Harold and Shaun Go To Star Trek: Trade Roughage 10/12/07

By Karina Longworth posted 2 years ago

It’s an ultra-crowded weekend at the box office, with four major films (Michael Clayton, We Own the Night, Tyler Perry’s latest, and the sequel to Elizabeth) either opening or expanding. It’s so bad that neither studio prognosticators nor Variety are even willing to venture a guess as to the eventual winner. “Studio sources uniformly agreed that the weekend looks like a toss-up, with any of the four debuts having the potential to break out,” goes the Variety story. “The four bows are aiming at somewhat different auds, leading studios to hope they can co-exist peacefully.”
J.J. Abrams is stocking his Star Trek movie with stoner comedy veterans. John Cho (better known as Harold) will play Sulu, and Simon Pegg (better known as Shaun) has been cast as Scotty.
77-year-old Jean-Luc Godard is expected to show up at the 20th European Film Awards in December to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Band’s Visit, Israel’s choice for the Foreign Language Oscar entry, has been ruled ineligible for the award by AMPAS for containing “more than 50% English dialogue.” The film was recently picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for US distribution, ostensibly in part because the studio was hoping to launch an Oscar campaign. The producers say they’re already filing an appeal.

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