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Buzz News Roundup, 1/28

January 28, 2008 by Entertainment

Hollywood Reporter has news that Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy) is in talks to direct the Hobbit films that Peter Jackson will produce.
The FCC is fining ABC $1.4 million for nudity in an NYPD Blue episode that aired more than four years ago, Zap2it reports.
According to ComingSoon, five more actors (Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff and Jason Clarke) have joined Christian Bale and Johnny Depp in Public Enemies.
Starz is planning a TV series based on the Oscar-winning film Crash, with its writer/director, Paul Haggis, on board, TV Week reports.
Billboard reports that R.E.M. has recruited Modest Mouse and the National as opening acts for its upcoming tour.
Joel and Ethan Coen took top honors at the Directors Guild of America awards, and Mad Men and Pushing Daisies nabbed television awards, the Associated Press reports.
Julia Roberts will produce and star in Hothouse Flowers, a film adaptation of the upcoming novel by Margot Berwin, writes Hollywood Reporter.
There's another dancing reality show coming: Lifetime will air Your Mama Don't Dance, a series pairing professional dancers with their two-left-footed parents, Variety reports.

I really hope Del Toro gets the director's seat. He'll capture the tone of the book very, very well. I don't want Sam Raimi anywhere near the film.

j2e1n9 9 years

Yay Hobbit! :)

i-am-awesomeness 9 years

erm... delayedmuch? The dancing show sounds somewhat interesting, although I probably won't watch. I haven't watched Lifetime in ages.

littlemissme 9 years

Oh come on! A TV Show of Crash??? :OY:

angelinemarie 9 years

ever exciting! the hobbit was such a good book, i am looking forward to see it as a movie.

tlsgirl 9 years

I loved Pan's Labyrinth, so I'm happy with the directing choice.

radarkitty 9 years

The FCC must be B-O-R-E-D!

Linda-McP 9 years

Marion Cotillard seems perfectly cast in Public Enemies. Love the producer-director combo for The Hobbit.

WhatTheFrockBlog 9 years

:oy: I can't believe they want to make a series based on such an ugly, insulting movie as Crash.

snapsh0t 9 years

I really hope del Toro does The Hobbit so Sam Raimi can continue with Spider-Man. :D And whyyyyyy is Channing Tatum in Public Enemies? He sticks out like a sore thumb amongst all the amazing actors in the rest of the cast. He cannot act, IMO.