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TAKEN FROM VARIETY AND HOLLYWOOD REPORTER VIA REUTERS
CASTING
* Allan Cumming (Tony winning "Cabaret" star) will play the Great Kazoo
in VIVA ROCK VEGAS.
* Tom Sizemore and Maeve Quinlan will star in the indie thriller CUPID
TATTOO.
* George Clooney will star in OH BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU for the Coen
brothers about three escaped convicts who travel through Mississippi
trying to hide from their tracker. Said to be "based on Homer's
ODYSSEY"
* Mercedes Reuhl, Louise Fletcher, Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Mantegna, Peter
Coyote, D.B. Woodside, Debi Mazar and Paul Hipp will star in the crime
caper indie pic MORE DOGS THAN BONES for writer/director Michael
Browning.
* Richard Dreyfuss will star in THE OLD MAN WHO READ LOVE STORIES about
a hunt for a man-eating jaguar.
* John Turturro has signed to star in TWO THOUSAND AND NONE about a sick
paleontologist.
* Rocker Billy Idol will provide the lead voice for the animated flick
HEAVY METAL: F.A.K.K. 2.
HARRY NOTE: YESSSSSSSSSS!!!! What this movie needs is someone that partly embodies that great era of EIGHTIES music (which Billy Idol is perfectly suited for).... lest it wouldn't be a sequel to HEAVY METAL... instead you'd have to call it.... ALTERNATIVE or HIP HOP.... and that just doesn't have the ring....
* Kim Basinger is in talks to star in the thriller BLESS THE CHILD for
Paramount and director Chuck Russell (ERASER). She'll play a
psychiatric nurse who's saved a child from a Satanist.
* Donnie Wahlberg joins the cast of BULLFIGHTER.
* Jackie Chan may star in THE TUXEDO for DreamWorks written by Phil Hay
and Matt Manfredi.
* Elizabeth Perkins will play Sandra Bullock's sister in 28 DAYS
directed by Betty Thomas.
* David Spade will star and co-write THE ADVENTURES OF JOE DIRT about a
white trash guy in search of his natural parents.
* Rupert Everett may play a butler who was once an English lord in a
film inspired by the Ian Ross memoir SERVILE ON SUNSET.
* Dominique Swain, Meredith Monroe, Mia Kirshner and Taye Diggs will
star in MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE about the relationship between two
different college girls. Zoe Clark-Williams directs next month in North
Carolina.
* Doug McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, Denis Leary and Anthony
LaPaglia will star in COMPANY MAN co-written and co-directed by McGrath
and Peter Askin.
* Robert Redford will likely star in an indie feature adaptation of Ben
McIntyre's NAPOLEON OF CRIME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ADAM WORTH, MASTER
THIEF. Redford would play Napoleon, a thief who started out as a
pickpocket and worked his way up to running his own international
organization of master thieves.
* Billy Baldwin and Brigitte Bako will star in the indie police thriller
BOX.
* John Hannah (SLIDING DOORS) will play a vengeful con man in CIRCUS for
Columbia Pictures.
* Michael Biehn (THE ROCK) joins Jay Mohr and Brittany Murphy in CHERRY
FALLS directed by Geoffrey Wright (ROMPER STOMPER).
* Keanu Reeves is in talks to star in the football comedy THE
REPLACEMENTS based on the real-life crew of players who served as
replacements during the 1987 NFL players' strike.
DIRECTOR/WRITER ATTACHMENTS
* Martin Campbell (MASK OF ZORRO) is in final talks to direct VERTICAL
LIMIT written by Robert King about a rock climber who retires after his
father is tragically killed, but resumes climbing to rescue his sister
who is trapped in a vertical cave.
* John Turteltaub (PHENOMENON) may direct a film based on the Ben
Sherwood novel THE MAN WHO ATE A 747 about a farmer who grinds up a
plane that landed on his property and eats it to prove his love to a
woman. She subsequently falls for a Guiness Book of World Records man
who comes to authorize the event.
* Guinevere Turner (AMERICAN PSYCHO co-adapter) will adapt Jerzy
Kosinki's novel PINBALL for a Gary Fleder-directed feature.
* Bill Condon (GODS & MONSTERS) will direct the biopic VICKI OBERJEUNE
which he co-wrote with the Off-Broadway star Nancy Cassaro who will play
the lead.
* Video director Steve Carr will direct NEXT FRIDAY, the sequel to
FRIDAY, which will follow Ice Cube's character to the suburbs picking up
where the last movie ended.
