Archive: March 2009 (1-10 of 349)

Mar 31 2009 10:58 PM ET

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to reteam in 2010?

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon may be shooting another movie together sometime next year, according to People.com. Affleck told People that once the actors’ busy 2009 schedules settle down, they’re supposed to reteam for an unspecified movie in 2010. The last movie Affleck and Damon both appeared in was 2004′s Jersey Girl. Affleck and Damon won an Academy Award for writing 1997′s Good Will Hunting. 

Mar 31 2009 07:28 PM ET

Rihanna cooperating with Los Angeles District Attorney

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The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office confirms that Rihanna is working with prosecutors in their case against Chris Brown, who has been charged with felony counts of assault and making criminal threats for allegedly attacking her. A rep for the L.A. D.A.’s office told EW via email today: "We have been dealing with her attorney who has said she is a cooperatingvictim." The statement refutes reports that circulated over the weekend saying the singer was not cooperating. Brown’s rescheduled arraignment will take place April 6, but Rihanna is not required to attend. –Additional reporting by Margeaux Watson

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Mar 31 2009 06:27 PM ET

Foreign box office now accounts for 65 percent of global receipts, MPAA announces

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Money earned from theaters outside of the United States and Canada now accounts for a whopping 65 percent of global box office revenue, the Motion Picture Association of America announced today, in advance of chairman and CEO Dan Glickman’s remarks at the annual ShoWest industry convention in Las Vegas. During the past five years, foreign box office grosses have grown 17 percent. In 2008, moviegoers spent $9.8 billion at domestic movie theaters and $18.3 billion elsewhere, for an all-time-high grand total of $28.1 billion globally, a 5.2 percent rise over the previous year.

Domestic figures are less promising, however. The number of tickets sold at movie theaters in the U.S. and Canada in 2008 declined 2.6 percent from 2007, but because of higher prices, gross receipts were up a slight 1.7 percent.

Mar 31 2009 03:47 PM ET

Madonna's rep confirms adoption effort

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E! reports that Madonna’s longtime rep, Liz Rosenberg, has released a statement confirming the entertainer is in Malawi to adopt a four-year-old girl named Chifundo "Mercy" James.

Mar 31 2009 12:45 PM ET

Kevin Macdonald to direct Roman military drama

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State of Play director Kevin Macdonald is on board to direct Focus Features’ Roman military drama The Eagle of the Ninth, reports Variety. Set in the second century A.D., the story follows an injured Roman soldier and his devoted Celtic slave as they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a brigade of Roman soldiers. Jamie Bell (Defiance) will play the servant while Channing Tatum (Stop-Loss) is in talks to star as the lead. Production is set to begin in August on location in Hungary and Scotland.

Mar 31 2009 12:30 PM ET

Paul Bettany in negotiations to star in 'Priest'

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Paul Bettany (The Young Victoria) is in talks to star in Screen Gems’ horror Western Priest, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Produced by Michael De Luca, Josh Donen, and Mitchell Peck, the movie is an adaptation of the TokyoPop comic book of the same name, which follows a rogue cleric (Bettany) who defies the church by hunting down a deadly gang of vampires who have abducted his niece.

Mar 31 2009 12:28 PM ET

Ice Cube to star in 'Ride Along'

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Ice Cube is onboard to star in New Line Cinema’s action comedy Ride Along, reports Variety. The rapper-actor will play a cop who seeks to ruin his engaged sister’s relationship with an affluent white psychiatrist by inviting her fiancé on an ill-advised ride-along with him in his squad car. Cube will produce the movie with his colleague Matt Alvarez from Cube Vision. Production is set to begin this summer.

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Margeaux Watson: Ride Along plays the race card…again?!

Mar 31 2009 12:19 PM ET

'Star Trek' sequel ready for liftoff

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Variety reports that Paramount Pictures is planning a sequel to the May 8 reboot of its Star Trek franchise to be produced by J.J. Abrams, who directed and produced the latest installment, along with his colleague Bryan Burk from Bad Robot. Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof have reportedly been tapped to write the screenplay, though prospective storylines remain a mystery.

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Star Trek sequel: Premature ekirkulation?

Mar 31 2009 09:55 AM ET

'The Real World,' 'The Real World/Road Rules Challenge' get four more seasons

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MTV has ordered four more seasons each of The Real World and The Real World/Road Rules Challenge, The Hollywood Reporter says. The Real World: Brooklyn finale airs April 1. The Real World: Cancun is now shooting.

Mar 31 2009 09:40 AM ET

'Wackness' director Jonathan Levine hired for 'Sitter'

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The Wackness writer-director Jonathan Levine has been tapped to direct the Fox Atomic comedy The Sitter. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story, very reminiscent of 1987′s Adventures in Babysitting, centers on a suspended college student who returns home to live with his single mother and spends one memorable evening babysitting the two boys and 8 year-old-girl next door.

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