This time with 25% more nacho cheese flavor, Johnny Depp is apparently being paid $500 trillion dollars to appear in ‘Pirates 4’ for Disney. Ok, it’s only $56 million, reportedly, but still that’s a shitload of dough. Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley are expected to not sign on for the fourth edition cause they rather act they be a McFranchise and we can’t say we blame them.[DailyMail]
PS. Entertainment Weekly says two long-discussed Depp projects are dead in the water. “Shantaram,” a novel about heroin addict’s adventures in India and “Dark Shadows,” a movie version of the ’60s vampire soap — evidently a childhood favorite of his — have been scrapped for now.
“Adventureland,” now “Zombieland,” Jesse Eisenberg likes being in pictures with the name Land in it. The young star will join Woody Harrelson in the new flick, a horror comedy, for Columbia. [Hollywood Reporter]
Kat Dennings is in talks to join Peter Stebbings‘ superhero flick, “Defendor,” with Woody Harrelson and Sandra Oh. [HR]
“Lethal Weapon 5” on the way? Aren’t these guys waaay too old for this shit? [IGN]
“Get Smart 2” has been green-lit with Steve Carrell again. Nobody cares…[Variety]
Guillermo Del Toro, has said about his upcoming (or eventual) adaptation of the “Frankenstien“ story, “don’t worry, this is not your mom’s Frankenstein.” Ok, he didn’t say that exactly, but close enough. [ComingSoon]
Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Best Movie Soundtracks Since ’83 is pretty much a lame excuse at clickthroughs. The list features zero context and CD covers stolen from Amazon. Times must be tough all over. [EW]
