Tropic Thunder just took the wind out of Batman’s sails at the box office this weekend. The Ben Stiller-directed comedy, featuring Jack Black, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr. in Blackface, debuted at No. 1, taking in $26 million and bumping The Dark Knight to second-place after four weekends in the top spot, according to early studio estimates Sunday.

The film’s opening was made with bitter criticism from disablilty rights advocates who challenged its portrayal of people with disabilities.

Christian Bale will not face charges over an alleged assault on his mother and sister in a London hotel room last month.
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At least one moviegoer walked away from the latest Batman sequel feeling disappointed. Actor Robert Downey Jr. says he’s no fan of The Dark Knight. The former bad boy slammed the superhero thriller as “highbrow” and requiring a “college education to understand” in a recent interview with MovieHole. Read the rest of this entry »

Mary-Kate Olsen fled a screening of The Dark Knight in tears after breaking down at the sight of Heath Ledger in his final on-screen performance. Read the rest of this entry »

Award-winning actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Johnny Depp are being courted for roles in a sequel to the biggest box office feature ever, The Dark Knight. Sources close to the project tell the National Enquirer that studio heads are hoping to bring Hoffman, who starred in the critically-acclaimed 2006 film Capote, and Depp on-board for a follow-up to this Summer’s Batman epic. Read the rest of this entry »