J.J. Abrams' Manhattan-based monster drama Cloverfield earned a colossal $41 million at the box office this weekend, giving it the largest-ever January opening and Paramount's tenth-biggest debut in the studio's history.

12/6/2007 at 8:35 a.m.

Edward Norton to Star in ‘Leaves of Grass’ — Really!

Plus industry news on Angelina Jolie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Snake Eyes.

11/2/2007 at 8:32 a.m.

Forest Whitaker Getting In On the American Gangster Business

Plus industry news on Natalie Portman, David Fincher, and Led Zeppelin.

10/22/2007 at 8:42 a.m.

Ryan Gosling Out of 'The Lovely Bones'; Mark Wahlberg In

Plus industry news on Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Zooey Deschanel.

9/26/2007 at 9:30 a.m.

Crappy Fake Trailer for J.J. Abrams's ‘Cloverfield’ Doesn't Fool Vulture for One Second

Check out this shoddily produced, obviously fake trailer that someone on YouTube is trying to pass off as the real thing!

9/21/2007 at 8:44 a.m.

Brad Pitt, Matt Damon Interchangable

Plus industry news on Justice League, Katherine Heigl, and Avatar.

9/20/2007 at 4:30 p.m.

Jerry Bruckheimer Back to What He Does Best: Blowing Shit Up

Plus news on Jeffrey Katzenberg, Bob Dylan, and the coming zombie apocalypse.

9/19/2007 at 3:41 p.m.

Can ‘Cloverfield’ and ‘Love Guru’ Help Paramount Forget About DreamWorks?

Viacom's CEO thinks Love Guru will solve all Paramount's problems.

8/8/2007 at 10:45 a.m.

J.J. Abrams's ‘Cloverfield’ Wraps — and We've Got the Call Sheet That Might Spoil the Ending

While we were near the film's set on the southwest corner of Central Park, a random crew member handed us something interesting: a call sheet for "day 33 of 33" of shooting that appears to give away Cloverfield's ending — and alternate ending!

8/8/2007 at 8:14 a.m.

J.J. Abrams and Josh Marston Plan Our Next Obsession

Plus industry news on Nicole Kidman, Jonny Quest, and Eddie the Eagle.

7/23/2007 at 8:11 a.m.

Independent-Minded Director, Meddling Billionaire Not a Match Made in Heaven After All

Industry news on Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Jennifer Lopez, and Christo.

7/11/2007 at 7:09 a.m.

The Rain in Spain Falls Mainly on Claire Danes

Plus industry news on Zac Efron, Bill Clinton, James Bond, and the Wu-Tang Clan.

7/6/2007 at 9:49 a.m.

J.J. Abrams's ‘Cloverfield’: The Trades and the Blogs Investigate

Yesterday we told you about the trailer for the new J.J. Abrams–produced monster movie, which features shaky camera-phone footage of the Statue of Liberty's head getting blown off. (Maybe the monster is some kind of enormous John Rambo!) Today the trades jump on the story, with few results, while the movie blogs continue their yeoman's work of digging into Cloverfield's viral marketing campaign.

6/28/2007 at 8:22 a.m.

Okay, Okay, Peter Jackson Has Excellent Taste in Actors

Ryan Gosling Joins Lovely Bones: Ryan Gosling will play the murdered girl's father in Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, joining the already-cast Rachel Weisz. We're throwing up our hands; Jackson seems determined to make a really good movie and damn the box-office consequences. God bless him.

6/25/2007 at 7:55 a.m.

Brett Ratner Finally Talks His Way Into the Playboy Mansion

Ratner on Hef: Director Brett Ratner will direct Playboy, a biopic of Hugh Hefner, for Universal. Brian Grazer's Imagine will produce, and John Hoffman is writing. Ratner's first-ever visit to the Playboy Mansion last week convinced the aging Hef that the auteur behind Rush Hour was the man to tell the story of Playboy's part in the cultural revolutions of the sixties. We just hope Ratner remembers to put boobs in it! [Variety]