* David Alan Grier and Tim Hightower have pitched a comedy entitled
BOOGA BEAR for October Films about a superficial executive who looks for
an ugly woman that will treat him well. The Zucker Bros. will produce.
* Arne Olsen (COP & 1/2) sold his script DRAKE DIAMOND, EXORCIST FOR
HIRE to Warner Bros.--described as GHOSTBUSTERS meets MEN IN BLACK.
* Michael Bay will direct PHONE BOOTH for 20th Century Fox hoping for
Will Smith to star. This REAR WINDOW-esque thriller centers around a
man who enters a phone booth and doesn't leave throughout the pic.
* Bob Spiers (SPICE WORLD) will direct EMPIRE STATE about a guy who
kidnaps the president to get his girlfriend back.
* Deborak Kaplan and Harry Elfont (both wrote/directed CAN'T HARDLY
WAIT) will work on the comedy TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS as well as a live
action version of JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS.
HARRY NOTE: A 'Josie and the Pussycats' movie is the third sign of the apocalypse...
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTION TIDBITS
* Dimension Films has SCREAM 3 slated for a May start with Neve
Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox all but signed to return.
Writer Kevin Williamson and director Wes Craven will reteam for the
project.
HARRY NOTE: Please kill Sidney.... Pretend SCREAM 2 didn't exist.... Bring back Randy. Terrible terrible decision in #2....
* Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marvel Enterprises are agreeing to
work together for a Spiderman film and TV franchise, dropping all legal
matters. MGM has also agreed to a settlement which resolves its claims
to a Spidey flick.
* Dimension is picking up worldwide distribution rights for O, the
OTHELLO update.
* 20th Century Fox is planning on releasing Steven Spielberg's MINORITY
REPORT, starring Tom Cruise, on June 30, 2000.
* Director Steve Oedekerk is off THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET for Warner
Bros. Jim Carrey is reading a new script rewritten by Rita Hsaio
(MULAN) before making a decision.
* Dick Clark Prods. is working with Dodd Darin on a biopic about late
singer Bobby Darin (Dodd's father). The project could end up as a
feature or a TV movie.
FROM TV TO FILM NEWS: Warner Bros. is developing a big screen version
of FAMILY AFFAIR. The creators of the original series Sid and Marty
Krofft will produce with John Hughes. Howard Deutch (PRETTY IN PINK)
will direct.
First, I would like to add a correction to last week's recap. I
wrote the Ron Howard directed-HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS starring
Jim Carrey would be released on Thanksgiving but failed to mention the
year. That year would be 2000 as opposed to 2001 or, much less, this
year.
The biggest news of the week would have to be the Spider Man news.
(Even moreso than the Lewinsky interview it seems.) I never would have
guessed it would be resolved so quick. Now, do we want Sony to take
their time to help ensure a good flick, or do we want them to hurry up
and get SOMETHING out there? Me? I choose the former. *** FAMILY
AFFAIR and JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS? When are we going to see DALLAS on
the big screen? Who could be J.R.? *** SCREAM 3 seems to be on track
possibly ready for the December release date mentioned a couple of weeks
ago. *** Michael Bay and PHONE BOOTH. Comments? *** It looks as if
Jim Carrey will sooner be the Grinch as opposed to Mr. Limpet. ***
NEXT FRIDAY...a sequel we should've seen comin'. Intriguing. ***
George Clooney and the Coen Bros. A collaboration that may surpass the
Clooney/Soderbergh adventure last year. *** John Turteltaub's plate is
getting full. *** Redford's project sounds realy cool. Anyone read
the book?
About two more weeks 'til spring. Woo-hoo!
Keep the emails comin'. Until next week....
Elston Gunn
elstongunn@hotmail.com
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PHONE BOOTH: Sounds like a bad SNL skit; NEXT FRIDAY: Can they still afford Chris Tucker? Pointless, otherwise; SPIDER-MAN: This is one of those projects I've heard so much speculation on "what they should do..." and NONE of it sounds any good! I can't even imagine what a decent Spider-Man flick would be. Have you ever read the 1980s script, where he goes on David Letterman, fights Hulk Hogan and sings with Charo? Atrocious!
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Thanks for all the info - I'm almost overloading. A questions: any news on the plot of Cherry Falls? I've heard squat about it until now. Whasit about?
Also, Harry, how many signs of the Apocalypse are there? Are we close? Or will one more do it? How about a big screen version of "Three's Company"? Or better yet, straight from the funnies, "Family Circus, The Movie"?
