Paramount Pictures announced that Fox had been let go from the project last week. While the Fox camp states that she exited the flick out of her own volition, most believe it was her biting comments regarding Bay and the Transformers franchise that got her booted. (UPDATE: THE REASON FOR FOX’S FIRING FINALLY REVEALED)
Considering Whiteley has ZERO acting experience, I’m inclined to believe the latter. Now, if he would just replace LaBeouf for talking shit about Transformers 2 with Whiteley’s boyfriend Jason Statham and an Audi, this sequel could actually start to feel fresh.
Bay fucked met Whiteley last year when they worked together on a Victoria’s Secret commercial (see it here).
Emma Roberts has been cast as Jill Prescott (Sidney’s cousin) in director/producer Wes Craven’s soon-to-start-shooting Scream 4. She joins old-school regulars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette.
I’m so excited to be part of this ground-breaking franchise. It’s the perfect opportunity for me to do something completely different than I’ve ever done before.
Adds Craven:
Emma’s talent, beauty, and range will add immensely to the sophistication, intensity, and fun of the Scream franchise as it returns to the screen once more.
Emma is the 19-year-old daughter of B-movie staple Eric Roberts (Sharktopus) and niece to Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts (Mary Reilly).
The fledgling 30-year-old actress has been stuck doing forgettable roles with frivolous nudity (I call it God’s work) in straight-to-DVD fare since making her movie debut in 2004.
This year, she wised up and legally attached her vagina to Green, Hollywood’s hardest working go-to-geek. How this fortuitous move will affect her willingness to strip naked in movies and print is yet to be determined.
Don't worry, Seth. These guys are probably gay.
But, looking at the BTS photo above taken from Grant’s recent “Cube” pictorial (more shots below), I’m gonna guess those days are over. From now on, expect to see Grant in a series of shitty, fam-friendly John Travolta flicks with Green.
I am not one of those people who automatically dismisses women with large breasts as bimbos. In fact, I am very much the opposite. I have always believed that a woman’s intellect correlates to her boob size. The bigger the melons, the more interesting, charming, and smart the girl becomes. I could totally listen to a chick with 34E’s ramble on about politics, the environment, and cats.
That said, I’m starting to have my doubts about former-Hills-star-turned-aspiring-screenwriter-and-actress Heidi Montag. The top heavy blonde recently shot an audition video at a gun range in the hopes of impressing uber-producer/director Michael Bay to give her the female lead in Transformers 3 (Megan Fox is no longer involved with the series).
Take a peep:
I’m guessing if an actress can’t just schedule a meeting with Bay, she probably has zero chance of landing a part in his movie. So, I don’t understand why Montag would shoot this video when it’s obvious that … wait a minute … could it be that Montag knows that Bay wouldn’t even consider her for a role as a tree in his flick and that this whole audition video was made just to keep her in the news?
Genius! This proves my big boobs = big brain theory! Well played, Montag, well played.
The “Fucking Prince of Darkness” Ozzy Osbourne scared the shit out of fans during a promotional stunt held at Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum in New York.
Osbourne, posing as a wax figure, frightened museum guests as they sat down for a photo op. The event was orchestrated to promote the legendary rocker’s upcoming release “Scream,” due out June 22.
Julia Stiles (The Omen) will be joining the cast of Showtime’s “Dexter” in what is only being described as a “top-secret role.” The award-winning series begins its fifth season this fall.
Some entertainment websites are speculating that Stiles will either play a relative of Dexter’s late wife Rita or a new addition to the Miami Metro Police Department.
My guess? After watching her turn in a series of lifeless performances in films as varied as the Jason Bourne action series, Mona Lisa Smile, and Hamlet, I’m gonna say she’s been cast as a corpse.
In related “Dexter” news, producers have confirmed that Julie Benz will return as Rita in the first episode of season 5, but not as a ghost (like Dexter’s dad).
The show’s executive producers explain:
We’re not going to do some ghostly thing with her. We reserve those for Harry. If you have too many things like that it becomes gimmicky.
Up next for Benz is a role in ABC’s “No Ordinary Family,” in which she plays a superhero milf opposite “The Shield’s” Michael Chiklis.
It has been a few days since ABC’s “LOST” series finale aired and I am already jonesing to the point of blowing Carlton Cuse for more island mystery. Fortunately, it won’t have to come to that.
Michael Emerson, who won an Emmy last year for his portrayal of island puppet-master Benjamin Linus, spoke with G4’s “Attack of the Show” about a 12-to-14 minute scene showcasing Ben and Hurley (Jorge Garcia) as island protectors.
Emerson says the scene will be included as a bonus feature on the “LOST” complete series home editions. Most interesting, however, is Emerson’s tease that—while the scene is self-contained—there’s no knowing what will come of it.
Check it out:
On a side note, this G4 clip proves that the network should only hire hot chicks like Olivia Munn and former Playboy Playmate of the Year Sarah Jean Underwood to conduct its interviews. I don’t know who the cracked-out douchebag interviewing Emerson is, but someone needs to pour buckets of Ritalin down his throat.
Warner Bros. has released a new two-minute trailer for its upcoming supernatural-western Jonah Hex. The clip features explosions, fights, and Megan Fox as sweaty prostitute Leila.
Take a look (courtesy of IGN):
Jonah Hex has been plagued with production problems since it was announced, including the departure of original directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank), bad-mouthing from star Josh Brolin (he thought the script was crap), and reshoots (with a new director).
I can’t help but wonder if Brian Austin Green is already blowing Michael Bay to get Megan Fox cast in Transformers 4.
Bollywood star Mallika Sherawat has tweeted a couple of new posters from her eagerly awaited creature-feature Hisss. Directed by Jennifer Lynch, the film stars Sherawat as a deadly half-woman/half-snake creature known in Eastern folklore as the Nagin.
Though shot in India, Hisss marks the 33-year-old stunner’s American feature debut. It’s no surprise she has really taken to promoting the film. To see her charming snakes of all sizes during a photo call at the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival, click here.
Hisss is still seeking distribution in the States. Let’s hope it finds it quick, along with the other “I-Horror” flicks being produced.
Mark L. Smith, the screenwriter behind director Nimrod Antal’s underrated survival-frightener Vacancy, has written the latest draft to the upcoming American remake of the French film Martyrs.
Released in 2008 to critical acclaim, Martyrs centers on Anna, (Morjana Alaoui), a still-traumatized child abuse survivor abducted by a secret society convinced they can reach God by beating the living shit out of her for about an hour of the film’s duration.
It’ll be interesting to see if the remake remains as brutally violent as the original, which ends with Alaoui’s character flayed alive.
Personally, I had never seen such over-the-top, man-on-woman violence since I left home for college. If you think Jessica Alba taking a few rabbit punches to the face in director Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me is sick, watch Martyrs … you can make a drinking game out of it!
