Hump Day Dweebing...Movie News
EDITOR'S NOTE: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED IT, BE SURE AND LOOK FOR THE AFI SALUTE TO UNCLE GEORGE IF USA NET REPEATS IT. (IT WAS LOVELY. AND CARRIE FISHER WAS SCARY/FUNNY).
ON TO MOVIE DWEEBING------
FIRST UP, THANKS TO CHEWYANDY FOR PASSING ALONG THIS "NARNIA" POSTER!
Scott Plunges in With DIVERS
Fox 2000 has signed Ridley Scott to direct and produce SHADOW DIVERS, which is an adaptation of Robert Kurson's bestseller.
CAST AWAY's William Broyles wrote the script, which centers on two wreck divers who in 1991 discovered the hull of a German U-boat in waters off New Jersey. The divers spent seven years searching for the truth behind the ship and men who died inside it.
Fox ZOOMs in on Sony
20th Century Fox is looking to put the brakes on the release date of Sony Pictures' ZOOM.
Fox and Marvel Enterprises "have filed suit against Sony Pictures Entertainment and Revolution Studios, alleging that their upcoming pic is confusingly similar to X-MEN:" because the story includes "teenage mutant super-heroes, an underground training facility, and a sinister government program." EDITOR'S NOTE: YEAH.....BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I HOW IS IT ANYTHING LIKE XMEN? (SNICKER)
Sony is looking to release ZOOM two weeks before X-MEN 3 comes out next May 2006. The film is based on Jason Lethcoe's graphic novel "Zoom's Academy for the Super Gifted." The story centers on an out-of-shape former superhero who has lost his powers and is reluctantly called back into action to turn a ragtag group of kids into a new generation of superheroes to save the world from destruction. EDITOR'S NOTE: HEY! I WENT TO A SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED; MAYBE I CAN SAVE THE WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION! (WELL...THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US THE SCHOOL WAS.....HMM....BUT WHAT WAS WITH THOSE PADDED WALLS???)
Cumming chopped from X-Men 3
Alan Cumming has been given his walking papers from the mansion of mutants.
Expected to reprise his role as Nightcrawler in "X-Men 3", Cumming has been told he'll not be required back for the Brett Ratner helmed second sequel, says his official site and Coming Soon.
Cumming's official site says : "EX X MAN!! Alan will NOT be appearing in X3. Fox has not picked up his option to play Nightcrawler for a second movie".
Funnily enough, even Variety mentioned that Cumming was one of the "X-Men 3" troops, in an item last month. EDITOR'S NOTE: WAS THIS JUST A PLOT ADJUSTMENT....NO STORYLINE FOR NIGHTCRAWLER? OR WAS IT SOMETHING CUMMING SAID?
Bauer on the Big Screen
Looks like the long-suffering Bauer clan are going to tick on over to the big-screen.
According to The Calgary Sun, a "24" movie is on the drawing board.
A year or so back, producers mentioned that they had an idea for a direct-to-video "24" movie - with a whole new troupe headlining it - but seems they've scrapped that idea in favour of a big-screen venture.
"The last I heard, the first hour will not be in real-time, but then something big will happen and real time will kick in. It still has to be worked out -- it's at a stage where they need to write it" said director/producer Jon Cassar.
According to captain decisionEDITOR'S NOTE: 'CAPTAIN DECISION'? , the "24" movie's storyline will likely revolve around whatever is happening on the TV series at the time.
"It could still be two years from now, so it's far too early to say," he says, adding that if he did know he wouldn't be sharing it with a scoop-hankering reporter.
No word on whether Kiefer Sutherland will front up for the film - but if he has anything to do with it, I'm sure he's already expressed interest. It could be his 'big screen' comeback.
Jack Thompson teaming with Harry Potter?
