Sherlock Holmes Trailer: Half the Rumors Were TrueIt’s simply your basic, fun-seeming Jason Bourne–style actioner in which the titular hero battles ghosts and is played as a near relative of Captain Jack Sparrow. Yawn!
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Warner Says No Sherlock ReshootsThe studio has released a statement further refuting yesterday’s report that it had asked Guy Ritchie for reshoots.
Robert Downey Jr.: Elementary!Plus: Courteney Cox is joining the cast of a show that you totally forgot was still on the air.
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Bruce Willis Is Raising ‘Kane’Plus: “This is exciting for me because I’ve never done a movie about a notorious murder,” Brian De Palma definitely didn’t say.
Germany Says ‘Nein’ to Tom CruiseGermany Rejects Valkyrie, Cruise: The German government announces that United Artists’ Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Bryan Singer, is not welcome to shoot at German military sites, citing Cruise’s Scientology beliefs. UA reps say shooting will go ahead with German locations to be determined. Film, true-story retelling of plot to kill Hitler, is a cornerstone of United Artists’ plans, and is first example of studio player Cruise’s Scientology interfering with business as usual. [Variety]