It seems motorcycles are very big with the Hollywood set. It isn’t unheard of to see Orlando Bloom, Keanu Reeves or any number of others riding around the city of Los Angeles on their motorcycles. Another one of those you might see is forty-five year old actor Brad Pitt.
He was out riding in Los Angeles on Thursday when his bike decided to break down just outside Franklin Village. Instead of waiting for help to arrive, the actor asked some of the paparazzi that constantly follow his every move for a lift. They were more than willing to help the actor out.
Earlier this week, Brad’s main squeeze was named Hollywood’s top earning actress for the past twelve months with $27 million in earnings. This beat out Brad’s ex Jennifer Aniston. Next up for Pitt is Inglorious Basterds. His next project, Moneyball, was axed recently, and it looks like the people of New Orleans want the actor to run for mayor of their city. The actor is always busy. Check out the latest international trailer for Inglorious Basterds below. The flick hit theaters in August.
Bruce Willis has an all new movie coming out soon, and I’m actually excited to see this one. I posted the trailer for Surrogates back in May. It is the next big action flick from Willis, and in this one the world is lived virtually. No one lives their lives anymore. No death, no disease, just life.
However, that changes, as someone figures how to kill people while they sit in the safety of their homes connected to a machine. This leads one man to break out of the virtual world and try to find out who is killing people and how they managed to do it. That one man is Bruce Willis.
Surrogates is set for release on September 25th, and we now have a new poster for the flick. A good one too! Check that out below, and you can find the trailer I posted back in May here . What do you think? Are you ready for a new film from Bruce Willis? At least it isn’t Die Hard 5!
Yesterday on this blog, I wrote about Vanity Fair’s tribute to Australian actor Heath Ledger. Now with the magazine actually hitting the newsstands here in the United States, there seems to be a bit more to this article that we originally thought there would be. This one has me a bit puzzled and scratching my head.
Many would call Heath Ledger’s break out role that of The Joker in The Dark Knight, which we can all now see over and over again as it plays on HBO. It premiered on the cable network earlier this month. However, now the actor’s agent Steven Alexander has come out saying that the actor had a specific deal with The Dark Knight where he would be paid whether he worked or not.
Heath wasn’t looking for a big summer blockbuster role that might label him forever and follow him for the rest of his career, so he tried to play his role so over the top that he would end up getting fired and still paid anyway. Heath’s performance as The Joker was out there and over the top. He made me cringe every single time his character was on screen, but was this him purposely trying to get out of the role? Some say it was this performance that lead to his death. What do you think? Check out what his agent had to say about it below.
The real decision to take the role was because of the film’s unusually long shoot, which would give Ledger an excuse to turn down other offers. And since he was guaranteed to collect a paycheck, Ledger was hoping that his performance would be so “far-out” that he would end up being fired and become the beneficiary of a lengthy, paid vacation. His agent added that while Ledger wanted to get paid, he didn’t want to be part of the massive blockbuster that “The Dark Knight” turned out to be.
Another Monday morning has arrived, and that means it is time to find out just what happened at the box office this weekend. There is no real big shock that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen managed to come out on top of the box office this weekend. It started its release with a $60 million dollar opening on Wednesday, and it continued on throughout the weekend. By the end of Sunday, the movie had brought it over $201 million over the five day period with $112 million over the weekend alone. The other new release this week, My Sister’s Keeper, came in fifth place with a $12 million opening weekend total.
This week, the movies come out early as we gear up for the 4th of July weekend. We have two new releases coming out on Wednesday with Public Enemies and Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs both hitting theaters. On DVD, we have The Jonas Brothers coming to store shelves along with Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Music wise we have new music from Rob Thomas, as he releases his sophomore effort, Cradlesong. The first single off of that CD is Her Diamonds, and it has been receiving heavy play since its release in May. Check out below for a full list of this week’s releases.
Vampires are really huge right now. We have the ones that sparkle when it comes to Twilight, and New Moon will hit theaters in November. True Blood’s second season is on HBO right now, and we have even more vampires on the way in 2010 when this movie hits. Daybreakers brings Ethan Hawke back to the big screen.
