Good news for Marvel and the team behind Captain America: The First Avenger : The summer’s latest major comics-hero tentpole also had the genre’s best midnight showing of the season with $4 million. That exceeds the previous best of X-Men: First Class ‘s $3.4 million and hints at a better-than-expected three-day total near $60 million. Drop by Movieline this weekend for more box-office dispatches as events warrant… [via THR ]
Yesterday in San Diego, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn director Bill Condon mysteriously hinted that Stephenie Meyer could have more Twilight spin-offs left in her. Movieline caught up with Condon for a chat overlooking the Convention Center (full interview to come) and asked him to clarify: Is Stephenie Meyer planning to write more Twilight stories?
Some fairly big news dropped by first-time Comic-Con’er Steven Spielberg during the panel for The Adventures of Tintin moments ago: there’s a writer for Jurassic Park 4 , and he or she is working on a script treatment. “Hopefully we will make Jurassic Park 4 in the next two to three years.” Sounds good, Steve! Meanwhile, head over to Movieline’s day two Hall H liveblog for all your Tintin -related needs.
Some fairly big news dropped by first-time Comic-Con’er Steven Spielberg during the panel for The Adventures of Tintin moments ago: there’s a writer for Jurassic Park 4 , and he or she is working on a script treatment. “Hopefully we will make Jurassic Park 4 in the next two to three years.” Sounds good, Steve! Meanwhile, head over to Movieline’s day two Hall H liveblog for all your Tintin -related needs.
Here’s one way to make yourself a screen sensation: star in as many movies in a row as possible! Justin TImberlake is so ubiquitous as a film presence right now that it’s bizarre how only a year ago, his casting as Sean Parker in The Social Network felt like a questionable anomaly. Now, there’s no denying Timberlake’s panache as a romantic lead, comic actor, and serious thespian talent. And to think it all began with Mickey ears and a failed trial with Ed McMahon. Let’s reinspect nine moments in the evolution of Justin Timberlake.
Here’s one way to make yourself a screen sensation: star in as many movies in a row as possible! Justin TImberlake is so ubiquitous as a film presence right now that it’s bizarre how only a year ago, his casting as Sean Parker in The Social Network felt like a questionable anomaly. Now, there’s no denying Timberlake’s panache as a romantic lead, comic actor, and serious thespian talent. And to think it all began with Mickey ears and a failed trial with Ed McMahon. Let’s reinspect nine moments in the evolution of Justin Timberlake.
This just in from the reportedly outgoing Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh, answering questions at Relativity Media’s panel at Comic-Con : “Matt Damon is apparently as discreet as a 14-year-old girl. I had this drunk conversation with him while shooting Contagion and four days later, I read about it in the paper. And he read it verbatim. Nobody in this economy wants to hear about someone quitting a good job. That kind of got blown out of proportion. And that’s Matt’s fault.” Aha! Cue “Blamin’ Damon” headlines in 3… 2… (And check out all of Movieline’s Comic-Con 2011 coverage here .)
Today in news that doesn’t relate to Comic-Con: Deadline reports that Steve Carell, Jack Black and Nicolas Cage are in various stages of negotiations to star in Frank Or Francis for director and writer Charlie Kaufman. Details on the film are slim, but when it was first announced back in March , Frank Or Francis reportedly dealt with a filmmaker and the blogger “who takes delight in berating his cinematic talent.” (It sorta sounds like that movie Pitchfork that Jonah Hill was rumored for ; bloggers, they’re not just for blogs anymore!) Assuming Carell, Black and Cage sign on for Frank Or Francis — and assuming at least two of them are in talks for the lead roles — this news raises a fairly legitimate question: who among them is believable as a blogger?
Today in news that doesn’t relate to Comic-Con: Deadline reports that Steve Carell, Jack Black and Nicolas Cage are in various stages of negotiations to star in Frank Or Francis for director and writer Charlie Kaufman. Details on the film are slim, but when it was first announced back in March , Frank Or Francis reportedly dealt with a filmmaker and the blogger “who takes delight in berating his cinematic talent.” (It sorta sounds like that movie Pitchfork that Jonah Hill was rumored for ; bloggers, they’re not just for blogs anymore!) Assuming Carell, Black and Cage sign on for Frank Or Francis — and assuming at least two of them are in talks for the lead roles — this news raises a fairly legitimate question: who among them is believable as a blogger?
Another day, another outstanding trailer for an upcoming movie that you probably didn’t think would get a push from Comic-Con. Hot on the heels of that breathtaking clip for Drive comes the balls-out trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire , the previously thought-to-be second of Soderbergh’s final five films. Good thing ol’ Mr. Soderbergh isn’t actually retiring !