Deadline reveals that Fox has snagged the rights to Guys and Dolls, the 1950 musical turned 1955 movie musical. And in the key roles of Nathan Detroit and Sky Masterson, Fox wants Tatum and Gordon-Levitt. Who's next?
An audience at the West End production of Billy Elliot last night didn't really care that a song in the show slandered the name of the recently deceased — and still reviled — former prime minister. Last night, a show of hands said so.
We don't have confidence in this. Deadline has the completely shocking and totally devastating news that Carrie Underwood, of American Idol and country pop ballad fame, is going to be playing Maria von Trapp in a live broadcast of The Sound of Music.
It's just really hard to buy Anne Hathaway as a dying 19th century French prostitute.
The Call Sheet sifts through the day's glut of Hollywood news to find the stories even non-industry types can care about. Today: Broadway claims another beloved movie, HBO passes on a dude show, and Jeff Goldblum heads to TV.
Hollywood dreadnaught Ryan Murphy has announced plans to make a movie musical with Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz, and Reese Witherspoon, based on an idea they had at dinner.
The Mormons score big on Broadway, Liev Schreiber gets his own show, and Charlize Theron swears a lot.
Plus: Elton John's life could soon be a non-linear, brightly colored movie
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