Movie News

Jun
23 2006

Studio Sues Student Over 'Identical' 9/11 Movie

By: WENN.com Source
6:22am EDT
A student who used a bootleg script of Oliver Stone's upcoming 9/11 movie World Trade Center to shoot his own art project is being sued by studio Paramount Pictures. Chris Moukarbel has distributed his 12-minute student movie, Points of...
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Jun
23 2006

Filmmaker Challenges Critics to All-Out Brawl

By: WENN.com Source
6:22am EDT
German horror director Uwe Boll is so fed up with receiving bad reviews from movie critics he is challenging his detractors to a filmed fight. Boll, whose movies Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead are based on video games, says he...
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Jun
23 2006
Superman Returns star Brandon Routh was working as a bartender at a Hollywood bowling alley right up until he was cast as the new Man Of Steel. Superman Returns was in development for over 11 years and was rumored to have a number of...
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Jun
23 2006

Matt Damon the New Captain Kirk?

By: WENN.com Source
6:19am EDT
Hollywood actor Matt Damon is being lined up to fill William Shatner's shoes as the new Captain Kirk in the next Star Trek movie.  Mission: Impossible 3 director J.J. Abrams wants Damon to play the legendary character in the film, which...
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Jun
22 2006
Tom Cruise has an ambitious plan to shut down the center of Tokyo for a week--for a movie stunt. The movie star, who recently topped Forbes magazine's celebrity power list, touted his idea to the Japanese media while launching his latest...
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Jun
22 2006
Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins is reportedly piling on the pounds to star in a biopic of late screen legend Marlon Brando. The 68-year-old will play Brando in his later years. Apocalypse Now star Brando died in July 2004. An insider...
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Jun
22 2006

Jerry Lewis Released from Hospital

By: WENN.com Source
6:17am EDT
Comedian Jerry Lewis has been released from the hospital after his heart attack scare earlier this month and is now recovering on his yacht in a San Diego, California, harbor. The beloved funnyman spent a week undergoing tests and treatment...
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Jun
21 2006

'Superman' Gets Stamp of Approval from Critics

By: WENN.com Source
7:02am EDT
The first Superman film in nearly 20 years, Superman Returns, has received rave reviews from leading movie critics. Superman Returns stars Brandon Routh as the Man of Steel, Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane, and Kevin Spacey as villain Lex...
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Jun
21 2006

The Rock's Football Injury Delays Shooting

By: WENN.com Source
7:00am EDT
Hollywood hardman Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has stalled filming on the set of new football comedy The Game Plan after suffering a serious leg injury. The former wrestler ruptured an Achilles tendon on the pitch on Monday while rehearsing...
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Jun
21 2006

'Miami Vice' Film to Flop?

By: WENN.com Source
6:21am EDT
The film version of 1980s TV series Miami Vice is in serious trouble after experiencing budget problems and less-than-stellar reviews, according to press reports. The movie stars Oscar winner Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell and is set for...
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Jun
20 2006

'Breakfast Club' Stars to Re-Team in Las Vegas?

By: WENN.com Source
12:34pm EDT
The Breakfast Club stars Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson are hoping to re-team for a new movie alongside Paris Hilton and crooner Wayne Newton. Hall has written a new film script, called Life & Death in Las Vegas, about a Sin...
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Jun
20 2006

Anne Hathaway Lost Weight the 'French' Way

By: WENN.com Source
12:34pm EDT
Anne Hathaway was determined to slim down for her role in new movie The Devil Wears Prada, and decided to use the Gallic technique for staying svelte by consulting hit book French Women Don't Get Fat. The film is set in the world of...
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Jun
20 2006

Superman Is 'Jewish'

By: WENN.com Source
9:27am EDT
Comic book hero Clark Kent, the alter ego of Superman, has been described as the stereotypical Jew by rabbi and writer Simcha Weinstein. Weinstein, whose new book Up, Up and Oy Vey explores the concept of the Jewish superhero, insists the...
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