Don’t give the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise an ocean burial just yet. Star Johnny Depp, who plays everybody’s favorite pirate Captain Jack Sparrow in the series, said at the Cannes Film Festival that he wants to reprise his role for at least another installment.
“There’s a reaction to watching me in a role like this where people think, “Oh, were your impulses to go crazy at some point?” It’s really easy: You read the script and you see that it doesn’t call for any of that. It was a pretty easy transition.”
“We had this great script but they really encouraged us to improvise on the day itself.”
On Wednesday, orders from the mayor’s office sent Will Smith’s trailer for Men in Black III off the city streets of New York. The orders came after protests, from residents and business owners in the SoHo neighborhood where the trailer was parked.
With several projects in the works, from her hit sitcom to co- writing a comedy with Mumolo to Feig creating a romantic comedy for her, the actress could not be more thrilled.
I had no experience, and this city is filled with people who have experience and who are trying and going out there and auditioning and taking classes and doing plays. And I was like, ‘I took Acting 101. Hi, L.A.! I’m ready to be discovered!’ Which didn’t really happen.”
On Monday, Youtube announced that it would become a new online rental destination in competition with websites like Hulu and Netflix. The company added 3000 titles to its growing media library, all available for rent on the website.
“He offered me the part right there and then! Let me tell you, this never happens. Never. An official offer usually comes in weeks later. I had to ask him to repeat it.”
“We’re competitive,” Chris says, “but in the best way.”
“I did see the first one. I have not seen the second one or the third one.”
At the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 14th, Robert Downey Jr. will be presented with the 25th American Cinematheque award for his considerable contributions to the art of the motion picture.
“I used to make fun of (Twitter), but it really is the greatest tool when you’re a one-man promotional machine for small projects. It’s like a band having a mailing list in the olden days.”
Jim Caviezel knew that he was taking a risk when he signed on to play Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson’s 2004 blockbuster The Passion of the Christ, but did so anyway, telling the director, “I have to carry my own cross.”
Recently during the TCM Film Festival in Hollywood, the great Peter O’Toole was immortalized with his hand and foot prints in his own cement block in front of the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.
“There are a million colors in this complicated performance. We award this honor for bravery and fragility, and for showing tremendous range and strength throughout”
This week, the FBI raided the home of Screen Actor’s Guild member Wes Desoto.
Guild Task Force to work directly with AFTRA counterparts to develop formal merger plan for approval by National Boards in January 2012.
” I will do absolutely anything to get where I need to be. It’s a rare quality now.”
‘Just Go With It’ the Adam Sandler comedy, will be available in homes; just 69 days after being released in theaters. This will be released by DirecTV via their new Video-On-Demand program. The service will (for about 30 dollars for 48 hours) allow customers to watch movies 60 days after their release date.
“I’d had it with L.A., and I really had it with the business side of acting, the machinery of it all.”
