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ARCHIVES WEEK 08 2006
23/02/06
Casting update:
Wow, lots of interesting newsbits this week, I'll be back this weekend with the next update, guys. Here's a quick rundown of the latest casting developments, enjoy:
 Jessica Biel stars next to Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore in Lee Tamahori's sci-fi flick Next. The film is based on Philip K. Dick's story about a man with the ability to see future events and affect their outcome.
Anne Hathaway (Brokeback Mountain) will star in the comedy Knocked Up. The 40-Year-Old Virgin's Judd Apatow will direct.
Mark Wahlberg enters Antoine Fuqua's political thriller Shooter.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
23/02/06
Marvel's upcoming projects!:
Superhero company, Marvel, revealed their upcoming slate, including The Hulk 2, which is one of their top priorities to bring it to the big screen.
Here's a rundown of the projects:
X-Men 3, Fox - Currently editing, May 26, 2006 release
Ghost Rider, Sony - Filming completed, currently in post-production, February 16, 2007 release
Spider-Man 3, Sony - In production, May 4, 2007 release
Fantastic Four 2, Fox - Director, In scripting, July 4, 2007 release
Wolverine, Fox - TBD
Hulk 2, TBD
Iron Man, TBD
Thor, TBD
The Punisher 2, Lions Gate - TBD
23/02/06
Baz Luhrmann talks epic film:
Last week, Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann revealed that he's working on an epic flick, in the tradition of Gone with the Wind, that stars Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman. This week, he talked a bit more about the film (with the working title Project Oklahoma).
"It's not a musical, and it's not Oklahoma! Its classic romance that uses the sweeping landscape of Australia and runs from the mid-1930s to the bombing of Darwin during World War II.
My motivation is not to do it with computer-generated images. It's to go the Lawrence of Arabia road and take two of the world's most extraordinary actors - more than two - to some of the most extraordinary scenic landscape in the world. We're going to do what David Lean did. He shot in Wadi Rum in Jordan. We'll be shooting in the Kimberleys.
We've talked about it for over seven years, that we must do something together in Australia. We're in the extraordinary place now where we can do that. Because you've got two Oscar-winning actors, you can actually make a film at a scale that you could never do for an Australian film before."
Sounds great, looking forward to see this baby on the big screen.
Source: Baz the great
23/02/06
Oliver Stone talks World Trade Centre:
Oliver Stone will not focus on the political aspect of his upcoming 9/11 film, World Trade Centre, but wants to make it as real as possible. Nicolas Cage stars as one of two real-life Port Authority policemen, who lay trapped for a day in the wreckage of the twin towers.
"Is America ready for 9/11? Is America ready for gay sex? I don't know," the director said, "It's a very simple, austere film in many ways, a technical attempt to be realistic about what happened in that building, to really show it as it is, feel it as it is.
It's truly a 24-hour document of these men's story. They survived under extraordinary circumstances. It's about their rescue, and their families at home, basically; their lives and relationships. I was curious about how mentally they made it, under those conditions.
Source: Empire online
22/02/06
Newsflash:
Darkness Falls director Jonathan Liebesman is set to direct the new untitled Friday the 13th film. The horror flick will center on the origins of Jason Voorhees.
Chris Rock will star in the comedy I Think I Love My Wife. The film is a remake of the French film Chloe in the Afternoon. The story revolves around a married office worker who daydreams about other women.
David Strathairn, star of Good Night, And Good Luck, is joining Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox in McG's football drama We Are Marshall. The film centers on the 1970 plane crash that killed members of the West Virginia Marshall football team.
Ving Rhames is in, and Will Toale is out?! Yep, the star of the upcoming Aquaman TV show is being replaced by Justin Hartley. Rhames will play the hero's mentor.
Sources: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter
22/02/06
Die, Bond, die!!!:
This is funny... or maybe not, a group of extreme Bond fans has launched a website to boycott the upcoming Casino Royale. These fans are not happy with
Daniel Craig as 007. "EON Productions angered fans around the world when they fired Pierce Brosnan at the height of his popularity as Bond," said a statement on the site. "To add insult to injury, EON cast a short, blond, odd-looking Daniel Craig in the role of Bond."
Okay... still interested? Click here to enter the site.
22/02/06
Joss Whedon talks Wonder Woman:
Joss Whedon once again talks about Wonder Woman! The writer-director gives an update, check this out:
I am finishing the script now, I am a few weeks away from a draft, they'll take a look at that and they'll either say this is absolutely perfect for Paul Sorvino or they'll say this sucks and hire somebody else, it's impossible to say but I think in a few weeks time they should get a sense of what I am doing in the movie and then we can start talking about casting.
