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ELSTON GUNN's Weekly Recap!!
Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
Someone needs to get Isaac Hayes to write a song like "Shaft" for our own ELSTON GUNN. That's how good a job he does for us each week with his weekly recap... he deserves his own blaxploitation theme. No higher praise can I heap upon the man as we head into the holiday weekend...
TAKEN FROM VARIETY AND HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
CASTING
* Famke Janssen will play the female lead in I SPY, opposite Eddie Murphy
and Owen Wilson, for director Betty Thomas. Production begins next month in
Budapest.
* Bruce Greenwood is in talks to join play role as Madonna's husband in
SWEPT AWAY for director Guy Ritchie. The project is a remake of Lina
Wertmuller's 1974 Italian film of the same name and is scheduled to start
shooting at the end of next month in the Mediterranean.
* Joy Bryant is in talks to star opposite Derek Luke in Denzel Washington's directorial debut THE ANTWONE FISHER STORY. The Fox Searchlight pic begins production Sept. 24 in Cleveland.
* Ben Chaplin will star opposite Michelle Yeoh in the traveling circus
adventure pic THE TOUCH for director Peter Pau (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN
DRAGON cinematographer). Production begins next month for a summer 2002
release.
* Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant will star in an untitled romantic comedy
about a successful, but neurotic attorney and her charming, reckless boss.
Shooting begins February in New York for a Christmas 2002 release. Marc
Lawrence (MISS CONGENIALITY, MICKEY BLUE EYES) will direct from his own
script.
* Tom Hanks is in talks to play FBI agent Joe Shaye in the DreamWorks pic
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, also starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
* Tom Cruise is in early talks to star in COLD MOUNTAIN for director Anthony Minghella, based on the novel by Charles Frazier. Production is expected to begin in February. The story is about a wounded Civil War soldier who is trying to make it home to his sweetheart.
* Agnes Jaoui (THE TASTE OF OTHERS) is replacing Kristin Scott Thomas in 24 HOURS IN THE LIFE OF A WOMAN, Laurent Bouhnik's adaptation of the Stefan
Zweig novel. Michel Serrault (LA CAGE AUX FOLLES) and Berenice Bejo (A
KNIGHT'S TALE). Shooting will commence on the French Riviera Sept. 17.
* Toni Collette will star in JAPANESE STORY, set in Australia's Pilbura
desert, opposite a Japanese businessman. Collette will play a geologist in
the pic to be directed by Sue Brooks (ROAD TO NIHILL).
* Swoosie Kurtz and Clare Kramer join the cast of Roger Avary's THE RULES OF ATTRACTION, currently shooting in L.A.
* Jeremy London ("Party of Five") joins GODS AND GENERALS for director
Ronald Maxwell. The movie also stars Mira Sorvino, Robert Duvall and Jeff
Daniels.
* James Brolin will star opposite Dana Carvey in MASTER OF DISGUISE for
Revolution Studios. Shooting begins Sept. 24.
* Mia Farrow, Paul Reiser and Hal Holbrook star in the dot-com drama PURPOSE for director Alan Lazar. It's about a brilliant Stanford University student who develops a software program that revolutionizes the Internet and turns him into an instant millionaire. He almost loses everything when his
company becomes the target of a hostile takeover.DIRECTOR/WRITER ATTACHMENTS
* Les Mayfield (BLUE STREAK, AMERICAN OUTLAWS) will direct THE NORTHMEN for Morgan Creek Prods. It's about an English monk of noble descent who gets
captured by a band of vikings. He becomes a part of their culture before
going back to England to claim the estate his uncle has cheated him out of.
Shooting is expected to begin next year.
* Hyde Park Entertainment has picked the pitch LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY (aka
PRINCE CHARMING) from David Titcher and Diane Saltzberg. Director Charles
Shyer attached to direct and produce the project about Snow White,
Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty all finding themselves married to the same
Prince Charming.
* Todd Slawsby's action script FULL THROTTLE was purchased by New Line for Zide/Perry Entertainment to possibly produce. It's about a young
motorcyclist who has 20 minutes to get from the Beverly Center shopping mall
to the Santa Monica Pier on his motorcycle in order to rescue his
girlfriend, who is taken hostage. Meanwhile, he's being chased by cops in a
case of mistaken identity.
* Ray Wright has written the screenplay YEAGER, based on the life of Chuck Yeager, to be produced as a feature film by The Zanuck Co. and Phoenix
Pictures for 20th Century Fox. The script is based on the 1985 memoir
YEAGER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Yeager and Leo Janos and will focus on the test
pilot's life from his upbringing in West Virginia to the first successful
flight to break the sound barrier.
* Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (MAN ON THE MOON, THE PEOPLE VS.
LARRY FLYNT) will adapt Michael Paterniti's nonfiction book DRIVING MR.
