You know how every family has that one cousin/brother/uncle who might not be playing with a full deck? Well, Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has one of those in his family – a brother who, get this, is wanted for murder. Yup, like real murder! Now we’re not talking Christopher's brother Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote The Dark Knight. He's cool, and, as far as we can tell, an upstanding citizen who obeys the law.
The guy we're zeroing in on is Matthew Nolan, who, according to the Chicago Sun Times, is under investigation in a $700,000 bank-fraud scheme, as well as the 2005 murder in Central America of Florida businessman Robert C. Cohen. The Times explains: "Matthew Nolan pretended he was interested in doing business in Costa Rica when the two met in a hotel. But his real mission was to recover $7 million Cohen owed another Florida man," authorities said. "An accomplice kidnapped Cohen and the men tried to extort the money from Cohen's family; but when that failed, they killed Cohen.”
Sad, yes...
Yup, They're Actually Making 'Little Fockers'
And speaking of dysfunctional families … we had Meet the Parents, and then Meet the Fockers … so the only logical way to milk more money out of the franchise is to release – you guessed it – Little Fockers! Variety tells us that Pete Segal (Get Smart, 50 First Dates) is currently the frontrunner to direct the third installment now that Jay Roach decided to step aside after helming the first two. John Hamburg wrote the script, and all the major players are expected to return, including Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. We are, however, still waiting to hear if Stiller's fictional parents – played by Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand – will reprise their neurotic characters too.
Are you looking forward to Little Fockers? Is there still room for lots of comedy in this sucker, or does the image of Robert De Niro strapping a two-year-old to a lie detector kinda creep you out?
Catherine Hardwicke Returns to the 'Twilight' Factory
No, this doesn’t mean Catherine Hardwicke is directing one or both of the Twilight sequels New Moon and Eclipse; instead, we're here to tell you that Summit Entertainment (the studio responsible for the Twilight films) has asked Hardwicke to direct a different film under their banner.
If I Stay is based on Gayle Forman's novel of the same name (to be published this spring), and it tells the story of a gifted classical musician named Mia, her indie-rock star boyfriend and the fatal car accident that could change her life forever. Not exactly vampires, but it seems fitting for Hardwicke’s style and shows that Summit was kind enough to throw her a bone after all the Twilight drama earlier this year. Heck, the gal did direct one of the biggest films of 2008 – she deserves a little love, don't ya think?
