A new poster for Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant” starring Matt Damon has debuted. Very cheeky riff on Saul Bass. We love it. In the picture, Matt Damon plays a bumbling and inept corporate informant who is “helping” the government bring a price-fixing case against an agricultural business giant. [Yahoo]
Eli Roth on his upcoming sci-fi epic “Endangered Species”: “I’m writing the parts with certain people in mind and we’ll see if they do it. Well there’s this guy Brad I just worked with; it would be wonderful to work with him again. Josh Brolin, I’d love to work with him. Big fan of Josh and we admire each other’s work and have been looking for something to do together. I like to write parts for the people I like and see if they’re available.” Pipe dreams, Eli. Pipe dreams. [io9]
Billy Crudup has jumped on board Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of Elizabeth Gibert’s memoirs “Eat, Pray, Love.” Crudup will play the husband of Gilbert’s protagonist whose hopes to have children are dashed when her quest to get pregnant leaves her feeling she is not living the life she wants which produces a journey of self-discovery around the world. Julia Robert will play Gilbert while Javier Bardem and Richard Jenkins will costar. [Variety]
“Valentine’s Day,” the rom-com-to-end-all-rom-coms, spiritual sequel to “He’s Just Not That Into You” has added Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah, Carter Jenkins, Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner to its cast. The quintet will join the already huge cast of Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Shirley MacLaine, Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Emma Roberts, Hector Elizondo, Patrick Dempsey and Eric Dane. The film comes out Valentine’s Day next year where males globally will be coerced into contributing to its box office success. [THR/JustJared]
A featurette on Neill Blomkamp’s “District 9” with new footage has been released.
