June 2008 News Archive

Wanted has broken the box office record for an R-rated movie opening in June.

That's largely due to the fast-placed plot, action sequences and, well, Angelina Jolie.

But the Wanted movie soundtrack adds to the film's appeal, as well. Follow our link now to check out its song list and make a purchase.

This photo pretty much summarizes the main reason to see Wanted. But the film's score nicely adds to the action and suspense.

We've also wadded The Wackness soundtrack to our site. Buy it now before this dark comedy hits theaters nationwide in August.

Ben Kingsley is set to appear as Dr. Squires in The Wackness, a dark comedy that comes out nationwide in August.

Following that part, the Academy Award winner will take on the role of a psychiatrist again in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island.

"I play another psychiatrist, but very different from Dr. Squires. Very sober, very against the use of drugs in therapy, and also very against the use of surgical intervention in therapy," said Kingsley.

As for his costar in Shutter Island, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kingsley simply said: "He and I have some very, very strong scenes together."

Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis and Zoe Bell will all join Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore in Whip It!, the roller derby comedy that marks the feature directorial debut by Barrymore.

Reports say Harden will portray an overbearing ex-beauty queen who would rather see her daughter, Bliss (Page), in pageants than skates. Wiig then plays Bliss' rowdy mentor, Malice in Wonderland.

Lewis is Dinah Might, the star of Austin's top team. Bell takes on the role of a medical technician moonlighting as derby star Bloody Holly.

Director Paul W.S. Anderson told MTV News that Resident Evil: Extinction likely will not be his last in the big screen adaption of this franchise.

"I'm just starting to talk to Sony about [Resident Evil 4]," Anderson said. "I don't even know if anything will come of it, but there's a possibility it might happen."

A fourth film would seem like a sure thing given the ending of the third, which saw Alice (Milla Jovovich) beside herself with rage, promising to travel to the Umbrella Corporation's headquarters in Japan.

However, Anderson, who write the first three films, says a concrete story hasn't yet been decided upon. He's still trying to determine a plausible direction for a fourth installment.

"I love the Resident Evil franchise and we always try to make the best possible movie we can. If we could find a good Resident Evil 4 to make, then we would do it," he said. "But I wouldn't just do it for the sake of it, that's for sure."

Talk of an Arrested Development movie is quickly moving from movie rumor to movie fact.

Stars Jason Bateman and Will Arnett have already gone on record in favor of the flick. Now, Jeffrey Tambor has confirmed reports that a movie version of the Emmy-winning Fox comedy is in the works.

"After months of speculation. I think we have finally figured out for sure that we are indeed doing an Arrested Development movie," Tambor told Entertainment Weekly. "I am very excited about that. I love that cast and crew and I felt like we had more to say."

The series, which aired for three seasons, starred Bateman, Arnett, Portia de Rossi, Jessica Walter and Michael Cera.

While his casting is still stirring debate among fans of The Green Hornet, Seth Rogen was recently asked what he liked about that comic book character.

Here's his reply:

We've always wanted to make this hero sidekick movie. That was always an unexplored area to us and for years we've actually been trying to write a movie that was about a hero and his sidekick and then when we heard that "The Green Hornet" movie was up for grabs we thought that could be the most perfect way to do this story because he is the only kind of hero who's sidekick is actually more known than he is.

We kind of thought that it would be a good way to tell this relationship story and just do a big crazy action movie basically.

Fans are still debating the merits of Seth Rogen as The Green Hornet.

Kit Kittredge is more than an American Girl. She's the star of a doll line and a movie!

How people can say that?

In a recent interview with ComingSoon.net, costar Chris O'Donnell talked about the maturity of the young actress that portrays Kittredge, Abigail Breslin.

"She's got such a great attitude about the whole thing because (doing interviews) is the hardest work you do in the whole thing," O'Donnell said. "She couldn't be more professional and she knows what she's doing."

Kit Kittredge is your basic American Girl, played by Abigail Breslin.

Breslin herself gushed about dressing up in Kit's signature outfits.

"It was cool, because I'd never done a period movie," she said. "Once you got hair, make-up and wardrobe, and on the set, it was sort of like you were back in that time. I got to keep the overalls, which was really cool, because I love the overalls."

Helena Bonham Carter may star in Terminator Salvation, the first movie in a planned trilogy/relaunch of the Terminator franchise. The film is set for a May 22, 2009 release.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bonham Carter - who would join Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood in the movie - would play a role that is small, but pivotal.

Bonham Carter most recently starred as Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd.

Should it really come as a shock that Ghandi doesn't do drugs?

Sir Ben Kingsley - who an Oscar for his portrayal of the spiritual and political leader - reportedly had to be shown how to smoke pot for his role in The Wackness.

Kingsley stars as a marijuana-addicted therapist in the film, but director Jonathan Levine told the New York Daily News that the actor had to be given instruction on how to make his inhalation look realistic.

"I had to teach him how to properly hit a bong," Levine said. "It's kind of like herbal tobacco. It doesn't taste great or smell great, either. I felt bad for everyone's lungs."

While WALL•E ruled at the box office this weekend - earning the second best June opening of all-time after - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - the Angelina Jolie/James McAvoy action thriller Wanted scored the sixth best opening of all ever for any R-rated movie.

Here's a recap of the weekend's top five:

1. WALL•E: $62.5 million
2. Wanted: $51.1 million
3. Get Smart: $20 million
4. Kung Fu Panda: $11.7 million
5. The Incredible Hulk: $9.2 million