"There's a sucker born every minute."
So said P.T. Barnum, co-founder -- with James Bailey -- of the famed Barnum & Bailey three-ring circus. And I'll bet you all the elephants in Africa that we'll hear Hugh Jackman utter those same words when he steps into the Barnum role for "The Greatest Showman on Earth," a new for-film contemporary musical written by Jenny Bicks. Bicks previously served as a writer and a producer on HBO's "Sex and the City."
Variety reports that the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" star will be joined by Anne Hathaway, who will play Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale," who so captivated the showman that he hired the European singer for a lengthy, six-month run of performances in America. Jackman and his partner John Palermo will produce the flick with Laurence Mark ("Dreamgirls") for 20th Century Fox. Read more...
FROM MTV.COM: Johnny Depp surprised fans at the Disney 3-D panel at San Diego Comic-Con by showing up at the end of Tim Burton's presentation of footage from "Alice in Wonderland."
Although Depp didn't answer questions, the crowd screamed and cheered when the actor was onstage, the room filling with flashes of cameras.
The shocking addition of Depp to the stage was a great end to the panel discussion, which began with filmmaker Tim Burton getting cheers of his own from the crowd. In a presentation that included a teaser trailer of various footage from the film in 3-D, Burton laughed about all the wacky characters who populate the world of his version of "Alice in Wonderland," including the Mad Hatter, played by Depp; the Red Queen, played by Helena Bonham Carter; and the White Queen, played by Anne Hathaway.
Johnny Depp, Tim Burton Preview 'Alice In Wonderland' At Comic-Con
UPDATE: The typo has been corrected below, but just so you all know: the Facebook fans on the winning page will get to see the "Alice" teaser on July 23, a full day before its proper release.
Every time I see something new from Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," I lose a few more of my increasingly precious marbles. Don't tell anyone, but I'm planning to stow away in Splash Page editor Rick Marshall's luggage so I can catch the delicious new "Wonderland" footage at Comic-Con.
But wait! Maybe I don't have to! To drum up interest in the movie -- like that's really a problem -- Disney is running a Facebook promotion. A trio of fan pages have been created, one each for Anne Hathaway's White Queen, Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen and Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter. The fan page with the most followers at 4pm (Pacific) on July 23 gets first crack at the debut teaser trailer for the movie.
Look: we all know that Depp's Hatter is going to take this contest. No question. Just fan up now. Then continue past the jump to check out the newly released "official" synopsis along with four new images. Oh. YES! Read more...
First, a frightful(ly awesome) image to start your week with:
It's 4:30am as I write this, so forgive any ramblings. I just love MTV that much. The above pic comes from a USA Today first look feature for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland."
Yes, that's Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter. There's an equally terrifying shot of Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts. There's also a look at Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and some delicious, Flash-powered concept art. Clearly, I'm not getting back to sleep anytime soon. You won't see this until 9am though. Enjoy your week all... sweet dreams!
"Brokeback Mountain" stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway may renew their vows again onscreen and indulge in "Love and Other Drugs" for director Ed Zwick ("Defiance"). Don't led the title lead you to believe that Gyllenhaal and Hathaway are in for a psychedelic head-trip; "Love" is instead a critique of the pharmaceutical industry.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie is based on Jamie Reidy's humorous memoir, "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman." A salesman for Pfizer in the 1990s, Reidy, who will be played by Gyllenhaal, was the Jerry Maguire of the prescription drug world. As the story goes, he gets involved with a woman suffering from Parkinson's disease, played by Hathaway. THR says their romance will play out against the "political and social context of the time." Read more...
We all know that Andy Samberg is a dude. You'd think that fact would preclude any possibility of him picking up a golden statue for Best Female Performance at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. His stunning turn as the aging title character in "Evenings With Ms. Eloise" proves that not only is Samberg a multi-faceted actor, he's also multi-gendered. A performance of this magnitude practically demands your vote. So get out and rock the vote for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards before it's too late.
Anne Hathaway is a brave woman. Not only is she tackling the daunting task of portraying the legendary Judy Garland, she's doing it on two fronts. According to Variety, Hathaway has signed to portray Garland onstage and onscreen in an adaptation of Gerald Clark's biography "Get Happy" for The Weinstein Company. It's not clear which will go into production first, but they are toying with the idea of starting with a film, and using the same director for both projects.
The combination of Clark's book and Hathaway's involvement is already attracting directors, screenwriters, and songwriters eagerly lining up to help Hathaway (in the words of studio VP Ben Famiglietti) "put her own stamp" on Garland's story. Read more...
A psychotic killer who fashions suits out of human flesh. Traumatized war vets programmed to execute nefarious government conspiracies. A man slowly, painfully dying of AIDS. From “The Silence of the Lambs” to “The Manchurian Candidate” to “Philadelphia,” Jonathan Demme has made a career out of making the grim or unpleasant somehow entertaining. So when he started mapping out the approach to his latest film, about a recovering drug addict who reunites with her traumatized family before her sister’s wedding, the Oscar-winning director had a slightly odd operating principle.
“One of the challenges was not trying to make it too entertaining,” Demme told MTV News about last fall’s indie darling “Rachel Getting Married.” Read more...
If Anne Hathaway thought she was lusted after before, just wait 'til the Internet audience gets a load of this. Yes it's true, one of the sexiest women in Hollywood is just like you, slouching at home watching cartoons. The similarities probably stop there however, but regardless the fact that Hathaway is now outed as a "Family Guy" and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" fan elevates her to a new level of cool.
The "Rachel Getting Married" actress gave us her television faves on the Oscars red carpet; check it out below and then click here to watch the rest of our red carpet interviews, including James Franco, Robert Pattinson and more.
The happy couple had impeccable fashion taste at the first big New York movie premiere of 2009: "Bride Wars."
Anne Hathaway appeared sleek and sophisticated in her tuxedo jacket and black skinny pants, while Kate Hudson donned an elegant white gown decorated with intricate dark embroidery.
Clearly no accident, what I want to know is if the girls fought over who would play the groom and who would play the blushing bride? (Check out the couple's wedding-ready attire after the jump.) Read more...
