Closing out the Week - A few more MOVIE items
EDITOR'S NOTE: JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE ALL CAUGHT UP....THEY GO AND MAKE MORE NEWS!
BACK TO THE MOVIES -----
Morissette, Finn contribute to 'Narnia' soundtrack
Singer/songwriters Alanis Morissette, Tim Finn, Imogen Heap and Lisbeth Scott have contributed songs for the soundtrack to "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
Due Dec. 13 via Walt Disney Records, the set also features 13 tracks of Harry Gregson-Williams' orchestral score to the film version of the C.S. Lewis adventure.
The film opens Dec. 9 via Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media. Morissette contributes the song "Wunderkind," former Split Enz principal Tim Finn adds "Winter Light," and Scott offers "Where," which is exclusive to the soundtrack and does not appear in the film. As for Heap's "Narnia" contribution, "Can't Take It In," the former Frou Frou singer recently told Billboard.com that it presented something of a challenge for her. EDITOR'S NOTE: I GUESS IF I KNEW...OR CARED....WHO THE HECK SHE WAS, IT MIGHT PUT HER STRUGGLES INTO CONTEXT?
Warner Starts EXTRAORDINARY Project
Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the rights to THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ALFRED KROPP by Rick Yancey.
The novel centers on an awkward 15-year-old who gets plunged into an Arthurian adventure when his uncle convinces him to steal an ancient sword that turns out be Excalibur.
David Iserson will adapt. Akiva Goldsman's Weed Road Pictures and 3 Arts Entertainment's Erwin Stoff will produce. EDITOR'S NOTE: I'M STILL FEELING A LITTLE SHAKY ABOUT ANYTHING WITH THE WORD 'EXTRAORDINARY' IN THE TITLE. (SEAN CONNERY HAS YET TO PAY ME BACK FOR MY TICKET TO "THE LEAGUE OF EO GENTLEMEN")
Colmbia Sinks Teeth Into HISTORIAN
Columbia Pictures is in talks with screenwriter David Magee to adapt Elizabeth Kostova's vampire-themed best-seller THE HISTORIAN.
The story, set amid ruined castles and moonlit crypts, centers on a young woman who travels through Europe looking for her father who went missing while trying to find the grave of Vlad the Impaler. In the process, she battles nefarious vampires. EDITOR'S NOTE: MY DAD WENT TO EUROPE AND ALL I GOT WAS THE LOUSY 1000-YEAR-OLD CURSE?
Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce.
New Yorker hails rights to 'Free Zone'
New Yorker Films has acquired worldwide rights to the Natalie Portman starrer "Free Zone." Israeli director Amos Gitai's drama features Portman as a troubled American living in Jerusalem who bonds with a cab driver (played by this year's Festival de Cannes best actress winner, Hanna Laslo) and joins her on a road trip to Syria in a search for missing money. The film will be released theatrically in April
'Kingdom' comes for Foxx, Uni
Jamie Foxx has signed to star in Universal Pictures' "The Kingdom," a political thriller being directed by Peter Berg. Scott Stuber also is coming on board the project as a producer, joining Michael Mann, who is producing via his Forward Pass banner.
Based on an original idea by Berg and Mann, the story centers on Foxx's character, who is leading an elite team of counter-terrorism investigators trying to find those responsible for a deadly bombing attack on American workers the Middle East. Once inside the previously off-limits desert kingdom, the Americans engage a local police officer to help in their investigation but end up frustrated by bureaucracy and tradition, and find their lives threatened.EDITOR'S NOTE: MICHAEL MANN....IT'LL BE LOUD AND KINDA POINTLESS? (JUST A GUESS.....)
Wadlow vote with Focus for 'Hail' pic
Jeff Wadlow has inked a deal with Focus Features to direct and co-write a ripped-from-the-headlines action heist film, "Hail to the Thief," in which a bank robber uses the 2004 George W. Bush/John Kerry Iowa primary showdown to outfox a distracted police force.
Wadlow co-wrote the screenplay with the project's producer, Beau Bauman. Their story is loosely based on three similar bank robberies that happened on the same night Bush and Democratic opponent Kerry hosted dueling campaign parties in August 2004. This new fictional caper weaves in elements of political satire as it follows one novice criminal's quest to outfox an overwhelmed Iowan police force and rob several banks with his equally amateurish friends
Got a problem? Odds against you?
Yet another staple of 80’s TV is getting the big-screen makeover.
The Weinsteins are pouring some revitalizing youth serum on the old Edward Woodward show “The Equalizer”, announcing plans to bring the old action series to cinemas.
Mace Neufeld, best known for producing the Jack Ryan flicks (“Sum of All Fears”, “Clear and Present Danger” and so on) is overseeing the project, which he hopes will fill the void of the Tom Clancy/Ryan movies that have died off.
The Weinsteins acquired the rights to the show from Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim, the original creators.
Harvey Weinstein stated, "'The Equalizer' was one of my favorite TV series in the 1980's because the writing was always smart and very unpredictable. I am really excited about developing and producing this film."EDITOR'S NOTE: AND HERE I EXPECTED HIM TO SAY IT WAS A FAIRLY PEDESTRIAN SHOW THAT NEVER DID ALL THAT WELL IN THE RATINGS BUT WE WERE STRAPPED FOR IDEAS.
