Entertainment Round-Up

contributors: Indoor_Living, rest_easy, stayillogical, and Thomas Balkcom

Industry News and Rumors:

Movies

1. Here's a new poster for We Bought a Zoo.

2. Oscar madness. Ratner out. Murphy quits. Grazer in to produce and Crystal to host.

3. This is a stranger bit of news I've read in awhile. Jonah Hill couldn't take a job in Django Unchained due to another project.

4. Zemeckis is no longer attached to Here There Be Monsters.

5. George Tillman Jr. will be making a Miles Davis biopic.

6. Recommended reading with Charlotte Gainsbourg on LVT.

7. Here's a first look at a new Toy Story short Small Fry.

8. Could Colin Firth end up playing the villain role in Spike's Oldboy?

9. Hilarious.

10. Tom Hanks was offered action-thriller Patriot Down.

Trailers

1. Journey 2 - http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayli...ll-likes-money
2. Haywire - http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayli...aywire-trailer
3. A Thousand Words - http://www.slashfilm.com/a-thousand-words-trailer/
4. Snow White and the Huntsman - http://www.slashfilm.com/snow-white-...ailer-posters/
5. Safe - http://www.slashfilm.com/safe-trailer/
6. Goon - http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayli...ey-comedy-goon
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Absolutepunk Entertainment Links

Entertainment Forum Horror Recs of the Month
Parks and Recreation
Breaking Bad
Dexter
50/50
The Ides of March
The Dark Knight Rises
Moneyball
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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Sorry about the short update. I was out of town this week. I only had time this morning before work to put the big news in. Expect a bigger update next week.

Didn't know there was a Toy Story short with The Muppets. Even more excited for that movie now.

Originally Posted by brandon_260

Didn't know there was a Toy Story short with The Muppets. Even more excited for that movie now.

this.

Originally Posted by brandon_260

Didn't know there was a Toy Story short with The Muppets. Even more excited for that movie now.

totes!

that a thousand words has been in production for ages, it looks shocking.

Muppets should have been picked to host the Oscars.

Originally Posted by phaserstostun

Muppets should have been picked to host the Oscars.

YES.

That We Bought a Zoo poster sort of reminds me of those horrible minimalist movie posters that have been going around the blogosphere. God, I hope they don't start to influence real movie art.

Bummed that Ratner is out as producer. What he said was foolish and all, but my God, he was making the Oscars sound promising as a ceremony for the first time in years. Dude brought in Eddie Murphy, only planned to let people present that he actually thought could nail the material written and planned to cut out a lot of the fat of the ceremony without losing the essentials. Not to mention that the firing was pretty much done at the call of GLAAD, one of the many organizations that should be listed as a gang in this country based on it's mob-like intimidation tactics.

Jonah's gonna severely regret missing out on this one. Quentin Tarantino's second decade was most interesting, and based on the script for Django Unchained, his third will be even more so. Basterds has already become iconic, and this one will follow the lead. It's out-and-out exploitation and would fit in nicely between Basterds and another period piece as an unofficial exploitation period trilogy.

There's NO better choice than Colin Firth for that role. This remake has justified itself so fucking much in the last three months between the hiring of Spike Lee, Josh Brolin and now this if it happens. Let there be a God!

Man, I think Jonah in a QT movie would've been really interesting.

Ratner.....come on, man......

The link that says "Crystal to host" leads to the same place as "Grazer to produce" and does not reveal that Crystal will host.

Very cool on the Toy Story short, wasn't aware it was in production.

Originally Posted by DickfaceChillah

That We Bought a Zoo poster sort of reminds me of those horrible minimalist movie posters that have been going around the blogosphere. God, I hope they don't start to influence real movie art.

I agree with this as much as I enjoy some of the minimalist poster art.

As much as I'm not fond of Jonah Hill (he seems strongly typecasted), it's a shame he had to pass up Tarantino.

I'd go see a movie about Miles Davis. Awesome.

I hope Colin Firth understands what happens in Oldboy, strange but decent original.

they still need to make a nick drake biopic