Hollywood Wrap-Up, Week of March 12, 2010
Time for your weekly dose of Hollywood medicine. Now when someone mentions that Big Story, you won’t be all, “Huh?” Instead you’ll be like, “Yes. I KNOW.”
Longtime Daily Variety critic Todd McCarthy has been fired, a move that makes no sense to many people. Since the death of Army Archerd and the exit of Peter Bart, McCarthy has been DV’s best known asset. Everyone knows you don’t read the trades for breaking news anymore — not when you can get it all on the internet for free. (LAT)
Players can begin putting money into their Hollywood Stock Exchange accounts starting Monday morning. (HWT)
Robert De Niro will be playing Vince Lombardi for ESPN Films. (DHD)
Screening at Cannes this year: the Russell Crowe/Ridley Scott collaboration “Robin Hood” and Oliver Stone’s, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.” (HWT)
If you had to choose a Hollywood odd couple, writer Noah Baumbach (“The Squid and the Whale”) and Brett Ratner (“Rush Hour”) are about as odd as you get. Nevertheless, the two are pairing up to work on an as-yet untitled heist movie. This should be interesting. (EW)