And the Spiderman stuff. Good lord, have you read the postings from the last few days? I'll just reiterate my thoughts - please no big budget monstrosity with no plot. (Haven't we all suffered enough i.e. Batman & Robin?) Re casting - Casey Affleck or Nick Brendon for Spiderman. Barry Sonnenfeld for director. Just thoughts. -
The plot of vertical limit sounds all too close to that of the above mentioned Stallone vehicle.
As for the Coen Brothers flick, what happened to their adaptation of "To the White Sea"? I am a fan of the novel and was looking forward to seeing them attempt to make a dialogue free film. -
According to my personal belief on the end of the world and the signs of it's impending destruction... there are 35 signs of the Apocalypse. HOWEVER, there are Signs of Coolness that can counter each and every 'end of the world' sign. For example.... Let's take the Josie and the Pussycats as a sign of the Apocalypse. Now... let's say that Martin Scorsese or George Miller gets tapped to direct SPIDER-MAN.... well then... Who really gives a shit about JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS.... and destruction of potential brain lobes and society in general is averted. Amazing how all of this works eh?
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Josie and the Pussycats is waaay cool and I can't wait for the live-action movie and if it's really the world-ending event that Harry says it is, hey what better way to end it than watching women in those costumes play in a band and giggle about boys? Seriously, I loved J&TP when I was a kid and watch them on the Cartoon Network when they're on. Like it or not, those old Hanna-Barbera cartoons make a lot of us twenty-somethings smile.
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From what I have read this movie is about a psychopath who murders virgins from Cherry Falls High and how the town deals with the murderer after they are identified. Hope this helps.
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That helps. I forgot to check ImDB. I'll see if there's something there also.
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Especially with Michael "one of the most under-rated actors of recent years" Biehn starring and direction from Geoffrey 'Romper Stomper' Wright, this could be seriously cool, here's hoping that it turns out as cool as it sounds. On a side note has anyone heard any news of the two Michael Biehn flicks listed on the IMDB (that have been there for months) 'Wonderland' (where Biehn would be playing porn star John "mine's bigger than yours, cock" Holmes) or 'Susan's Plan' (written and directed by the once great John Landis, and also featuring Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Schneider, Bill Duke, Thomas Haden Church and highlander Adrian Paul). Hopefully one of the above roles will be enough to get Michael Biehn finally 'noticed' by the powers that be,
after all with the equally cool Bill Paxton's career really taking off in the last couple of years it shows that there's always hope. -
The first five seasons of Dallas was very well written and acted, when the show starts over its rotation on tnn, be sure to catch it from the beginning. As for the movie, they should have a young cast, and get Neil Lebute (company of men, your friends and neighbours) to write and direct.
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The screenplay is pretty much tasteless. Hopefully the script will be worked on a lot. The identity of the killer was too too easy to figure out and the huge teen orgy party at the end was revolting.
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1) In a perfect world, the storyline for 'Scream 3' ends as follows : they take of the killer's mask and it's... RANDY! Turns out he faked his death (ala 'Scream 1') and has been involved in the murders since the beginning! Now that would be the ultimate way to complete a series. (Kevin Williamson says he killed Randy to shock us, so why not bring him back to do the same?) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. 2) Although 'Phone Booth' sounds potentially very cool, doesn't it go to show how wasteful with money Michael Bay is. 10 million for a one location film? Gimmeabreak.
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Man, another Friday movie...Hell yah. That's what I am talkin' 'bout. My only hesitation is if they make the movie without Chris Tucker. Come on, he was the funniest character in the first one. How can it be friday without Smokey????
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Man, another Friday movie...Hell yah. That's what I am talkin' 'bout. My only hesitation is if they make the movie without Chris Tucker. Come on, he was the funniest character in the first one. How can it be friday without Smokey????
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I think it's great that Micheal Bay is actually working on a pic that only costs $10 MILLION. This way he'll have to be a bit more masterful in his approach and we may not see so much flash, which gets tiring quick. Now we should be able to see what he's really made of. This was definitely a good choice for him, considering the limits of the main character (who, as I understand it, stands in a phone booth for most of the film).
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The Redford picture is based on a decent true-crime book; I'm halfway through it. Adam Worth was the real-life inspiration for Professor Moriarty; a very sophisticated gentleman-criminal. There's an interesting love triangle in the book- two guys sharing a wife amiably for a little while, basically: not sure how they'll deal with that. A movie might be a good deal of fun if done right. Could also be a bore- depends. Depends... Lots of other fun characters, so casting should be interesting. Good idea having Worth played by Redford though...
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The Monitor section of the latest Entertainment Weekly (March 12) explains that the "Spider Man" project will move forward. Who has "reportedly expressed interest" in starring in the film? Jim Carrey! (No joke)
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