sizemore fits Steltzner like a glove. Taylor Lautner as Bobak Ferdowsi If Steltzner is the face then Ferdowsi is the hair. It isn’t just the mohawk, it’s the colored stars on the side that made him an instant Internet sensation. He went from around one thousand Twitter followers to twenty thousand Twitter followers in as much time as it takes to bounce a radio signal back from Mars. Ferdowski is was known as the “activity lead” on the landing. We’re not 100% sure what that is, but we know what his next mission will be: PR. With Ferdowski’s meme-ready ‘do, NASA got handed its biggest, fattest wet kiss since Alan Shepherd played golf on the moon. As we type, Good Morning America and the Today Show are no doubt engaged in an old school Cold War space race to get Ferdowsi on the air. Let’s throw the guy a bone and cast Taylor Lautner in the role (though we could also see Sanjaya from American Idol doing the job.) Brent Spiner’s Dr. Brackish Okun as Steve Collins Proving that not ALL of NASA are post-racial hipsters with awesome hair, Steve Collins is an old school dork and God love him for it! His position is that of “Attitude Control Engineer,” which means that it’s his job to go up to Miss Thangs that think they’re all that and say “Uh-uh, you BEST adjust your attitude before I come in and need to take control.” Then he snaps his fingers. Clearly the man for the role is Brent Spiner, who already played Steve Collins’ twin brother in Independence Day. Austin Pendleton as Miguel San Martin Miguel San Martin is the Chief Engineer of Guidance, Navigation and Control for the Mash Science Laboratory. In his spare time he’s warning puppets everywhere about the proliferation of frogs legs on fast food menus. Michelle Monaghan as Jennifer Eigenbrode Now that Curiosity has landed it has to collect all sorts of Martian data, right? And somebody back on Earth has to look at that and figure out what it all means. That person clearly isn’t going to be Damon Lindelof , who can’t even give us straight answers for a planet he makes up in his own mind. It’s going to be biogeochemists like Jennifer Eigenbrode . In the role of Dr. Eigenbrode, we cast the sweet and chipper Michelle Monaghan. And we’re totes shippers for an Eigenbrode/Ferdowski love affair. She’s supporting him as he anxiously tries to land the rover, then he frets his brow as she analyzes data. Ahhhh, young smart love!!! Have your own NASA dream stars? Leave ’em below. Follow Jordan Hoffman on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter . [Photos courtesy NASA, Getty Images]
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As I skim the warmed-over tributes to Marilyn Monroe on the dubious occasion of her being dead for 50 years, a variation of one headline keeps coming up: “50 Years Dead and More Alive Than Ever.” Rather than post some smart-ass comment about lazy headline writers, I thought I’d work with that idea: If Marilyn was still alive, what would have been some great movie vehicles for her? Below, in no particular order, my Movieline Nine wish list, which mostly ignores what Monroe’s actual would have been when these movies would have been made. This is hypothetical after all, and, besides, if you, type “Marilyn Monroe” and “ageless” into Google, you get more than 3.8 million hits. Okay, Marilyn fans, you’ve been served. Now, in the words of J.J. Hunsecker: “Match me.” Put your wish lists in the comments section below. 1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988): Because Monroe playing the voice of Jessica Rabbit and delivering the line, “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way,” in her presumably wizened sex-kitten voice voice would have been a beautiful thing. 2. Th e Poseidon Adventure (1972): Actually, no time-space continuum meddling would have been necessary for Monroe to have starred in this movie. Shelley Winters was 52 when she played the part of Belle Rosen and made that unforgettable — and ultimately sacrificial — swim to save Gene Hackman and secure that underwater lifeline. Monroe would have been 46, and I’d like to think she would have been as bawdy and mouthy as Winters at that age. The swimming scene could also have been a great nod to her hot-stuff swimming-pool scenes in Something’s Got to Give , which, in keeping with the premise here, would have actually been finished. 3. Grey Gardens (2009): Given all of the media generated by alleged Monroe’s relationships with John F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby, think of the press frenzy that would have resulted had she portrayed Jacqueline Onassis’ loopy aunt, Edith “Big Edie” Bouvier Beale in Michael Sucsy’s dramatic adaptation of the Maysles Brothers 1975 documentary. 