Brandon Routh will once again be playing a comic book hero but this time sans spandex The Superman Returns star has landed the lead in Dead of Night a Kevin Munroe-directed film based on the Italian comic-book series Dylan Dog says Variety Routh will play a PI who investigates nightmares and quickly finds himself mixed up with the undead Routh should have ample preparation for the role he will appear this summer in an episode of NBCs Fear Itself horror anthology Adam BryantMore Movie News149 Will FNLs Minka Kelly Get Some Summer Loving149 Mrs Garrett Does What with Adam Sandler149 Christmas Spirit Frank Millers Latest to Arrive Early149 Junos Ellen Page to Take in Some Eyre
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NBC has recruited a long list of noted directors, actors and writers for its 13-episode suspense and horror anthology series Fear Itself. The series, produced by LionsGate and Industry Entertainment, will boast the work of award-winning horror directors John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Darren Bousman (Saw II), Brad Anderson (The Machinist), Mary Harron (American Psycho), Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) and Heroes' Ernest Dickerson. Superman Returns' Brandon Routh and Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss join Cynthia Watros (Lost), Eric Roberts (Heroes) and Larry Gilliard Jr. (The Wire), along with a boatload of other actors who will earn some screen time in one of the series' episodes. And just what kind of horrors can you expect? Landis' "A Nightmare in Lace" follows a bride who receives word on her wedding day that her groom is a serial killer, and Harron's "Community" features a young couple who find their dream home in the perfect neighborhood (until their neighbors start killing ...
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Lindsay Lohan and Riley Giles, a 25-year-old snowboarder (is that an occupation?) she met during her summer rehab-cation, have called it quits. As a source tells People, "She is concentrating on her life and her career".... Sopranos alumna Drea de Matteo gave birth to her and boyfriend Shooter Jennings' first child together, a girl named Alabama Gypsyrose, on Wednesday, says E!.... A bit late on this, but for the record: Brandon Routh and Supersweetie Courtney Ford tied the knot last Saturday in Santa Barbara. The best part? All the wedding ring cost him was a lump of coal.
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Brandon "Superman" Routh will tie the knot with girlfriend Courtney Ford on Saturday, the New York Post reports. Guests at the glam to-do, being held at the Santa Barbara ranch of Superman Returns producer Jon Peters, are expected to include Kate "I Know Margot Kidder, and You, Miss, Are No Margot Kidder" Bosworth, Kevin "Lex Luthor" Spacey, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke and Ashley Olsen. Apparently mistaking Routh for a big star, Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger has gone so far as to close the air space around the ranch. Exqueeze me, but I didn't see Jennifer Aniston's name on that guest list or Angelina Jolie's, so what's the point? — Ben Katner
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Per Variety, Warner Bros. is looking to bring not one or two but a gaggle of superheroes to the big screen, with a feature film based on DC Comics' Justice League of America. Though the specially abled all-star team typically includes such top-shelf crime fighters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman, the studio is not specifying exactly who is on its wish list, nor whether Christian Bale or Brandon Routh would be wooed to reprise their franchise roles.... Universal has re-upped Robert De Niro and hopes to also have back Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand for Little Fockers, a second sequel to Meet the Parents.
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