Weekend Recap: 'Wolverine,' The Rock, Megan Fox

Obviously, the big news this weekend was the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which overcame quite a bit to make a huge chunk of money. There was the piracy - which threatened to stunt its business - and generally negative bad reviews (37% on Rotten Tomatoes), but the superhero movie still christened summer with a gigantic debut. Can it hold up? Doubtful. As awlways, we scoured high and low to bring you other stories this weekend, so here's the list of ones we covered and ones we didn't: Kenneth Branagh to shoot Thor early next year The Rock will play Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues remake Megan Fox says she won't play "lame" Wonder Woman The Other Summer Movies Wolverine earns $87 million in opening weekend International Public Enemies trailer Halle Berry wants X-Men Origins: Storm
Meanwhile, around the web...
Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut dropped from anthology film (Entertainment Weekly) Here comes the highly predictable Catholic Church backlash to Angels & Demons (The Telegraph) Tribeca Film Festival winners named (New York Times) Blockbuster seeks advantage in indie DVD market (Variety) Eric Bana's labor of love becomes a documentary (Reuters)