GK Films, the new production company from producer Graham King (The Departed, The Town), has nabbed the feature film rights to the Tony award winning mega-hit musical Jersey Boys, according to Deadline New York. About the seemingly overnight success of the Four Seasons (i.e. Frankie Vallie, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi) in the 1960s, the film will include the group’s hit songs, like “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” and “Oh What a Night.” The screenplay will be written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, who wrote the book of the show. Vallie and Gaudio will exec. produce.
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Oct 6
2010
10:14 PM ET
Oct 6
2010
05:50 PM ET
Michael Douglas ending cancer treatment
Michael Douglas has almost completed chemotherapy, according to People. He has one more session and then “no further treatments are scheduled,” says his publicist, Alan Burry. Douglas’ recovery is expected to take another six weeks.
Oct 6
2010
04:32 PM ET
'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' loses Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman has dropped out of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the film based on the best-selling Jane Austen-meets-the-undead novel. As New York Magazine‘s Vulture blog hinted, scheduling conflicts were a cause of her departure, though her production company will remain involved in the project.
Oct 6
2010
04:11 PM ET
iPhone rumored to be headed to Verizon (again)
Another day, another “iPhone is going to Verizon” story. This time, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that “Apple Inc. plans to begin mass producing a new iPhone by the end of 2010 that would allow Verizon Wireless to sell the smartphone early next year.” In June, a similar report surfaced, but the legend of the Verizon iPhone goes back even further.
An Apple rep declined to comment for this story. [WJS]
Oct 6
2010
12:40 PM ET
Marshall Flaum, documentarian, dies
Emmy-winning producer-writer-director Marshall Flaum has passed away, Reuters reports. The documentarian — who collaborated with such big names as Jacques Cousteau and Hanna-Barbera — died from complications following hip surgery. Flaum was 85 years old.
The filmmaker boasted two Academy Award-nominated documentaries: 1963′s The Yanks Are Coming, and 1965′s Let My People Go: The Story of Israel. Flaum also produced several Hollywood-centric docs, including 1963′s Hollywood: The Great Stars, 1972′s Tribute to Bogart, and 1978′s Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend. He served as executive producer on six seasons of Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau as well.
Oct 6
2010
12:25 PM ET
Tom Hanks eyes Kathryn Bigelow's 'Sleeping Dogs'
Tom Hanks might be joining Kathryn Bigelow in her first film since her Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker. Bigelow and Locker screenwriter Mark Boal have been working on Sleeping Dogs, previously titled Triple Frontier, for more than a year. The story takes place in a lawless region of South America near the borders of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Sean Penn and Jeremy Renner have also been rumored to be interested in the project.
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Kathryn Bigelow reteams with Mark Boal
Oct 6
2010
10:34 AM ET
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's brother, Burning Dan, dies
Dan Gordon-Levitt, nicknamed Burning Dan for his presence at the annual Burning Man arts festival and older brother of actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, has died of undisclosed causes. The actor announced his brother’s passing on Twitter on Tuesday night, and posted a tribute on their multimedia company website, “BURNING dAN brightly embodied that bold beastly bliss sometimes referred to as the ‘creative spirit.’ He was my chief collaborator on the foundational incarnations of hitRECord.org over the years and continues to inspire us ever the more.” A free spirit born in 1974, Burning Dan described himself as a “Flow artist, photographer, swashbuckler, computer programmer, pyrophiliac, experientialist, didgeridooer, and global citizen bent on saving the world with panache.“
Oct 6
2010
10:22 AM ET
Michael Bay lawsuit dropped
Two men who named director Michael Bay in a lawsuit claiming his security guard hit them in the face with a pistol are dropping the claim and apologizing for including Bay in the suit, according to documents published by TMZ. In a letter to Bay, the men ask for his forgiveness: “Mr. Bay should not have been included in that action and the claims against him are being dismissed without prejudice,” wrote the lawyer for Joshua James Stewart and Paul Klimczak. The letter goes on to say that the lawyer’s office received information proving Bay was not present at the nightclub where the incident allegedly happened.
Oct 6
2010
06:08 AM ET
Darren Aronofsky in talks to direct 'Wolverine 2': Report
Fresh off reports that he was in the running to direct the upcoming Superman reboot (that gig went to Zack Synder), Darren Aronofsky is now in talks to helm Wolverine 2 for 20th Century Fox, according to Vulture. He is reportedly choosing between this movie, the sequel to last year’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Warner Bros.’ Tales From the Gangster Squad, a 1940s LAPD cops-and-robbers drama, as his next directorial project.
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The Superman movie has a director, writer, and producer. But who should be the star?
‘Superman’ director Zack Snyder on the Man of Steel: ‘He’s the king of superheroes.’
Zack Snyder to direct ‘Superman’
Darren Aronofsky being courted for ‘Superman’: Report
Oct 5
2010
09:49 PM ET
CNN's 'Parker Spitzer' talk show debuts to low ratings
Parker Spitzer, the new CNN talk show starring columnist Kathleen Parker and former governor of New York Eliot Spitzer, attracted only 454,000 viewers during its debut Monday night, according to the Los Angeles Times. By comparison, Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor tallied 3.1 million viewers and MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann registered 1.1 million viewers during the same 8 p.m. time frame. Parker Spitzer replaced Campbell Brown, which premiered to 1.3 million viewers two years ago.
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