Arthur Movie Updates

WHEN you get caught between the paparazzi and New York City, the best that you can do is fall in line. So it is that the remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore-Liza Minnelli-John Gielgud comedy “Arthur,” which is currently filming all over Manhattan and Queens, has uncomplainingly put up with premature overexposure. Its star, the co ...

Dressed as Batman and Robin, Russell Brand and Luiz Guzman film a scene for the re-make of the classic comedy "Arthur" at One Police Plaza, New York City. Unlike Batman's traditional utility belt, Brand's character had armed himself with party poppers, a hipflask, drinks minatures and a Blackberry!.

“Avon Man” – Allan Loeb turned in his rewrite and they’re trying to get Hugh Jackman to commit for an October start. Once that happens, they’ll go out o Anne Hathaway for the female lead.

Jennifer Garner and Nick Nolte are in talks for Warner Bros.' remake of "Arthur," opposite Russell Brand, Helen Mirren and Greta Gerwig.

I hear that after a lengthy search, Warners is in discussions with Greta Gerwig. After a slow build in indie films, she just starred with Ben Stiller in the Noah Baumbach-directed Greenberg. Gerwig is in talks to star with Russell Brand and Helen Mirren, playing the charismatic shoplifter who tempts a lovable drunk to consider ...

The word from inside the remake, which stars Russell Brand as the title character, is that everyone is desperate for Meryl to take the role. As of two weeks ago I knew about this, but insiders said Streep hasn’t even been told of the offer. By now, presumably, she has.