WES ANDERSON TO BE CANNES OPENER ON WEDNESDAY

They’re (literally) rolling out the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. Beginning tomorrow (Wednesday), it will be tread on by the likes of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson, Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, and Kristen Stewart, among others. The festival kicks off with a screening of Focus Features’ […]

NORTON TAKES HIGH ROAD IN DISPUTE WITH MARVEL

Edward Norton has decided to ignore what his agent on Monday described as the “mean-spirited, accusatory … unprofessional, disingenuous and clearly defamatory” statement of Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios’ president of production, who announced over the weekend that Norton would not reprise his role as The Incredible Hulk in the upcoming The Avengers movie. Feige said […]

EDWARD NORTON — FIRED BEFORE BEING REHIRED AS HULK

In a remarkable case of a star being fired for being uncooperative before even being hired, Marvel Studios said over the weekend that it will not cast Edward Norton as The Incredible Hulk in the upcoming The Avengers. Norton, who played the role in The Hulk movie — and reportedly clashed with producers over the […]