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ARCHIVES WEEK 33 2004
12/08/04
Cruise and Spielberg declares War:
This news is all over the web, Tom Cruise is moving Mission: Impossible 3 to a production date somewhere
in 2005 and J.J. Abrams could be the new director. Steven Spielberg's 1972 Munich Summer Olympics film
will also be delayed due to re-writes. And that, my friends, means that Cruise and Spielberg will now start on
The War of the Worlds with a Summer 2005 release date. Cruise and Spielberg also worked
together on Minority Report.
12/08/04
Sofia's next:
Oscar-winning screenwriter Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) announces that her new project
will be Marie-Antoinette. Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman will star in the movie about the legendary Queen of France.
"I've always loved the story of Marie-Antoinette and the decadence of Versailles on the brink of revolution," said Coppola, "and the fact she was just a teenager when circumstances forced her to play a significant role in history."
Source: Coming Soon
12/08/04
Kurt Cobain movie:
MTV reports
that director Gus van Sant's (Good Will Hunting) next movie will be Last Days,
a film about Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain.
"There are a lot of hypotheses about what happened, but I don't know of any full eyewitness account, just tiny momentary ones," Van Sant said. "Everyone has a different opinion, but there's not one true, authoritative account. He was just kind of missing.
"Last Days" will have a semi-documentary visual style and won't really offer any conclusions as to why Cobain - or in this case, a Cobain-like character - killed himself, although there will be plenty of hints and suggestions in this fictionalized setting. He's like a Shakespearean Hamlet, reflecting on his personal ghosts and demons, and while I don't know what his were, I'm imagining what they might have been. It's pretty much his thing. He's alone.
We're not showing anything specifically that's challenging anyone. There's not really any drugs in the film. Some people appear to be on drugs, but you don't see any drugs. There is a gun. But it's all oblique. There are a lot of little things that happen that add up to not so much the story as much as the environment. He plays his guitar, he sings a song, a telephone yellow pages salesman visits him, he watches TV. Things like that are very large. But there are no answers, no 'this is causing that.'"
10/08/04
Newsflash:
 Rob Reiner (When Harry Met Sally) is replacing Ted Griffin as the director of The Graduate. Jennifer Aniston, Shirley MacLaine and Kevin Costner will star in the remake. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The trailer for Adam Sandler's new comedy Spanglish is now online. James L. Brooks directed the comedy and the rest of the cast includes Téa Leoni. I think the trailer wasn't hilarious, you can check it out yourself by clicking on the link.
Latino Review posted new pics for the firemen flick Ladder 49. John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix star in the film, click on the pic for more.
© touchstone 2004
10/08/04
Paul W.S. Anderson talks Alien vs. Predator:
Dark Horizons had a looooong chat with
director Paul W.S. Anderson about his latest flick Alien vs. Predator. Here's an interesting clip that'll
take away some doubts you have about this director making this giant picture:
How does it feel to be taking on not one but two large franchises?
Humongous pressure. In one way, it's absolutely a dream come true. I saw ALIEN when I was a kid at school. Every day I can't fucking believe I'm on set with an alien, you know every time I see Tom Woodruff in the suit, I'm like: "Wow, it's an alien, excellent!" I'm a huge fan of PREDATOR as well, I had the idea for the movie literally nine years ago, so the idea of being able to make a movie that you've been thinking about for such a long period of time is really a dream come true. At the same time, trying to follow in the footsteps of some of the best filmmakers in the world is incredibly intimidating and keeps me awake many nights.
What was the genesis of the screenplay?
When I saw PREDATOR 2, one of the things that really struck me was the design of the interior of the predator spaceship. It was very Frank Lloyd Wright, it was very Aztec, because Wright was very influenced by Aztec culture and those designs. So that really made me think that if predators have been visiting earth clearly for a long time, and if their spaceship looks like something on earth, they haven't been influenced by us, we've been influenced by them which started me thinking what effects predators as an alien species have had upon the earth. Particularly the Aztec feel of the interior of that spaceship linked with what the Ron Cobb designs they never used for the pyramid in Alien.
The first Alien was really horror oriented and the subsequent ones were more in the action/adventure area. What are you trying to do with this one?