The movie is set in the year 2019, and a disease has turned most of the human race into vampires. Hawke plays a researcher, Edward Dalton, trying find a cure for the disease and save the human race. However, with almost everyone on the planet a vampire, this means a source for blood is running out.
A substitute or a cure are the only options, and from the trailer it looks like something is found. Check out the trailer and poster for the movie below. Daybreakers hits theaters in January 2010. What do you think?
Looks like we have a new movie from John Travolta coming out in the near future. The poster for From Paris With Love was released earlier this week, but we won’t see the movie hit the big screen until 2010. In this one, Travolta plays a US Agent sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack. He is partnered up with an intelligence operative played here by Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
This one was filmed just before Meyers had some troubles earlier this year where he headed into rehab in Los Angeles for a month. It looks like the stop in rehab didn’t do much for the actor though. He was arrested earlier this week at the airport in Paris after he wasn’t served at the bar because he was already too drunk. He reportedly ended up in a scuffle with one of the waiters and was later arrested.
Check out the poster for From Paris With Love below. What do you think?
It seems everywhere you look these days, you have another remake or another series made into a movie. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen broke records on Wednesday with making the most ever for a Wednesday release, an estimated $55 million with $16 million taken in during midnight showings.
Today however, we’re taking a look at The Stepfather, which is set for release this October. The original of this flick starred Terry O’Quinn, and it was one of the most terrifying movies I can remember. This one takes Dylan Walsh from Nip/Tuck, and it looks promising.
The first trailer for the film was released earlier this week, and the final moments of the trailer even made me flinch. Terry O’Quinn, as we all know, has moved on to Lost, where he plays John Locke. We will have to see how this remake does. You can check out the trailer for the flick below. What do you think?
As we get closer and closer to August, we’re getting more of a look from the next one from Brad Pitt, Inglorious Basterds. Quentin Tarantino is behind this one, and we know it tells the story of a group that went around killing nazis during World War II.
The first trailer gave us little to go on with the story. All we saw is Brad’s character ordering his men to kill any and nazis. With this new trailer, we see more of a plot to it, as the group has a plan to infiltrate a premiere in order to kill most of the higher ups in the nazi regime, including Hitler himself.
This one looks gory from start to finish, and I’m stil not too sure about it. However, with the cast and Tarantino behind it, the movie should be at least interesting. Check out the new trailer for yourself below. What do you think?
Last year, we first heard word of a new Alice in Wonderland film. Yes, another remake of a classic story. This time around Johnny Depp was jumping into the project playing the Mad Hatter. That immediately caught my interest. Disney and Tim Burton are behind this remake, and now we have a look at just what some of the characters will look like when this one hits the big screen.
Some character stills were released on Monday, and I for one am excited to see this one hit the big screen. Johnny Depp looks amazing here as the Mad Hatter. Next up for the actor is the fourth in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. No word yet on whether or not Keira Knightley or Orlando Bloom will return for the next installment, but Depp is on board.
Check out the character stills from Alice in Wonderland below. What do you think? Are you ready for an all new Alice in Wonderland?
Another Monday morning has arrived. I hope all you dads out there had a wonderful Father’s day. Now let’s take a look at the box office totals for this weekend. The Proposal from Disney managed to come out on top with $34.1 million in receipts. It managed to push down The Hangover, which already has a sequel in the works to start filming next year. Up managed to keep up with a spot in third place, while the other new release this weekend, Year One, came in fourth place with $20.2 million in receipts.
This week, we have an early release on Wednesday with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen finally hitting theaters after some unbelievable hype. Michael Bay has already said he won’t be making a third Transformers film, but will someone come in and take over the franchise? We’ll have to wait and see how this second one does when it hits theaters this week. If it is a smash hit, something tells me Michael Bay might change his mind, or someone else will gladly come in and take over.
Other releases this week include My Sister’s Keeper to theaters, Confessions of a Shopaholic and seasons of Girls Next Door and Reba to DVD, and new music from Cheap Trick and Michael Johns. Check out a full list of this week’s releases below.
