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ARCHIVES WEEK 11 2004
11/03/04
Editor's note:
MovieXplosion.com readers overseas could experience some problems entering the site on Thursday and Friday due
to site maintenance. Dutch readers shouldn't have any problem cause it'll happen during the night between 00.00 and 07.00 CET.
They will probably be dreaming about Charlize Theron doing wonderful things with her golden statue. Thanks for
visiting my lil' site, guys!
11/03/04
Lethal Weapon 5?!:
Richard Donner talked about Lethal Weapon 5 again! The director, who's responsible for the
previous four Lethal Weapon movies (and the fantastic Superman movie), says he's ready to go but doesn't want to make part 5 without Mel
Gibson:
"It's up to Mel. If he says yes then there's another Lethal Weapon. I have a great story, I'd love to do it and put Lethal Weapon to bed.
If they want to go and make it without Mel well, go ahead and be my guest but it's not for me. Mel is Lethal Weapon.
It was hard for Mel to do Lethal 4. It was really hard on him, for Lethal Weapon 5 it would have to be a story that would be worthwhile, but I think maybe there is something out there."
Source: Nine Msn
11/03/04
Walking Tall pics:
Latino Review posted
a bunch of rockin' pics for Walking Tall, the new action spectacular starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
The story revolves around Chris Vaughn (The Rock), a retired soldier who returns to his hometown to make a new life for himself, only to discover his wealthy high school rival, Jay Hamilton (Neal McDonough), has closed the once-prosperous lumber mill and turned the town's resources towards his own criminal gains. The place Chris grew up is now overrun with crime, drugs and violence. Enlisting the help of his old pal Ray Templeton (Johnny Knoxville), Chris gets elected sheriff and vows to shut down Hamilton's operations. His actions endanger his family and threaten his own life, but Chris refuses to back down until his hometown once again feels like home.
Hit the pic for more!
© mgm 2004
11/03/04
Julia Stiles talks The Bourne Supremacy:
Julia Stiles talked to About.com about
her reprising role of CIA secretary in the upcoming The Bourne Supremacy:
How does the secretary come back?
I thought that I'd gotten out of the world of the CIA after almost being killed in the first one and Joan Allen is sort of heading the operation to find him again and she drags me off of the street and against my will kind of makes me help her find him because they think that I have more information. I was the last person to see Jason Bourne alive and they think that I have a lot more information and they make me sort of spy on him.
Are you working with Matt Damon in the film?
Yeah. I have a really great scene with him in the movie where he catches me sort of spying on him, and at the risk of giving too much away, he remembers that I was the last person who saw him and so, he also wants to help me fill him in on his past, but he wants to do it without the CIA sort of observing us or having me wired. So, he drags me into the subway and is interrogating me and even holds a gun to my head and things like that. I don't want to give it all away.
11/03/04
More Batsuit details!:
Batman Begins is in full production at the moment, shooting in Iceland, London and Chicago.
No pictures yet but some pretty detailed descriptions of the Batsuit hit the web! Here's what Dark Horizons
posted:
The chest area features a large black bat emblem that doesn't look like the one from the movies or the comics but looks very cool, he said everyone cheered when the packing materials were removed from the crate and the emblem was the first thing they saw at the top and obviously packed that way deliberately by Lindy.
All the other pieces are dark grey/granite but so dark its almost black. The cowl looks small and may stretch to fit the wearer, complete with longish ears. It looks like there is a an extra piece that covers the chin area but couldn't confirm as it was being held in a costume person's hand when he saw it. Unfortunalty he couldn't see the cape or belt clearly.
Overall he said they are going for the Spiderman/Daredevil look where Batman looks like a more agile human being rather than a guy in a bulky muscle suit. He said that the stunt suit is being fitted to one of Bale's doubles this afternoon and they will be 'testing it', how they are going to test it is anyones guess. Another five hero suits and ten stunt suits will arrive next week.
Superhero Hype also received some
Batsuit news. The site posted more details about the belt, gloves and boots:
The gloves aren't quite armoured but the boots look like they have greaves and the soles look like they're designed to give good traction.
The cowl isn't as restrictive as the one from the other movies was, the guy in the suit was able to turn his head. The cowl is sculpted and I'm not sure if the material would move with the actor's face.
The material looks kind of like leather, it definitely has a texture to it, it isn't smooth like rubber or plastic. Also there's seams on the costume, up and down the arms and legs and on the sides of the body. I don't know if they're supposed to be there as they don't really show up in the darker shots of the costume.
Can't wait to see the first pic of The Batman! Christian Bale plays the caped crusader, the rest of the cast includes Liam Neesam, Morgan Freeman, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman and Ken Watanabe!
09/03/04
Newsflash:
Some interesting newsbits in today's Newsflash, starting off with a nasty looking Anakin!:
 Another great looking pic of Anakin Skywalker moving towards the Dark Side appeared online! Click on the pic for a closer look.
Val Kilmer talked about Oliver Stone's epic Alexander: "I think Alexander will probably be his best film; it's the weirdest epic that you'll ever see! One thing that is amazing, and it's really well done, is that you go from his childhood, being taught by Aristotle, right through to his death at 37 or 38 years old."
Source: Coming Soon.
Horror meister John Carpenter is still interested in making a sequel to one of his best flicks The Thing:
"I have a great story for Part 2, which kicks off with the two characters left alive at the end of the first one. I'm interested in doing it. Unfortunately, I don't think Universal is. Well, it's interested in doing a sequel, but it's not interested in having me direct it! You know, the studio will end up getting some commercials hotshot to do it, and that'll be that. I don't care. I'm certainly not going to beg. These people didn't even get the original, despite the fact it's my favourite movie of my own.