4. Young Adult (2011): This would require putting Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman in the Hot Tub Time Machine and sending them back to 1962, but, lo, the results! Monroe takes Charlize Theron’s homewrecking role, and a young Don Rickles takes over for Patton Oswalt. That’s a movie I want to see. Plus, the subject matter makes the movie much more talked-about in 1960s, thereby getting it more of the Oscar love it surely deserved. 5. Thelma & Louise (1991): Once again, some time-bending would be required since Monroe would have been in her mid-60s when this movie was made. The more important question, though is, would Marilyn have made a better Thelma or Louise? I say Louise, because I bet that by the time she hit middle age, Monroe would have thrilled to play a scene where she shoots a man. 6. Flirting with Disaster (1996): Monroe would have been pushing 70–about 10 years older than Mary Tyler Moore was when the sitcom star turned heads as the acidic, body-conscious Mrs. Coplin. But if Monroe had cared for her her curves, David O. Russell would have pulled a hallmark performance from her. I suspect Monroe would not have been nearly as tart as Moore, but she would have been memorable. 7. Ocean’s 11 (2001): You’re thinking Angie Dickinson’s role, I’m not. I love Elliott Gould, particularly in this movie, but I think Steven Soderbergh directing Monroe as the female Reuben Tishkoff would have been so cool. Clooney and Pitt could have played off her as if they’d had a sexual past in younger days, and Monroe could have had a Mae West Sextette moment. 8. New York, New York (1977): I was planning to include a Hitchcock film on here until I read some of Tippi Hedren’s interviews about her sexual harassment at the hands of the brilliant-but-brutish director. Then it hit me: Marty! Yes, I know the movie has its flaws, but it’s ambitious, and Scorsese would have pushed Monroe to new heights in both the dramatic scenes and the musical numbers. Then again, Marilyn was no Liza Minnelli. So, if you’re really struggling with it, throw reality to the wind and imagine Monroe in Sharon Stone’s role in Casino. 9. Step Sisters (In my dreams) So, in some alternate reality, some super agent convinces Adam McKay to direct a remake of his 2008 comedy Step Brothers starring Madonna and Lady Gaga in, respectively, in the Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly roles. Monroe would play Mary Steenburgen’s part. Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo would write. Yes, I know, it would be easier to raise Monroe from the dead than get Madonna to co-star in anything with Gaga, but just think of the box office. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter.
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HBO’s upcoming original movie The Girl , previewed last week for the Television Critics Association, tells the story of Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) and Tippi Hedren ( Sienna Miller ) making the films The Birds and Marnie . If you thought this would be a fun story about stepping in bird doodie and making it big in Hollywood , you’re in for a big shock, as Hedren spoke at length about the alleged sexual harassment and abuse she suffered at the hands of the “unusual, genius, and evil” director. As seen in the trailer for the film, The Girl alleges that not only was Hitchcock a difficult director for whom to work, he was an abusive personality. One scene from The Girl depicts Hitchcock sexually assaulting Hedren in the back of a car. Hedren has given many interviews on her Hitchcock films over the past 50 years; The Girl will expose Hedren’s little-known story to HBO audiences this fall. “People have said, ‘Was he in love with you?’” Hedren said. “No, he wasn’t. When you love someone, you treat them well. I think we’re dealing with a mind here that is incomprehensible, and I certainly am not capable of discerning what was going through his mind or why. I certainly gave no indication that I would ever be interested in any kind of a relationship with him.” Jones, who wore a prosthetic chin and age makeup to look more like Hitchcock, agreed that the Hitchcock he portrayed was a monster. “Yes, he had a huge disproportionate amount of power over the people who worked for him and with him,” Jones said. “Yes, he was a monster but he was very human in his foibles. There’s a certain pathos to him that is very human. His weaknesses were very human.” He perhaps offered more of an objective analysis of Hitchcock than Hedren was willing to speculate. “You’re not writing a biography of Hitchcock’s whole personality, but I think that it’s my job as an actor to sympathize with the character and to try and find that,” Jones continued. “I think he’s in control of everything at that point in his life – moviemaking, every aspect of moviemaking. He’s at the height of his fame after Psycho and then there’s something he can’t control, which is this woman who’s exercising some control over him. I’m not sure that he has the internal resources to cope with that and I think that’s something everyone can relate to, the idea of an emotion