Apr
23
No more Narnia?
April 23, 2008 | 6 Comments
Disney has announced that there are no plans to make any more than three The Chronicles of Narnia movies, despite there being seven books in the series. Disney producer Mark Johnson confirmed the announcement at the New York Comic Con, and said the studio wants to focus on new franchises like the upcoming The Prince [...]
Apr
22
Tom Cruise’s son to make film debut
April 22, 2008 | 3 Comments
Connor Cruise, the adopted son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, will play a small role on the big screen in Will Smith‘s upcoming drama Seven Pounds. Cruise, 13, who has obviously grown up around movie sets, recently spent time down under on the set of Australia, his mom’s new movie. In Seven Pounds, he’ll play the [...]
Apr
22
Harry Potter star denies Lohan comments
April 22, 2008 | 14 Comments
According to a report in The Sun, Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, was less than impressed after meeting Lindsay Lohan during a trip to Los Angeles last year. The British newspaper reported him as saying, “I met Lindsay last summer and she talked about herself a lot. She said she was going to [...]
Apr
22
Harrison Ford gets ear pierced
April 22, 2008 | 8 Comments
You’d think that by the time you reach 65, you’d be beyond peer pressure. Not so for Harrison Ford, aka Indiana Jones. He told Maxim that: “A semi-drunken lunch with Ed Bradley and Jimmy Buffett, who were both wearing earrings,” inspired him to get a also get a piercing, in his left ear. “Afterward, I walked [...]
Apr
21
Bond car crashes into lake
April 21, 2008 | 11 Comments
A $250,000 car that was supposed to be featured in the next James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, crashed into a lake in Italy on Saturday on the way to the film’s set. The driver of the limited edition Aston Martin DBS was delivering one of five cars to the set when he lost control on a [...]
Apr
21
Britney Spears returns to TV – again
April 21, 2008 | 3 Comments
Britney Spears is to make another cameo appearance on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Her March 24th guest role gave the show its highest ratings ever. Spears played a goofy love-struck secretary in a dermatologist’s office and has agreed to reprise this character in a future episode. An unknown source told People, “The [...]
Apr
21
Sandra Bullock hit by drunk driver
April 21, 2008 | 5 Comments
Sandra Bullock and her husband, Jesse James, were being driven from the set of her new romantic comedy The Proposal on Friday night in Massachusetts when their SUV was hit head on by an alleged drunk driver in a Subaru. Neither Bullock nor her husband were injured. A witness said Bullock got out of her car and asked the Subaru driver, [...]
Apr
21
Jackie Chan and Jet Li rule weekend box office
April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments
The Forbidden Kingdom starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li took over the top spot at the weekend box office, raking in $20.9 million (all figures US). Another new movie, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, debuted in second place, with $17.3 million. Last week’s top movie, Prom Night, dropped to third place, pulling in an additional $9.1 million. 88 Minutes [...]
Apr
19
Ashley Tisdale packs her schedule
April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ashley Tisdale is expanding her movie repertoire by signing up for many new projects including the remake of the 1989 movie Teen Witch. In the fantasy musical, Tisdale will play Louise Miller–an “unpopular high school teen who learns she is a descendant from the witches of Salem and has inherited [...]
Apr
19
Emma Watson to replace Scarlett Johansson
April 19, 2008 | 5 Comments
Emma Watson has signed on to replace Scarlett Johansson in the upcoming period drama Napoleon and Betsy. Watson – best know for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films – will play Betsy Balcombe, a young noblewoman who falls in love with Napoleon while exiled on the British Isle of St. Helena. This will [...]
