Filed under: Action, Casting, RumorMonger, Fandom, Comic/Superhero/Geek

Take from this what you will, but Cinema Blend is reporting on a tip they received from someone who was hanging with Adam Brody in a bar up in British Columbia. What’s Brody doing there? Well, apparently some of the cast is with George Miller scouting locations for Justice League Mortal. (Not sure why they’d be up there with the director scouting, but let’s roll with it for now …) Anyway, Brody, Miller and a few others were in a bar, getting wasted, when this girl (who wrote into CB) asked him what they all were doing there. Naturally he said they were scouting for Justice League Mortal (which recently had to shift production from Australia to Canada). Then it gets interesting.

Here’s her full quote: “George is our director. He said he’s playing The Flash, Common is playing Green Arrow (or Lantern, one or the other), Armie Hammer (sounded like Arm and Hammer) is Batman, someone from “mad max” is Martian Man-hunter (didn’t catch the name) and Hayden Christensen is Superman. Brody also nodded to the woman to his right and said “she (he said her name but I didn’t catch it) is in it too”. Oh, and they had lots of drinks.” While I’m very reluctant to believe this one, on the other hand I could totally buy them wanting Christensen to play Superman. He’d bring some more “celebrity” to the cast, even though the fanboys who hated him Star Wars would hate him again — even more this time — for Superman. Should be interesting to see this one play out, as Justice League Mortal is supposed to begin shooting this summer.

What do you think about Hayden Christensen playing Superman?

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Filed under: Industry, Celebrities

This is a very odd story, and not because it involves one-half of TV’s most enjoyable sitcoms ever, The Odd Couple, but it’s not about that show. It’s about his other successful series. Jack Klugman has filed suit against NBC Universal over profits from Quincy, M.E. The oddity is that the show hasn’t been in production for 25 years and this hasn’t come up till now!

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Filed under: Celebrities, Project Runway, Ugly Betty, Casting

You know that movie, When Worlds Collide? Okay, maybe it won’t be like that, but still. Project Runway season 4 winner Christian Siriano is doing a guest spot on ABC’s Ugly Betty, according to TV Guide. As anyone knows who watched this past season — which was fabulous! — Christian was one of the most funny and articulate designers in quite a while on the show. And his designs weren’t bad either! He’s already become famous for his use of the word “fierce.” Kinda like Rachael Ray has made EVOO her own trademark term. You watch, someday soon Christian Siriano will name his label Fierce Fashions. (Do I get a piece of the action for that idea?)

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Filed under: Drama, Casting

It might seem like Maria Bello is a strange replacement for Maggie Gyllenhaal. She might not be the last person I’d pick to take over (that honor might go to someone like, say, Jessica Simpson), but she’s also not someone I would think of. However, it completely fits in this case. Gyllenhaal was set to have a small, flashback role in the upcoming adaptation, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. She was going to play the title character’s mother in the flashbacks. Now The Hollywood Reporter posts that Bello is in final negotiations to take over the role, as Gyllenhaal backed out due to changes in scheduling.

Considering the fact that Pippa Lee is being played by Robin Wright Penn, Bello is a great fit. She looks more like the other actress, and is a bit easier to buy as a relative. As for Gyllenhaal — the scheduling doesn’t interfere with other work, but rather, her family time. She’s chosen to spend this time with husband Peter Sarsgaard and their child while he films that lascivious UK movie, An Education. Or, maybe she’s just keeping an eye on things to make sure that sexual education doesn’t jump off the set? (I kid!)

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Filed under: Action, Thrillers, Casting, Newsstand, Religious

Variety reports that Paul Bettany’s Legion has just added a whole crowd of actors, including the star power of Dennis Quaid, Kate Walsh, and Tyrese Gibson. They will be headlining a cast that includes Jon Tenney, Charles S. Dutton, Lucas Black, Adrianne Palicki, Kevin Durand and Willa Holland. They’ve signed on just in time, as the movie is about to start shooting in New Mexico.

Legion is a thriller that stars Bettany as the archangel Michael, who is all that stands between mankind and an apocalypse after God has lost faith in humanity. But the Almighty apparently hasn’t lost all hope — a child is on the way who is the second coming of Christ, and a group of strangers who recognize the fact must band together to save it. It is director Scott Stewart’s first feature film, from a script he co-wrote with Peter Schink.

I am quite intrigued by the movie, as I am a sucker for any kind of Biblical thriller. The problem is that they are almost always terrible. (Though I will always give props to The Prophecy for proving that the Devil does, in fact, wear a mullet.) The combination of Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid gives me some hope though, since they generally pick good scripts. We’ll see if this is one of them.

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Filed under: Late Night, TV Royalty, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show

Here’s who’s on the late night shows tonight.

