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Lights, camera, shop! Boston boutiques wrapped up in movie boom »

Lisse Grullemans had her eye on a blue and gold striped dress by Derek Lam, but could only lust in vain. It hung outside her Boston office at Barneys New York for weeks until the costume designer from “The Proposal” came calling.
“They got it for Sandra Bullock,” Grullemans recalled. “She loved it.”
While no one’s filming [...]

James Bond Dossier: What We Know About ‘Quantum of Solace’ »

Have you gone on the internet in the last 36 hours? Are you a man, woman, or child who has, at one point, expressed even a passing interest in motion pictures? If so, I’d wager that 90% of you have already been forwarded the link to the beyond bad-ass trailer for the new James Bond [...]

Rome snubs ‘Da Vinci Code’ prequel »

The Catholic church has finally got one back against Dan Brown, the bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, by banning the use of Rome’s churches for the filming of the follow-up.
Filming of Angels & Demons, starring Tom Hanks, has been under way this month in the Italian capital, but requests to shoot scenes in [...]

Harry Potter Actor Slain »

 
Robert Knox, an 18-year-old actor set to appear in the next Harry Potter film, was fatally stabbed outside a London pub on Saturday.
According to British media reports, the actor was part of a brawl that sent five males to the hospital, including a 21-year-old who was arrested on suspicion of murder after being treated for [...]

Terminators 4, 5 and 6 are in the pipeline, but will Arnie be part of the deal? »

He did say he would be back, but whether he can combine being the 38th governor of California and a relentless killing machine is another question. For when three new outings of the Terminator series were promoted at Cannes this week the makers refused to say whether Arnold Schwarzenegger would feature.
Production of the next instalment [...]

Production of a Movie Stops Over Funds to Pay Its Stars »

 
The Screen Actors Guild on Friday pulled its members, including the stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel, from a movie being directed by David O. Russell after producers of the film failed to keep sufficient funds to pay actors in a union-mandated account.
The independently financed film, “Nailed,” halted production but is expected to resume shooting [...]

Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lovely Bones’ Plagued by More Hilarious Problems »

 
Peter Jackson set the bar for amusing meticulousness pretty high when he fired Ryan Gosling from The Lovely Bones for being too fat. Now, though, according to Website Flicks.co.nz, production on Bones has been halted, pricelessly, because of a feud between the easygoing filmmaker and his art director over what the movie’s version of heaven [...]

James Caan exits movie over cookie controversy »

James Caan has left the political comedy “Nailed” after a dispute led him to storm off the set, and it all seems to have centered on a cookie.
The trouble started last Wednesday on the first of Caan’s two days of shooting the role of a U.S. speaker of the house who chokes to death on [...]

From New York Comic Con: More ‘X-Files’ tidbits »

 
X-Files creator Chris Carter and regular franchise writer Frank Spotnitz brought two things to their panel at New York Comic Con yesterday evening: (1) A teaser-trailer for the out-in-July film The X-Files: I Want to Believe that was too short and sharply edited to reveal anything substantial plot-wise (though it did feature the sight of [...]

‘The Incredible Hulk’: Behind-the-Scenes Drama »

 
Edward Norton isn’t speaking. The star of The Incredible Hulk, the new $150 million adaptation of the Marvel comic-book series, would normally be chatting up the press this time of year, promoting his big summer movie. Instead, the 38-year-old Oscar nominee has declined repeated interview requests, following a disagreement he had with his producers over [...]