Trade Round-Up: Billy Bob And Brad Hook Up
· Batman Begins pulls in a tidy $15 million from its Wednesday debut, filling Hollywood with (probably misguided) hope that this weekend will finally break the 16 week losing streak vs, last year's box office over the same period. [Variety]
· Billy Bob Thornton will star in the film adaptation of the novel Peace Like a River for Warner Bros. Brad Pitt will produce for his Plan B, allowing for some interesting discussions about the little noise Angelina Jolie makes when your bite her ankle. [THR]
· Finding the internet gaming space as utterly befuddling as the improvised pseudo-philosophy of the movie's two sequels, Warner Bros. sells the rights to operate its online Matrix videogame to Sony. [Variety · Over 15 million people tuned in to watch Evander Holyfield get ousted from Dancing with the Stars, providing further evidence for our theory that it's the only show being broadcast this summer. [THR]
· Geoffrey Rush takes a top-secret role in Steven Spielberg's 1972 Munich Olympics project, which will probably feel like a vacation compared to the ongoing War of the Worlds publicity nightmare. [Variety]