According to The Sunday Herald Sun, vet great Jack Thompson - last seen on a hovering device in "Star Wars Episode II : Attack of the Clones", much to the dismay of his fanclub EDITOR'S NOTE: WHO WERE REALLY HOPING FOR NUDE TABLE-DANCING?- is in talks to join the cast of "December Boys", starring opposite Daniel Radcliffe.
"Harry Potter" himself, Radcliffe, arrives down under within the month to check out where he'll be plonking his frame for the next few months.
Based on the novel of the same title by Michael Noonan, the film revolves around four young orphan boys in 1960s Australia. Having all but given up hope of ever being adopted, the tight-knit friends are on a seaside holiday one summer when they find themselves competing for a place in the home and family they all long for.
Gellar to Play ALICE in Wonderland
Universal Pictures has signed Sarah Michelle Gellar to star in ALICE, which is based on the EA videogame created by American McGee. Marcus Nispel will direct. Erich and Jon Hoeber wrote the script.
This twisted take on Lewis Carroll's classic "picks up Alice after her home has been destroyed and family killed. The sole survivor of the disaster, she returns to a dark and threatening Wonderland where she must confront her fears before returning to her normal life." EDITOR'S NOTE: WHATEVER.
Never Fear, UNDERDOG is Here
EDITOR'S NOTE: THE THEME SONG IS GOING OVER AND OVER IN YOUR HEAD NOW, HUH? (EVILNESS, THY NAME IS QOTD.....)
Disney is putting together a deal to turn the classic TV cartoon UNDERDOG into a live-action feature. The story will center on a diminutive hound named Shoeshine who gets superpowers after a lab accident. When he's adopted by a 12-year-old boy, the two form a bond around the shared knowledge that Shoeshine is really Underdog.
Jay Polstein and Spyglass Entertainment's Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber & Jonathan Glickman will produce. The script was written by by Joe Piscatella and Craig A. Williams.
Gary Barber said in a statement, "Anything where you have a dog in that superhero context, that's appealing on a global basis." EDITOR'S NOTE: DONCHA LOVE IT WHEN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT SPEARHEADS THE PROJECT? (NEXT WEEK, THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT WILL BE PLAYING THE LEADS IN A BAZ LUHRMANN PRODUCTION. FORTUNATELY, BAZ IS ALL ABOUT THE ART DIRECTION, SO NO ONE IS LIKELY TO NOTICE).
The companies hope to begin filming at the start of 2006 in Canada.
UNDERDOG was created by Buck Biggers and Chet Stover. It ran on TV from 1964 until 1973.
M:I3 Lands Fishburne
Paramount Pictures has signed Laurence Fishburne to star in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3.
Fishburne joins a cast which includes Tom Cruise, Keri Russell, Ving Rhames, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Philip Seymour Hoffman
J.J. Abrams is directing. The film is currently budgeted at $150 million. EDITOR'S NOTE: 150 MILLION? EESH. J.J. ABRAMS....GOOD. MOST OF CAST....GOOD. TOM CRUISE. AH WELL.....
'Angel' to fly with Amiel at helm
Jon Amiel is set to direct the feature film "Angel Makers" for the London-based production company The Producers.
Based on a true story, the film tells the tale of women in a Yorkshire farming community during World War I who turn murderous when their husbands return from the trenches to discover their places on the farms and in their beds have been taken by German POWs.
The Producers' Jeanna Polley will produce "Angel Makers." Amiel worked closely with writer Paul Billing on developing the script.
We're outta Hairspray
The recently announced film version of "Hairspray" has had it's start date and release date rubbed from the New Line calendar, and is eyeing a spot on a 2006 Calendar, says Variety.
There's been some major developments with the film - a remake of the ol' John Waters flick - with co-directors Jerry Mitchell (He choreographed the stage musical) and Jack O'Brien (Snagged a Tony for directing it) leaving the film. Because of the delay they could no longer fit it into their schedules and resigned from their duties.
In addition, the studio has decided to delay the release of the film from Christmas 2006 to summer 2007, with shooting scheduled to begin in the Spring.
