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Will Ferrell: Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Star
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Lists
Will Ferrell has topped a list of the Most Overpaid Stars. The actor and comedian topped the annual list by Forbes magazine, which calculated how much moviemakers earn per dollar paid to their lead actor.
After the last couple of funnyman Will’s films - Semi-Pro and Land of the Lost - bombed at the box office, his rate of return has dropped to $3.29 for every dollar of Will’s fee. This contrasts greatly with the other end of the scale, which saw Shia LaBeouf named as the Best Actor for the Buck in August, earning studios an average of $160 for every dollar he was paid.
Behind Will on list was actor Ewan McGregor, while Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson all made the Top Ten. Only one female (Drew Barrymore) had the unfortunate luck of being included.
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Tom Cruise on a Mission to Cast Katie Holmes
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Paramount, Action, Sequels, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Rumors, Upcoming Releases
Tom Cruise wants Katie Holmes to play a villain in the next Mission: Impossible movie.
The actor - who stars as spy Ethan Hunt in the action franchise - is desperate to work with his wife and believes an evil part for her in the fourth film would be perfect because he doesn’t want them to play a couple on screen.
“Tom is very excited about taking Mission: Impossible in a new direction and he sees Katie as a big part of that,” a source said. “They have wanted to work together for a while now but the idea of being a couple on screen in a romantic comedy is a bit dull. This might give them a chance to have some fun both as a couple and as hero and villainess.”
Katie - who has a three-year-old daughter, Suri, with Tom - recently admitted she loves bringing her home life into her acting roles. “In my own life, my whole world really revolves around my family. I do what I need to do, but it’s like, ‘How is everybody else doing?’ And it’s wonderful for me as an actress to put some of that into a character,” Holmes said.
Christian Bale Based Psycho Character on Tom Cruise
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Lionsgate, Adaptation, Horror, Comedy, Thrillers, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, Rumors
It’s pretty bad when Hollywood royalty bashes you. To find out that one of the most infamous on screen serial killers was based on your persona has to hurt a little, too.
American Psycho director Mary Harron reveals that actor Christian Bale based the sinister Patrick Bateman on Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise.
“One day he [Bale] called me and he had been watching Tom Cruise on David Letterman, and he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes, and he was really taken with this energy.”
While I have not personally looked into Cruise’s eyes, I now look at images of the actor and get a bit creeped out because of that knowledge. At the same time, I feel that Cruise’s wife, Katie Holmes, holds more of this so-called emptiness behind her eyes—she’s the one leeching off the superstar’s wealth and career, after all. Just an observation!
Read More | Black Book via LA Times
Ryan Reynolds Embraces His Inner Woman
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Romance, Comedy, Casting, Celeb News, Scripts, Upcoming Releases
In an effort to expand his acting range, Ryan Reynolds will dress as a woman in his next movie.
The X-Men Origins: Wolverine actor is set to take on the lead role in an as-yet untitled movie which will see his character disguise himself in drag in order to befriend his ex-girlfriend in a bid to win her back.
Ryan, who will next shoot superhero movie The Green Lantern, will also serve as executive producer on the project, which does not yet have a director.
The script is being penned by Wall Street 2 writer Allan Loeb. No further casting information has been given.
In addition to the cross-dressing caper, it was recently reported that Ryan is set to take over from Tom Cruise in Motorcade after the Mission Impossible star dropped out of the project to appear in Wichita. The action thriller sees the actor playing a disgraced Secret Service agent who happens to be in the wrong place at the right time when the US president is kidnapped in New York.
Brad Pitt Never Dissed Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity Controversy
Yes, Tom Cruise also had a WWII-era film…but is there any reason for Brad Pitt to feel competitive with him? Some out there might like you to think so.
The internet had been going wild today with a quote reportedly attributed to the Inglourious Basterds actor. Unfortunately, the comment about his Interview with the Vampire co-star simply isn’t true.
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Sequel News: Wolverine, True Lies and More
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Casting, Rumors, Scripts, Upcoming Releases
Wolverine: Oscar award-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) has been tapped to write the follow-up to Wolverine. The movie, which will be produced by Hugh Jackman, is not to be confused with the Deadpool spinoff focusing on Ryan Reynold’s character. This Japan-set film will follow Wolverine as he struggles between his killer instincts and the noble life of samurais. McQuarrie also did some work on the 2000 X-Men film.
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Move Over, Twilight: Counting Down the Five Best Vampire Movies
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Adaptation, Horror, Lists, Videos
Robert Pattinson is still hot; Kristen Stewart still has the sloe-eyed beauty thing down to a hilt. But is that enough to make us hold up Twilight as an icon in the vampire film genre? Let’s take a look at the five best vampire movies in Hollywood history…and see where this sequel-generating monster really falls in line.
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Sequel News: Mission Impossible, Haunting in Connecticut and More
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Columbia Pictures, Paramount, Sony, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Upcoming Releases
Here’s the latest scoop on the sequel buzz spreading across Hollywood:
Mission Impossible: Even though he could do just about anything he wants these days, Star Trek‘s J.J. Abrams will be returning to familiar territory. Three years after the debut of MI:3, the director has agreed to reteam with Tom Cruise on a fourth installment. (Apparently the actor wasn’t listening when I said he should stay away from this project.) Although they are both only listed as producers at this point, things could change for the busy men once a script is finalized. Paramount is currently aiming for a 2011 release.
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Harrison Ford tops Highest Paid Actor List
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Paramount, Box Office, Celeb News, Lists
Harrison Ford is Hollywood’s highest paid actor after earning $60.37 million over the last 12 months. The 66-year-old star made the staggering sum after starring in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - which took $701 million worldwide at the box office. Ford - who had only appeared in four movies since 2000 before agreeing to reprise the famous role for a fourth time - was paid the figure between June 2008 and June 2009 as part of a deal that saw studio Paramount give the veteran star, director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas a percentage of the film’s earnings.
Other stars to make the list, compiled by business bible Forbes magazine, include Adam Sandler, who came second after raking in $51.38 million, Will Smith, who finished third with $42 million, and fourth placed Eddie Murphy, who earned $37.3 million. Rounding off the top five was Nicolas Cage, who was paid $37 million in the last 12 months. Forbes compiled the list of top earning stars by speaking to agents, managers, producers and lawyers to find out what money stars received upfront for movies in development and earnings from released films. Advertising and other earnings from the last 12 months were also taken into consideration.
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Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz Reunion Ahead
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Action, Comedy, Casting, Upcoming Releases
Vanilla Sky co-stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are planning to reunite for the first time since their 2001 venture.
The two are in final talks to star in an action comedy for 20th Century Fox. The film tells the story of a secret agent (Cruise) and the single woman whose life he keeps disappearing from.
Walk the Line‘s James Mangold is in line to direct the movie. The currently untitled film may find a place in theaters sometime next summer.
Read More | Variety
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