E! Online - What's in a name? Well, James McAvoy and Emily Blunt are about find out, as they're in talks to lend their voices to the title roles of Gnomeo and Juliet, a 'tooned-up version of the Bard's tragedy from Miramax and Elton John's Rocket Pictures.
Reuters - Peter Jackson and
Guillermo del Toro's search for writers for "The Hobbit" and
its companion film has ended, with the filmmakers deciding that
no one is better suited for the task than they are.
Reuters - James McAvoy and Emily
Blunt might soon discover that the grass is always greener on
the other side of the fence -- if you're a garden gnome in
love.
AP - It's not easy being Bond.
Reuters - Rainn Wilson understands the
luckless drummer he portrays in new movie "The Rocker" because
they both spent so many years on the outskirts of fame.
Reuters - The Toronto International Film Festival
is promising a lighter touch this year, both thematically and
in the number of films presented, with dramatic films and
comedies prominent among the list of 312 features and short
films unveiled on Tuesday.
E! Online - We hear that they were doing it anyway, but now audience members are actually going to be encouraged to sing and dance in the aisles while watching Mamma Mia!
E! Online - Kristin Chenoweth wants the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked to be made pronto.
Reuters - As Tom Cruise writes the
next chapter in his career, he's developing an interest in
comic-book movies.