Weekly Round Up

Pat yourself on the back on making it through another chilly week!  Now celebrate it by getting your drink on or joining me while I take in a movie over what's supposed to be a rainy weekend.  Boo.  If you haven't, please vote in this week's poll and help TMMC better cater to your movie needs.  Do it for your country!  

It's Friday, so that means it's the Weekly Round Up - Your Place For All The Fair and Balanced Movie News That's Fit to Print.  So, round it up...

• A few weeks ago TMMC shared with you the news that Hangover 2 is almost ready for production.  Now it seems another Hangover-like movie may enter the race to the box office, with Jack Nicholson reportedly being offered a lead role in a movie only described as "The Hangover meets Grumpy Old Men."  Hmm...that's odd.  I thought they already filmed Sex and the City 2.  Read more.
• With Angelina Jolie officially out for Wanted 2, producers are scrambling to find a replacement raven haired, pouty sex symbol.  And their eyes have locked on Twilight star Kristen Stewart...God help us all.  Well at least she knows how to pout her lips - it's about the only expression she knows how to pull off.  Now she can make that constipated teen angst face with a gun in her hand....great.  Read more.
• We have some good news and bad news on the 3-D trend sweeping Hollywood and their piggy banks.  The sad news first, Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are reuniting for Men in Black 3D.  Yes, this will exclusively come out in 3-D and surely help fan the fire of this capitalistic, cheap thrills trend raping audiences at the box office.  The good news, Batman 3 will not buy into the fad.  Dark Knight cinematographer Wally Pfister eluded to it while slamming the medium as good for amusement parks, but says he's a "devotee of film."  Score one for the little guys!  Read more.
• From the Oddly Random News Desk:  Sheila Callaghan, writer of the Showtime hit The United States of Tara, has been hired to write the script for a movie based on the 60s t.v. show I Dream of Jeannie.  Poor Major Nelson!  Now that NASA ending their space missions, what will he do for a living!?  How will Jeannie pay for all those drapes and pillows in her bottle!?  Read more.  
• For weeks now TMMC has been following the saga of the proposed Hollywood Stock Exchange, where everyday people will gamble their retirement accounts buying stock in movies.  Because obviously Americans have the attention span of flies and learned nothing in the last two years.  Wait, wait, not so fast.  The Senate has thrown a big wrench into the plans, tacking language banning such ventures into the latest financial reform bill.  Thanks goodness we have Washington to save us for ourselves. Read more. 

That's all folks!  Have a great weekend!