Robert Downey, Jr. is developing a Pinocchio movie with Warner Bros., and he is considering Ben Stiller to direct. Downey Jr., who may retire from Iron Man after tomorrow’s Iron Man 3 , originally spoke with Tim Burton to direct, but in a recent interview suggested that he could reunite with his Tropic Thunder director for the project. Downey Jr. would play Geppetto in the live-action film, which he would produce along with his wife Susan Downey. Little else is known about the Pinocchio project regarding story, tone, or schedule.
Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller made names for themselves with their feature debut, the animated Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , before moving on to direct Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in the live-action hit 21 Jump Street . As they work up their next film — WB’s live-action/CG blend LEGO adaptation, apparently titled Lego: The Piece of Resistance , based on the plastic toy building blocks — the duo are casting a few familiar superheroes to appear in the pic. Variety reports that Lord and Miller have tapped Will Arnett to voice LEGO Batman in the adventure, with the hope that Tatum can find room in his schedule to come on as LEGO Superman. They’d be joining Parks and Recreation ‘s Chris Pratt , who leads the pic after recent turns in Moneyball , What’s Your Number , and The Five-Year Engagement . Pratt and Tatum also co-star in the indie high school reunion drama Ten Year , which is slated for release through Anchor Bay, while Tatum of course starred in 21 Jump Street for Lord and Miller, with hilarious results. The synopsis, via Variety: “Pratt will play Emmet, an ordinary, law-abiding, Lego mini-figure who is mistaken for the most extraordinary MasterBuilder. He’s drafted into a fellowship of strangers on a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the universe together.” Of course, there’s no indication of just how big the parts of LEGO Batman and Superman will be in the film, but the cheeky, geeky move should get DC/LEGO fans excited nonetheless. The parts are all falling into place… [ Variety ]
It’s a sad day for fans of the inspiring sports classic Rudy . Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, perhaps the most famous collegiate football underdog of all time — on whom the title character in David Anspaugh’s 1993 film was based — has been charged by the SEC for a pump-and-dump scheme that earned him over $10 million in profits for a Rudy -branded sports drink.
Now that David Cross ‘s contractual obligations on the live-action/animation Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise are over — the third and final of which is this weekend’s Chip-Wrecked — the comic actor isn’t mincing words about the ordeal. “This last film was literally, without question, the most unpleasant experience I’ve ever had in my professional life,” he told The Playlist. (Funny, Movieline’s Michelle Orange, after reviewing the kid pic, might say the same.) Take in the spectacle of these burning bridges with more of Cross’s post-traumatic musings after the jump!
I like Rosario Dawsom cuz she spent the better part of her illegal immigrant youth squatting in some abandoned building like a homeless person, before Harmony Korine swept her up, the way pedophiles obsessed with kids fucking do, and cast her for KIDS as the 14 year old in the pool, in her bra with hard nipples, nipples that the world has fallen in love with despite how much her horse head has grown over the years. at least that’s why she tells the media, cuz saying she’s 4th generation middle class is way less marketable…and really who needs marketability when you have a set of tits that you are willing to show off cuz you aren’t nothing more than a New York city, rich and famous, coke whore….here are the pics…. In more interesting news, Leah Remini was also at the premiere – she used the opportunity to showcaase her new Asian face…you know have a coming out party for it or something equally ridiculous…
Emma Watson must have got confused when they told her she had to go to the Harry Potter premiere, cuz she it looks like she got in costume for the live-action version of Big Bird’s biopic, where she plays big birds grey granny bird, or some shit that makes equally as little sense, cuz I can’t imagine anyone willing to wear something that looks like this feathery mess to their big money making night, since Harry Potter is all bitch ever did and all bitch ever needs to do, cuz it’s just that big a deal, unless they were getting paid….It’s like prom night gone bad. The kind of thing she’ll reflect on in 15 years while sitting on her royalty checks thinking to herself, “If it wasn’t for this prescription pill addiction that makes me numb and feel like I’m on a cloud with no worries or no sense of where I am, I’d totally wonder what the hell i was thinking that night it all went down hill”…at least that’s my prediction….call me Miss cleo. My other prediction is that a whole lot of virgin losers are jerking off to these pictures right now – cuz Emma Watson can do no wrong, she’s a wizard….and you’re married to her….I guet it..