Michael Sloan said, "Tony Eldridge and I are thrilled to be working with two legendary filmmakers like Harvey Weinstein and Mace Neufeld. 'The Equalizer' is a character we believe will resonate strongly with today's audience; a man of style and compassion using skills as an ex-covert agent to help ordinary people in trouble."EDITOR'S NOTE: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Mace Neufeld said, "I have been looking for a big franchise series to follow-up on my Tom Clancy films. 'The Equalizer' perfectly fills the bill."
The original hit television drama series “The Equalizer” starred Edward Woodward and Robert Lansing and ran on CBS from 1985-1989. It told of Robert McCall, a veteran covert operative seeking redemption for his darker exploits, quits a CIA-like agency and puts an advertisement in the newspaper that reads; Got a problem? Odds against you? Call The Equalizer.
Who's wearing the Halo?
According to IESB.net, Hellboy’s pop might be breathing fire into the long-awaited film version of the video game “Halo”.
Producer Peter Jackson – he of “King Kong” fame – told the site that “Hellboy” director Guillermo del Toro is someone he’s in talks with right now to take the reigns on “Halo”.
If del Toro signs on to direct “Halo”, the site suggests that someone else might have to come onboard to direct the upcoming “Hellboy 2” – the first draft has just been handed into Sony, they said – because the big man won’t have time to do it.
The movie, based on a 2001 game, is a complex mix of mythology, characters and worlds and follows the adventures of futuristic super-soldier Master Chief as he fights to save mankind from an alien race. EDITOR'S NOTE: DON'T THEY ALL?
Tiger Crouches again, Dragon hides again?
The on-again off-again on-again prequel to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” could again be in the works, according to director Ang Lee.
The “Brokeback Mountain” helmer tells MTV that "It would be a prequel, if it happens”, adding that it’s still in the early stages of production so anything could happen. (For instance, the outline might end up as origami material).EDITOR'S NOTE: GIGGLE. AND LIKE THE PLOT WAS SUCH A BIG (LINEAR) THING WE WOULD KNOW WHAT PART OF THE TIMELINE WE'RE IN?
"I haven't found a new passion equivalent to the first one," Lee says, adding that none of the first film’s stars - including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh and Ziyi Zhang — have yet to sign on to reprise their characters.
Instead of worrying about them, however, Lee is keeping his focus on getting the prequel in tip top shape. "Once I have the script, we'll see what happens with the actors." EDITOR'S NOTE: WHAT A CRAZY CONCEPT!
BACK TO THE MOVIES -----
Morissette, Finn contribute to 'Narnia' soundtrack
Singer/songwriters Alanis Morissette, Tim Finn, Imogen Heap and Lisbeth Scott have contributed songs for the soundtrack to "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
Due Dec. 13 via Walt Disney Records, the set also features 13 tracks of Harry Gregson-Williams' orchestral score to the film version of the C.S. Lewis adventure.
The film opens Dec. 9 via Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media. Morissette contributes the song "Wunderkind," former Split Enz principal Tim Finn adds "Winter Light," and Scott offers "Where," which is exclusive to the soundtrack and does not appear in the film. As for Heap's "Narnia" contribution, "Can't Take It In," the former Frou Frou singer recently told Billboard.com that it presented something of a challenge for her. EDITOR'S NOTE: I GUESS IF I KNEW...OR CARED....WHO THE HECK SHE WAS, IT MIGHT PUT HER STRUGGLES INTO CONTEXT?
Warner Starts EXTRAORDINARY Project
Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the rights to THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ALFRED KROPP by Rick Yancey.
The novel centers on an awkward 15-year-old who gets plunged into an Arthurian adventure when his uncle convinces him to steal an ancient sword that turns out be Excalibur.
David Iserson will adapt. Akiva Goldsman's Weed Road Pictures and 3 Arts Entertainment's Erwin Stoff will produce. EDITOR'S NOTE: I'M STILL FEELING A LITTLE SHAKY ABOUT ANYTHING WITH THE WORD 'EXTRAORDINARY' IN THE TITLE. (SEAN CONNERY HAS YET TO PAY ME BACK FOR MY TICKET TO "THE LEAGUE OF EO GENTLEMEN")
Colmbia Sinks Teeth Into HISTORIAN
Columbia Pictures is in talks with screenwriter David Magee to adapt Elizabeth Kostova's vampire-themed best-seller THE HISTORIAN.
The story, set amid ruined castles and moonlit crypts, centers on a young woman who travels through Europe looking for her father who went missing while trying to find the grave of Vlad the Impaler. In the process, she battles nefarious vampires. EDITOR'S NOTE: MY DAD WENT TO EUROPE AND ALL I GOT WAS THE LOUSY 1000-YEAR-OLD CURSE?
Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce.
