Elizabeth Berkely the Stanislavski-esque thespian of “Showgirls” has signed on for the “Donnie Darko” sequel, creatively tiled, “S. Darko.” [Hollywood Reporter]
The trailer to Fred Durst’s feel-good sports film, “The Longshots” has hit the web. It stars rapper Ice Cube. The world couldn’t care less. [YouTube]
Despite, mediocre reviews, “The Foot Fist Way” star Danny McBride and the whole, “he’s the greatest comedian since slice bread” story keep on being regurgitated. [L.A. Times]
“The Great Buck Howard,” the film starring John Malkovich, Tom and Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt and featuring a score by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! is going straight to video, err, has been picked up by Magnolia Pictures. The film is scheduled for a fall release, but as Collider notes, ‘Buck Howard’ was among several films to debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival with marquee talent attached and no bidders in sight.” Knowing Magnolia’s track record, the release will be very limited, however, if you don’t live in L.A. or NY, they usually put their films up on OnDemand and Netflix at the same time. [Hollywood Reporter]
Rose McGowan Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann and James Spader have all signed on to star in Robert Rodriguez’s family film, “Shorts.” We’ve heard of this guy before, we think. [Slash]
Will it be the South American version of “Nailed“? Francis Ford Coppola has had union issues on the set of “Tetro” in Argentina and production shut down for a minute, but all seems well, for now…[AP]
The guy who composed the original “Star Trek” theme has boldly gone where many have gone before up into that white spaceship in the sky. [Wired]
Micheal Bay has another genius idea, “Ouija!” the movie! [IWatchStuff]
Was Martin Scorsese’s odd, but brilliant and classic ’80s film, “After Hours” a rip-off of NPR host Joe Frank’s 1982 monologue Lies? Dunno, we just watched it again the other night and we still think it’s amazing and kinda couldn’t care less either way. [Panopticist]
The incredibly long-overdue Flaming Lips movie “Christmas On Mars” premiered at the recent Sasquatch festival. Seattle radio station KEXP wrote, “Coyne arrives from a large vaginal comet to put on a Santa costume, visions and actual infants appear, and there are a whole lot of intense noise interludes, and occasional flashes of vibrant color. I don’t want to spoil the whole plot (and there isn’t much of it to give away); so I’ll just say that it is an incredibly weird, slow-paced, and jarring thing to be watching from midnight until two in the morning and it just might be about saving all of our souls.” [via Extended Play]
EP also notes that the soundtrack to “The Edge of Love” starring Keira Knightley, who sings on the disc and in the film, hits U.S. shores on June 24. [Amazon]
There’s a new Dolemite movie? With a trailer? Oh, Rudy Ray Moore, we guess everyone’s gotta make a buck. [Twitch]