Isn't this something... On tomorrow, the stars of the Oscar-winning movie DREAMGIRLS, will have their own respective movies hitting the shelves. We have multiple Grammy winner Beyonce in Obsessed, Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx in The Soloist, and Grammy and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson in Fragments.
Focused on a group of survivors who must face life on different terms after shots ring out and the early morning tranquility of a diner shatters, Fragments finds each character transforming in unexpected ways.
Derek Charles is a hard working man, employed as a asset manager in a private company. He is very happy with his beautiful wife, Sharon, and only son, and because of his hard work he just got a huge promotion. But suddenly he gets a temporary worker who is both attractive and smart, and Derek is understandably impressed with her and also finds himself physically drawn to her. However, this new girl is desperate to get close to him - at any cost.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Martin Scorsese (scor-SAY'-zee) will be telling Frank Sinatra's life story on film.
Uhm... I need to get on it. That's all.
Universal Pictures says the Academy Award-winning filmmaker will direct "Sinatra," the first feature film about Ol' Blue Eyes' life.
MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for "The Three Stooges."
Studio has set Sean Penn to play Larry, and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome "Curly" Howard.
The studio is zeroing in on Benicio Del Toro to play Moe.
The film is not a biopic, but rather a comedy built around the antics of the three characters that Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Howard played in the Columbia Pictures shorts.
Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway is taking on yet another challenging role as reports say she is set to play renowned actress Judy Garland.Work it out then ANNE! That's a good look for her. Wow... I smell Oscar for this one. :-)
Author Gerald Clark's bio of Garland, titled Get Happy, is being adapted by the Weinstein Company, Variety reports. Harvey Weinstein said the bio "is particularly outstanding because of its exclusive details from her own writings."
Weinstein also commented on Hathaway's role in the movie, saying she "will be a true class act in this challenging role."
The eagerly anticipated film, based on the best-selling book of the same name, boasts an all-star cast including Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, Kimberly Russell, and Sherri Shepherd of 'The View.'
Newcomer Gabourey Sidibe (pictured below in blue) is playing the starring role.
Verbally and sexually abused by her family, her troubles lead to problems in school. Precious, as she is known, has no friends, no money, two kids (from her father), and she's illiterate. After being accepted into an alternative school where a teacher (played by Patton) helps her find an alternative path in her life. Along her journey, she comes across a concerned social worker (played by Carey) and a nurse (played by Kravitz) who shows her much kindness.
source: Black Voices
According to Perez Hilton,Canadian-born R&B singer Keisha Chante has been tapped to portray the late Aaliyah in a biopic recounting the life and untimely death of the hip-hop and R&B artist.Hmmm.. Interesting. I wondered how long would it take for a movie to be made about Aaliyah. It should be interesting; but ONLY if they tell the real story about her, and the R. Kelly situation. I mean, other than that, I don't know what her movie could be about. She stayed out of the tabloids -for the most part- and she was pretty much a good girl. But maybe there was a side we didn't know??? Keisha eerily looks like her and I also always thought that if an Aaliyah movie should be made, Chante should play her. I've never seen her act, though. hmmm... Let's see if the movie will be named after one of her songs. I'm thinking "One In A Million"??
The film is scheduled for release next year.
Although Chante's acting resume is a short one, she has starred in a number of independent flicks and boasts a 2006 R&B album out called 2U with another on the way.
Sources say she was selected for her striking resemblance to the multi Grammy-nominated Aaliyah.
Sony Pictures has released the first pics of 'Obsessed', which stars Idris Elba, Beyonce, and Ali Larter.
Also featured in the film are Bruce McGill, Jerry O'Connell, and Christine Lahti.
Derek Charles (Idris Elba), a successful asset manager who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage to the beautiful Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles). But when Lisa (Ali Larter), a temp worker, starts stalking Derek, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.
The film is produced by Will Packer ('Stomp The Yard', 'This Christmas'), with Beyonce serving as exec producer along with her father, Mathew Knowles.
