Lohan, The Simpsons and Southland: Trade Roughage 07/25/07

By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

Brian Lowry has a favorable review of The Simpsons Movie: “Put simply, if somebody had to make a Simpsons movie, this is pretty much what it should be — clever, irreverent, satirical and outfitted with a larger-than-22-minutes plot, capable (just barely) of sustaining a narrative roughly four times the length of a standard episode.”
Variety has a loooong consideration of Lindsay Lohan’s future career prospects, as well as an update on the status of Poor Things, the film the rehab rat was scheduled to begin shooting next month alongside Shirley MacLaine. Can Linds make a Robert Downey Jr.-like comeback? The story quotes sales agent Andrew Herwitz, who speculates that Lohan might be able to find redemption in indie film: “She wanted to break free of kid roles, anyway. A lot of indie producers are probably going to be able to cast her in interesting parts because she will actually be reading their scripts. Not a lot of other scripts may be sent to her for a while.”
The Hollywood Reporter has a ho-hum quote from Richard Kelly regarding the Southland Tales release date saga, as well as the news that he’ll be making an appearance at Comic-Con to discuss the film.