that begins to have control over you. Because control over such an important issue, you only need to look at his clothes, his uniform, the way he ordered his life, the way it became very systematic the way he operated, to know that control is crucial to him.” The film seems to play like an abusive marriage. It begins with Hitchcock discovering Hedren, depicted as almost a seduction of an innocent. Once filming begins he puts threatening pressure on her. For a scene in which birds attack Hedren, Hitchcock could have shot minimal takes. As The Girl shows, the scene went on for days, the underlying assumption being that he could make it stop if Hedren would acquiesce to his advances. Of course, these are all the negative elements of Hitchcock and Hedren’s relationship concentrated into a single film, and in this case a two minute trailer at that. “There were times when it was absolutely delightful and wonderful, the times that we spent while he was my drama coach,” Hedren explained. “I hadn’t had any acting experience except in commercials. You get a good technical background for that sort of thing. But to break down a script, to delve into how you become another character, the relationship of different characters in the film was something that I didn’t know how to do, and of course, it was perfect to have someone as brilliant a genius as Alfred Hitchcock being my drama coach.” “Hitchcock had a charm about him,” she continued. “He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense. I learned so much from that man about motion pictures; how you make a motion picture, so there are things that weren’t able to be in the film to say, ‘Why would she stick around for all of this?’ It wasn’t a constant barrage of harassment to me. So that is the fault of any film. It can’t possibly have everything in it. But if it had been constantly the way we have had to do it in this film, I would have been long gone.” Miller joined the TCA presentation by phone from London, and shared her experience recreating Hedren’s harrowing scenes in The Birds . “It was difficult during certain scenes, but not merely as difficult as it was for Tippi,” Miller said. “The bird attack scenes took five long days for her and it was about five hours for me. So while I definitely suffered a little bit, it was nowhere near the real thing.” By the time they went on to make Marnie , Hedren was fulfilling a contract and trying to survive. Marnie was never one of Hitchcock’s most popular or acclaimed films, but having shed light on his obsession with the star, The Girl reveals a lot more. Hedren is cast as the title character, a compulsive thief whose new husband forced her to marry him and tries to cure her. “After having seen this film, it’s pretty fascinating to look at that because it’s pathologically interesting,” Jones said. “I find it to be one of the most interesting among the movies but I don’t think it’s one of the great movies.” Perhaps the film is Hitchcock’s fantasy for how he would possess Hedren herself. Looking back, Hedren sees something pathetic in his abuse. “I think he was an extremely sad character,” Hedren said. “As I said in the beginning, we are dealing with a brain here that is unusual, genius, and evil, deviant almost to the point of dangerous because of the effect that he can have on people that are totally unsuspecting.” Hedren’s might not be the only story of Hitchcock’s abuse. She knew of other leading ladies who didn’t get along with him, but back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, actors didn’t talk publicly about their issues with directors. “As far as I know, Vera Miles had a terrible time with Hitchcock, and she wanted to get out of the contract,” Hedren said. “He didn’t let her. She did Psycho , and I believe, if you look at Psycho , there isn’t one close up of Vera, not one. After that, she would never even speak about him to anyone. So I think it is common knowledge that Hitchcock had fantasies or whatever you want to call them about his leading ladies. Peggy Robertson, his assistant for so many years, and I remained friends until she died. She at one point said to me that he would have these kind of feelings for his leading ladies, and she said, ‘But he never got over you.’ I don’t know if that’s a compliment or whatever it’s supposed to be, I don’t know, but I really don’t care either.” Today it seems shocking that any director could get away with sexual harassment, and have an untarnished reputation for some 50 years after the incident. The studio system of that era was much more secretive. “I had not talked about this issue with Alfred Hitchcock to anyone because all those years ago, it was still the studio kind of situation,” Hedren said. “Studios were the power and I was at the end of that, and there was absolutely nothing I could do legally whatsoever. There were no laws about this kind of a situation. If this had happened today, I would be a very rich woman.” Even though there are sexual harassment laws and a wide open public forum for any actor to share her stories in the media, Hedren hopes sharing her story now will protect the next generation of young actors. “I hope that young women who do see this film know that they do not have to acquiesce to anything that they do not feel is morally right or that they are dissatisfied with or simply wanting to get out of that situation,” Hedren said. “You can have a strength, and you deserve it. I can look at myself in the mirror, and I can be proud. I feel strong. He ruined my career, but he didn’t ruin my life.” The Girl airs in October on HBO. Follow Fred Topel on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
