Anne Hathaway got a Golden Globe over the weekend, and now she’s signed up for the sort of movie that could get her a second, as The Wrap says she’s taking on a modern take on The Taming Of The Shrew, which Shame and The Iron Lady’s Abi Morgan is writing.
It’s far from the first time someone has offered a new take to the classic tale as it was the basis for the 1953 musical Kiss Me Kate and the 1999 teen movie, 10 Things I Hate About You. The new version is about two sisters – Bianca, the younger sister who is the object of every man’s affection, and Katherina, the older sister who nobody likes. As the younger sister isn’t allowed to marry until Katherina does, a scheme is hatched to find a man who can ‘tame the shrew’.
It isn’t clear who Hathaway will play. Bianca might sound the most likely, but Katherina is probably the juicier role.
Disney has been firming up its release slate and announcing when it plans to bring us new movies over the next couple of years. While we knew when the likes of Captain America: The Winter Soldier was coming (April 4th 2014 – and it’s been confirmed it’ll be in 3D), the studio has dated several other films.
For a few months now, Michael Fassbender has been attached to the lead role in a movie version of the videogame, Assassin’s Creed. Now that project is moving forward with the news, via 
Halle Berry’s movie output has been very up and down, with some good movies interspersed amongst a lot of rubbish. She’ll be hoping her new film, The Call, fares better than the likes of Dark Tide and Frankie & Alice.
Directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg are having a good week. The Norwegians landed a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination for Kon-Tiki, which is about explorer Thor Heyerdal’s epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947.
In its first week of wide release, Zero Dark Thirty has topped the US Box Office chart, taking $24 million as it expanded onto over 2,800 screens from just over a hundred. Its success came as a surprise to many, who’d expected Gangster Squad to top the chart.
Ben Affleck should have a big smile on his face this morning, having picked up Best Director for Argo at the Golden Globe Awards, while the movie also won Best Film, Drama. They weren’t the only ones with reasons to be happy, as Les Miserables got the Best Film, Musical Or Comedy gong, while Hugh Jackman got Best Actor, Musical Or Comedy and Anne Hathaway swiped Best Supporting Actress for the movie.
John McAffee made his name founding the anti-virus software firm that made his name, but more recently he’s been making headlines for being a fugitive, hiding out in Belize and being suspected of the murder of his neighbour.