This week, Tyler Perry revealed the poster for his upcoming movie Madea’s Witness Protection. HBO also released a set of 12 character posters for True Blood‘s fifth season. We’ve also got a new website we’d like you to check out–we promise it’ll help you make your Netflix experience so much easier. All that and more after the jump.
The active-duty Seals that starred in Act of Valor took the weekend handily, while Hollywood was getting their nails done and hair right for their biggest night of self congratulation. Wanderlust and Amanda Seyfried‘s Gone died quick and horrible deaths, and Tyler Perry sans Madea-drag proved to be weak box office sauce. Full numbers below…
Oh hey, it’s Oscar weekend. That’s not going to stop movies from coming out, mind you, but it’s that time of year when the film industry congratulates itself for still making movies. Since the industry has changed dramatically over the last couple years, the films that are doing the most business right now aren’t the nominees, with only The Descendents currently in more than a thousand theaters. And I don’t see The Weinstein’s yet expanding The Artist. What’s up with that?
There’s a lot of new posters this week, from Snow White and the Huntsman to Tyler Perry‘s Good Deeds. We’ve also got two never-before-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe, which will be featured in a an exhibit, brought to you in-part by the Weinstein company. There’s also news on the recently announced project Elvis & Nixon. Check out our roundup below.
Because there is no force of goodness in the universe to protect us from the cold, intractable fact that existence is without any meaning, kindness, or reason, it was reported today that Tyler Perry is the highest paid man in the entertainment world, according to a recent Forbes list.
“Lost” briefly faced the “Twin Peaks” syndrome, when its hot young stars were briefly attached to hot movies, and were courted to the big screen. On his down time from the show, Matthew Fox made Smoking Aces, We Are Marshall, Vantage Point and Speed Racer. But now that everyone is free from the island, Fox can pursue his big screen career in earnest (again). According to Deadline Hollywood, he’s signed on to play the bad guy in Rob Cohen’s adaptation of James Patterson’s I, Alex Cross opposite Tyler Perry. Yes, that Tyler Perry, who will be playing the role previously held by Morgan Freeman. Continue Reading
A new trailer has been released for Tyler Perry’s latest movie Madea’s Big Happy Family. Like the majority of his films, it’s based on a stage play that he originally wrote, produced, and starred in. A few weeks ago Lionsgate premiered a teaser for the movie and it left a lot to be desired. Thankfully this version shows a lot more footage, more characters, and Isaiah Mustafa aka The Old Spice Guy! Check it out…
Have you been steadily anticipating Tyler Perry’s next feature film? After For Colored Girls, the writer,director, and actor decided to lighten up and return to comedy. The teaser trailer for his newest feature entitled Madea’s Big Happy Family has been released and it’s…well….just see for yourself. Check out the trailer below…
Do you remember the thrillers Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider? Both films starred Morgan Freeman and both were based off novels written by James Patterson. Morgan played a character named Alex Cross, and he appears in more than his fair share of books. Since there’s so much material to expand on, Hollywood is looking to reboot the character and revive his feature franchise. The first order of business is to cast a younger, hipper Cross. According to Deadline, Freeman is out and Tyler Perry is in!