• Charlie Rose: a discussion of integrative health
• The Late Show with David Letterman: Charles Barkley and Bill Burr (repeat)
• Jay Leno: John Larroquette and k.d. lang
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Kate Bosworth, Spencer Grammer, and Serj Tankian
• Tavis Smiley: Carole King
• Late Night with Conan O’Brien: Jerry Seinfeld, David Ortiz, and Sondre Lerche (repeat)
• The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Tom Selleck, Dario Franchitti, and Ziggy Marley (repeat)
• Last Call with Carson Daly: Brooke Burns and Shiny Toy Guns (repeat)

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Filed under: Late Night, Video, Celebrities, Talk Show

So Conan O’Brien showed up on Jay Leno’s show last night. Late Night is in repeats this week and O’Brien was out on the West Coast for some reason (maybe checking out his new studio?) and he appeared as the first guest. And it was kinda funny, but mostly dull.

I didn’t expect some long discussion about O’Brien taking over for Leno when Leno steps down in 2009, but I did think they’d at least bring the topic up at some point. The only thing said about it all night was a one line joke by Leno in the monologue (”Conan O’Brien is on the show…is it 2009 already?”). Instead, O’Brien just rehashed his Good Housekeeping recipe story and told stories about the Emmys and Jerry Lewis. It was odd they didn’t address the issue (and it was made even more weird by the fact that Leno did make a joke about it at the start of the show).

Video of the appearance is after the jump.

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Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Interviews, Celebrities

Early this afternoon (at least for me here on the east coast), Katee Sackhoff participated in a conference call with reporters, discussing her part as Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica, both in seasons past and the upcoming final season of the series.

A few highlights:

• Katee was asked about the significance of the last supper image promo for season four. She mentions how so many people try to interpret the photo, but she says, at least the way she saw it, the cast would have all had to have been in on it for it to really mean something.

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Filed under: Action, Casting, Mystery & Suspense, RumorMonger, James Bond, Remakes and Sequels

It wasn’t Darby O’Gill and the Little People that brought Sean Connery to superstardom. It was his many gigs as James Bond, stretching from Dr. No in 1962 to Never Say Never Again in 1983. But that era is over. These days, Daniel Craig is 007, and he’s gearing up for the 22nd Bond installment with Quantum of Solace. So, what’s that have to do with Connery? Well, according to Ace Showbiz, a new press release says that the actor has considered returning to the franchise as the big baddie.

Connery is quoted as saying: “I wouldn’t mind coming back as a Bond villain. But I don’t think they would pay me enough. They don’t pay the money for other parts, only for the Bond character, although that wasn’t the case when I was doing it.” Ouch! I would think they might want to add Connery in to at least save some face. Sure, things change, but what production wants to be considered penny pinchers that only care about Craig?

Ace goes on to say: “Allegedly, the 77-year-old Academy Award-winning actor has been involved in negotiations to land a villain role with the film’s producers since Daniel Craig has been tapped to bring Ian Fleming’s agent back to the big screen with Casino Royale.”

Could this be true? Would they ever pay enough for this to really happen? We’ll have to wait and see. But in the meantime, what do you think? Should Connery return to the world of James Bond?

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Filed under: Drama, Casting

Entertainment Tonight reports that Lindsay Lohan will star in the true life crime film Manson’s Girls. Lohan will play Nancy Pitman, a pampered surfer girl who fell under the thrall of Charlie Manson’s “charms”. News of Lohan’s casting hit when the film’s producer, Brad Wyman, spilled the beans to ET. (I guess she has a thing for ‘celebrity murderers’; I mean she’s already in a film about John Lennon’s murderer (Chapter 27), and now the granddaddy of all wackos?)

On August 8th, 1969, Charles Manson directed four members of his ‘Family’ to the home of an absent Roman Polanski and his pregnant girlfriend Sharon Tate. By the morning, Manson’s followers had brutally murdered five people (including Tate). Pitman never took part in the brutal murders of Tate and four other people that night. But, she was eventually charged with being an accessory after the fact and served 18 months. There were even rumors that she returned to the Tate house with Manson after the murders to help plant false evidence.

So far, there isn’t much info about the film, but since the title is Manson’s Girls, I can only assume that they are going to need to hire a few more gals to fill out the cast. Likely, to take on the roles of Manson devotees Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Linda Kasabian. Not to mention who is going to play the head loon himself, Charlie. So while Girls might have the potential to be a half decent movie, the whole thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Especially if Manson’s Girls turns into some horrible hybrid of Helter Skelter and I Know Who Killed Me.

Do you want to see a film about the Manson girls? And shouldn’t it be called Manson Girls Gone Wild?

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