Susan Sarandon

GO-GO Speed Racer!

• Mar 11, 2008 03:13 PM ET
• by gdinunno

Speed Racer screengrab courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

Got the need for speed? Then you probably won’t be disappointed with the new trailer for Speed Racer. Not only does the big screen adaptation of the animated series have an awesome cast (Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon and Matthew Fox), visually, the flick looks like it’s going to be a mock-speed ride bursting with more colors than a Crayola factory. Watch it now! | More online videos read more

Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows and Other Casting News

• Jul 27, 2007 01:26 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Johnny Depp by Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

And here I thought I was the only one left who was obsessed with Dark Shadows. But no, apparently Johnny Depp is, too. According to Variety, the erstwhile Cap'n Jack grew up wishing he was the '60s soap's anti-hero, vampire Barnabas Collins — and still does. So now that he's a big movie star and not a starry-eyed kid, he's making it happen, developing a big-screen version of the daytime drama. Oh, please, please, please, can we get Angelina Jolie to play Angelique the Witch?! Those lips, those eyes! She's perfect! Elsewhere... Susan Sarandon has been cast as the slain heroine's grandmother in The Lovely Bones, based on Alice Sebold's best-seller. Stanley Tucci is considering playing her killer. Dude, Susan Sarandon's in the movie.... What's to think about? Meanwhile, Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon are teaming up to coproduce and star in New Line's Four Christmases, about a couple who visit their four divorced parents all on the same holiday. In small-screen casting news, G... read more

Any scoop on Rescue Me?

• Jun 20, 2007 04:00 AM ET
• by Michael Ausiello

Question: Any scoop on Rescue Me?

Answer: Is it already out there that Susan Sarandon is coming back as Franco's ex, Alicia, around the seventh episode? If not, there's your scoop! Apparently, Franco decides he wants his daughter back. Coincidentally, Alicia decides she wants Franco back, so she offers him a 2-for-1 deal. Suffice it to say, that's not going to sit well with Franco's current squeeze, Natalie.

The Simpsons Turns 400: We Name the Greatest Guests!

• May 18, 2007 04:00 AM ET
• by Arnold Wayne Jones

David Hyde Pierce, Bette Midler and Marcia Wallace do The Simpsons

After 18 seasons and 400 episodes, Fox's The Simpsons (Sundays at 8 pm/ET) has attracted more than 350 celebrities to offer their voices to animated doppelgangers. Some have played themselves (Steve Buscemi, anyone?), some new characters (Reese Witherspoon as Rainier Wolfcastle's daughter, for instance), some old characters (Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub, who reprise their roles from 24 on May 20) — and in one instance, a mix (Elizabeth Taylor played herself and voiced Maggie's first word). Throughout, producers have attract read more

At the Movies: Jodie Foster Pairs with Sunshine Starlet

• Apr 2, 2007 01:16 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Per Variety, Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin are near deals to star in Nim's Island, a fantasy pic about a young girl who, when her scientist father is lost at sea, communicates electronically with a reclusive author. Breslin has also booked the period film American Girl.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman are in talks to play the parents of Emile Hirsch's Speed Racer. read more

At the Movies: Who'll Fill Cleopatra's Strappy Sandals?

• Dec 1, 2006 03:32 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Per Variety, Columbia Pictures has acquired screen rights to Cleopatra, a new take on the life of the Egyptian queen based on a forthcoming novel from Pulitzer-winning biographer Stacy Schiff. Cleo was last immortalized on celluloid — and in one of the most expensive films ever — by La Liz, so you just know it's going to be, like, Lindsay Lohan this time around. Because that is how Hollywood works.... Susan Sarandon is joining Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron in In the Valley of Elah, Paul Haggis' tentatively titled follow-up to Crash. read more

Hot Times Ahead for Rescue Me's Janet

• Jun 20, 2006 04:00 AM ET
• by Allison Corneau

Andrea Roth, Rescue Me

FX's Rescue Me (Tuesdays at 10pm/ET) is only three episodes into its third season, but if current story lines are any indication, the boys of Ladder 62 are in for a doozy of a ride as the episodes rage on. As Tommy Gavin's no-nonsense ex-wife, Janet, Andrea Roth has made her mark as one of the few females who can show the firehouse crew who's boss. On a recent break from filming, Andrea clued in TVGuide.com on future shakeups, breakups and makeups, and spills the beans about her upcoming film role opposite Jason "He's So Sexy!" Statham. read more

Callie Thorne Keeps Rescue Me Hot

• May 30, 2006 04:00 AM ET
• by Allison Corneau

Callie Thorne, Rescue Me

As FX gears up for the third season of its red-hot firefighter drama Rescue Me (premiering tonight at 10 pm/ET), count on Callie Thorne's Sheila to carouse and connive her way around the firehouse, causing a whole new set of problems for Denis Leary's Tommy. TVGuide.com chatted with Thorne to tease the new season (the first episode of which she had yet to see), find out what it's like hanging with the boys as well as guest stars Susan Sarandon and Marisa Tomei, and why she'd be willing to swing from read more

Playing with Fire
FX's blistering hit kicks off summer TV

• May 24, 2006 04:00 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

When Rescue Me's rookie firefighter (caught reading The Tao of Pooh) is told "a firehouse is no place for sensitive souls," it's hard to argue. The sentiment just as easily applies to Rescue Me itself (Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET), and to FX dramas in general. This is extreme TV — raw and brutally naked in its adult emotions, language, humor, sexuality and violent rage. It's also magnificently entertaining, if you have the spine for it. The third season of firehouse drama Rescue Me upholds FX's bold tradition of living on the edge, juggling dark tragedy and raunchy comedy without seeming sentimental or exploitative. Much credit goes to star and cocreator Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin, a self-destructive train wreck of an antihero. How much more will he be asked to suffer? Last season he lost his only son in a hit-and-run, and his uncle is in jail read more

Susan Sarandon Lauds Bette Davis

• May 3, 2006 04:00 AM ET
• by Tracy Phillips

Susan Sarandon

She's calm, cool and classy — and not too big for a behind-the-scenes gig. Between making movies and her upcoming guest arc on the new season of Rescue Me (premiering May 30), Susan Sarandon still found time to narrate a revealing documentary on one of the industry's legends, Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (tonight at 8 pm/ET on TCM), and she was gracious enough to chat with TV Guide about the film, fame and Oscar. TV Guide: You know I have to say it: You've got read more