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ARCHIVES WEEK 23 2005
09/06/05
James Marsden talks Superman Returns!:
Got some great superhero updates to end the week, but don't worry, I'll be back this weekend!
Lets start with a Superman Returns update. James "Cyclops" Marsden reveals some juicy details about his role as Lois Lane's new boyfriend, Richard White:
"Superman's gone for a while. He comes back to find, in Bryan Singer's words, Lois Lane with somebody who's very Superman-esque. There's a lot of similarities, so Lois Lane is engaged to this guy. They have a child together. It is emotionally a challenge for Superman to come back and see, I think because Lois has moved on with her life and she's with somebody else."
That's cool! Other Superman news, a new video journal of the production is also online. Download the behind the scenes clip here!
Source: About.com
09/06/05
Bats are taking over the world!:
The Batman is coming! Fantastic worldwide banners for Batman Begins popped up online, you can
check them out by clicking on the Eiffel Tower. Batman Begins star Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Ken Watanabe, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson and Rutger Hauer.
The film opens next week!
© wb 2005
09/06/05
Brett Ratner talks X3!:
Director Matthew Vaughn left X-Men 3 last week and is now being replaced by hot shot director Brett Ratner. Here's what Rattner had to say:
"It's not going to be easy taking over the seemingly cursed reins of X-Men 3. They called me and they said 'We're interested in you for X3,' I said, 'Yeah, great, I wanted to do the first one originally.'
I don't think this movie is tainted; I think it is fantastic and the script is amazing. I want to stay true to the franchise and true to the characters, but I think it's elevated ... I don't want to be pompous and say I'm going to take it to the next level. I think the script that Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn wrote gives me a tremendous amount of confidence."
Source: MTV
09/06/05
Newsflash:
 Oh my, are you ready for this? ...Jean-Claude Van Damme will star in Astérix at the Olympic Games. Van Damme is set to play Roman athlete Cornedurus, Gerard Depardieu is back as Obélix and Alain Delon is playing Julius Ceasar. What happened to Van Damme's comeback film Kumite?
Michelle Yeoh, Cillian Murphy and Chris Evans will star in Danny Boyle's space travel sci-fi flick Sunshine. The story revolves around an AWOL space mission crew. Another team of astronauts must find out what happened. Source: Variety
The official site for the movie adaptation of the hit musical Rent is now online. Chris Columbus directs and cast includes Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin. The trailer is also up right here.
New pics of Land of the Dead are haunting the web. The horror flick is directed by Zombie Meister George A. Romero and stars Simon Baker, John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper. Click for more... if you dare!
© universal 2005
07/06/05
Newsflash:
Nicolas Cage and Will Smith will produce and star in the comedy Time Share. Source: Variety
Ben Stiller and Steve Coogan join forces for the remake of The Persuaders. Tony Curtis and Roger Moore were the stars of the original TV series back in 1971. Source: Variety
Shocking news, Paramount has officially pulled the plug on Watchmen. Director Paul Greengrass and the producers are now taking the project out to other studios. Source: Variety
Great teaser trailer for Open Season is online. The animated feature about a grizzly bear and a deer is being voiced by Ashton Kutcher and Martin Lawrence. Click here for the trailer.
06/06/05
Vaughn out, Ratner in!:
It's official, guys, Brett "Rush Hour" Ratner will replace Matthew Vaughn as director of X-Men 3.
I've got mixed feelings, I believe Ratner can make a slick, visually stunning X-Men movie but I don't know if
he can handle the multi-layered, character-driven script. I've also had mixed feelings with Vaughn, X-Men 3 would be his second film as director.
This project is simply too big for Matthew Vaughn. I think I'll give Brett Ratner the benefit of the doubt, this could all work out
pretty fine, don't you think?
X-Men 3 will start production in August, the original cast will return, Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Vinnie Jones (Juggernaut) and Maggie Grace (Kitty Pryde) will
join the gang.
06/06/05
Casting updates:
Quick but interesting casting tidbits:
Michelle Rodriguez will join the second season of ABC's hit show Lost! Source: Variety
Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum and Mike Vogel will star in Wolfgang Petersen's remake of The Poseidon Adventure! Source: The Hollywood Reporter
06/06/05
Christian Bale talks Batman!:
Christian Bale will follow the footsteps of Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney as the Caped Crusader in Batman Begins.
The actor looks back at the previous Batman flicks, here's what he had to say:
"I don't feel like Batman's ever really been defined in any portrayal, so I felt like this was an opportunity to finally do that, in regards to way that Bob Kane originally intended it when he wrote it in 1939. He intended it as being a dark and terrifying and intimidating character. It's kind of ended up being spoofed more. And then there's great material in the newer graphic novels of Frank Miller and Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. So the source material is right there, and I just don't think it was ever taken advantage of until now."
Bale also wants to do more Batman films, here's why:
"With Superman, you can really look at Christopher Reeve and the way that he played it, and he's become the defining Superman. Whoever's playing him in the next one has got a really tough job to come up against him. I don't feel like that ever happened with Batman before, so I felt like I had an opportunity to expand and bring something new to it."
That's pretty amazing, Bale will rock as Batman, trust me! Batman Begins opens next week!
Source: Sci-fi Wire
06/06/05
U.S. Box Office June 03-05:
Revenge of the Sith fell down to third spot but still managed to earn $26 million, which resulted in a record-breaking total of 308.8 million bucks in just 17 days!
The animated feature Madagascar entered the top spot followed by Adam Sandler's The Longest Yard at number 2. Here's the rest of the Top Ten:
1. Madagascar - $28,700,000 / $100,968,000
2. The Longest Yard - $26,100,000 / $95,804,000
3. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith - $26,000,000 / $308,805,000
4. Cinderella Man - $18,615,000 (new)
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - $10,245,000 / $13,987,000 (new)
6. Lords of Dogtown - $5,700,000 (new)
7. Monster-in-Law - $5,300,000 / $70,385,000
8. Crash - $3,300,000 / $40,966,000
9. Kicking & Screaming - $2,102,000 / $47,511,000
10. Unleashed - $890,000 575 $23,604,000
04/06/05
Newsflash:
Owen Wilson will star in the comedy You, Me and Dupree. The Story revolves around a best man who stays on as a houseguest with the newlywed couple. Source: Variety
Laurence Fishburne will join Paul Walker in the biopic The Death and Life of Bobby Z. Source: Production Weekly
First cool pic of Lonely Hearts hit the web. The serial-killer thriller, set in the 40's, stars John Travolta, James "Mr. Soprano" Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek, Scott Caan and Laura Dern. Click on Johnny for more!
© millennium films 2005
04/06/05
Terry Gilliam talks Brothers Grimm:
Director Terry Gilliam talked about the lead actors Matt Damon and Heath Ledger of his upcoming fantasy film The Brothers Grimm:
"Matt and Heath are totally convincing as brothers. They got on incredibly well, and hit it off. I didn't have to control them on set. They do all the work - I just have to nod occasionally, and pretend to know what I'm doing (laughs).
I basically cast them against type. Heath could be the cool, romantic lead, and Matt the introspective one, but I had it as the opposite. Matt plays the womanizer and hustler, and Heath plays the sensitive, romantic, neurotic character. It was really nice to watch them being completely different than they normally are."
It's about time, a new film by Terry Gilliam! The director also finished his work on the thriller Tideland, which will also be released later this year.
Source: Empire Online
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