Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp - The Tourist Updates

The debut poster for Columbia Pictures comedy-drama -thriller "The Tourist" was released this week.
The poster has a close up of Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, and carries the tag line, "It all started when he met a woman,".
The film is was directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and is a remake of the French film by Anthony Zimmer.



Interestingly, Tom Cruise was once set to play Frank (Johnny Depp's character), but he pulled out, was replaced by Sam Worthington, and then Johnny Depp
You may recall that Cruise was originally supposed to be the lead character in "Salt" and when he pulled out, Angelina took over the role.

If you havent seen the trailer yet, here it is...



You can check out the film's website here:
http://www.thetourist-movie.com/


Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp - The Tourist Updates, posted to http://angelina-jolie-pitt.blogspot.com/, on October 2nd, 2010

Angelina Jolie Not In Gravity

I mentioned back in March that Angelina Jolie would probably not be going ahead with her role in Gravity.

Well it looks like I was right, because the role is now rumored to be going to Natalie Portman.
Gravity is Alfonso Cuaron's $80 million dollar "3D survival story" about two astronauts (a male and female) who are stranded after a disaster leaves their space station inoperable.
The male lead is reported to be Robert Downey Jr.

Oddly enough, Robert Downey Jr. plays Iron Man in the very successful films, and Natalie Portman will be playing Jane Foster in the upcoming Marvel movie, Thor.

According to reports, even after Angelina originally turned down the role, Warner Bros. still tried to get her, making a second offer.
But she still said no.

Gravity is supposed to start production at the end of January 2011, but with Angelina definitely saying no, the project might be in jeopardy, even with Robert Downey and Natalie Portman.




Angelina Jolie Not In Gravity, posted to http://angelina-jolie-pitt.blogspot.com/ on September 9th, 2010

Angelina Jolie - Salt Opens Today

I first mentioned Salt back in August of 2008, and now almost two years later we finally get to see Angelina Jolie's completed project.

Salt opens today but yesterday, Angelina, director Phillip Noyce, producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and co-star Liev Schreiber showed up at the Salt panel at Comic-Con in San Diego.
I think this may have been her first Comic Con appearance.

So far critics have been fairly positive about the films....
Rotten Tomatoes reports that 56% of 95 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.9 out of 10.
Metacritic gave it a rating score of 64 based on 34 reviews.
Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter liked it, as did Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert and Karina Mitchell of CBS News.
Both said it was cartoony violence and action, but it worked.
Oddly, a lack of CGI seems to be praised quite a bit.
Avatar backlash?

So now everyone seems to be looking forward to The Tourist (with Johnny Depp) and Cleopatra is already generating a lot of buzz.




Angelina Jolie - Salt Opens Today, posted to http://angelina-jolie-pitt.blogspot.com/ on July 22nd, 2010

Angelina Jolie, Salt and Cleopatra

So just a few weeks before Angelina Jolie's movie "Salt" comes out, the FBI busts 11 alleged Russian spies.
Coincidence?
A PR agents dream?
Are my conspiracy buddies right and Hollywood really IS part of the "Shadow Government"?

Well who really knows, but what I thought may have started out as great PR for the film looks like it may be falling kinda flat as the FBI desperately tries to keep their case from looking like a joke.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/02/russian-spy-ring-fbi-evidence
After all...Salt isn't a comedy.

Too bad they don't have time for a re-write and work Anna Chapman in.
Oh well.

If you haven't visited the official Salt site yet, here it is...
http://www.whoissalt.com/

But even if Salt can't cash in on the retro Cold War feel, Angelina still has several projects in the pipeline.

Of course the next one up is The Tourist with Johnny Depp.
Then she'll be reprising the voice of Master Tigress in the sequel to Kung Fu Panda, titled Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom.
Following that, she'll start work on Queen of the Nile, Cleopatra: A Life, based on the book by Stacy Schiff, in which Angelina will play Cleopatra.



Angelina Jolie, Salt and Cleopatra, posted to http://angelina-jolie-pitt.blogspot.com/ on July 2nd, 2010

Angelina Jolie and her Lips.

In the category of "Gosh I'm glad that all the world's problems are fixed so let's devote all our time and research to stupid things" we have a company in the good old US that has developed lip-reading software that can rate lips on a 10-point attractiveness scale.
No it wasn't drunk frat boys.
It was actually a "lipologist" (?) named Dr Kendra Schmid and it's called the Baileys Lip Attractiveness Software.
(I wonder if I can get it as a Firefox add on?)
Anyway, the reason why I've even mentioning it is because of the rankings.
You know how Angelina's lips are supposed to be one of her best qualities?
Not according to scientific (::snicker::) study.
No, the best lips in the world belong to....
Italian actress and fashion model Monica Belluci!
I can see that.
She got a perfect ten.
Next up was....
Scarlett Johansson!
Still no Angelina.
Third place was...
Halle Berry!
Still no Angelina?
Fourth place was....
Beyonce!
Awww c'mon!
Yes Angelina came in a paltry fifth place.

Angelina Jolie has bought her seven-year-old son a knife

I can't wait to hear the outcry that this will probably start........

Angelina Jolie has bought her seven-year-old son a knife.

The actress, who adopted son Maddox from Cambodia in 2002, wants him to learn how to defend himself and understand the responsibilities of carrying a weapon.
She said in an interview with W magazine:
"My mom took me to buy my first daggers when I was 11 or 12. And I have already bought Maddox some things. "We take him to a special shop.
We also talk about samurais and the idea about defending someone as good. We talk about everything. "I suppose I just looked at him and loved him and just felt open to it. I suddenly wanted to."
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/2008-10/14/content_7103981.htm

Maybe enrolling the kid in martial arts would be a better start.