Trade Round-Up: Ratner To Return To Comfort Zone
· More proof that if you pray hard enough, anything can happen: Chris Tucker will soon sign a two-picture, $40 million deal at New Line, finally allowing visionary director Brett Ratner the opportunity to be involved with a an aesthetic disaster that may not bomb. [Variety]
· Three of the four big broadcast networks form the TV Watch coalition, which will urge parents to stop their kids from watching "indecent" content before the government starts making those choices for everyone. [THR]
·Chappelle's Show premiere delayed indefinitely, etc etc, but Variety plays the "unspecified personal issues" card. (More on this later shortly—stay tuned.) [Variety]
· News Corp profits fall 8%, causing Rupert Murdoch to temporarily halt the installation of 24-karat gold urinals in the perfect replica of Australia he's building off the coast of Florida. [THR]
· Cameron Diaz will take a break from punching out paparazzi and bungee-jumping in Burma to help reverse the greenhouse effect to star in Nancy Meyers' Something's Gotta Give follow-up, Holiday. Who will save the planet now? [Variety]