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The Russian-born American businessman and cultural philanthropist Martin E. Segal died Sunday just under two months before the 50th anniversary of the New York Film Festival , the premiere Manhattan film event hosted annually by the venerable organization he founded, the Film Society of Lincoln Center . He was 96. Segal’s son Paul confirmed his death, the New York Times reports . In 1969, he co-founded the organization that has grown into a film behemoth that hosts year-round film events including NYFF, New Directors/New Films, major retrospectives and other high-profile events that attracts over 200,000 film aficionados, filmmakers, and industry. He served as FSLC’s president and CEO until 1978 and as chairman of Lincoln Center from 1981 – 1986 Segal was born in Vitebsk in what was still known as the Russian Empire in 1916, a year before the Bolshevik revolution. He founded The Segal Company in October, 1939 and has grown to become one of the nation’s largest firms dealing with benefits, compensation and human resources consultation. In addition to Lincoln Center, Segal was active in other New York cultural institutions including the New York Landmarks Conservancy, the New York Public Library, the New York International Festival of the Arts (which discontinued in 2002) and the Martin E. Segal Theater Center at the CUNY Graduate Center in 2000. Additionally, he served as the first chairman of NYC’s Commission for Cultural Affairs from 1975 – 1977. “Marty was a passionate and enthusiastic champion of film,” Rose Kuo executive director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center told ML. “When something caught his attention, he would quickly respond, gather support and with a great sense of urgency, he would make sure that things happened like last year’s NYFF screening of the newly restored Chaplin’s Gold Rush . I was fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from his wisdom and be inspired by his curiosity. He was the youngest 96 year old I ever met.” [Source: New York Times ]
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Also in Monday afternoon’s round-up of news briefs, Toronto ’12 doc heads for U.S. distribution, while an Occupy Wall Street doc is also set for theaters. Julia Louis-Dreyfun, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener and more begin work on a new comedy, while Bruce Dern and Will Forte are set for Alexander Payne project. And Joe Manganiello has boarded an action-thriller. Jennifer Lawrence Eyes The Ends of the Earth The Weinstein Company will produce and distribute the project. It picked up worldwide rights from Escape Artists, which will produce the film. Lawrence is in talks to star in the epic love story, based on true events as Lydie Marland. In the film Ernest Marland, an oil tycoon, risks losing everything after an affair with his adopted daughter, Lydie. The screenplay was written by Chris Terrio (ARGO). The director has yet to be chosen. Commented Harvey Weinstein: “I’m not sure that anything resonates more with an audience than a true story. Jennifer Lawrence shows the skill of a seasoned veteran in everything she does, and we’re thrilled to work with her again.” Stanley Kubrick’s First Feature Fear and Desire Set for Blu-Ray and DVD Release The 1953 release is an existential war film that is often compared with Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) follows a squad of soldiers who have crash-landed behind enemy lines and must work their way down river to rejoin their unit. In the process, they encounter a peasant girl (Virginia Leith) and tie her to a tree, where she is tormented by a mentally unbalanced soldier (future director Paul Mazursky). Before making their escape, the soldiers determine the location of an enemy base and formulate a plot to assassinate its commanding officer. Kino Lorber will release the film on Blu-Ray and DVD October 23rd following a restoration by the Library of Congress. The Central Park Five Headed to Theaters The documentary is about five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of brutally beating and raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park, but