Rob Marshall, who directed and choreographed the stage version, is in talks to direct the film, says the trade. John Travolta was asked to play Edna Turnblad, but no decision will be made on that until a rewrite of the film is scrawled and a director - likely, Marshall - is on board.EDITOR'S NOTE: HARVEY FIERSTEIN WAS NOT A BIG ENOUGH NAME TO REPRISE HIS TONY TURN?
All Eyes on Australian actress
Lovely Emilie de Ravin - caught up with her a month or two back - is hitching a tug off that Island - um, she stars on "Lost" - to make a flick.
According to Variety, Everyone's favourite Castaway Mamma will lead the cast of Fox Searchlight's "Hills Have Eyes" remake, joining the already-locked Kathleen Quinlan, Aaron Stanford, Ted Levine and Vinessa Shaw.
No word on whether she'll be keeping her ever-so-distinctive Australian accent for the role. She's played an American before, Tess on TV's "Roswell",EDITOR'S NOTE: BOO HISS. TESS BAD. (NASTY LITTLE TROLLOP!) so it's possibly she'll be wearing the trousers of a stateside resident here again.
Fraser aboard Mummy 3 and Guangxi
Brendan Fraser unofficially announced a third "Mummy" movie at a press conference in Shanghai yesterday, says Monkey Peaches.
There to plug a film he'll be shooting in China called "The Children of Guangxi", the one-time Superman contender let slip that a script for "The Mummy 3" does exist, and although he's not allowed to announce the film officially yet, hinted that China/Asia may serve as a backdrop. EDITOR'S NOTE: YAY! AND BRING BACK RACHEL WEISZ????
Roger Spotiswoode will direct "The Children of Guangxi". Set in Shanghai in 1937, it tells of a journalist who resisted to pay attention towards the Japanese invasion of China and later has a change of heart after witnessing the horror of Nanjing Massacre. Later he traveled to Guangxi and led some 50 to 60 war orphanages to safety. Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun-Fat are believed to be in talks to co-star. Paul Haggis penned the script.EDITOR'S NOTE: OOO...PAUL HAGGIS! SURE TO BE INTERESTING AND WELL-WRITTEN!
ON TO MOVIE DWEEBING------
FIRST UP, THANKS TO CHEWYANDY FOR PASSING ALONG THIS "NARNIA" POSTER!
Scott Plunges in With DIVERS
Fox 2000 has signed Ridley Scott to direct and produce SHADOW DIVERS, which is an adaptation of Robert Kurson's bestseller.
CAST AWAY's William Broyles wrote the script, which centers on two wreck divers who in 1991 discovered the hull of a German U-boat in waters off New Jersey. The divers spent seven years searching for the truth behind the ship and men who died inside it.
Fox ZOOMs in on Sony
20th Century Fox is looking to put the brakes on the release date of Sony Pictures' ZOOM.
Fox and Marvel Enterprises "have filed suit against Sony Pictures Entertainment and Revolution Studios, alleging that their upcoming pic is confusingly similar to X-MEN:" because the story includes "teenage mutant super-heroes, an underground training facility, and a sinister government program." EDITOR'S NOTE: YEAH.....BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I HOW IS IT ANYTHING LIKE XMEN? (SNICKER)
Sony is looking to release ZOOM two weeks before X-MEN 3 comes out next May 2006. The film is based on Jason Lethcoe's graphic novel "Zoom's Academy for the Super Gifted." The story centers on an out-of-shape former superhero who has lost his powers and is reluctantly called back into action to turn a ragtag group of kids into a new generation of superheroes to save the world from destruction. EDITOR'S NOTE: HEY! I WENT TO A SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED; MAYBE I CAN SAVE THE WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION! (WELL...THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US THE SCHOOL WAS.....HMM....BUT WHAT WAS WITH THOSE PADDED WALLS???)
Cumming chopped from X-Men 3
Alan Cumming has been given his walking papers from the mansion of mutants.
