The 8th Daily Movie News episode went online earlier today, with info on:

• Marky Mark Wahlberg in Max Payne
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Ridley Scott’s A Brave New World
• David Cronenberg and Denzel Washington
• Guillermo Del Toro on The Hobbit
• James Caan and Luke Wilson
• Twilight
• And Forest Whitaker as Louis Armstrong

Sorry for the awful delay today.

Rik

Apparently some people would disagree if a say ‘Untraceable’ is not worth your popcorn. Sony Pictures’ $35 million crime thriller wasn’t a major success in theaters. It grossed $28 million domestically and managed to add another $22 million overseas. But it did make the number one spot in DVD sales last week, beating the $15 million ‘The Great Debaters’ with Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker.

‘Untraceable’ came in second for rentals, doing $6.9 million. The $22 million Diane Keaton comedy ‘Mad Money’ came in first, with $7.3 million in rentals. The number one from last week, ‘P.S. I Love You,’ added another $5.9 million in rentals, making a total of $13.1 million. And lastly, the first ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ movie topped the Blu-ray chart, with ‘Untraceable’ coming in second. All those numbers are making me dizzy.

Isaiah Washington is getting ready for his first big role since Grey’s Anatomy. After the major fight with T.R. Knight and ABC last year, he said to “spend the summer pursuing charity work in Sierra Leone, work on an independent film and avoid worrying about the show.” And now he has finally scored his next role in the movie ‘Patriots.’

The project starts shooting this week in New Orleans and also stars Forest Whitaker. It’s a ‘based on a true story’ movie about high school basketball and is produced by Weinstein.