News and Buzz

• 'The Simpsons' Dan Castellaneta: Homer has come a long way from Walter Matthau

  "As it progressed Homer got a little rounder," Homer Simpson voicer Dan Castellaneta explains. "His emotions were going all over the place. I sort of just found it by accident. I just found its place."...

• 'The Taking of Pelham 123'

  ...the pseudonym John Godey, "Pelham" had simplicity and a ticking clock in its corner. The '74 film starred Walter Matthau as a New York City transit cop locking horns with hijacker Robert Shaw and his cronies, ranging from ruthless......

• 'The Bucket List'

  ...at a board meeting where he is trying to take over another hospital. Before you can say "Odd Couple" -- Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon almost certainly would have been cast in this 10 or 15 years ago -- these grumpy old men......

• John Travolta Taking on 'Pelham 123'

  ...of the passengers. Washington will portray the subway's chief detective of security. Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau played the same roles respectively in the original film. Production on the project written by David Koepp will......

• Easy As '1, 2, 3' for Denzel Washington

  ...million dollars in return. Washington will play the transit cop trying to disarm the situation, a role played by Walter Matthau in the original movie. According to Variety, the film could begin production by the first quarter of 2008......

Walter Matthau Pictures

Talk about Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau Videos