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• “Avatar” to hold its world premiere in Leicester Square, London, December 10. [Deadline Hollywood Daily]
• Nathaniel Rogers isn’t phased by his signed non-disclosure agreement, breathlessly (but briefly) enthuses about “Nine.” [The Film Experience]
• Johnny Depp becomes Hollywood’s highest paid actor with a £21 million ($42 million) salary for “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.” [Daily Telegraph]
• Introducing criticWIRE. [indieWIRE]
• Dave Karger weighs in on 25 Oscar longshots he loves. [Entertainment Weekly]
• Steven Zeitchik perpetuates the myth. [The Hollywood Reporter]
• Randomly revisiting the “Harry Potter” franchise with Chris Columbus. [Hero Complex]
• Steve Pond stumps for Christian McKay in “Me and Orson Welles.” [The Odds]
• Gregory Ellwood reports from that up in the air “Up in the Air” stunt. [Awards Campaign]
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16 responses so far
1 11-17-2009 at 9:40 am
Michael said...
yikes, no one needs $42 million dollars, that is sick. I like Johnny Depp but I mean really, is he really “worth” that much money?
2 11-17-2009 at 9:43 am
Jeremy said...
No. He’s worth more. I have no scientific evidence to back this up, but I’d wager Depp’s presence in the movie is worth $80 million at the box-office, and that’s a conservative estimate.
3 11-17-2009 at 9:49 am
James D. said...
I guess he is worth it from a business sense, but it still feels dirty. I guess with the two other stars not returning he will command almost all of the screen time.
4 11-17-2009 at 9:50 am
Harmonica said...
U$42 million dollars. That is insane. That’s a higher amount than his last movie’s five day opening.
5 11-17-2009 at 9:53 am
"Julianstark" said...
Zeitchik is right that there are arguably only three Actress frontrunners, but saying that there aren’t any real contenders is absurd.
6 11-17-2009 at 10:05 am
Guy Lodge said...
Hard to know what to make of Zeitchik’s article when he calls Helen Mirren’s performance in “The Last Station” an “unknown quantity.” It’s been a known quantity for over two months now. If he’s paying that little attention, no wonder he’s struggling to think of contenders.
7 11-17-2009 at 10:46 am
DHE said...
EW has 25 slots open for “Oscar longshots we love” and has room for Sandra Bullock but no Sharlto Copley? That’s just sad.
8 11-17-2009 at 11:33 am
James D. said...
They could have made room for Sharlto Copley by taking out the goofy presence of An Education as a Best Picture longshot. It would be in with 5 nominees, nevermind 10.
9 11-17-2009 at 11:36 am
"Julianstark" said...
Totally agree about An Education. What was up with that? And then there was that Clooney mention for Goats… that’s not even a longshot. That’s pretty much a far-gone former longshot
And Mirren is totally not in the “unknown quantity.”
And didn’t Emily Blunt kinda fall off the radar, too?
10 11-17-2009 at 6:45 pm
Satya said...
Please don’t think I am nitpicking; I am only checking my English – Shouldn’t it be ‘Nathaniel Rogers isn’t fazed…?’
11 11-17-2009 at 6:53 pm
Speaking English said...
No.
12 11-17-2009 at 7:10 pm
Simone said...
Johnny Depp is worth every damn penny to play Capt. Jack Sparrow again. Hell, I’ll add another $10 to the booty, just because!
13 11-17-2009 at 7:30 pm
Chris138 said...
Jesus Christ, $42 million… and that’s just for one movie.
14 11-17-2009 at 9:57 pm
Alex said...
The franchise is nothing without him so in that regard he is worth a lot more. On the other hand I think the report is including back-end participation (as was the case with Harrison Ford et al) so it is really not that surprising.
I hope Geoffrey Rush gets paid a shitload as well…he deserves it.
15 11-18-2009 at 5:41 am
Guy Lodge said...
Satya: Yes, you’re right.
Speaking English: Ironic that you’re wrong, given your choice of name ;)
16 11-18-2009 at 10:32 am
DHE said...
Imagining the Johnny Depp casting conversation- “You screwed my favorite guy at Disney! Why, you couldn’t PAY me enough to — oh, bugger, $42 million is so PRETTY.”