Expected to reprise his role as Nightcrawler in "X-Men 3", Cumming has been told he'll not be required back for the Brett Ratner helmed second sequel, says his official site and Coming Soon.
Cumming's official site says : "EX X MAN!! Alan will NOT be appearing in X3. Fox has not picked up his option to play Nightcrawler for a second movie".
Funnily enough, even Variety mentioned that Cumming was one of the "X-Men 3" troops, in an item last month. EDITOR'S NOTE: WAS THIS JUST A PLOT ADJUSTMENT....NO STORYLINE FOR NIGHTCRAWLER? OR WAS IT SOMETHING CUMMING SAID?
Bauer on the Big Screen
Looks like the long-suffering Bauer clan are going to tick on over to the big-screen.
According to The Calgary Sun, a "24" movie is on the drawing board.
A year or so back, producers mentioned that they had an idea for a direct-to-video "24" movie - with a whole new troupe headlining it - but seems they've scrapped that idea in favour of a big-screen venture.
"The last I heard, the first hour will not be in real-time, but then something big will happen and real time will kick in. It still has to be worked out -- it's at a stage where they need to write it" said director/producer Jon Cassar.
According to captain decisionEDITOR'S NOTE: 'CAPTAIN DECISION'? , the "24" movie's storyline will likely revolve around whatever is happening on the TV series at the time.
"It could still be two years from now, so it's far too early to say," he says, adding that if he did know he wouldn't be sharing it with a scoop-hankering reporter.
No word on whether Kiefer Sutherland will front up for the film - but if he has anything to do with it, I'm sure he's already expressed interest. It could be his 'big screen' comeback.
Jack Thompson teaming with Harry Potter?
According to The Sunday Herald Sun, vet great Jack Thompson - last seen on a hovering device in "Star Wars Episode II : Attack of the Clones", much to the dismay of his fanclub EDITOR'S NOTE: WHO WERE REALLY HOPING FOR NUDE TABLE-DANCING?- is in talks to join the cast of "December Boys", starring opposite Daniel Radcliffe.
"Harry Potter" himself, Radcliffe, arrives down under within the month to check out where he'll be plonking his frame for the next few months.
Based on the novel of the same title by Michael Noonan, the film revolves around four young orphan boys in 1960s Australia. Having all but given up hope of ever being adopted, the tight-knit friends are on a seaside holiday one summer when they find themselves competing for a place in the home and family they all long for.
Gellar to Play ALICE in Wonderland
Universal Pictures has signed Sarah Michelle Gellar to star in ALICE, which is based on the EA videogame created by American McGee. Marcus Nispel will direct. Erich and Jon Hoeber wrote the script.
This twisted take on Lewis Carroll's classic "picks up Alice after her home has been destroyed and family killed. The sole survivor of the disaster, she returns to a dark and threatening Wonderland where she must confront her fears before returning to her normal life." EDITOR'S NOTE: WHATEVER.
Never Fear, UNDERDOG is Here
EDITOR'S NOTE: THE THEME SONG IS GOING OVER AND OVER IN YOUR HEAD NOW, HUH? (EVILNESS, THY NAME IS QOTD.....)
Disney is putting together a deal to turn the classic TV cartoon UNDERDOG into a live-action feature. The story will center on a diminutive hound named Shoeshine who gets superpowers after a lab accident. When he's adopted by a 12-year-old boy, the two form a bond around the shared knowledge that Shoeshine is really Underdog.
Jay Polstein and Spyglass Entertainment's Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber & Jonathan Glickman will produce. The script was written by by Joe Piscatella and Craig A. Williams.
Gary Barber said in a statement, "Anything where you have a dog in that superhero context, that's appealing on a global basis." EDITOR'S NOTE: DONCHA LOVE IT WHEN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT SPEARHEADS THE PROJECT? (NEXT WEEK, THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT WILL BE PLAYING THE LEADS IN A BAZ LUHRMANN PRODUCTION. FORTUNATELY, BAZ IS ALL ABOUT THE ART DIRECTION, SO NO ONE IS LIKELY TO NOTICE).
