• Disney will release Tron Legacy on December 17, 2010, pitting it against Green Hornet. Geek knife fight!
• Justin Timberlake, Jesse Eisenberg, and Andrew Garfield have reportedly joined the cast of The Social Network, David Fincher's upcoming movie about the formation of Facebook. Ironically, these rumors popped up on Facebook. Believe it when it turns up on Twitter.
• A new snippet of Where the Wild Things Are footage has been released. It's pretty much safe to say this is the movie of the fall.
• Tyler Perry will adapt Ntozake Shange's 1975 play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. That's going to be one long title once Tyler Perry adds his name to it.
• Overseas box office receipts are growing after a lackluster summer at home. G-Force plays well in any language.
Cable companies seeking a new tax on satellite TV
from L.A. Times - TV News
Firms say the tax will level the playing field, but foes
argue that's 'fallacious reasoning.'
FESTIVALS
Telluride Film Festival unveils this weekend's lineup
from Entertainment Weekly's News Briefs by Lynette Rice
The Telluride Film Festival - which previously launched
award contenders like Juno, Slumdog Millionaire and Brokeback Mountain -
announced the lineup for its Labor Day weekend program in Colorado.
AWARDS
More upheavals to come in the 2009 awards season?
The biggest change is when the Oscar for Best Picture is
presented to one of 10 nominees.
FILM
Daily Box Office: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
from Box Office Mojo - Current Box Office Results
Inglourious Basterds tops Wednesday's box office with $1.7 million
Perry directing 'For Colored Girls' film
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Lionsgate says it has acquired the distribution rights to U.S. filmmaker Tyler Perry's adaptation of the play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide..."
from Hollywood Reporter by By Carl DiOrio
Winning summer boxoffice crowns has become habit-forming at Warner Bros.
from Hollywood Reporter by By Frank Segers
Hollywood is winding up a spiffy summer on the international circuit, pointing toward a fourth consecutive year of record foreign boxoffice.
Disney to release 'Tron Legacy' next December
from Entertainment Weekly's News Briefs by Lynette Rice
Disney will unspool Tron Legacy on Dec. 17, 2010, the same weekend that Sony will bow The Green Hornet starring Seth Rogen, according to Variety.
'Big Momma's House' headed for third film at Fox
from Entertainment Weekly's News Briefs by Wendy Mitchell
Fox is readying Big Momma for a threequel, with Randi Mayem Singer now on board to write the series' second sequel.
Cast Set for David Fincher's Social Network?
from News in Film by Jeff Leins
Rumor has it David Fincher has found his cast for The Social Network, a story focusing on the early days of Facebook written by Aaron Sorkin.
Cable channel shift reflects Disney's boy trouble
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By RYAN NAKASHIMA
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- A funny thing happened on the way to remaking the Toon Disney channel into one that catered to "tween" boys: It got a lot more popular with girls....
Courteney Cox: 'Cougar Town's' really normal Hollywood star
from L.A. Times - TV News
Twenty-five years in the spotlight haven't spoiled her. She has a happy home life, a beautiful daughter and a new series due on ABC.
MUSIC
Star-studded turnout at Michael Jackson's funeral
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By The Associated Press
Michael Jackson's private funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park drew a host of celebrities.
'Feeling' still No. 1 on U.S. record chart
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The Black Eyed Peas's "I Gotta Feeling" is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart for a 10th week, Billboard.com reported Thursday.
Madonna breaks top-grossing tour record set by ... Madonna
from Entertainment Weekly's News Briefs by Dan Snierson
Madonna has set a new record for the top-grossing tour by a solo artist, reports Reuters.
Radiohead singer releasing solo single this month
from Reuters: Entertainment News
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke confirmed the details of his forthcoming single release Thursday with a posting on the band's website.
Jay-Z at Work on 'Experimental' Album
from Spin magazine's Daily Noise by Matt Kiser
The Blueprint 3 hasn't even hit shelves yet -- wait 'til next Friday for that -- but Jay-Z is already hard at work on his next album, which he calls his "most experimental."
