WALL STREET cashes in, Stephen Fry in SHERLOCK 2, Nyqvist joins M:I4, more – News Links
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps topped the weekend box office and delivered the Oliver Stone’s biggest opening of his career. The sequel to the 1987 classic, for which Michael Douglas won the Best Actor Oscar, pulled in $19 million. (erc BoxOffice)
- British actor/journalist/comedian/Harry Potter audiobook narrator Stephen Fry has joined the Sherlock Holmes sequel. Fry will play Holmes’ brother, Mycroft. (The Hollywood News)
- Michael Nyqvist, star of the Swedish adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, will play the Mission: Impossible 4 baddie. (The Wrap)
- One more reason I won’t get cable: Netflix and NBC Universal have signed a deal to expand TV streaming. (Deadline)
- Showtime has bagged Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Edwards for its new series from Weeds writer Roberto Benabib (Deadline)
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