acquitted later after a confession by a serial rapist and DNA evidence. The Central Park Five will screen at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival and will close Doc NYC in November. Jeff Deutchman, Director of Acquisitions & Productions for Sundance Selects/IFC Films, with co-director, writer and producer McMahon on behalf of the filmmakers. Occupy Wall Street Doc Set for September Magnolia Pictures label Magnet Releasing will bring Occupy Unmasked by Stephen K. Bannon to a limited theatrical release day and date with VOD in late September. The film takes viewers into the Occupy Wall Street camps around the country in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Portland, Denver and Oakland for an up-close look at what’s happened there and who’s at the heart of the movement, documenting criminal activity and raw brutality in the camps – much of which has not been reported by the mainstream media. The film also features the late conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette Start New Comedy Indie filmmaker Nicole Holofcener directing her fifth feature from a script she wrote. The Fox Searchlight project revolves around soon-to-be divorced empty nester Eva (Louis-Dreyfus) who meets Marianne (Keener) whom she considers the embodiment of her “perfect self.” Eva decides to take a chance on a new love interest, Albert (Gandolfini), but things get complicated when she discovers he’s in fact Marianne’s ex-husband. The film will shoot in and around Los Angeles throughout August and September. Around the ‘net… Bruce Dern and Will Forte Set for Alexander Payne’s Nebraska Paramount has green-lit the black and white production, which is set to begin production in mid-October. Bob Nelson and Dern wrote the $13 million project about a cranky alcoholic dad who believes he’s struck it rich in a sweepstakes and undertakes a road trip with his underachieving son (Forte) to claim the winnings. The film is apparently going to be ready for the 2013 Oscar season, Deadline reports . Joe Manganiello Eyes Arnold Schwarzenegger Action Thriller Manganiello is in negotiations to join Schwarzenegger’s Breacher , which David Ayer is directing. Written by Skip Woods ( Swordfish ), the film follows 10 DEA agents who pull off a heist during an operation, but afterward start dying one by one, THR reports .
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Back in 2006 Mike Judge ‘s satire Idiocracy was legendarily screwed over upon release by Fox, who quietly dumped the underrated comedy with virtually no promotion and in just seven cities resulting in a paltry $444,093 domestic total. But the cautionary tale of an average Joe (Luke Wilson) who wakes up in an America populated by idiots went on to earn a cult following, featuring a scene-stealing turn by Terry Crews as five-time Ultimate Smackdown champion and porn superstar President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho — and as Crews tells Movieline, President Camacho may soon be returning in a long-awaited Idiocracy spin-off. Crews, who spoke with Movieline over the weekend while promoting Expendables 2 , has for years expressed a desire to revisit the Camacho character in a follow-up to no avail. Said Crews back in 2007 : “You know, it was a hard go the way Fox treated him and all that. It’s hard. But I would love, in any way shape or form, to play Camacho again. Believe me, that’s something I’m definitely going to talk about with him again. I’m just going to badger him and badger him until I can bring Camacho back in some form.” Well, Idiocracy fans, it looks like the badgering worked. Crews said Saturday that he’s had recent talks with Judge and Fox to bring President Camacho back in a new project. “Me and Mike [Judge] are talking right now with Fox about some Camacho stuff,” he told Movieline. “We literally met with Fox a week ago. It’s so cool.” This iteration of an Idiocracy spin-off will apparently be web-based, according to Crews. “We’re going to see what it becomes, but we got approval from Fox to do some stuff,” he said. “We’re going to start off on the internet and do some small interstitials with Camacho.” Crews is clearly excited to bring one of his best-loved characters back, though he and Judge will most certainly need those closeted Idiocracy fans to come out of the woodwork to voice their support. “We’ll see! We’ve just got to gauge the interest and Fox wants to start slow… you’ve got to let it take off.” So crack open a case of celebratory Brawndo (it’s got electrolytes) and raise a toast, and keep your fingers crossed that President Camacho’s return goes off as planned. Who knows, with enough fan support we might finally get that President Camacho prequel Crews had been hoping for … Who’s up for more President Camacho? Chime in below! Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
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