One more month!
I know. Columbus Day was yesterday. I took it off to give a bunch of people smallpox and claim that Catalina was Hawaii, but I’m back now!
Here’s your long-awaited weekly round-up of Hollywood news (silver screen only, please):
Up yours, Murdoch! Just last week I was telling you that Spielberg (d.b.a. “Dreamworks”) had officially severed ties to Paramount. Well, yesterday Dreamworks and Universal announced that they were reuniting for a 7-year distribution deal. Spielberg said in the release: “it feels great to come home again, it feels like I never left.” I guess we’re going to forget about that little 3-year fling with Paramount. Ugh. I bet Spielberg could barely look at himself in the mirror.
In related news, David Geffen appears to be retiring? Hahahahaha, no. Old moguls never die, they just find new hobbies. Can I just be the first to say: Buy the LA Times, Mr. Geffen!! Zell has to have driven the price down since the last time you thought about it…
SQUEEEEEEE!!!! Jean-Claude van Damme wrote, directs and stars in a flick filming now in Thailand (and, omg, if I still lived there, I would so be tracking his tight ass down!), and slashfilm has the pics and plotlines. I’m sure it’s going to be really, really bad, but I don’t care. I love him, and I say “Bravo!” to 80s action-heroes trying to reinvent their careers!
Whoo-hoo! Don Cheadle is set to replace Terrence Howard in the upcoming Iron Man sequel, which bothers some, but I think is awesome. Howard skeeves me out. And Cheadle, well, say no more.
More news about people I hate: Michael Moore (shut up, pinko-commie-leftists: he’s an ass) is filming in Canada (where he should stay) for his follow-up to Fahrenheit 9-11, due out next summer. Killer quote of the day: “I’m trying to break this down very simply for Americans, who basically have a hard time understanding how to vote themselves.”
And, seriously, I am really, really trying to keep it in my pants, but I just saw the poster at a bus stop last night, and now this!! Go ahead, drink it in. Quantum of Solace comes out just one short month from today!
Aaaaaand, weekend BO:
It pains me to say it, but the Taco Bell dog led the pack again this week (I’m sorry. If it makes you feel better, that’s one of the tamer puns to come out of this travesty of American culture), taking in another $17.5 million.
New-comer “Quarantine,” starring nobody you’ve ever heard of and directed by same, followed with $14 million, while “Body of Lies,” starring Russell Crowe and Leo Decaprio and directed by Ridley Scott, trailed with just under $13 million.
I am really starting to think that adults don’t go to movies. Maybe we’re just more likely to stay home and watch YouTube?
Rounding out the top five were “Eagle Eye” with $11 million (Shia LaBoef, hanging tough!) and “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” with $6.4.
For those of you who have been following the MMR’s religion-related obsession, “Fireproof” managed to hang on to tenth, bringing in another $3 million in its third weekend. “Religilous” eeked out another $2.2, but given the rave reviews, I wouldn’t be surprised if it opened on a few more screens sometime soon.
Tags: david geffen retiring, dreamworks and universal, michael moore, urb alt 2007