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ARCHIVES WEEK 42 2003
16/10/03
Pics and Posters:
Lots of Pics and Posters today, from left to right the final poster for Tom Cruises' Last Samurai,
impressive Troy pics and three great character posters for 21 Grams with Benicio Del Toro,
Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. Click on the pics for more.
16/10/03
Morpheus Directs?:
Laurence Fishburne talked to the Dutch press during the promotion for Clint Eastwood's Mystic River.
He also talked about planning to direct again (he made his directorial debut with Once in the Life). Fishburne wants
to bring the novel The Alchemist to the big screen. The book was written by Brazilian
writer Paulo Coelho and tells a simple but fascinating story about following your heart and dreams. "I want to make the movie
as a director in order to tell the story from my point of view, just the way I want it."
Source: De Telegraaf
16/10/03
Thunderbirds Update:
Film magazine Premiere posted a pic and more info on Jonathan Frake's version of the Thunderbirds.
The movie aims at the "Spy kids" market and centers on Jeff's youngest son, 14-year-old Alan Tracy,
who's earning stripes as a Thunderbird. Bill Paxton adds; "If we hit this right, this movie's a
celebration of all our childhoods."
Hope you'll enjoy this movie, kids...
Source: Coming Soon
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16/10/03
Are We Cool?:
Finally the Get Shorty sequel Be Cool will begin production in January. John Travolta
will reprise his role as the slick Chili Palmer and F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job) will direct the
comedy. The Rock is in talks to play a bodyguard-singer who develops an uneasy alliance with Palmer...
Source: Variety
16/10/03
Return of the Pirates:
It's official, director Gore Verbinski signed a deal that will put him in charge of Pirates of the Carribean 2.
Johnny Depp, Kiera Knightly, Orlando Bloom and uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer will also return for
the sequel. When Verbinski will start filming is not certain, Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott are still working
on the script.
Source: Variety
16/10/03
Matrix Revolutions Pics!:
Tons of superb Matrix Revolutions pics all over the web, click on the preview to find out how deep the rabbit hole goes...
16/10/03
Hayden talks Episode III:
Latino Review had a nice chat with Anakin Skywalker. Christensen Hayden revealed some interesting
stuff about Star Wars Episode III!
George Lucas has described the tone of Episode Three as being the darkest of the franchise yet. Is that true?
Hayden: "Yes, it really will be. It still has to reach out to a specific audience, but it will be substantially darker than the previous films."
Nick Gilliard (the stunt coordinator) has said the light saber battles in the film will be the greatest so far. That's a bold statement once you've seen Yoda and Count Dooku go at it. Can you confirm this?
Hayden: "I will say, on the record, the final fight sequence in this film will, in my opinion, and not having seen any of it cut together, should surpass any fight sequence that has been put on film so far. It's the longest, I can't give you specifics, but it is quite the bad-assed fight scene. Nick Gilliard has done an amazing job instilling an arc of story in the fight. It justifies, because you know Anakin and Obi-Wan have it out, but Anakin is the chosen one-he is supposed to be the best. But he comes out on the shorter end of the stick in the fight. It justifies it really nicely as the fight progresses."
Check out the rest of the interview right here.
14/10/03
Pulp Fiction Volume II?:
Quentin Tarantino talked about plans for a sequel to Pulp Fiction:
"That's something I always planned on doing, but other projects took precedence. Ten years on , John Travolta's getting older, Michael's getting older. I don't think they'd even want to do it. Not that that's the last hope audiences have of seeing more of Vic or Vincent Vega. There's an idea I have a Pulp Fiction follow-up. Sequels generally suck, so it's nothing I want to rush into. But Bottom line the studio wants it, the fans want it. I'm sure I can compromise somewhere. It'd be my way of apologizing for never getting Vega Brothers off the ground I guess. That way, we could get John, we could get Michael, and we could get Sam and Tim...everyone back. It would be interesting to see whatever happened to Jules and his plans to 'walk the earth'. Hey, just having Michael and John in the same frame would be great. They're great. But that said, I got to write such a thing."