ALBERT: A TRIP ACROSS AMERICA WITH EINSTEIN'S BRAIN for producer Scott Rudin
and Paramount Pictures. It's about the true story of a cross-country road
trip taken by Paterniti and pathologist Thomas Harvey, who performed
Einstein's autopsy in 1955. Harvey kept Einstein's brain as a souvenir,
storing it in a Tupperware bowl filled with formaldehyde.
* Ralph Sall will write the script for a feature comedy to star legendary
skateboarder Tony Hawk. Revolution Studios will prdouce. The plot is being
kept under wraps but the pic will focus on a road trip and will feature
Hawk's skateboarding abilities to attract an extreme sports audience.
* Icon Prods. is in talks to pick up the action pic SKELETON'S COAST, about a diamond heist in Africa, in turnaround from Sony. John Frankenheimer is attached to direct from the script written by Christian Gudegast and Paul
Scheuring.
* Sophie Marceau will write and direct PARLEZ MOI D'AMOUR (SPEAK TO ME OF
LOVE), starring Judith Godreche and Jacques Dutronc.
* Miracle Pictures grabbed the comedy pitch RAZHEL WATKINS: HIP HOP
DETECTIVE from writers Freddie Gutierrez, Wesley Jermaine Johnson and Scott
Taylor. It's about a gadget-carrying, hip-hop detective who tries to solve
the murder of a notorious white rap star.
* Jonathan Hensleigh (ARMAGEDDON writer) will direct BOUNTY KILLER from his own script for Valhalla Motion Pictures and Emmett/Furla Films. The
low-budget project centers on a violent bounty hunter who comes to a rural
town to collect a reward and is recruited to save the community. In the
process, the bounty hunter discovers truths about his past. Shooting begins
Oct. 22 in Vancouver. Hensleigh has also been chosen to rework Disney's
GEMINI MAN.
* Flody Co., executive producer Andy Cohen and writer Jeff Arch (SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE) have optioned Debra Kent's THE DIARY OF V, an online serial that appeared on Redbook magazine's Web site. Arch will pen the script about a woman in American suburbia who is trying to have a career while trying to keep her family together.
* Warner Bros. has purchased the comedic script NANNEEZ by Shaina Carol
about the wacky exploits of four twentysomething Hollywood nannies who work
for the rich and famous.
* Ron Bass will adapt the Cynthia Voigt romantic comedy novel LOVERS LEAP
for Regency Enterprises. It's about a butler who falls for an enchanting
woman, who also happens to be the object of his wealthy boss's affections.
The servant then tries to sabotage his employer's relationship while trying
to get the girl for himself.
* Charles Randolph (upcoming THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE) will write the
international political drama THE INTERPRETER for Kevin Misher and Working
Title.
* Matthew Ryan Hoge will direct the drama pic UNITED STATES OF LELAND for
Kevin Spacey's Trigger Street Prods. Hoge also penned the script about a
15-year-old boy who murders an autistic child and claims that he committed
the act out of sadness. He is sent to a juvenile facility, where a male
teacher named Pearl must figure out the mystery behind Leland's murderous
act and sadness while at the same time deal with how it affects the families
of both the victim and the killer.
* Steve Boyum (MEET THE DEEDLES) is in talks to direct BACK OF THE NET for Crusader Entertainment. Production begins in January. It's about about two brothers separated at an early age who reunite under the arena of national
soccer.
* Liv Ullmann is developing a biopic on Norwegian violinist-composer Ole
Bull, who died in 1880. The pic is expected to begin shooting in 2003.MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTION TIDBITS
* Winona Ryder has dropped out of the indie pic LILY AND THE SECRET PLANTING after becoming ill with a stomach bug. Hettie MacDonald directs.
* Disney Co. has acquired the rights to Meg Cabot's next book ALL-AMERICAN GIRL. The book will be released next year.
* Warner Bros. Pictures has pushed back plans to make Aronofsky's sci-fi
epic THE LAST MAN, starring Brad Pitt, so that the script can be polished
and Cate Blanchett can co-star.
* Mark Ruffalo has had to drop out of M. Night Shyamalan's SIGNS, starring Mel Gibson, due to illness. The actor had to have an inner ear cyst
removed. The pic is currently in production in Pennsylvania and replacement
is immediately being sought.
* Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios will team up for a project based on the Marvel Comics property DEATHLOK. Stu Zickerman and Raven Mentzner will
write the script, about a suburban family man who is made a test subject for
technology research that slowly turns him into a living computer. Marvel is
producing the project with Crystal Sky Prods.
A lot of big castings this week and lots o' scripts sold too. What
tickles your fancy? What pisses you off? Talk Back.
