Hollywood Round-up, 6/1

Not a U.N. peacekeeper.

By Jason Apuzzo. • JoBlo.com got an early look at the Captain America costume for the forthcoming film adaptation. Hint: Captain America won’t be working for the U.N.  (Are any of the people who made G.I. Joe noticing?)

• The Washington Examiner asks: did CAIR ruin 24? Answer: not really.  24’s right-wing audience was already tapped-out by the show’s 3rd season, so producers appeared to make move to political left to broaden show’s appeal.  Result? 24 became season 4 of The West Wing.

• Original James Bond Aston Martin up for auction. Why do I have the feeling Nic Cage will be buying this?

• Obama praises new Islamic superhero comic book series, but demurs on whether to send these superheroes to clean up the oil spill.

• Meanwhile, Pam Anderson declares the Gulf oil spill to be ‘the end of the world,’ which means that Obama is effectively presiding over the end of the world.  Pam’s also volunteering to help with the clean-up effort, probably by donating some of her flotation devices.

• An MTV reality show is causing controversy in Saudi Arabia … close on the heels of a similar show causing controversy in Pakistan.  MTV re-asserting itself as major American weapon in war against global stuffiness.  I still wish they would re-boot Aeon Flux.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

• Surprising Shrek has better legs than Sex and the City and (non-) Persian Prince, takes weekend box office prize for 2nd straight week. Overall biz lackluster for industry, though.  Audiences getting spoiled by 3-D and IMAX?

• With chaos brewing at MGM, Guillermo del Toro exits The Hobbit and another franchise is about to be botched.  More desperate phone calls to Christopher Nolan forthcoming.

• AND IN TODAY’S MOST IMPORTANT NEWS … Victoria’s Secret has put together a congratulatory video over VS model Rosie Huntington getting the Transformers 3 gig. As LFM readers know, we led the way here at LFM in guessing that it would probably be a Victoria’s Secret model who would replace Megan Fox.  [In fact, we apparently beat Variety, who just picked up on this story today.]  Why were we ahead of the game on this story?  Because at LFM we keep our eyes on women.  All the time.

And that’s what’s happening today in the wonderful world of Hollywood …