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ARCHIVES WEEK 19 2007
10/05/07
Casting update:
A nice bunch of casting tidbits to end the week, guys. I'll be back with a new update this weekend!;
 Tom "Magnum" Selleck returns to the small screen! The actor will take on a leading role in Las Vegas, after series star James Caan announced he would exit the show. Source: E! online
Eddie Murphy will play multiple characters in the big-screen adaptation of Fantasy Island. The family-oriented comedy is based on the popular 70s/80s TV series that starred Ricardo Montalban.
Matthew Perry and Hilary Swank are set to star in the comedy Laws of Motion. Perry plays a husband struggling with his life, career, family and community.
Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones and Matthew Macfadyen will star in Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon. The film is based on the Broadway play with Frank Langella and Michael Sheen as Nixon and Frost. They will also reprise their roles for the film.
Luke Wilson plays the lead in the dramedy Henry Poole Is Here. The story revolves around a man who discovers he has only six weeks to live. The Mothman Prophecies' Mark Pellington will direct.
Laurence Fishburne and Cole Hauser join the crime thriller Tortured. The film centers on an undercover FBI agent (Hauser) who infiltrates a powerful crime syndicate.
Very happy with this one, Tim Roth will play the villain, Abomination, in The Incredible Hulk. Edward Norton and Liv Tyler also star, Louis Leterrier directs.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety
10/05/07
Terminator 4 on fast track!!!:
The Halcyon Company acquired the rights to all the Terminator franchise err.. rights! These rights include the right to produce any future Terminator films, as well as all future merchandising (and I guess the right to f*ck up the whole franchise).
Halcyon plans to immediately begin pre-production on Terminator 4, which will be the first of a trilogy. Terminator 3's executive producer Moritz Borman talks;
"With T3, we included many incidental details and plot points that, along with the main narrative, set the stage for an entirely new set of inter-related stories covering the future adventures of John Connor and the Terminators. This new Terminator trilogy will build upon the already huge worldwide Terminator fan base, which was both revitalized and expanded with the global success of T3."
I'm always in for a Terminator flick but it's too bad the creator of the franchise, James Cameron, isn't involved anymore.
09/05/07
Newsflash:
It's a bit of a slow newsweek, guys, but I did find some interesting headlines for today's newsflash, check this out;
Dino and Martha De Laurentiis will bring Frank Schatzing's bestselling novel The Swarm to the big screen. Ted Tally (The Silence of the Lambs) will write the script for the big-budget ecological disaster film. The story revolves around an alien presence that exists in the ocean that will destroy humanity after its eco-system is disrupted by pollution. Source: Variety
Ethan Hawke will star in the futuristic vampire film Daybreakers. The story is set in 2017, when a plague has transformed most of the world's population into vampires. Peter and Michael Spierig (Undead) will direct. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Simon Kimberg will make his directorial debut with the adaptation of Robert Ludlum's The Osterman Weekend. Robert Ludlum also wrote the excellent Bourne novels. The first Osterman Weekend film was released back in 1983, with Rutger Hauer and John Hurt. Source: Variety
Welcome back IESB.net! Paramount's legal dept. demanded that the site had to be shut down after their Iron Man spy video. But there was no violation of copyright whatsoever, so Paramount's aggressive approach was based on total b.s. Movie websites from around the world united and supported the website. Everything is up and running again, click here to find out more about the whole issue.
07/05/07
Newsflash:
Lost will end! Finally, there's light at the end of the tunnel! Questions will be answered after 48 episodes of Lost. The episodes will be divided into three shortened 16-episode seasons. The last one will air during the 2009-2010 season. Source: Variety
Julie Benz, known for her roles in TV shows like CSI and Dexter, will play the female lead in the upcoming John Rambo, which also stars Sam Elliott and Matthew Marsden. Sly Stallone once again plays the lead and also directs the flick that is currently being shot in Thailand. Source: Variety
20th Century Fox is developing a sequel to Oliver Stone's 1987 drama Wall Street. The studio plans to bring back Michael Douglas to reprise his role as Gordon Gekko. Source: Variety
A reliable source confirmed to Freezedriedmovies that the villains for Spider-Man 4 will be The Lizard and Carnage! Check this out;
"In the third entry, Dr. Curt Connors (played by Dylan Baker) looks at a piece of symbiote with Peter Parker. The movie then travels along it's path without another mention of that "piece" of symbiote. This is the set up for Spider-Man 4 where that small piece of alien symbiote becomes CARNAGE. Yes Cletus Kasady is coming to the big screen, one of Spider-Man most horrifying and evil villains. Not only with Parker have to deal with the red lean mean killing machine, but Connors is set to become the long awaited LIZARD! these two villains have all been CONFIRMED for Spider-Man 4. There is talk of the Black Cat making her first appearance, but that's all but official."
07/05/07
U.S. Box Office May 04-06:
Spider-man 3; biggest opening day and single day ($59 million), best opening weekend ($148 million) and worldwide gross of $375 million. Need I say more? Nah, here's the rest of the Top Ten;
1. Spider-Man 3 - $148,000,000 (new)
2. Disturbia - $5,720,000 / $59,883,000
3. Fracture - $3,420,000 / $26,453,000
4. The Invisible - $3,125,000 / $12,346,000
5. Next - $2,768,000 / $11,835,000
6. Lucky You - $2,515,000 (new)
7. Meet the Robinsons - $2,466,000 / $91,771,000
8. Blades of Glory - $2,302,000 / $111,632,000
9. Hot Fuzz - $2,054,000 / $16,145,000
10. Are We Done Yet? - $1,700,000 / $46,106,000
05/05/07
Liv Tyler is Betty Ross!!!:
This is getting better and better, Marvel Studios has announced that Liv Tyler will play Betty Ross in the upcoming The Incredible Hulk. Edward Norton has already been cast as the big green guy, Transporters' Louis Leterrier will direct. Marvel Studios also revealed the story's plotline;
"The new movie's story unfolds when the pursuit for The Hulk - the world's most misunderstood, primal force of fury - heats up, finding Bruce Banner on the run attempting to cure his condition before his pursuers capture him. This chase is something that Betty cannot ignore - sweeping her right back into Bruce's life and the heart-pounding action that follows."
05/05/07
Exclusive A Mighty Heart Poster:
I've received the exclusive new poster for A Mighty Heart, starring Angelina Jolie. The Poster Archive has been updated with lots of new one-sheets including
Balls of Fury, The Golden Compass and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Click on the pic to enter the Poster section.
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