In other Sony sequel news today, the Angelina Jolie thriller Salt is getting a second installment . Hooray! I think! Jolie was appealing in the original, and if any runaround spy-related actioner deserves another chapter, it’s this one. But what shall we call it?
It wasn’t what you’d call a surprising weekend at the box office — X-Men: First Class , The Hangover Part II and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides pretty mucha ll did what they were supposed to do — but it was a busy one, with even a little history made by America’s stank-face sweethearts . Your weekend receipts are here.
From the annual Produced By conference comes word of a tragically missed opportunity. Or happily dodged bullet. Both, maybe? “[Producer Ralph] Winter had pointed out that Shaquille O’N eal had wanted to play a part in the first X-Men movie, and that Michael Jackson lobbied for the role of Professor Xavier, which was played by Patrick Stewart.” [ The Wrap ]
With the exception of his little-seen work in I Love You Phillip Morris and a blink-and-you-missed-it appearance in the season finale of The Office , Jim Carrey has been away from the pop culture landscape for almost two years. (Three, if you don’t want to count the motion-capture spectacle that was A Christmas Carol .) That will change when Mr. Popper’s Penguins gets released in two weeks, and apparently Carrey wants to keep the likely momentum going forward by doing what movie stars do best: heading back to their past successes.
Move over, Twilight . At the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night, Emma Watson will reportedly introduce a brand new clip from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II . No truth to the rumor that it will be a video flipbook of the recent spate of Harry Potter character posters , however. Accio, jokes! [ Aol ]
In honor of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ‘s racy new one-sheet , let’s all enjoy The Frisky ‘s NSFW trip down smutty-poster memory lane. I’m sure there are a few missing — both the censored and uncensored Battle in Heaven posters come to mind — but it gets the job done. Which, let’s face it, is a lot to be said for a Friday afternoon. [ The Frisky ]
ZOMG, Twi-hards: The first teaser trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 is set to hit the web this Sunday, June 5 after it debuts during the MTV Movie Awards . Check back Sunday to squeeee over the trailer with your friends at Movieline, and follow along on Twitter at @Movieline as we livetweet the MTV Movie Awards red carpet! [ IMDB ]
He’s barely been a member of Twitter for a week, yet Alec Baldwin is already a must-follow celebrity on the social networking platform. When he isn’t tweeting political rhetoric (” Can Weiner still be Mayor in 2013 ?” or ” Looking to me to be Romney-Pawlenty ” as examples), the 30 Rock star is giving updates from the set of Rock of Ages . What kind of scintillating details does Baldwin have to offer the masses?
A short holiday week didn’t mean we could let up with the coverage at Movieline HQ; there was just to much to see, too much know, too much to gawk at in baffled amazement. (Micheal Fassbender and Zoe Kravitz, we’re looking at you.) And it doesn’t stop here! We’ll be around all weekend with box-office dispatches and news from both the MTV Movie and Guys’ Choice Awards. Keep us company, and either way, have a splendid weekend!