• 'The Big Wedding' Trailer - Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, And Susan Sarandon Engage In Wacky Wedding Hijinks

    38 years after The Godfather Part II, Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton are sharing the screen once again in the The Big Wedding. Don't expect another all-time cinematic classic, however -- this one looks somewhere between "forgettable" and "downright awful." De Niro and Keaton play a long-divorced couple who, by some contrived movie logic, are forced to pretend…

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  • 'Darling Companion' Trailer - Four Oscar Nominees, Three Oscar Winners, Zero Original Ideas

    On paper, Lawrence Kasdan's Darling Companion sounds promising. Kasdan, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and filmmaker, directed the drama from a script he co-wrote with his wife Meg Kasdan, also an Oscar nominee. The star-studded cast, as the trailer is happy to remind you, includes two Academy Award nominees (Richard Jenkins and Sam Shepard) and three Academy…

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  • Casting Bits: Brendan Gleeson In 'Safe House;' Ed Harris & Diane Keaton In 'The Look Of Love;' Cory Monteith In Caper Comedy

    Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington will soon shoot Safe House, in which a CIA trainee (Reynolds) has to transport a criminal (Washington) who is under fire from other enemies. Daniel Espinosa (Snabba Cash) is directing from a script by David Guggenheim. Now the film picked up four more actors: Brendan Gleeson, Robert Patrick, Sam Shepard…

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  • Casting Notes: Thomas Dekker In Footloose?; Wes Bentley In Tilda; Tim Blake Nelson In Flypaper; Ty Burrell And Angelica Huston In Goats

    Because I know that casting news on the delayed remake of Footloose is what you're all more hungry for than anything else, here's the only casting note that matters this week: Thomas Dekker (Heroes, Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles, Kaboom, A Nightmare on Elm Street) is apparently the latest top candidate to play 'Two Degrees…

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  • Ellen Page Joins Diane Keaton In Tilda, HBO's Movie Blogger Drama

    HBO's Tilda, the very evidently Nikki Finke-inspired series spearheaded by director Bill Condon, may be edging further into The Devil Wears Prada territory. Diane Keaton is already on board as Tilda Watski, "the most feared woman in Hollywood," and now Ellen Page is signing on to play Carolyn, a studio assistant who falls under Tilda's…

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  • Movie Trailer: JJ Abrams-Produced Comedy Morning Glory

    Paramount Pictures has released the movie trailer for the JJ Abrams/Bad Robot-produced comedy Morning Glory. The movie tells the story of a "hotshot television producer is set the challenge of reviving a struggling morning show program, despite the constant feuding of its high-profile anchors." Starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, and Jeff…

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  • Another Disney Film Canned: Robin Williams Comedy Wedding Band Is Scuttled

    There are changes afoot at Disney. Rich Ross became the new chief not long ago, and about a month later he canned development on Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Now he's killed off Wedding Band, the romantic comedy with Robin Williams, Anna Faris and Diane Keaton. We've primarily reported on the film in…

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  • Movie Review: Because I Said So

    Returning from Sundance is a shocking experience. For almost two weeks I got to see some of the best that independent cinema has to offer. And there were quite a few films this year I did not like. Because I Said So makes me think I may have been a little too hard on some…

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