July 2008 News Archive (Page 7)

While High School Musical 3 will mark Zac Efron's last foray into that franchise, the actor is being recruited to star in a sequel to Hairspray.

According to Variety, New Line Cinema has made a deal with Hairspray writer John Waters to write a script for a follow-up to the 2007 movie.

Will you line up for a Hairspray sequel?

Look for director-choreographer Adam Shankman, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to all return for the film. Also reported to come back ar Tony-winning songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; they'll write new songs for the sequel.

"I never thought of musicals as franchises, but it certainly worked with High School Musical, and the idea of working with that cast again, and creating new material and music, is a dream come true," sais Shankman. "John (Waters) has such an original and extraordinary voice; we all can’t wait to see what he has come up with."

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson pose on the red carpet prior to the world premiere of The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

The actress looks pregnant, while the actor looks bored. Or, well, stoned.

Take a look below at our weekly update of movie quotes recently added to the site. Follow our link now and go vote on your favorites.

Here are a sample of some of the funniest and most profound, taken from films that focus on zany step brothers and confused super heroes...

Dale Doback: Martha Stewart, Oprah, your wife. You gotta fuck one, kill one, and marry one, who do you pick? -- Step Brothers

Bruce Wayne: People are dying. What would you have me do?
Alfred Pennyworth: Endure. You can be the outcast. You can make the choice that no one else will face - the right choice. Gotham needs you. -- The Dark Knight

The Spirit: My city, I can not deny her. My city screams. She is my mother. She is my lover, and I am her Spirit. -- The Spirit

Micky Rosa: The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly. -- 21

Donna: I grew up.
Tanya: Well, grow back down then! -- Mamma Mia!

In Jennifer’s Body, Diablo Cody's follow-up to Juno, rumors are swirling that viewers will see star Megan Fox's naked body.

Sorry, guys, but that isn't the case for the film's movie poster at least. Take a look at it below:

Megan Fox licking her blood-dripping lip as a tease for Jennifer’s Body? Count us in.

He's not exactly Batman or Superman. Heck, he's barely even The Green Hornet.

Still, Hercules will be the next hero to be adapated for the big screen, as Variety confirms that a project tentatively titled Hercules: The Thracian Wars is in the planning stages.

Sorry, Kevin Sorbo fans. But the beefy actor won't be reprising his role from the TV version of this icon; the movie will reportedly stay true to the comic book character pictured below.

It will be directed by Peter Berg, the man behind the camera for Hancock, will be based on the five-issue series by comic writer Steve Moore.

"What resonated for them was that this was character driven, about a character who’s more man than god, with conflicts and redemption," said Barry Levine.

Will you watch a Hercules movie?

Mia Wasikowska has fallen down the rabbit hole of American cinema.

The young Australian, best known for her role as Sophie on the HBO series In Treatment, will star as the title character in Tim Burton's live-action adaption of Alice in Wonderland.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the classic tale will be shot with live-action and performance-capture footage, while being presented in Disney Digital 3-D. Filming begins in November.

Wasikowska will next appear opposite Daniel Craig in the war drama Defiance. She also just completed filming the role of a young Amelia Earhart fan in Mira Nair’s biopic Amelia, starring Hilary Swank.

The X-Files movie trailer we currently have posted on the site isn't the clearest video in the world.

Here's a look at the latest TV spot for The X-Files: I Want to Believe, though. Enjoy..

Matthew Goode might soon become a household name in the U.S. This British-born actor stars in the upcoming Brideshead Revisited, while also appearing in next year's wildly-hyped Watchmen.

Goode reacently chatted with Collider on a number of topics, but the excerpt below focuses on his portrayal of Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias in Watchmen...

When you went into the audition, had you read the comic?
No, all I knew about it was the fact that the other actors were involved and that was a pressure, but I had one scene at the end where it was like saying I killed millions of people and then one tiny scene at the beginning where I’ve got a big cat. So I’m like this is such an odd character and it was only when I got to Vancouver, and obviously I’d spoken to Zack on the phone.

He was a real part of the convincer because post audition he was like…my fears were and this might sound awful…that it was going to be a kind of Fantastic 4 thing and he was like “let me fucking tell you, if my movie ends up being anything like that then I’ve not done my job properly.”

And I don’t mean that to be totally against that film but as in just for me he really put my mind at rest and he got on and he told me what his vision was going to be for it and I was like, wow. And I don’t want to be doing something that’s going to piss people off because he told me how beloved it was and I was like oh God.

That’s a real pressure. He got what director it deserves.

Famous child actor Jackie Earle Haley is making a second career for himself, beginning with his Oscar-nominated role in Little Children.

Next, the star is appearing in Watchmen as the complicated character of Rorschach.

Haley described playing the character to Entertainment Weekly as "unsettling." The actor added that he can't do Rorschach's trademark grumble without donning the mask you see him wearing below.

We know, we know: most readers would prefer if Megan Fox talked about her body.

Still, the beautiful actress did have some interesting things to say about an upcoming project, the Diablo Cody-penned Jennifer's Body.

“I have a few love scenes. I eat and seduce everyone: boys and girls," Fox said, tantalizingly. "There’s a lot of kissing and craziness. It was awkward, it’s always awkward and it’s never fun."

Fox went on to discuss one of her co-stars, an unknown actor who will soon earn the wrath of men everywhere for his interactions on set with the actress.

“Johnny Simmons and I got really close and became really good friends, so it was hard not to just laugh hysterically and endlessly,” Fox said. “So I’m kissing him and he’s like my brother — it was really awful. He got spit in my mouth and it was gross.”

As far as her work on the Transformers sequel, though, the actress remained mum.

“They’ll kill me if I say anything,” Fox said. “I’ll get fired and they’ll replace me with Eva Longoria.”