Is Jonah Hill going to be in “Transformers 2” as Shia LeBouf’s bff? Maybe he can cockpunch him for us while on set. Of course Michael Bay is claiming all the new casting information is blatant misinformation, but he would say that. [EW]
As expected, Fernando Meirelles’ “Blindness” (with Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo; Meirelles directed “City of God”) will open up the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Barry Levinson’s “What Just Happened,” starring Robert De Niro, will close the festival May 25. [Hollywood Reporter]
Also as expected, Sir Ian Mckellen confirmed he will reprise his role in “The Hobbit.” Yes, it’s true,” Mckellen said. “I spoke to Guillermo [del Toro] in the very room that Peter Jackson offered me the part and he confirmed that I would be reprising the role. Obviously, it’s not a part that you turn down, I loved playing Gandalf.” [Empire]
Is recent uber-ubuiquitous viral movie marketing annoying and insufferably overboard? Recent campaigns for “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “The Dark Knight,” and “Cloverfield” might be overdoing it to the point of turning audiences off. [Reuters]
Brandon Routh can’t wait to play Superman again in the Bryan Singer directed sequel to “Superman Returns.” He does have some storyline suggestions for the director however. I think that audiences are looking for Superman to lay a punch on someone or something. I think that’s going to be a central part of the sequel, getting a good villain that we can actually have physical altercations with. I’d like more humor from Clark or just more of Clark and Jimmy. A little bit more of Lois and Clark, how we used to see them, a bit more of buddies.” [Coming Soon]
Is the Tribeca Film Festival more of a local player than a global one? [New York Times] Judging by our overall disinterest in the event due to the fact we saw most of the major movies before they screened at Tribeca (“The Wackness,” “Mister Lonely” etc.) we would have to agree.
Watch: “Blindness” trailer