It's really a combination and it's not because of ALIEN, it's because of PREDATOR, which is more action-oriented. This movie has a slow build, which is more akin to ALIEN, but then the last 45 minutes is a pretty relentless action ride which has much more to do with ALIENS or PREDATOR.
What'll the rating be on this?
We're not making any specific rated movie. We're making the movie that we're making and it'll get the rating that it gets. There is so much unpleasantness in this movie. I mean, it's pretty gruesome, it's got all the traditional stuff, the face-huggers and the eggs.
Well, I think Paul will make a great flick. AVP opens this week in the U.S....and check this out, it'll open
over here in Holland on 28th October, that sucks! Check out the complete interview right here!
09/08/04
U.S. Box Office Aug 06-08:
Tom Cruise once again rules the American Box Office with his latest thriller Collateral and bumped The Village
to number two. The Bourne Supremacy is still holding on to the third spot, bringing its total gross to $124 million.
This week the battle continues with Alien vs. Predator vs. The Princess Diaries 2 vs. Yu-Gi-Oh! Who will win...?
Here's the rest of the Top Ten:
1. Collateral - $24,400,000
2. The Village - $16,583,000 / $85,727,000 since opening
3. The Bourne Supremacy - $14,121,000 / $124,336,000
4. The Manchurian Candidate - $10,800,000 / $38,509,000
5. Little Black Book - $7,000,000
6. I, Robot - $6,300,000 / $126,706,000
7. Spider-man 2 - $5,500,000 / $354,570,000
8. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle - $3,200,000 / $12,329,000
9. A Cinderella Story - $3,045,000 / $47,056,000
10. Catwoman - $2,905,000 / $36,070,000
07/08/04
Bishop talks AVP and other disturbing news:
Lance "Bishop" Henriksen, the droid from the previous Alien flicks, talked to Scifi Wire about
his involvement in the upcoming Alien vs. Predator. His role as billionaire industrialist Charles Bishop Weyland
brought him full circle, back to the roles he played in Aliens and Alien 3:
"For me it's like a cycle, like a closure for that character. Not that they couldn't bring me back down the road. I mean, they did it, obviously. But this is a prequel. When I walked on the set and saw the alien and the predator, I was back immediately. I remember being in London shooting that thing. It was instantaneous."
Henriksen is confident that the fans will be satisfied:
"I don't think that anything people are hoping for is going to be missed and we've gone even further than that. The biggest disappointment would be, of course, if you failed it. But it's not going to happen."
I've also got some disturbing news regarding the AVP movie. IESB reports the following:
"The studio is rushing the editors and the special effects houses to get this film ready by it's target release date of August 13th but they are not confident that it will be done by opening day. To make things worse 20th Century Fox has had to cancel the Junket for the film because they know that the print will not be ready in time. Junkets are normally held 1 to 2 weeks prior of the release date so the journalists can see the film and interview the talent involved and finally review the film. Even the films Red Carpet World Premiere that was going to be held at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on August 10th has been cancelled due to the same problem."
Well, this often happen with big summer blockbusters but one big problem could be that because of the deadline and
pressure, the version that will hit theatres could not be final version that the director or studio wanted the audience to see.
That means that the movie could be much better when the filmmaker had more time to finish the movie... We'll just have to
wait and see, keep our fingers crossed.
07/08/04
Newsflash:
Colin Farrell and Ben Affleck will both have a small cameo in the upcoming Elektra, which stars Jennifer Garner.
Check out the nice trailer for After the Sunset on the official website. The heist flick stars Pierce Brosnan, Woody Harrelson and Salma Hayek. Brett Ratner directs.
Interesting news over at VinXperience, seems that Katzenberg is in talks with Sylvester Stallone to bring Rocky 6 over to Dreamworks. Sylvester and Sage Stallone are negotiating the deal to play the father and son in the boxing drama. Here it comes, Vin Diesel could play Rocky's opponent! The story revolves around Rocky's comeback, just like George Foreman did a few years ago.
Check out the great poster for the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead. Hit the poster for a bigger version.
© rogue 2004
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Predator
The Prince & Me
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DVD releases R2
Dark Fury
Deep Impact S.E.
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Point Break S.E.
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