Harvey Weinstein is convinced “Inglourious Basterds” is going to win the Oscar for Best Picture especially because of the new Oscar preferential voting system. We’d be pretty skeptical if it wasn’t for one acquaintance of ours — a decently known Hollywood actor — who has been saying this for months, and attesting to the fact that their well-connected agent, publicist and reps have been murmuring how the picture is incredibly popular within Hollywood and they too are convinced this will be the case. Hmm, maybe? (Very awesome poster by Ibraheem Youssif).
Yet another remake in the works. This time “The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas,” the Broadway show and Dolly Parton/Burt Reynolds comedy-musical about a madame sheriff looking to save the hometown brothel will be given a makeover. How much do you want to bet the title is going to change?
How much is Julia Roberts worth? Apparently about $500,000 per minute. The actress was paid $3 million plus 3% of the gross for what amounts to about six minutes of screen time in “Valentine’s Day.”
“Hellboy” creator Mike Mignola said he worked on Guillermo del Toro’s “The Hobbit” for one week in New Zealand doing some concept drawing and artwork. He has no clue if his work will be used or not.
Michel Gondry, David Gordon Green, Quentin Tarantino, and Pixar exec Susan Bradley are among some of the panelists who will be speaking at Austin’s SXSW Film Festival that runs March 12 and 20th.
Kevin Costner is set to get behind the camera for the first time since 2003’s “Open Range.” Costner will direct and star in “A Little War Of Our Own” a WWII set pic in which he plays “a sheriff who must try to keep a town from exploding into violence.” The film is currently seeking distributors at the European Film Market though no production dates are yet set.