We tear ourselves away from laughing at pig puns on Twitter to round up some movie news for you.
EMMA STONE IS NOT MY BILLY JEAN
Believe it or not, 39 time Grand Slam winner Billy Jean King has three movies about her in development right now, which just about makes ‘great tennis player’ an improbably third in the list of things Hollywood is making movies about right now after superheroes and pretty young people in dystopian futures. The famous story of King’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’ match with Bobby Riggs will be told on HBO with Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti and in a more comedic film starring Will Ferrell, but the third, a mix of comedy and drama straight up called Battle of the Sexes, has had to replace a key member of the cast.
Emma Stone was set to feature alongside Steve Carrell in the film but has had to drop out because of a ‘scheduling conflict’. In talks to replace her is Brie Larson, who you can see soon the upcoming Lenny Abrahamson film Room, which wowed at the influential Toronto Film Festival, picking up the People’s Choice Award. Stay tuned to see if Larson is added to the list of actresses who look absolutely nothing like Billy Jean King portraying her in the near future.
THROWING ERNIE HUDSON A BONE MAKES US FEEL GOOD
Ernie Hudson was a perfectly cromulent member of the original Ghostbusters cast as Winston Zeddemore the ordinary working stiff who was willing to believe anything for a paycheck. He might not be on the same level talent wise as Bill Murray, Harold Ramis or Dan Aykroyd, but he was still a big part of that film’s charms-he loved that town and all that. These days, you’re more likely to see him pop up as a guest on tv show or show up at a Pokemon tournament than star in a big picture, but just like Ackroyd and Murray, it’s been confirmed that Hudson will be making a cameo in Paul Feig’s lady-centric Ghostbusters reboot. It’s not yet known whether he’ll be reprising his role as Zeddemore. I guess that’s something you’d rather find out watching the movie itself…along with the fact that Murray, Aykroyd and Hudson are in it at all…would have been a nice surprise.
You know what? Forget I said anything. Let’s all drink to forget and make sure we’re all good and ready for Ghostbusters next year.