Too much news today to beat around the bush. Read about Pixar, "EverQuest," Nicole Kidman, and David friggin Hasslehoff below.
- Out of this world. Pixar making a "John Carter of Mars" trilogy. (Slashfilm)
- "300" scribe Michael Gordon writing "EverQuest" adaptation. (IGN)
- Nicole Kidman to team up with Julia Roberts for "Monte Carlo." (Fox)
- A cupcake for the person who tells me how this is gonna work: Jason Statham returning for "Crank 2." (Empire)
- Don't hassle the Hoff! David Hasselhoff to star in "Anaconda 3" and "4." (Moviehole)
- Paz Vega and Jamie King join Frank Miller’s "The Spirit." (Variety)
- Just for fun, a video of a DeLorean hitting a wall at (88) 40 mph. (Jalopnik)
It's no secret that megastar Julia Roberts recently had a son. But who woulda thunk he'd already look like Ryan Reynolds?
"Most of the time when I say that I'm doing a movie with Julia Roberts people would say, 'Oh, you're a couple,'" "The Nines" star said of the laughs he gets from telling friends about his new movie, "Fireflies in the Garden," which he stars in alongside Roberts. "It kills me. Let me have a love affair with Julia Roberts. That'd be fantastic! Sadly, no, she's my mother."
But how in the world can 40-year-old Julia Roberts play mother to 30-year-old Reynolds?
"The movie actually takes place over a great deal of time," Reynolds clarified. "She's a woman in her mid-30s throughout [most of] the film, while in some portions she's much older. She's doing a lot of prosthetic age makeup." Read more...
Sly returns with violent footage of his upcoming opus, Shia may ride a bike, "Dead Zone" meets "Dark Knight" and more, in the Monday morning links round-up.
- Stallone unveils working trailer for "John Rambo," parodies "Hot Shots! Part Deux" Rambo parody (warning: gruesome scenes ahead). (AICN)
- Shia LaBeouf to be leather-clad greaser in "Indy 4?" (CHUD)
- Brat Packer Anthony Michael Hall signs up for "The Dark Knight." Won't reveal part. (LA Daily News)
- The man behind "Arachnophobia" takes on MLK and FBI. (Hollywood Reporter)
- "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" gets a trailer. (Movies Online).
- "The Air I Breathe" helmer Jieho Lee in talks to bring Eidos' "Kane and Lynch" video game to bigscreen. (Variety)
- Eva Mendez joins "Curve" as woman struggling to survive psychopathic killer. (Hollywood Reporter)
- Julia Roberts to play murdered wildlife conservationist Joan Root in untitled biopic. (Variety)