Want to recall and recap of how much of a difficult prick actor Edward Norton can be? The L.A. Times has a brilliant overview of all the film’s he’s caused a fuss on including lesser known dust-ups like, “Death to Smoochy” (battling with wardrobe), “Frida” (rewriting the script and whining about not getting credit) and “Red Dragon” (fighting and pushing around director Brett Ratner in hopes of controlling the film).
As for “American History X” director Tony Kaye? Apparently the British filmmaker wants Norton to appear in “Humpty Dumpty,” a docudrama he’s producing based on the making of the notoriously troubled L.A. skinhead flick. [LAT] We can’t help it, we unabashedly love Norton, sorry.
Spike Lee’s “Miracle At St. Anna” and Michel Gondry’s “Tokyo!“(with directors Joon-ho Bong and Leos Carax) will premiere at the 33rd annual Toronto International Film Festival this fall we’re told. The fest runs from September 4-13. [ThePlaylist]
Meanwhile, Canadian actor Paul Gross’ WWI film “Passchendaele” will open TIFF. Leave it to Canadians, we’ve seen the trailer for that thing last time we were in Canuckistan and it looks budget. [Hollywood Reporter]
Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia” will apparently spearhead a big tourism campaign down under. Evidently, backing the auteur made more sense than the $180 million “Where the bloody hell are you?” tourism campaign featuring a bikini model (???). Leave it to the chazzies….[Reuters]
A hilarious interview at Latino Review with Marvel film producer Gale Hurd illustrates the unintentional comedy that happens when a (Latino?) nerd gets in the same room with a comic book exec and asks “Is Captain Marvel in the Hulk?!?,” “No, really! Is Captain America In the Hulk!?” like ten friggin’ times (wait, there were no latinos in Ed Norton’s Hulk unless you count Lou Ferrigno and we’re pretty sure he’s just autistic). [Latino Review]
In remembrance of when she was not a shameless sell-out, creating slick, radio-ready songs for mass consumption (and cause it’s the 15 year anniversary of the disc), erstwhile indie rocker Liz Phair is re-releasing her seminal empowering 1993 record Exile In Guyville. Guyville Redux, features a 60-minute documentary about the impact of the record featuring members of Urge Overkill, John Cusack, Dave Matthews and other rockers and men who were thrilled during college to hear women’s inhibitions fly out the window at the sound of the cassette hitting the tape deck. [Stereogum]