“Transformers 2” director Michael Bay is keeping his head up after his star’s drunk driving accident has delayed the shooting schedule of his follow up to the controversial, hard hitting prestige pic, “Transformers.” In an interview with ‘Access Hollywood’ Bay let it be known that the show must go on even though Shia LaBeouf’s hand was badly injured in a car accident last week , “His two fingers are pretty mashed, but we’re figuring out a way to shoot around it, kind of write it in the story.” [MTV.com]
Javier Bardem won’t be in the Pablo Escobar biopic “Killing Pablo” by director Joe Carnahan (“Narc”)? [
ComingSoon/via
Vulture]
Is the Green Lantern film project with Common back on track? The Justice League movie not totally dead? [SlashFilm]
New hot and steamy pics of Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman from Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia” have been released. We can’t wait for this film, we think it’s a little strange that there’s been no talk of it’s inclusion in any of the big fall film festivals so far. [EW]
My god, the latest edition of the “Twilight” book series “Breaking Dawn” was released this weekend and the mania was frightening. Prepare to stock up on non-perishable foods and lock yourself in doors this winter to wait out the December 12th opening of the film adaptation of “Twilight.” [
MTV.com]
Two generation of British hunks Colin Firth and Ben Barnes of “Prince Caspian” are attached to the big screen adaptation of the Oscar Wilde novel “Dorian Gray.” Be wary if you dislike overly refined British accents thrown around with an absurd frequency. [
Cinemablend.com]
Apparently the British youth (aka pussies) cannot handle the violence in “The Dark Knight” that the American youth so enjoyed. The British Board of Film Classification has received multiple complaints on how the 12A rating subjects to many young minds to the gratuitous violence in the film, and many want the age limit raised to 15. [
Gawker.com]
