TheWrap Staff
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John Cusack in Negotiations to Play Brian Wilson in ‘Love & Mercy’
After playing a fan of the Beach Boys in "High Fidelity," John Cusack is in discussions to play mercurial frontman Brian Wilson in Bill Pohlad's indie movie "Love & Mercy. A co-production between Pohlad's River Road Entertainment and John Wells Productions, "Love & Mercy" will take an unconventional look at the life of the Beach…
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Robert Lorenz to Direct Black List Script ‘The Broken’ (Exclusive)
Following a solid at-bat with baseball drama "Trouble With the Curve," director Robert Lorenz has come onboard the period indie movie "The Broken," which was voted to the 2012 Black List of Hollywood's best unproduced screenplays. Lorenz, who is Clint Eastwood's longtime producing partner, is now attached to direct "The Broken," which was…
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Robert Lorenz to Direct Black List Script ‘The Broken’ (Exclusive)
Following a solid at-bat with baseball drama "Trouble With the Curve," director Robert Lorenz has come onboard the period indie movie "The Broken," which was voted to the 2012 Black List of Hollywood's best unproduced screenplays. Lorenz, who is Clint Eastwood's longtime producing partner, is now attached to direct "The Broken," which was…
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‘Life of Pi’ Star Suraj Sharma Winds Up ‘Million Dollar Arm’ (Exclusive)
Fresh off his breakout performance in Ang Lee's "Life of Pi," Suraj Sharma is setting sail for Disney's baseball movie "Million Dollar Arm." Craig Gillespie ("Lars and the Real Girl") is directing the sports drama, which is a co-production between Mayhem Pictures and Roth Films. Jon Hamm stars as J.B. Bernstein, a real-life sports agent…
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‘Friends’ Reunion Not Happening, NBC Says – So Okay, Enough
A "Friends" reunion isn't happening, NBC says, ruining the Internet's fun. NBC tells TheWrap that reports of a new season or Thanksgiving special simply "aren't true." So enough with the tweets, everybody. Last week, Starmedia said NBC had "reportedly confirmed" a new season of the show, without saying who reportedly reported the report. But that…
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‘Friends’ Reunion Not Happening, NBC Says – So Okay, Enough
A "Friends" reunion isn't happening, NBC says, ruining the Internet's fun. NBC tells TheWrap that reports of a new season or Thanksgiving special simply "aren't true." So enough with the tweets, everybody. Last week, Starmedia said NBC had "reportedly confirmed" a new season of the show, without saying who reportedly reported the report. But that…
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Boston Bombings: Fox Pulls ‘Family Guy’ Episode Depicting Marathon Carnage
Even for "Family Guy," it seems, there's such a thing as too inappropriate. Fox has pulled a recently aired episode of the animated comedy from Hulu and Fox.com that depicted Peter Griffin plowing his car through a crowd of runners in the Boston marathon, a day after bombings at the real Boston marathon left two…
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Pat Summerall, Veteran NFL Broadcaster, Dead at 82
Pat Summerall, a well-known NFL voice for a generation of TV viewers and John Madden's broadcasting partner for two decades, has died. He was 82, accoding to a Dallas Morning News web site, which first reported his death. Summerall worked a record 16 Super Bowls on network television, employing a signature staccato style that was…
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Universal to Release ‘Snow White,’ ‘Pitch Perfect’ Sequels in 2015
Universal Pictures announced some release date news at CinemaCon on Tuesday. The studio has parked "Fast & Furious 7" on July 11, 2014. James Wan is taking over the director's chair from Justin Lin, whose "Fast & Furious 6" drives into theaters on May 24. Universal also announced that it will release…
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Boston Bombings ‘Man on Roof’ Spawns Conspiracy Theories
All it took was one image of a silhouetted man on a roof to spawn one of many conspiracy theories about the Boston Marathon bombings. Speculation is rampant about a Saudi man's reported interrogation and the fact that the attacks fell on tax day as well as Patriots' Day, which celebrates the start of the…
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Patton Oswalt on Boston Bombings: ‘The Good Outnumber You, and We Always Will’
Patton Oswalt said what many of us needed to hear after the Boston Marathon bombings: In a widely-circulated Facebook message, the actor-comedian promises that good people still outnumber the bad. "I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity,'" wrote the "King of Queens" and Ratatouille" star. "But I…
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Patton Oswalt on Boston Bombings: ‘The Good Outnumber You, and We Always Will’
Patton Oswalt said what many of us needed to hear after the Boston Marathon bombings: In a widely-circulated Facebook message, the actor-comedian promises that good people still outnumber the bad. "I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity,'" wrote the "King of Queens" and Ratatouille" star. "But I…
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Tom Cruise to Continue Sci-Fi Binge With WB’s ‘Yukikaze’
Tom Cruise is continuing his science fiction binge, as the star of "Oblivion" and Doug Liman's upcoming "All You Need Is Kill" is attached to topline "Yukikaze" for Warner Brothers, an individual familiar with the project has confirmed to TheWrap. "Yukikaze" will be based on a series of Japanese sci-fi novels by Chohei Kamayashi. Set…
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Michael France, Screenwriter on Superhero Movies, Dead at 51
Michael France, the screenwriter behind several Marvel superhero adaptations, died Friday in Tampa, Fla., at the age of 51. He died of complications from diabetes, his sister told the Tampa Bay Times. France wrote the screenplays for Ang Lee's "Hulk" in 2003; "The Punisher," starring John Travolta, in 2004; and "The Fantastic Four" in 2005.…
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Michael France, Screenwriter on Superhero Movies, Dead at 51
Michael France, the screenwriter behind several movie adaptations of Marvel superhero comics, died Friday at the age of 51. He had been suffering from complications due to diabetes, his sister told the local paper in Tampa, Fla., where he lived. Among France's adaptations were Ang Lee's "Hulk" in 2003, "The Punisher," starring John Travolta, in…