Movie : The Movie, Jimmy Kimmel's faux project

February 17, 2012 - 0 comment


On February 8, we told you that Tom Hanks will appear on Jimmy Kimmel : Live After The Academy Awards on February 26, after the Academy Awards Ceremony. The show already announced the involvement of Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron, Don Cheadle, Helen Mirren, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Cameron Diaz and Samuel L. Jackson (among many others).
Vulture
revealed an exclusivity : the posters for Movie : The Movie (or M:TM, as it's abbreviated on the posters) that will be used to promote the show in New York, Los Anegeles and a few other big cities. You can click on each poster to enlarge.

  

Movie : The Movie is Kimmel's "faux" project for the seventh edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards which is set to air after late local newscasts on Sunday, February 26. There's even a website that was created for that spoof. It could end up being even more epic than last year's Toddlers and Tiaras section ! 

Tom Hanks & Meryl Streep to co-star ?

February 16, 2012 - 0 comment


Will Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep co-star in an upcoming movie ? Maybe. The Walt Disney Company is reportedly in final negotiations over the rights to Saving Mr Banks, the scripted saga of how Walt Disney persuaded Australian author P.L. Travers to sell him the rights to make a film out of Mary Poppins. That courtship took 14 years.

P.L. Travers first published Mary Poppins, which tells the story of the Banks family and their enchanting nanny, in 1934 and went on to write seven sequels. Because of her treatment during filming, and the addition of an animated sequence, Travers refused to sell Disney the rights to any of the other Poppins properties after the original 1964 film.

 

There have been rumors of Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep being considered to portray Disney and Travers, respectively. Kelly Marcel penned the screenplay, which is currently on the industry's Black List, an annual list of the most well-liked screenplays as voted on by of Hollywood executives, agency professionals, and high-level assistants, but that have yet to be picked up for production. According to screenwriter Kelly Marcel, the script covers “a three-week period in which Disney invited [Travers] to L.A. to try and get the script for ‘Mary Poppins’ right”.

Disney is expected to make an official announcement about the project once negotiations over Marcel's script have been finalized. 

Pre-Grammy Awards Gala : photos & videos

February 13, 2012 - 0 comment


Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson both attended the Pre-Grammy Awards Gala And Salute To Industry Icons Honoring Richard Branson on February 11. Other guests included Neil Young, Blake Shelton, Britney Spears, Diana Ross, Kim Kardashian, Mary J. Blige and Brian Grazer. We've added photos of the evening to our gallery.

 

In our videos, you can watch the arrivals as well as an interview of Tom Hanks with Sheila E which was made during the gala.

 

We've also added a video that compiles clips from the arrivals of Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson at the 2012 MusiCares Person Of The Year.

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