Posts Tagged ‘hugh jackman’

Lee Daniels finds his MLK for SELMA

Lee Daniels has cast David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr. in his upcoming civil rights drama Selma, says THR. The British stage actor isn’t that well known in the States yet, but he’ll be in the George Lucas-produced Red Tails, which is scheduled for release this year. Oyelowo joins Hugh Jackman, who’ll get his [...]

WUTHERING HEIGHTS, AVON MAN, ERECTOR SET, and more in your Thursday morning News Links

Where does he get all those wonderful toys?! I get Candy Land. I get Battleship. I even get View-Master. But Erector Set: The Movie? (EW) Hugh Jackman’s Avon Man finds Enchanted director. (Variety) Wuthering Heights is set to be Twilight-ified. No joke. (Deadline) NBC, desperate to find hour-longs for the 10 p.m. time slot, settles [...]

Up in the Air moves back to December – TFC Morning Report

Top Story: The release for Oscar frontrunner Up in the Air is moving back to Dec. 4.  The Jason Reitman-directed comedy moved to Nov. 13 for an earlier release after a very positive reception at Toronto and Telluride. However, that date put it within a week of another George Clooney film, The Men Who Stare [...]

Hugh Jackman is a ‘Showman’ – TFC Morning Report

Top Story: Hugh Jackman is attached to star in an original contemporary musical about P.T. Barnum. The 20th Century Fox film, titled The Greatest Showman on Earth, will be scripted by Jenny Bicks and produced by Laurence Mark, John Palermo and the showman himself, Hugh Jackman. Most importantly (for those of you who saw my [...]

‘Avon’ calls Hugh Jackman – TFC Morning Report

Top Story: Hugh Jackman will produce and star in the comedy Avon for 20th Century Fox.  The film about a man who is recruited to sell Avon products after being laid off will be written by Hitch scribe Kevin Bisch. (Variety) In Other News: Working Title Films is developing a third Bridget Jones film starring [...]

Al Pacino in talks for ‘Blink’ – TFC Morning Report

Top Story: Al Pacino is in talks to star in the upcoming adaptation of Malcolm Gladwell’s nonfiction bestseller Blink.  Stephen Gaghan will write and direct the project for Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way banner. Gaghan wrote the Oscar-winner Traffic and wrote and directed Syriana.  Could another exciting ensemble piece be on the way? (THR’s Risky Business) [...]

TFC Morning Report – Monday, May 4, 2009 – Wolverine claws into box office

Top Story: Proving once again that bland movies happen to good box offices, X-Men Origins: Wolverine opened the summer movie season opened with $87 million at the domestic box office.  The fourth film in the X-Men franchise didn’t break any records at the domestic box office, but it did bring in more than the first [...]

Movie Review: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)–** Let’s hope that X-Men Origins: Wolverine isn’t a sign of things to come this summer. This fourth film in the X-Men franchise, a prequel to the first three films, is about as boring as a summer blockbuster can be without being insufferable. It’s a stale popcorn movie. Not that it comes [...]

Today’s Best News Ever: Luhrmann to Stage Academy Awards Opening

Okay, so this isn’t confirmed, but Fox News is reporting that Hugh Jackman has asked his Australia director to stage the opening number at this year’s Oscar ceremony. Now, I know this isn’t a way for the Oscars to get a mainstream audience. People really hate Luhrmann. But to all the haters out there, if [...]

Hugh Jackman to host the Oscars

Emmy winning award show host and international movie star Hugh Jackman will host the 81st annual Academy Awards! Talk about bringing a touch of class back to the Oscars. All he really has to do is get on stage in a tux and flash a smile. He’ll be a better host than the last three [...]

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