Coming off Iron Man, currently starring in Tropic Thunder, and planning a Sherlock Holmes remake, Robert Downey Jr. is a new man.
Just ask the actor himself, as Rolling Stone did when the magazine brought up a lofty quote the star uttered a couple years ago.
"Puh-leaze! That guy is someone who is a foulmouthed liar who thinks he sounds really hip."
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Thanks to the disasters known as Pearl Harbor and Gigi, it's safe to say that Ben Affleck is no longer an A-list actor.
But Mr. Jennifer Garner, who turns 36 today, looks to have a bright future ahead as a director. We loved his work behind the camera on Gone Baby Gone.
Of course, Affleck did star in a number of memorable movies. Here's a look at some films, and the characters he plays in them, on his resume:
Coming off The Lovd Guru - and its disappointing box office haul - Mike Myers has signed on to the cast of Quentin Tarantino's next movie.
Myers has signed on for Inglorious Basterds as British General Ed Fenech, a military mastermind who helps hatch a plot to kill Nazi leaders. He's the latest addition to an ever-growing, star-studded cast.
Brad Pitt stars in the movie as Lt. Aldo Raine, the leader of a group of Jewish-American soldiers dropped into German-occupied France on a singular mission to kill as many Nazis as they can. Eli Roth is also on board, and Tarantino is said to be courting Simon Pegg, Nastassja Kinski, David Krumholtz, and B.J. Novak for roles, as well.
Look for the movie to premiere in Cannes in 2009.
While fans of the hit series 24 will have to wait until January for new episodes, they can now get excited about the strong possibility of a 24 movie.
"It's certainly on the table," Kiefer Sutherlan, who is currently starring in Mirrors, told Extra. "We would certainly be thrilled to make it, but we're going to wait until the series is finished."
There has long been talk of a big-screen version of 24. The film was meant to be shot during the Season 6 and 7 hiatus, but plans were put on the backburner to concentrate on the series.
We love Jack Bauer and company, but we'd hate to see a movie. The ideal ending to this groundbreaking show would be for Bauer to die - saving the world, of course - in the series finale.
Tyrese Gibson certainly knows how to drive a fast car.
The former model got his acting break in The Fast and the Furious. Now, he's back for Death Race, an action-packed thrilled that co-stars Jason Statham.
Gibson shared his thoughts on the film with MoviesOnline:
How did you get involved with Death Race?
Paul reached out and said that he kinda had me in mind for it, but he didn't give me the part. What ended up happening is we met up at a hotel. And he ended up slipping and giving me the part without knowing. So my people said, "Tyrese, the director wants to meet you but he hasn't determined if he wants to go with you or not. So he'll let us know a couple days after the meeting if he's gonna go with you or not."
So at the whole dinner, I'm on edge. You're trying to put the good impression and all that. "Yeah, man, you know how this'll be great. I'd love to be a part of this." But where he slipped up at is he pulled his laptop out and while he was talking to me, he say, "You know, so these are the areas that we're gonna be filming at." So I'm like, "Oh, sh*t. You said we." Then he said, "This is the car that I have you in mind to drive in."
It may not reach the level of The Dark Knight, but expect High School Musical 3: Senior Year - the first installment in this Disney franchise to be released on the big screen - to rake in the bucks when it opens in October.
You can enjoy a sneak peek at the film before that, though, as the following clip features a first listen to “Right Here Right Now,” a love song performed by Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens).
Regarding a quick synopsis of the movie itself, star Ashley Tisdale says:
"Graduation, prom, everybody wants to see the senior year, so it’s gonna be really cool."
Earlier today, we reported that the release date for Valkyrie has been moved up.
Sadly for Harry Potter fans, we have opposing news for the next installment of this franchise.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will no longer come out around Thanksgiving. Instead, viewers will need to wait until July 17, 2009. Ouch.
Said top Warner Bros. honcho Alan Horn in a press release:
"Our reasons for shifting Half-Blood Prince to summer are twofold: We know the summer season is an ideal window for a family tent-pole release.... Additionally, like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers' strike, which impacted the readiness of scripts for other films, changing the competitive landscape for 2009 and offering new windows of opportunity that we wanted to take advantage of.... [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] perfectly fills the gap for a major tent-pole release for mid-summer."
In the meantime, fans can click on the following photos for larger images from the movie:
Long before The Green Lantern movie ever hits theaters, controversy is already arising over the project.
Long-time fans of the series are wondering if a film can do the comic justice.
But those at iesb.net have gotten a look at the script - and they approve!
"Unlike other recent superhero movies, this Green Lantern story has science fiction elements such as visiting other planets and major space battles'', writes the site's creator, adding that the film has the potential to be "bigger" than both The Dark Knight and Iron Man.
That's obviously ridiculous. But read what else the site has to say about The Green Lantern movie now.
Can you smell that?
It's the hint of possibility. Or maybe it's just Sex Panther cologne.
Either way, Paul Rudd is speaking out on the Anchorman sequel rumors that have been floating around Hollywood.
“Last I heard they were starting to write it and they were thinking about setting it in the eighties,” Rudd told MTV. “[But] I know when we were shooting it [director] Adam [McKay] said if they ever did something it would have to be really weird like we were on the moon or something. I think it has to go even further if it was to work.”
Like what? Rudd offers no suggestions. But he does sound giddy at the prospect of returning to play Brian Fantana should the long-talked about script actually materialize.
“I don’t know if it’s a throwaway comment Adam McKay had made at some premiere or something. I think [he’s]’s interested in the idea. I think Will [Ferrell] is too,” Rudd told MTV News. “Certainly it was so fun to make that if they were to do another one I think we’d all be really interested in it.”
The movie version of Dragonball is set to his theaters on April 10, 2009.
But you needn't wait that long to receive an early look at the film. Here are a pair of photos of Justin Chatwin and Emmy Rossum in action...
