Thanks to jennybee for reminding us to take the latest mojo measurements for The Dark Knight. Passing two more milestones, the domestic gross for TDK is now $502,421,000 and the worldwide gross is $919,121,000 — passing Jurassic Park to claim the #10 spot on the all-time worldwide chart. Within days the Batman will sweep past 3 or 4 more titles on the chart below....
Monthly Archives: August 2008
John Lennon (age 17) and Quarrymen manager Nigel Walley (1958) First-time feature director Sam Taylor-Wood wants Kate Winslet for her new John Lennon bio, Nowhere Boy, focusing “on the lonely teenage years of the future Beatle, who was raised by his authoritarian aunt after being abandoned by his mother.” Taylor-Wood, who will be making her feature debut...
Nice concise visual plot summary.¬† Leo rushing headlong into the action so fast that his hands (and loyalties) are blurred.¬† Russell pulling strings in the shadows, armed with a headset instead of a gun.¬† Does Crowe have DiCapri’s back? Or turn his back on him? Leo’s stylish sunglasses shield him from the glare of harsh truth in the light of day;...
Or rather, April Wheeler vs. Hanna Schmitz. Defamer has the news via a brief snippet from Variety that the beleaguered Weinstein Company is seeking a December release for The Reader. This would create a head-on category-collision issue for Kate Winslet whose role in Revolutionary Road is also expected to be a strong contender. After a successful screening in New York...
George Clooney signs on to Jason Reitman’s adaptation of the Walter Kirn novel, Up in the Air, starring as Ryan Bingham, “a management consultant, specializing in the lugubrious field of career transition counseling (i.e., he fires people for a living). But what Kirn’s airborne protagonist is really doing is pursuing his own private passion, his great...