Archive: February 2009 (71-80 of 218)

Feb 20 2009 11:07 AM ET

Jeffrey Dean Morgan negotiating starring role in 'The Losers'

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen) is in talks to star in the Warner Bros.’ adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comicbook The Losers, Variety reports. Sylvian White (Stomp the Yard) will direct the project, about a band of black ops commandos who are set up to be killed by their own government. They barely survive and set out to get even.

Feb 20 2009 10:50 AM ET

Jenna Elfman starring in CBS comedy pilot

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Jenna Elfman will star in the CBS comedy pilot Accidentally on Purpose, Variety reports. She’ll play a San Francisco movie critic who getspregnant after a one-night stand and decides to raise the child with the much-younger father.

Feb 20 2009 10:17 AM ET

'Traffic' writer tapped to adapt 'Dead Spy Running'

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Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for writing duties on Traffic, will write the adaptation of Jon Stock’s upcoming espionage novel Dead SpyRunning. McG is attached to direct forWarner Bros. The movie will be the first in a trilogy, presenting the origin story of a newly trained spy with a tone described as a mix of the grittiness of The Bourne Identity and the wittiness of John Le Carre’s oeuvre.

Feb 20 2009 01:25 AM ET

'Terminator Salvation': Linda Hamilton says she's in talks for a voiceover

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Will the original Sarah Connor be back for this summer’s Terminator Salvation? It’s possible. Linda Hamilton, who had the role in 1984′s The Terminator and 1991′s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, tells MTV News that she’s in discussions to add a voiceover to the series’ fourth film. (She sat out of 2003′s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.) "I would probably be very happy to loan my voice depending on what thematerial is," Hamilton says. "Wait and see. They’re already writing it. We’ve beennegotiating it."

Feb 19 2009 10:10 PM ET

Lil Wayne's rock 'Rebirth' postponed

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The release of Lil Wayne’s planned rock album, Rebirth, has been delayed from April 7 to May 19, MTV.com reports. A video for lead single "Prom Queen" is reportedly still set to be released soon, however. The Grammy winner also announced nine new U.S. tour dates for March.

UPDATE: Lil Wayne’s label confirms to EW that Rebirth‘s release date has been pushed back to May, but says no specific new date has been set.

Feb 19 2009 09:15 PM ET

Kathleen Turner injured in Off Broadway show, but will keep performing

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Kathleen Turner has sustained a knee injury while performing in The Third Story Off Broadway in New York, forcing the cancellation of three performances of the Charles Busch play, The New York Times reports. Nonetheless, she will return to the boards in time for Saturday’s matinee — holding a cane and wearing a brace — and the show will resume its regular performance schedule. The Third Story revolves around a mother-and-son screenwriting team who flee Hollywood for Omaha in the 1940s.

Feb 19 2009 05:34 PM ET

Duffy the Hit at the BRITs

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Grammy-winning Welsh pop star Duffy was the top winner at last night’s BRIT Awards, the UK’s premiere music honor. The 24 year-old starlet won three awards, for British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough, and British Album. Fellow countryman Tom Jones presented her with the trophy for best album, for her debut Rockferry, which topped Coldplay’s Viva La Vida and Radiohead’s In Rainbows. “I cannot tell you what this means after five years [of hard work],” said the songstress, who also performed a version of her song, “Warwick Avenue,” for the audience at London’s Earl Court Arena.2009 BRIT Award winners:British Female Solo Artist – DuffyInternational Female Solo Artist – Katy PerryBritish Breakthrough Act – DuffyInternational Group – Kings Of LeonBritish Male Solo Artist – Paul WellerInternational Album Kings Of Leon – Only By The NightBritish Live Act – Iron MaidenBritish Group – ElbowCritics’ Choice Award – Florence and the MachineInternational Male Solo Artist – Kanye WestBritish Single Girls Aloud – The PromiseMastercard British Album Duffy – RockferryOutstanding Contribution to Music – The Pet Shop Boys

Feb 19 2009 04:56 PM ET

Tupac Shakur estate sued by film studio

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Morgan Creek Productions has filed a lawsuit against Amaru Entertainment, the company run by Tupac Shakur’s mother Afeni, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Morgan Creek alleges that Amaru Entertainment sold it the rights to make a film about the late rapper’s life, only to back out after the deal was settled. Amaru’s lawyers, who deny that there was ever any formal agreement with Morgan Creek, tell The Hollywood Reporter they may countersue.

Feb 19 2009 02:21 PM ET

New 'Fockers' comedy expected to film this year

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The third–and long-awaited–entry in the ultra-successful Fockers franchise is starting to kick. According to The Hollywood Reporter, writer-director John Hamburg (the upcoming I Love You, Man) has been brought aboard to write the screenplay for Little Fockers, which is expected to revolve around the offspring of Ben Stiller and Teri Polo’s married couple. Jay Roach, who directed the first two Focker films, will not return to duties this time; as one of the producers, however, he and his cohorts are currently eyeing Chris Weitz (New Moon), Peyton Reed (Yes Man), and David Wain (Role Models) to take over for Roach. Stiller, Robert DeNiro and Owen Wilson are currently in negotiations to join the film, which is expected to begin lensing by this fall.

Feb 19 2009 01:18 PM ET

Tom Cruise weighs his next big film role

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Tom Cruise’s to-do list is about to get a lot longer, according to Variety. The 46-year-old actor, fresh from the success of Valkyrie, is currently being wooed by at least five studios as he tries to decide which film to make next. The long list of candidates–from which Cruise is expected to film two this year–includes:

* MGM’s The Matarese Circle, a Robert Ludlum adaptation to be helmed by David Cronenberg. Cruise would play a Russian spy. Denzel Washington is also attached to costar.
* The Tourist, a Spyglass remake of the 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer, which would also star Charlize Theron.
* Universal’s Lost for Words, a romantic comedy about an actor (Cruise) who falls for a Chinese director (Ziyi Zhang), inciting the jealousy of her on-set interpreter.
* Dreamworks’ Motorcade, a Len Wiseman-directed action thriller about a president whose vehicle is seized by terrorists.
* Hardy Men, the long-gestating buddy comedy (currently in rewrites) costarring Ben Stiller.
* The Champions, which is based on the British TV series about government agents rescued from a Himalayan plane crash by a civilization that imbues them with extraordinary abilities.
* Wichita, a Fox comedy about an undercover agent (Cruise) who falls for an unlucky-in-love woman, possibly to be played by Cameron Diaz

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