It's a coming of age story but it's a coming of age story for somebody who's not necessarily an adolescent. She's never been off this island that she lives on so she literally could be between 15 and 30, we find the actress who is right for that…we hire her, it doesn't matter how old she is.
The villains are of my own creation. I don't think Wonder Woman has the greatest rogues gallery in the world so I created someone of my own for her to come up against. It has to do with Greek mythology and the roots that the original comic was built on.
Source: IESB.net
21/02/06
Indy and JP IV update!:
Steven Spielberg finally talks about the status of Indy IV! The new film has been put on a fast track with a possible release date in 2007. "I haven’t given up making entertaining films," Spielberg said, "But over the last decade I have been making some films that express the respect I have for history. I am about to make Indiana Jones 4, which is, as far as I am concerned, the sweet dessert I give those who had to chow down on the bitter herbs that I’ve used in Munich."
Spielberg's producing partner Frank Marshall also confirms that they’ve finally got a Jurassic Park IV script that they like; "It has a good script now, so we should have that one up and running next year for release in 2008."
Sources: Spielbergfilms.com, London free press
21/02/06
Newsflash:
Hi guys, here's a quick rundown of the latest news:
Kojak and M:I:III star Ving Rhames will join the Aquaman TV series. Ving will play a mentor to the show's leading character A.C. Curry (played by Will Toale). Source: Variety
Walk The Line director James Mangold is set to remake the 1957 western 3:10 To Yuma. The film about a sheriff determined to bring a desperado to justice originally starred Glenn Ford. "There are a lot of good-bad themes that were only touched on in the original," Mangold said. "A lot of westerns are meditative, but this is a total struggle culminating in a showdown, which has the potential to be one of the great movie gunfights." Source: Variety
The new issue of Empire magazine features two covers of X-Men: The Last Stand. You can check them out by clicking on the pic!
© empire 2006
21/02/06
U.S. Box Office Feb 17-20:
Paul Walker and his dogs ran straight to the top spot! The adventure flick Eight Below did a great job earning 25 million dollars.
The comedy Date Movie also did very well with its second position, as did The Pink Panther, adding another 21 million to its total gross in its second week.
Here's the rest of the Top Ten:
1. Eight Below - $25,032,000 (new)
2. Date Movie - $22,325,000 (new)
3. The Pink Panther - $21,000,000 / $46,685,000
4. Curious George - $15,316,000 / $33,471,000
5. Final Destination 3 - $12,525,000 / $38,240,000
6. Firewall - $10,320,000 / $28,640,000
7. Freedomland - $7,000,000 / $7,000,000
8. Big Momma's House 2 - $5,850,000 / $62,736,000
9. When a Stranger Calls - $5,800,000 / $42,078,000
10. Nanny McPhee - $5,132,000 / $39,281,000
18/02/06
Casino Royale casting update:
French actress Eva Green will be the new Bond Girl in the upcoming Casino Royale! Green made here big screen debut in Bertolucci's critically acclaimed The Dreamers.
"After an extensive search we have found the perfect actress," producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said. "Eva is one of France's most accomplished young actresses, now receiving international acclaim. She brings to the complex role of Vesper an exciting combination of enigmatic and seductive beauty."
And the new CIA agent Felix Leiter will be played by Jeffrey Wright. The actor starred in Syriana and had a wonderful supporting role opposite Bill Murray in Broken Flowers.
18/02/06
Brett Ratner strikes back:
Brett Ratner is getting shot down by the fans who dislike the recently released images for X-Men: The Last Stand.
But the director counter-attacks and claims that the upcoming X-Men flick will stay truer to the classic comics and will vary greatly from the highly criticized images.
"Those photos were taken before I even started shooting," the director said, "They were done in the testing process, so those photos are very, very old. I think whenever you're on the Internet and you have nothing to do and you're a fan, you become very anxious to get the information, but you have to consider the source. If it's sent out by the studio, then you know it's official, but if it's put up on the Internet by someone who stole something illegally, then I think you should first consider what you're looking at."
X-Men: The Last Stand will also be the last film according to Brett: "Well, it seems to be the last of the series. We wanted to make sure the audiences knew that this was a trilogy. Even though they weren't made together like 'Lord of the Rings,' this is really closure for the X-Men series. This is the last stand for sure."
I've supported Ratner from the beginning and I really don't understand what all the fuzz is about. I'm still confident that he'll deliver a kick-ass movie... I hope.
Source: MTV
18/02/06
Newsflash:
The official site for the erotic thriller, Basic Instinct 2, is now up! Sharon Stone is back to spread her legs, click here to enter the site!
Cool new video journal for 300 is online! The film about the Spartan warriors is based on Frank Miller's comic and is directed by Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead). Click here to download!
The poster section has been updated with the latest posters, including the one-sheet for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Click on the poster to enter!
© disney 2006
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