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Those aren't her pants, but that is her ankle bracelet

David Mumpower: I Know Who Killed Me is not going to prove Lindsay Lohan to be the same kind of draw that Mean Girls did, is it?

[Editor's Note: This portion of the discussion took place starting on Monday night, just before Ms. Lohan found herself atop the headlines again.)

Dan Krovich: This definitely seems to be getting dumped. I'm wondering if it's just bad or whether they decided that Lindsay Lohan is just PR poison and that there was no way to promote it without using her so they gave up on it. I almost didn't notice that it was opening this weekend.

David Mumpower: I have yet to see a single commercial for this. The only place where I have seen it advertised is (oddly) Yahoo! Movies. There for a while, it was their featured title, which I guess was a cheap way for Sony to act like they support it a little bit.

In addition, the tracking on it clearly reads as an indictment on Lindsay Lohan. Teens and adults, men and women alike agree that they know about this movie but they will not see it. That's almost an accomplishment in its own way. She's gotten the negative attention she wants, but it's not going to help her career any. Frankly, she's radioactive at this point, the Hollywood equivalent to Michael Vick if you will.

Kim Hollis: In no way do I see this doing well. Initially, I thought a move like this was a good idea for Lindsay Lohan - move to some projects out of her comfort zone that could establish her acting skills. Unfortunately, she seems determined to continue on a path to self-destruction. I think it's many years, if ever, before we see a comeback for her.

Michael Bentley: Lohan is such a train wreck right now, that I'm surprised they don't dump it straight to video.





David Mumpower: Generally, there are contract agreements in place preventing larger titles such as this from going straight to the home video market. A theatrical dump these days is generally done in 1,200-1,500 venues. Alternately, a release strategy akin to another Lohan title, Georgia Rule, sees a moderately wide release (in this example, 2,531 exhibitions), but it comes with little to no advertising. Given the venue count of 1,320 for I Know Who Killed Me, it's going to be buried even worse. That's a scary thought considering that Georgia Rule wound up with only $18.9 million worth of domestic receipts.

Les Winan: Lohan's career is nearly dead. The only people who don't know it are the paparazzi.

Kim Hollis: And now (seriously, this is being reported as we discuss this) she's been arrested for yet another DUI (and it appears as though she was carrying cocaine). This movie is dead in the water.

Les Winan: How do they not send her to jail after they sent Paris Hilton away?

David Mumpower: This sounds like someone (paparazzi?) was tracking her and reported her drunk driving to the cops.

Was Drew Barrymore this messed up as a teen?

Reagen Sulewski: If I may claim the rather obvious waggish comment: I Know Who Killed My Career.

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