What has Russell Brand got to do with Pirates of the Caribbean 4? The latest on The Spirit by Frank Miller, Australia and Angels & Demons with Ewan McGregor. Steven Soderbergh’s biopic about Che Guevara shows itself. And some bits about 30 Days of Night, Rob Sneider and Cadillac Records with Adrien Brody and Beyonce. O, and The Day the Earth Stood Still is in there somewhere too..

The Daily Movie News no. 19!

With its $30 million budget ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ was expected to be an easy sell, but the comedy is now expected to do anywhere between $10-$30 million this weekend. The movie is produced by Judd Apatow, responsible for the failure of ‘Drillbit Taylor’, but also for the success of ‘Superbad’ and ‘Knocked up’.

The ‘crude comedy’ has to battle ‘The Forbidden Kingdom,’ with Jackie Chan and Jet Li, which is expected to have a good opening as well. Produced by Weinstein’s Asian branch, ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ is opening in 3,151 theaters, while ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ will only do 2,798. That’s already a 12.5% bigger chance for a better opening by the Asian guys.

Failing to get a good distribution deal at the Sundance Film Festival, Robert De Niro and Bruce Willis are getting another chance as the closing film at Cannes.

After the initial hype before the screening, ‘What Just Happened?’ got mixed reviews and didn’t get the deal everyone was expecting. The comedy shows similarities with shows like Entourage, featuring Robert De Niro as a Hollywood producer whose life takes a turn for the worse.

One of the scenes in the movie actually takes place at the Cannes Film Festival, so it will be interesting to see if this will benefit the movie. It might also do the opposite of course.