Script Slip Allows Peek at Sex and the City 2

'Sparkle' could hit theaters as early as Memorial Day

(NEWSER) - Whitney Houston was supposed to make a big-screen comeback in Sparkle, a remake of a 1976 movie loosely based on The Supremes' story. Houston contributed two songs and stars as the mother of three daughters who form a music group, and the New York Post notes that the film is still on track for its original August release date—or perhaps as early as Memorial Day. Pushing the film up "absolutely isn't being done to make money," an apparently straight-faced source tells Radar . "The reasoning is that Whitney's fans will want to see her in this movie, in which she gives a remarkable performance." In other sad movie news, the president of Fox 2000 Pictures tells Vulture that the planned sequel to Waiting to Exhale will move forward without Houston. Who could take Houston's place? The idea of Oprah Winfrey "isn't inconceivable," the president says. (A remake of The Bodyguard is also in the works.) More»

Er, Reuters ... sorry, 'SATC' star was a bit buzzed

(NEWSER) - Check, check: Kim Cattrall is not a fan of gossip reporters. When approached by one, from the New York Post ’s Page Six, the Sex and the City star opined, “You're a smart girl,” and advised switching to a more “respectable” job. “Why don't you work at—what’s that news agency—Roybers?” she asked. When told the actual name is Reuters, she responded, “Yeah, sorry, I've been drinking.” More»

Production firm in talks to buy rights to sci-fi classic's universe

(NEWSER) - Other Blade Runner movies could be here in time for 2019, the year when the 1982 sci-fi classic takes place. Production company Alcon Entertainment says it's in the final stages of talks to acquire the rights to make prequels and sequels based on the settings and characters of the original, according to the Hollywood Reporter . The deal won't include the right to remake Blade Runner itself, and there's no word on whether director Ridley Scott or star Harrison Ford will be involved. More»

Aren't Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau too old for 'Swingers 2'?

(NEWSER) - There are some movies that really, really don't need sequels ... but they're getting them anyway. Kate Torgovnick lists nine flicks inexplicably getting follow-ups next year, on The Frisky :

• Shakespeare in Love: Just because this film won Gwyneth Paltrow an Oscar doesn't mean we need to know what happened next.
• Swingers: It just won't be "as fun with Vince and Jon looking older and much more bloated than they used to."

With the goal, oddly, of getting revenge on Borat

(NEWSER) - Seems like everyone loved Sacha Baron Cohen’s fictional Kazakh character Borat … except the actual people of Kazakhstan, whom the Borat movie made into a punchline. Four years after Cohen’s film, Kazakhstan is getting its revenge—via an unauthorized sequel. My Brother, Borat is about an American who is taken on a sure-to-be-flattering tour of Kazakhstan by Borat’s brother, Bilo, Cinema Blend reports. More»