By Jason Apuzzo. • Big box-office bow for Sex and the City 2. Female fans ignore griping from film’s p.c. critics. A heartening development. Check out Govindini’s review of the film below.
• New Superman film apparently set for 2012 release. Even with Christopher Nolan shepherding, no guarantee this will work. Current streak of bad Superman films at three and counting …
• All Hollywood tentpole pics now being written by Travis Beacham. He just wrecked Clash of the Titans; new assignments include Pacific Rim, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Black Hole and a secret J.J. Abrams project. This guy may cause more damage than Madoff.
• Casting call out for Footloose remake. A Footloose remake?
• Oliver Stone debuts new documentary South of the Border in Venezuela. Stone calls Hugo Chavez ‘charismatic and dynamic.’ Absolutely! Think of him as a Latin American Gavin Newsom.
• New complaints over ‘busty’ new Barbie dolls. Heidi Montag sues Barbie for copyright infringement. No word on whether busty Barbie is competing for the Megan Fox role in Transformers.
• AND IN MORE SERIOUS NEWS … TV star Gary Coleman has died, at age 42. He really sparkled on “Diff’rent Strokes” back in the day, and he’ll be missed.
And that’s what’s happening today in the wonderful world of Hollywood …