The companies hope to begin filming at the start of 2006 in Canada.
UNDERDOG was created by Buck Biggers and Chet Stover. It ran on TV from 1964 until 1973.
M:I3 Lands Fishburne
Paramount Pictures has signed Laurence Fishburne to star in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3.
Fishburne joins a cast which includes Tom Cruise, Keri Russell, Ving Rhames, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Philip Seymour Hoffman
J.J. Abrams is directing. The film is currently budgeted at $150 million. EDITOR'S NOTE: 150 MILLION? EESH. J.J. ABRAMS....GOOD. MOST OF CAST....GOOD. TOM CRUISE. AH WELL.....
'Angel' to fly with Amiel at helm
Jon Amiel is set to direct the feature film "Angel Makers" for the London-based production company The Producers.
Based on a true story, the film tells the tale of women in a Yorkshire farming community during World War I who turn murderous when their husbands return from the trenches to discover their places on the farms and in their beds have been taken by German POWs.
The Producers' Jeanna Polley will produce "Angel Makers." Amiel worked closely with writer Paul Billing on developing the script.
We're outta Hairspray
The recently announced film version of "Hairspray" has had it's start date and release date rubbed from the New Line calendar, and is eyeing a spot on a 2006 Calendar, says Variety.
There's been some major developments with the film - a remake of the ol' John Waters flick - with co-directors Jerry Mitchell (He choreographed the stage musical) and Jack O'Brien (Snagged a Tony for directing it) leaving the film. Because of the delay they could no longer fit it into their schedules and resigned from their duties.
In addition, the studio has decided to delay the release of the film from Christmas 2006 to summer 2007, with shooting scheduled to begin in the Spring.
Rob Marshall, who directed and choreographed the stage version, is in talks to direct the film, says the trade. John Travolta was asked to play Edna Turnblad, but no decision will be made on that until a rewrite of the film is scrawled and a director - likely, Marshall - is on board.EDITOR'S NOTE: HARVEY FIERSTEIN WAS NOT A BIG ENOUGH NAME TO REPRISE HIS TONY TURN?
All Eyes on Australian actress
Lovely Emilie de Ravin - caught up with her a month or two back - is hitching a tug off that Island - um, she stars on "Lost" - to make a flick.
According to Variety, Everyone's favourite Castaway Mamma will lead the cast of Fox Searchlight's "Hills Have Eyes" remake, joining the already-locked Kathleen Quinlan, Aaron Stanford, Ted Levine and Vinessa Shaw.
No word on whether she'll be keeping her ever-so-distinctive Australian accent for the role. She's played an American before, Tess on TV's "Roswell",EDITOR'S NOTE: BOO HISS. TESS BAD. (NASTY LITTLE TROLLOP!) so it's possibly she'll be wearing the trousers of a stateside resident here again.
Fraser aboard Mummy 3 and Guangxi
Brendan Fraser unofficially announced a third "Mummy" movie at a press conference in Shanghai yesterday, says Monkey Peaches.
There to plug a film he'll be shooting in China called "The Children of Guangxi", the one-time Superman contender let slip that a script for "The Mummy 3" does exist, and although he's not allowed to announce the film officially yet, hinted that China/Asia may serve as a backdrop. EDITOR'S NOTE: YAY! AND BRING BACK RACHEL WEISZ????
Roger Spotiswoode will direct "The Children of Guangxi". Set in Shanghai in 1937, it tells of a journalist who resisted to pay attention towards the Japanese invasion of China and later has a change of heart after witnessing the horror of Nanjing Massacre. Later he traveled to Guangxi and led some 50 to 60 war orphanages to safety. Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun-Fat are believed to be in talks to co-star. Paul Haggis penned the script.EDITOR'S NOTE: OOO...PAUL HAGGIS! SURE TO BE INTERESTING AND WELL-WRITTEN!
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