Entertainment Round-Up

contributors: rest_easy, Stayillogical, and tommykb127

Industry News and Rumors:

Movies

Box Office:

1. Paranormal Activity 2$40,678,424 $40,678,424
2. Jackass 3D $21,313,815 $86,861,041
3. Red $15,034,916 $43,518,185
4. Hereafter $12,018,147 $12,333,504
5. The Social Network $7,276,972 $72,907,728

1) IFC listed the 30 Greatest Drug Scenes of All-Time here. Come discuss it here.

2) Could Francis Ford Coppola’s next project be a horror film?

3) Darren Aronofsky might be making Machine Man after Wolverine 2 is finished.

4) Here’s a first look and casting details for the Dr. Seuss film adaptation of The Lorax.

5) Tony Scott is interested in directing a Top Gun sequel.

6) Plot details and casting decisions are slowly being revealed for Matthew Weiner’s You Are Here.

7) I certainly hope that this isn’t true. Either way, I’m still looking forward to this film.

8) Ang Lee has found a lead for and intends to shoot the film adaptation of The Life of Pi in 3D.

9) Another casting addition to The Muppet Movie: Zach Galifianakis.

10) James Franco will be directing a film, entitled The Broken Tower, based on a biography of the poet Hart Crane. Michael Shannon may appear in the film.

11) Check out a behind the scenes featurette on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 1.

12) The Hobbit will remain in New Zealand.

13) Huge news. The third Christopher Nolan Batman film is entitled The Dark Knight Rises and will NOT feature The Riddler.
- Also, Hans Zimmer will be doing the score again.

14) James Cameron next two movies will be Avatar 2 and Avatar 3. Target release dates of December 2014 and December 2015.

15) Mission Impossible IV will be called Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol.

16) Here’s Chris Evans suited up as Captain America in the latest Entertainment Weekly.
- Check out some more photos here.

17) Super 8 will come out on June 10th, 2011.

18) A sequel for Skyline is already in the works.

19) One of my favorite studios, Fox Searchlight, celebrates its 15th anniversary. Watch these montages of the past 15 years.

20) Looks like the pregnancy bible will be adapted into a Love Actually-esque romantic comedy.

21) Ryan Kwanten, of True Blood fame, has been cast as a young Charles Manson in the upcoming indie drama The Family.

22) Mark Wahlberg is set to star in Seth MacFarlane’s directorial debut, Ted. Sounds like Drop Dead Fred, but with a teddy bear.

23) Universal has set their release dates up to 2013 for: Snow White and The Huntsman, The Dark Tower, The Bourne Legacy, Untitled Judd Apatow Comedy, Ouija, and more.

24) Unnecessary sequels? You decide. Tony Scott and Robert Zemeckis elaborate on their plans for Top Gun 2 and Roger Rabbit 2.

Television

01) Both Eastbound and Down and Bored to Death have been renewed for a third season.

02) HBO has announced the fifth season of Big Love will be its last.

03) Scarlett Johansson and Anne Hathaway will be hosting SNL in November. Jeff Bridges will be hosting in December.

04) Caprica has been canceled.

05) Celebrities to swap lives with people of the same name on new CBS reality show. If that includes spouses, my name is Scarlett Johansson.

06) FX has ordered 13 episodes of Wilfred, a comedy starring Elijah Wood.

07) ABC has ordered full seasons for Better With You and No Ordinary Family, as well as additional episodes for Detroit 1-8-7 and Brothers & Sisters.

08) Conan O’Brien’s next internet event: Show Zero.

09) You can now watch the first five minutes of The Walking Dead and the real opening title sequence.

10) LOST writers, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, have sold a new show to ABC. Once Upon A Time will be a modern take on fairy tales with both sci-fi and fantasy elements. I think this sounds promising.

11) In case there’s anyone out there that cares, Rob Schneider will be starring in his own sitcom.

Newest Trailers (New Section for the newest trailers released in the past week)

Justin Bieber Never Say Never - http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/10/26/movie-trailer-justin-bieber-never/
New trailer for Tron Legacy - http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/10/26/movie-trailer-tron-legacy-ad-shows-daft-punk-reveals-soundtrack-tune/
Brother’s Justice - http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/brothers-justice/trailer

Movies Out Next Week (11/05)

127 Hours
Due Date
Megamind
Four Lions
Fair Game

DVDs Out Next Week (11/02)

Toy Story 3
The Sound of Music (BD)
The Pacific
The Bridge on the River Kwai (BD)
The Goonies (BD)
Centurion

Absolutepunk Entertainment Links

Due Date
Megamind
Paranormal Activity 2
Jackass
Hereafter
Red
Conviction
Mad Men
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Social Network
Let Me In
Boardwalk Empire
Jersey Shore



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- NEW SHOW FROM ADAM AND KITSIS!! lets do it.

- Zemeckis wants a roger rabbit sequel? i'm game. No remake, but a sequel would be pretty cool. And this is coming from a big Roger Rabbit fan

- Ouija the movie, baaaahahahha.

- Pregnancy bible trivilaized love actually style = funny.

- interested in seth macfarlanes first movie

Granted I haven't enjoyed M:I 2 or 3, the title for the new Mission: Impossible movie sounds so stupid.

Those Captain America photos give me a boner.

So glad to hear Bored to Death and Eastbound and Down have been renewed

Zemeckis has wanted a sequel fore years. It's looking like I'm really gonna love the new Muppets movie.

Jeff Bridges is going to be epic on Saturday Night Live.

De derby de derb derb. Rated PG-13.

Originally Posted by zachff

Those Captain America photos give me a boner.

glad I wasn't the only one

I really want to see Hush in a Batman film, however, I think the storyline of Dark Victory would be perfect for a third movie. That would mean Harvey would have to come back though. And they would have to find a Robin and Catwoman...

I was kinda lookin forward to Skyline after I saw the first teaser, but now that there are a number of actual trailers, it looks less than promising.

For anyone interested, you can hear clips from the forthcoming soundtrack for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I here:

http://deathlyhallowssoundtrack.com/

Originally Posted by Thomas Balkcom

Justin Bieber Never Say Never - http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/10/26/movie-trailer-justin-bieber-never/

Really?

Hip hip hooray for Hans Zimmer. Man's a genius.