New Yorker hails rights to 'Free Zone'
New Yorker Films has acquired worldwide rights to the Natalie Portman starrer "Free Zone." Israeli director Amos Gitai's drama features Portman as a troubled American living in Jerusalem who bonds with a cab driver (played by this year's Festival de Cannes best actress winner, Hanna Laslo) and joins her on a road trip to Syria in a search for missing money. The film will be released theatrically in April
'Kingdom' comes for Foxx, Uni
Jamie Foxx has signed to star in Universal Pictures' "The Kingdom," a political thriller being directed by Peter Berg. Scott Stuber also is coming on board the project as a producer, joining Michael Mann, who is producing via his Forward Pass banner.
Based on an original idea by Berg and Mann, the story centers on Foxx's character, who is leading an elite team of counter-terrorism investigators trying to find those responsible for a deadly bombing attack on American workers the Middle East. Once inside the previously off-limits desert kingdom, the Americans engage a local police officer to help in their investigation but end up frustrated by bureaucracy and tradition, and find their lives threatened.EDITOR'S NOTE: MICHAEL MANN....IT'LL BE LOUD AND KINDA POINTLESS? (JUST A GUESS.....)
Wadlow vote with Focus for 'Hail' pic
Jeff Wadlow has inked a deal with Focus Features to direct and co-write a ripped-from-the-headlines action heist film, "Hail to the Thief," in which a bank robber uses the 2004 George W. Bush/John Kerry Iowa primary showdown to outfox a distracted police force.
Wadlow co-wrote the screenplay with the project's producer, Beau Bauman. Their story is loosely based on three similar bank robberies that happened on the same night Bush and Democratic opponent Kerry hosted dueling campaign parties in August 2004. This new fictional caper weaves in elements of political satire as it follows one novice criminal's quest to outfox an overwhelmed Iowan police force and rob several banks with his equally amateurish friends
Got a problem? Odds against you?
Yet another staple of 80’s TV is getting the big-screen makeover.
The Weinsteins are pouring some revitalizing youth serum on the old Edward Woodward show “The Equalizer”, announcing plans to bring the old action series to cinemas.
Mace Neufeld, best known for producing the Jack Ryan flicks (“Sum of All Fears”, “Clear and Present Danger” and so on) is overseeing the project, which he hopes will fill the void of the Tom Clancy/Ryan movies that have died off.
The Weinsteins acquired the rights to the show from Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim, the original creators.
Harvey Weinstein stated, "'The Equalizer' was one of my favorite TV series in the 1980's because the writing was always smart and very unpredictable. I am really excited about developing and producing this film."EDITOR'S NOTE: AND HERE I EXPECTED HIM TO SAY IT WAS A FAIRLY PEDESTRIAN SHOW THAT NEVER DID ALL THAT WELL IN THE RATINGS BUT WE WERE STRAPPED FOR IDEAS.
Michael Sloan said, "Tony Eldridge and I are thrilled to be working with two legendary filmmakers like Harvey Weinstein and Mace Neufeld. 'The Equalizer' is a character we believe will resonate strongly with today's audience; a man of style and compassion using skills as an ex-covert agent to help ordinary people in trouble."EDITOR'S NOTE: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Mace Neufeld said, "I have been looking for a big franchise series to follow-up on my Tom Clancy films. 'The Equalizer' perfectly fills the bill."
The original hit television drama series “The Equalizer” starred Edward Woodward and Robert Lansing and ran on CBS from 1985-1989. It told of Robert McCall, a veteran covert operative seeking redemption for his darker exploits, quits a CIA-like agency and puts an advertisement in the newspaper that reads; Got a problem? Odds against you? Call The Equalizer.
Who's wearing the Halo?
According to IESB.net, Hellboy’s pop might be breathing fire into the long-awaited film version of the video game “Halo”.
Producer Peter Jackson – he of “King Kong” fame – told the site that “Hellboy” director Guillermo del Toro is someone he’s in talks with right now to take the reigns on “Halo”.
If del Toro signs on to direct “Halo”, the site suggests that someone else might have to come onboard to direct the upcoming “Hellboy 2” – the first draft has just been handed into Sony, they said – because the big man won’t have time to do it.
The movie, based on a 2001 game, is a complex mix of mythology, characters and worlds and follows the adventures of futuristic super-soldier Master Chief as he fights to save mankind from an alien race. EDITOR'S NOTE: DON'T THEY ALL?
Tiger Crouches again, Dragon hides again?
The on-again off-again on-again prequel to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” could again be in the works, according to director Ang Lee.
The “Brokeback Mountain” helmer tells MTV that "It would be a prequel, if it happens”, adding that it’s still in the early stages of production so anything could happen. (For instance, the outline might end up as origami material).EDITOR'S NOTE: GIGGLE. AND LIKE THE PLOT WAS SUCH A BIG (LINEAR) THING WE WOULD KNOW WHAT PART OF THE TIMELINE WE'RE IN?
"I haven't found a new passion equivalent to the first one," Lee says, adding that none of the first film’s stars - including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh and Ziyi Zhang — have yet to sign on to reprise their characters.
Instead of worrying about them, however, Lee is keeping his focus on getting the prequel in tip top shape. "Once I have the script, we'll see what happens with the actors." EDITOR'S NOTE: WHAT A CRAZY CONCEPT!
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