By Jason Apuzzo. • Leonardo DiCaprio set to play J. Edgar Hoover in new biopic from Clint Eastwood. OK, I’m finding this casting incredibly strange but I’ll roll with it. Hoping this means J. Edgar is (finally) being treated in a more positive light, a la what DiCaprio did with Howard Hughes. For a liberal, DiCaprio sure loves playing right wingers.
• Toy Story 3 looking like the likely box office winner for the weekend, while Jonah Hex is tracking miserably. No surprises here. Btw, whose idea was it to feature Josh Brolin’s melted face in the Jonah Hex advertising more than Megan Fox’s?
• James Cameron’s gulf spill research group has issued its report. The report concludes that the second act of Avatar actually did not take place under water, it just felt that way.
• Sony chief Howard Stringer taking heat for his $8.8 million salary as Sony takes hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. Sir Howard’s a big advocate of 3D, and that apparently includes the dimensions of his compensation package.
• In superhero news, Tron: Legacy will be coming to Comic-Con, and X-Men: First Class is already doing some casting. I had completely forgotten there was still an X-Men franchise. The only thing left about that series I like is Hugh Jackman’s jacket.
• New, retro-60’s poster released for George Clooney’s forthcoming thriller, The American. The only problem with this film is the misleading title.
• AND IN TODAY’S MOST IMPORTANT NEWS … right across the street from the ongoing LA Film Festival, the Lakers won the NBA title. And we’re still celebrating.
And that’s what’s happening today in the wonderful world of Hollywood …
Posted on June 18th, 2010 at 5:40pm.
Yay – go Lakers! Seriously though, why s DiCaprio playing J. Edgar Hoover? That is so weird. Is this like a compulsion of his?
Apparently Joe Don Baker was unavailable.
The new Tron movie looks cool and has great visuals, so i will probably see it, although it seems like the Matrix already covered this territory. I never saw the original, so this is another example of the younger generation who did not see these films in the ’80s now being sold the new, updated version in the 2000s. Maybe it will work for a while, but honestly, how many A-Teams and Trons and Karate kid remakes can we take?
Wasn’t the Lakers-Celtics game terrific? I was on edge all through the period in the game where the Lakers got ahead and had to keep on their toes to stay ahead. They would get two points and be a little ahead, then the Celtics would also creep up. Then the Lakers would score again but a few minutes later so would the Celtics. Fortunately they managed to stay ahead until the time ran out. It was so exciting! Was also delighted with Kobe Bryant’s contribution to the game – he really deserved the MVP award. Glad to see the Lakers finally defeat the Celtics in an NBA series. From what was broadcast during the game, whenever they had met the Celtics in a final series before, they had always lost. Seems like beating the Celtics was long overdue. No wonder you are still celebrating!