Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist” has been added to the The Edinburgh International Film Festival line-up. Joe Wright (“Atonement”) will head up the jury. The festival runs June 17-28. Too bad we don’t have correspondents in Scotland, hint hint if anyone is reading and wants to write in. [IndieWire]
Less than a month at the box-office, Peter Docter’s “Up” is charting high enough to probably become the second-highest-grossing Pixar title at the domestic box-office after “Finding Nemo.” Meaning the film, which has already grossed, $187.4 million in the U.S., could reach the numbers of “The Incredibles,” which raked in, $261.4 million in 2004. That’s a lot of cheddar to go though, but the summer is long and kids like seeing movies twice. Hell, we know kids we still have to take to see it. [Variety]
Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi action flick, “Inception” has a reported budget of $200 million. That could just be Canadian figured, but $175 million is nothing to sneeze at either. [The Calgary Sun via /Film]
The co-writer of Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia,” Stuart Beattie, is prepping his directorial debut, which is a an adaptation of a young-adult novel called, “Tomorrow, When the War Began,” which could have some “Twilight”-like appeal says [The Hollywood Reporter.]
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Chenoweth and Odette Yustman have been added to the Disney comedy, “You Again,” which stars Kristen Bell as a young lass trying to convince her brother that his fiance is a total bitch. [THR]
“Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen” director Michael Bay arrived two hours late to the red carpet event in Korea with stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox. The next day for the film’s press conference, Bay arrived 30 minutes late and members of the press staged a walk-out. Bay ‘s press people feels so bad about forcing fans and press to wait that long, he’s offered up an apology at the instance of his damage control reps who realize piracy is huge in places like Korea and they need all the goodwill they can get. [ScreenDaily]
Liz Meriwether, the writer behind, the 2008 The Black List endorsed, “Fuckbuddies” script, has sold her action comedy, “Honey Pot” to Paramount Pictures (who are buying up everything today?). She describes it as “when a bunch of hot, funny women get their ‘Bourne’ on.” Sounds like some very interesting female roles in this one. Ladies, take note and get those agents on the phone now.[Variety]