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Thing was that The Thing came out just after ET, which became a huge hit. The Thing's message was the absolute opposite to E.T's. Steven Spielberg said at the time that, "the audience needed an uplifting cry". The guy was on the money. He's an astute businessman that Spielberg. He had a huge hit on his hands, while we performed really poorly at the box office, so Universal then unceremoniously threw me off Firestarter, which I was prepping at the time. I could have done something really fucking good with that [sighs]. At least, though, The Thing has been really well received in its later years. That's a pleasant finger up at Universal, and a comforting thought in my later years."
Source: Empire Magazine, Moviehole.
08/03/04
New Punisher Posters!:
Great new posters today, check out two new character posters for The Punisher. After his wife
and family are killed, Frank Castle seeks revenge and fights crime by acting as judge, jury and executioner.
The movie is based on Marvel's comic and stars Thomas Jane as Frank Castle and John Travolta as the villain Howard Saint.
Jonathan Hensleigh directs The Punisher, click on the pic for larger versions.
© lions gate 2004
08/03/04
New Hellboy Posters!:
Two new Hellboy posters appeared online, one of them is Drew Struzan's final design (his
previous version was online a few weeks ago). Hellboy is based on
the popular comic about the demon from hell who fights against the forces of evil. Ron Perlman plays the lead,
Blade II director Guillermo del Toro helms the flick. Click on the posters for larger version.
08/03/04
U.S. Box Office March 05-07:
Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ held on to the top spot for a second week with a total
gross of $212 million! Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson's Starsky & Hutch entered the second spot, doing great with
$29 million. The Return of the King climbed up the charts again with the help of 11 little Oscars.
People went back to theatres to see the flick when it won the golden statues during The Academy Awards last week.
Rounding out the top ten is Monster, also climbing up the charts after Charlize Theron's award
winning performance for best female lead.
Here's The Top Ten:
1. The Passion of the Christ - $51,392,000 / $212,034,000 since opening
2. Starsky & Hutch - $29,050,000
3. Hidalgo - $19,600,000
4. 50 First Dates - $7,700,000 / $99,411,000
5. Twisted - $5,025,000 / $16,382,000
6. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen - $4,000,000 / $21,800,000
7. The Return of the King - $3,175,000 / $368,347,000
8. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights - $2,850,000 / $10,040,000
9. Miracle - $2,600,000 / $59,900,000
10. Monster - $2,250,000 / $30,080,000
08/03/04
Pics Gallore:
Coming Soon posted a bunch of production
stills for Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Ben Affleck in Kevin Smith's Jersey Girl
and Envy, a comedy starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black. Click on the pics to see more.
08/03/04
Thunderbirds pics:
New Thunderbirds pics hit the web. Jonathan Frakes directed the sans-marionette version and
the cast includes Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley and Sophia Miles. I'm not that exited to see the flick after I saw
the trailer but I must say Frakes captured the tone of the series after seeing these pics, click on the Thunderbird
to check them out.
© universal 2004
06/03/04
Troy and The Day After Tomorrow Trailers:
Check out the great new trailer for the epic Troy starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and directed by Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot).
Also available the awesome trailer for the über-disaster flick The Day After Tomorrow starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal and helmed by ID4's (and also German) Roland Emmerich. Hit the pics to enter the download site, enjoy.
06/03/04
Logan's Run remake:
X-men director Bryan Singer will begin on a remake of Logan's Run before he'll start on another
X-men movie (that's too bad). The sci-fi story revolves around a young man trying to escape his death sentence.
Here's what Singer had to say:
"I was drawn to X-Men because of its universal issues of tolerance. This deals with a utopian society, but
also with the obsession of youth and mortality. I've already started working with my 'X2' production designer,
Guy Dyas, to create a visual world we've never seen before."
The film will be produced by Joel Silver (The Matrix Trilogy) and he added the following:
"The novel contains a great idea for a film, and Bryan has found a way to go back to it and use his technical
abilities to make a huge sci-fi adventure film."
Michael York starred in the 1976 original version, no stars has been cast for the remake. Logan's Run
will be released in 2005.
Source: Variety
06/03/04
Newsflash:
Beyonce Knowles is in talks to join Steve Martin in the new Pink Panther movie. French actor
Jean Reno will also star in the comedy as Clouseau's traveling companion. Shawn Levy (Cheaper by the Dozen) is
directing. Source: Variety.
The official I, Robot website has been updated with lots of goodies. Will Smith
stars in de sci-fi epic with Alex Proyas (The Crow) as director.
Editor turned director Stuart Baird (Executive Decision) will helm the supernatural
thriller Possession. The story revolves around a young man who, after being killed in an auto crash,
reappears to his mother to reveal a dark secret. Source: Variety.
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06/03/04
Renny Harlin talks The Exorcist:
Renny Harlin took over Paul Schrader's position as director of the troubled Exorcist: The Beginning
project. Almost every scene has been re-shot. Dark Horizons has
more info on Harlin's involvement:
"Renny Harlin says he has finished "Exorcist" and that it's an all-new film, one which he'll be credited for. He said the people that were written out of the film, were written out only because they started afresh with a near new script. Those that have seen what Harlin's shot say it harks back to the original and is truly terrifying. "We already talking of doing number two. So they must like it", he assured us."
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DVD releases R1
The Big Bounce
Dawn of the Dead
Mona Lisa Smile
The Ten Commandments
DVD releases R2
Swimming Pool
Lion King 3
Boyz ’n The Hood
A Fistful Of Dollars
Nowhere In Africa
Philadelphia
Shogun
Tears Of The Sun
Wild Things 2
Wrong Turn
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