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ARCHIVES WEEK 14-2003
Don Cheadle joins Sean Penn:
Don Cheadle (Ocean's 11) is negotiating to play opposite Sean Penn in "The Assassination of Richard Nixon." Sean plays a furniture salesman who plans to kill Nixon by hijacking a plane and chrash it into the White House. Cheadle will play the only friend of the salesman, Niels Mueller wrote and will direct the movie.
Source: hollywood reporter
Robert Rodriguez interview:
Actionadventure.com had a nice long interview with director Robert Rodriguez. Robert is shooting Spy Kid 3 at this moment, the last chapter of the movies and will be projected in 3D. Rodriguez developed a new technology using digital cameras so the average theatre doesn't have to adjust their equipment to screen the movie. The visitors will have to use special glasses to watch the film. Spy Kids 3D will top its previous chapters, according to Robert Rodriguez, it's more action packed and the baddie will be played by Sylvester Stallone.
Rodriguez also explained why Once Upon a Time in Mexico got delayed. This sequel to Desperado had to put on hold due to the Spy Kids trilogy that Rodriguez had to finish first. He worked on "Mexico" between the movies and also did the score himself. The movie will be released this summer and is worth a visit just to see an all star cast including Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe, Enrique Iglesias and Micky Rourke!
Who's The Punisher?:
Aint It Cool bumped into Avi Arad, the producer of Blade, Spider-man, X-men and The Hulk. Avi was very excited about some scenes with Doc Ock for the Spidey sequel and confirmed that Thomas Jane (Magnolia, Deep Blue Sea) will play Frank Castle a.k.a The Punisher! Click here to read the rest of the article.
Steve Buscemi joins The Family:
Steve Buscemi joins The Sopranos next season. No details about Buscemi's character were available but it's certain that he's gonna direct some of the episodes.
Source: variety
Genghis Khan knows Aikido:
Dark horizons posted some news about Steven Seagal's next, what might be his comeback movie. Seagal is making a Genghis Khan biopic shot in Beijing: "We hope to shoot it early next year. At the moment we're trying to round out a cast. I'll be playing Khan, and we've got a great lot of other actors to play some of the smaller roles. In some respects, this will be the epic film I've never been able to do before. And We're hoping to fill a lot of the roles with local actors to make the film authentic. Genghis Khan was a political and military genius. And it was not always that way, after his father was poisoned to death, many detested his appointing as chief. But this man had such a way about him, and spoke truths that his people hadn't heard before. Pretty soon three followers turned into three billion followers."
Sounds interesting, Steve will also begin on a third Under Siege movie after he finishes Genghis Khan.
Movie posters:
Latino Review posted some new posters, "Buffalo Soldiers" with Joaquin Phoenix and "People I Know" starring Al Pacino. Click on the pic to see a larger version.
 © miramax 2003 |
 © miramax 2003 |
Hong Kong actor Leslie Cheung died:
Some sad news for the Honk Kong film fans, superstar Leslie Cheung has decided that he wasn't needed in our world anymore and ended his life yesterday. Leslie Cheung was one of China's greatest actors, working with Hong Kong finest like John Woo (A Better Tomorrow, Once a Thief) and gained international success with Farewell My Concubine. Leslie Cheung was 46, we will miss him...
Alexander The Great:
New Hollywood star Colin Farrell (Daredevil, The Recruit) is looking forward to play the lead in "Alexander the Great" directed by Oliver Stone. Farrell has no problems playing a bisexual conqueror: "Alexander The Great was bisexual. It was just the way society existed back then. It was about making love to men and women."
Director Baz Luhrmann is also set to direct a filmed version of "Alexander the Great" with Leonardo DiCaprio playing the title role.
source: Lights out entertainment
What's next for Peter Jackson:
Aint It Cool got it first, most of the sites got the official press release from Universal by now, Peter Jackson confirmed what his next movie will be after he finishes Return of the King. The Lord of the Ring director is beginning on another pet project, the remake of King Kong! Check out AICN why Jackson loves to remake this classic movie.
US Boxoffice March 28-30:
Bringing Down the House was brought down by another comedy Head of the State starring Chris Rock. Moviegoers were more interested in a comedy with the war going on and left action adventure films like The Core and Basic (Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson re-team) out in the cold:
The Top Ten:
1. Head of State - $14,000,000
2. Bringing Down the House - $12,500,000 / $100,105,000 since opening
3. The Core - $12,400,000
4. Basic - $12,100,000
5. Chicago - $7,416,000 / $144,858,000
6. Dreamcatcher - $6,355,000 / $25,350,000
7. Agent Cody Banks - $6,100,000 / $34,800,000
8. Piglet's Big Movie - $4,600,000 / $12,415,000
9. View From the Top - $3,800,000 / $12,500,000
10. The Hunted- $3,675,000 / $29,282,000
The Hulk Composer:
SuperheroHype reports that Mychael Danna has been dropped from scoring The Hulk. Danna will be replaced by Danny Elfman. Scoring the Hulk could be a fieldtrip for Elfman cause he already composed music for other superhero movies like Spider-man and Batman.
Ultraviolet:
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Fangoria talked to
director Kurt Wimmer ("Equilibrium") who will focus on Ultraviolet a futuristic action thriller which is centered
around a vampire female: "She's not actually a vampire - she is, but she isn't. She's what they call
a 'vampire' in this world, but she's really the victim of a rampant blood disease called hemophagia -
HPV - which causes side effects in its victims that have been historically identified as vampirism - in
more superstitious times. Basically it grossly accelerates their metabolisms - making them a bit faster,
a bit stronger, heal a bit quicker - but also anemic and therefore sensitive to light and leaving them
with a greatly reduced life-span - a'la BLADERUNNER. As such - a blood disease - they also need
semi-frequent transfusions but nowhere in the story does anyone suck anyone else's blood." CHUD also managed to chat with Wimmer who spilled some more details:"...the script tries to be engineered from the ground up as a showcase for design and action. Everything that gets in the way of that is pretty much broomed out - keeping in mind that without a strong character story, there can be no action. It's guns, swords, hand-to-hand, and a form of weapons fighting we haven't seen yet before. If all goes well, it'll lens in Shanghai." Chud also was able to get their hands on some conceptual art. (also thanks to dark horizons) |
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Morgan Freeman teams up with Jet Li:
Lightsout Entertainment got a chance to talk to Morgen Freeman about his next movie Danny The Dog. Freeman stars with Jet Li in this Luc Besson produced action thriller: "Jet Li's playing a very simple person who was a pit bull. He was trained to kill. That's all he knew how to do. He wasn't given any education, was caged all the time, was kept in a basement with a collar on and when the collar comes off whoever is in front of him dies. But as long as that collar is on him he's docile, just plain old docile. I'm a guy who meets him and becomes his savior."
Louise Leterrier (The Transporter) is directing it, click here to read the rest of the interview.
New Reloaded poster:
The official Matrix site posted a new poster for the upcoming Reloaded. Click on the pic to see a larger version.
© WB 2003
Son of Mask:
This summer we'll see Dumb and Dumber sequel, without Jim Carrey though and now they're planning to make a Mask sequel, The Son of Mask, again without Carrey. Jamie Kennedy is in talks to play the lead.
Source: hollywood reporter
Scary Movie 3:
Empire movies posted some funny Scary Movie 3 posters. David "Naked Gun" Zucker is directing and Charlie Sheen is starring in this third chapter. Click on the pics to see larger vesions.
 © dimension 2003 |
 © dimension 2003 |
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