Rumored Projects

While January is generally considered a dumping ground for studio leftovers, don’t tell that to Mark Wahlberg. His upcoming thriller “Contraband” is slated for release on January 13, 2012 and it looks like the actor wants to keep starting off your year with a bang, because he’s got another film a year later, pretty much right in the same frame.

The crime noir “Broken City” co-starring Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones will now land on January 18, 2013 via 20th Century Fox who have acquired the film, reports THR. Set to be directed by Allen Hughes, the dark tale follows Billy Taggart (Wahlberg), an ex-cop thrown off the force after shooting a 16-year-old kid. Eight years on, he’s working as a private detective and is hired by the colorful incumbent in the New York mayoral race to investigate his wife’s infidelity. Taggart, however, digs up much, much more including a shady real estate deal in a story of city corruption that is not unlike “Chinatown.” Crowe will play the mayor, with Zeta-Jones as his philandering wife. But the movie will have some big competition that weekend.

Lionsgate has already slated “The Last Stand” with Arnold Schwarzenegger for that date, so somebody is gonna have to blink as they will be playing right to the same crowd. But there is still plenty of time for release date jostling to happen. This is another high profile flick to go to the typically awful early winter frame. Tom Cruise‘s “One Shot” is another straight genre piece that will be arriving on February 8, 2013. With summer dates now getting more and more competitive, it seems studios are trying to find gaps in the calendar where they can have a bit more breathing room to play as evidenced by the move of “Thor 2” to November 15, 2013. Whether this roll of the dice will pay off remains to be seen—those pesky students are still in school and not looking to occupy their time. But it’s the mark of a trend that is worth keeping an eye on.

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[001] November 27th – Riding the Flight of the Hippogriff at Universal Studios Orlando

A super rare photo of a very young Catherine at the 1979 Junior Star Trail Competition.

[004] September 20th – Heading to the Wall Street Money Never Sleeps New York Premiere
[001] November 24th – At Epcot Center in Disney World

Added 9 scans from the issue to our Gallery.  Thanks to Elmira.

[022] September 20th – Wall Street Money Never Sleeps New York Premiere
[085] September 29th – Welcome To Wales
[014] October 28th – Mission Hills Star Trophy Tournament
[011] October 28th – Mission Hills Star Trophy Golf Tournament Press Conference
[010] October 28th – Mission Hills Star Trophy Dinner

When Catherine Zeta-Jones recently stepped back from public life because of bipolar disorder, it also highlighted an absence for the actress from somewhere else:  the movie screen. Her cougar-themed  movie, “The Rebound,” has been stuck in release limbo for nearly two years.Zeta-Jones is back to work — she turned out recently to the set of her new comedy “Playing the Field” and is set to star in the film version of “Rock of Ages.” But fans hoping to see the Oscar winner back on the big screen in “The Rebound” could be in for a long wait. The Film Department — the company that financed the movie and, after attempting to sell rights, had been raising money to distribute the picture itself in the fall — has announced that it will be closing its doors.

That means that plans to bring out the film in the coming months have been scotched. For the film to be released at all, a buyer would need to acquire it — something none did when it was initially peddled in 2009. Even then, it’s very possible the movie would be released direct to digital or DVD platforms, acknowledged Film Department founder Mark Gill. (The company also has a completed  Kate Hudson film called “A Little Bit of Heaven,” a $16-million romantic comedy that Gill said he hopes to sell to a theatrical distributor.)

Directed by Bart Freundlich and shot in 2008,  ”Rebound” is an inter-generational romance in which Zeta-Jones plays a single New York mother who falls for a younger man (Justin Bartha). Bartha has some box-office value — he stars in the upcoming “The Hangover Part II” — and the movie (which has been released internationally) taps into a vogue for cougars.

But privately, several movie distributors have said the asking price has been too high given the quality of the film.

While the movie doesn’t seem likely to approach the infamous territory of “Margaret,” a Matt Damon drama that has languished unseen by audiences since 2005, it remains a curious asterisk in the career of Zeta-Jones.

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[031] January 13th – 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival – Icon Award
[106] January 16th – 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards
[007] January 16th – Weinstein/Relativity Media Golden Globe Awards After Party
[006] February 6th – Fox’s Super Bowl XLV Pregame Show
[073] February 16th – Mercedes/Benz Fashion Week Fall 2011 – Michael Kors
[002] February 16th – Mercedes/Benz Fashion Week Fall 2011 – Nanette Lapore
[018] February 24th – CBE Ceremony
[014] March 4th – 176th Annual St. David’s Society Gala Dinner
[050] March 14th – 26th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony

Catherine Zeta-Jones is back in action and looking great.

The actress, 41, who revealed that she’d been diagnosed with and treated for bipolar II disorder, is already back to work – and beaming.

Zeta-Jones appeared to be all smiles Wednesday on the Shreveport, Louisiana, set of the comedy Playing the Field, which also stars Jessica Biel and Gerard Butler.

She’s also already lined up her next project: Zeta-Jones has signed on to star in the film version of Rock of Ages, PEOPLE confirms. She’ll play the wife of the L.A. mayor, a conservative character who wants to do away with rock and roll, according to Deadline.com.

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When Catherine Zeta-Jones received a recent diagnosis of bipolar II disorder, a mental illness marked by prolonged periods of depression alternating with episodes of mild mania, she didn’t hesitate to step forward with the news.

“This is a disorder that affects millions of people and I am one of them,” the actress, 41, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive statement in this week’s cover story. “If my revelation of having bipolar II has encouraged one person to seek help, then it is worth it. There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.”

In early April, the Oscar-winning wife of actor Michael Douglas, 66, and mom to son Dylan, 10, and daughter Carys, 8, checked in to Silver Hill Hospital, a mental-health facility in New Canaan, Conn.

Shaken by Douglas’s battle with throat cancer, Zeta-Jones was privately struggling, a friend says. As Douglas recovered, Zeta-Jones didn’t – and with her new movie, the romantic comedy Playing the Field, slated to start shooting in Louisiana, the actress realized she needed help in the face of mounting depression.

“The simple things would just seem overwhelming, like going out to dinner,” says the close friend. “There was just a little piece of her chipped away. It was hard to watch because I knew how hard she was trying.”

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