Stop your lamenting about Netflix's plan to divide their company in two, because they have already cancelled the launch of their sister site, Qwikster.
Announced only three short weeks ago, Qwikster was supposed to take over the DVD rental service that Netflix previously offered. But the immediate consumer backlash led Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to realize that maybe that wasn't such a great idea. He announced today in a statement that the new business model has been scrapped, and Netflix will remain Netflix for the foreseeable future.
Check out the rest of today's film news after the jump!
Sony Planning Steve Jobs Biopic?
With news of the death of former Apple CEO Steve Job still sinking in, Sony has begun negotiations to honor the visionary with a biopic. Deadline has the news, and says that the film will be based on the upcoming Walter Isaacson biopic, "Steve Jobs," that will be released later this month. No word yet on the expected turn around time for the movie.
FilmDistrict Sued Over "Drive" Marketing
Many would count the fact that "Drive" is nothing like this year's "Fast Five" as a good thing. Not so for Michigan resident Sarah Deming, who filed a lawsuit against FilmDistrict because the marketing for the Ryan Gosling flick misled her. "[The studio] promoted the film 'Drive' as very similar to the 'Fast and Furious,' or similar, series of movies," the suit reads according to Moviefone. "'Drive' bore very little similarity to a chase, or race action film... having very little driving in the motion picture." There's no denying that "Drive" was selling a different movie than it actually was, but Deming's suit seems a bit extreme. She is calling for the end of "misleading movie trailers," and is also saying that the film contained "extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith."
Zoolander Returns In Visit To "Saturday Night Live"
Ben Stiller hosted this week's "Saturday Night Live," and during the Weekend Update segment brought back his cult character Derek Zoolander. It's no secret that Stiller has been working on a sequel to the 2001 film "Zoolander," so we're hoping this is just a smart publicity stunt. Watch the hilarious segment below.
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