Additions to M. Night's THE WOODS, plus the latest on Lucky McKee's used to be called THE WOODS film!

Hey folks, Harry here with the latest on all the arboreal projects in Hollywood. The big one of significance to all us geeks is what is going on with Lucky McKee's project once known as THE WOODS. Well, when M. Night Shyamalan announced that his project was called THE WOODS, the folks at MGM advised Lucky that he needed to change the name of his film, lest being confused with M. Night's project, which... well obviously you'd never want to be confused with an M. Night film and the stigma that that leaves one with. However, try as Lucky may, he hasn't been able to quite nail the title yet. I've suggested THE THICKET, SHRUBBERY and TREES, but Lucky just sort of... well, he ignored me. The Great News regarding Lucky's timber affair is that it has the GREEN LIGHT! Yes, that's right, the all systems go news, which means that Lucky is as of now busily assembling his cast and crew, which I'm sure will include the amazing fantastic Angela Bettis and the film is supposed to shoot up in Toronto I hear.

Ok, now that we got the exciting woodland cinematic news out of the way, let's lumber (yeah, I know) on to M Night's THE WOODS. Ok, I'm sure you've all read that William Hurt has signed on to Manoj's 1897 film about a close-knit community with some sort of mystical mythical race of creatures residing in the surrounding titular woods. Well, I just got the drop and had it confirmed that Sigourney Weaver will be teaming up with William Hurt on the film for the first time since that really great suspense thriller EYEWITNESS back in 1981. Wonder if M. Night is a fan of that flick? Best thing about that film is the charisma between Sigourney and William... surprised that it has taken 22 years for somebody to pair them up again.