Until next week... enjoy the Labor Day weekend. Happy September. Bring on the good fall flicks!Elston Gunn
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Who thought of this crap? I mean come on, pairing one of the best actors in Hollywood with one of the worst? I mean, he was OK in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, but I thought he was waaaay to bland in Titanic, it looked like he was just reading off of a teleprompter, oh well, I guess even Tom Hanks isn't perfect, he really shouldn't pair up with Dicaprio.
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sorry if this is old news but I just ripped this off from filmthreat.com, they are thinking about casting Ben Stiller as Starsky and Vince Vaughn as Hutch or is that Ben Stiller as Hutch and Vince Vaughn as Starsky, hehehe, anyway, I just found that interesting. stiller is always funny and vaughn can be too. i wonder if they will work well together? i wonder if it will be loyal to the original storyline? what was the original storyline anyway? who are starsky and hutch anyway? did I ever even watch their show? whatever =)
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DiCaprio is such a bad actor that Scorsese, Allen, Cameron, Luhrmann, Hallstrom, and soon, Spielberg, just had to force themselves to make movies with him? Give me a break! I've read the book and the script reviews posted on the net and I think this movie will be great. DiCaprio is perfect to play Frank Abagnale. He and Hanks together is dream casting - I'm really looking forward to this movie next year.
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Sep 01, 2001 1:33:59 PM CDT
Sandra Bullock + Hugh Grant + Miss Congeniality + Mickey Blue Ey
by hardyboy
I was a C student in math, and even I can figure that one out!
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Sep 01, 2001 2:50:47 PM CDT
Tom Hanks...He changed the face of acting and dethroned Sir Laur
by jungle-face-jake
Quit slagging on Leonardo Decapitated there dude. Tom Hanks, who really is a fine actor, has made some duds himself that would warrant reactionary "TOM HANKS SUXXX!" critiques.
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That Kevin Spacey project, "The United States of Leland", sounds very interesting. Especially if Spacey were to play the teacher investigating.
Also it's sad to see another weekly re-cap and no casting news for the talanted and under used Sam Rockwell. -
Ah yes. The old "not just a pretty face" adage is made a reality yet again. Well, in that case I wish her luck. In fact, this "Weekly Recap" is actually less wince-inducing than some of the other recent ones have been. Then again, maybe Hollywood's having a rare "not-so-sucky" week....
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I was chatting with other AICNers
the other day and one guy told me
there was a better chance of a
Deathlok movie than a Spiderwoman
movie(which I'd pay to see). Guess I can hold out hope after all, eh? Snoogans. -
i guess i could, stretching the imagination, see cruise as the protagonist of "cold mountain." please don't let them cast penelope as his nc backwoods mountain sweetheart, though.
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Sep 02, 2001 2:46:00 AM CDT
So if we can't act, lets just take a hand at directing then!
by rant_man
I'm kinda pissed off about the whole actor to director thing. Isn't it enough, that big name actors are...well...big?!! DO THEY NEED TO DIRECT TOO? Like Denzel, and Marceau? And how in the hell does Les Mayfield get a shot at another film after "American Outlaws"?!! And speaking of westerns, whats with the western themed movies all of a sudden ("The Cold Mountain", "Bounty Killer")?!! Think these'll pull through at the box office(cause thats all the studios are concerned about anyway)?
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... sounds the best idea when it comes to originality, now if they can just pull it off without getting sued by Disney. Any word on whether this is a live-action or animated film?
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Signed, a worried fan.
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Apparently he used escaped from Promises using Ben Affleck as a shield after someone smuggled in his Purdy...okay, 'fess up! Which one of you did it?!____Run Buzz Run!!!
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Buzz evidently no longer needs to talk back on the Recap because he has somehow hijacked the Recap itself and turned it into a vehicle for subtly fabricated parodies - Elston is probably bound and gagged in a wardrobe somewhere. Nothing else could explain the appearance of "Razhel Watkins: Hip-hop Detective". A very clever deception, Mr Maverick, but you went too far with that one and now we're onto you. Question is, how long has this been going on? Weeks? Months?Could "American Princess" have been a Buzz invention? We can only hope...
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The master criminal's great weakness is always his vanity, except on those rare occasions when it's his spelling.
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...I did once come across a master criminal whose great weakness was his pathological fear of paperclips. But he was probably a one-off.
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Sep 02, 2001 11:18:55 PM CDT
"Full Throttle" sounds like a Maverik movie spoof to me!
by regis travolta
It's gotta be, I mean come on! A 20 minute high speed motorcycle ride? How can that be a feature length film? I mean even if you add on 10 minutes at the start to intro the characters and what not and a 5 minute denouement you still only have a 35 minute movie!
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Sep 02, 2001 11:23:00 PM CDT
And thank god the plot details of Tony Hawk's big skateboarding
by regis travolta
Wouldn't want anybody to steal that idea! Let's hook Tony into Full Throttle he could hang onto the back of the motorcycle and it'll be a buddy movie! Wake the kids they'll want to know all about this one!
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