That would be fantastic but next up for QT is the World War II flick Inglorious Bastards.
Source: Dark Horizons
14/10/03
Viggo Mortensen Interview:
Aragorn himself Viggo Mortensen talked to The Official Lord of the Rings site about Return of the King:
Word is the battle scenes in The Return of the King are extraordinary. What's the secret to making them work?
"I think Helm's Deep, which was the centerpiece of the second movie, will be topped--not once but probably twice--in the third movie. Peter Jackson just enjoys battle sequences, the greater the scale and number of combatants, the better. That's the kid in him. He's got collections of thousands of little toy soldiers and things in his house. The big battle sequences work because he leaves emotional threads running through, where you see individual effort and suffering and achievements on a small scale within this giant canvas."
Click here to read the rest of the interview.
14/10/03
Hulk 2:
The Hulk didn't have a warm welcome at the box office this summer. I think the movie
is a freakin' masterpiece and I'm very pleased to hear that producer Gale Anne Hurd is moving ahead
with Hulk 2!!!:
"We're all really proud of the film we made. It was an origin story. And I think now that we've got the origin, I think we can have a lot more fun with the sequels."
I hope Eric Bana returns.
Source: Comics Continuum
14/10/03
Casting News:
Here's a quick casting news update:
 The Rock joins the live action-CGI comedy Instant Karma. The movie tells the story of a safecracker who dies and is reincarnated as a series of different animals, moving his way up to the food chain. Pierce Brosnan, Mira Sorvino, David Alan Grier and Eartha Kitt also stars. Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Gene Wilder provide the voices of the animals.
Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard, Linus Roache and Anthony Edwards join the cast of The Forgotten. Joseph Ruben will direct the thriller about a mother (Julianne Moore) who discovers that the memories of her 8-year-old-son are entirely fabricated.
Don Cheadle will play opposite Pierce Brosnan and Woody Harrelson in the caper movie After the Sunset. The movie reunites the actor with Brett Ratner who directed Cheadle in The Family Man.
13/10/03
New Punisher Pic:
Super Hero Hype
posted a new Punisher pic (check out the skull on his chest!). Again this one looks great and I'm getting more confident that this
could be a cool flick...
© artisan 2003
13/10/03
Steve Martin is Inspector Clouseau?:
Steve Martin is in talks to star in The Pink Panther as the clumsy Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The remake will be
produced by Ivan Reitman.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
13/10/03
US Box Office Oct 10-12:
Tarantino's 4th movie Kill Bill Vol. I kicked some major ass this weekend, bringing in over $20 million!
Jack Black's Old School still rocks with a second spot earning $15 million. The Clooney / Zeta-Jones
romantic comedy Intolerable Cruelty with a twist ('cause the Coen Bros made it) also did great
business.
1. Kill Bill Vol. I - $22,683,000
2. The School of Rock - $15,400,000 / $39,584,000 since opening
3. Intolerable Cruelty - $13,100,000
4. Good Boy! - $13,000,000
5. Out of Time - $8,600,000 / $28,721,000
6. House of Dead - $5,500,000
7. The Rundown - $5,300,000 / $40,300,000
8. Under the Tuscan Sun - $4,800,000 / $28,200,000
9. Secondhand Lions - $3,275,000 / $35,362,000
10. Lost in Translation - $2,857,000 / $18,196,000
13/10/03
The Alamo Poster:
I like this one, Latino Review
posted a fantasic poster for The Alamo. It a simple, subtle yet powerful poster! Click on the pic for a larger version.
13/10/03
Man-Thing:
The Herald Sun posted some more info on the Man-Thing movie:
"Man-Thing is described as a frightening creature movie in the tradition of the classic thrillers Alien
and Jaws. The plot centres on an oil baron who drills oil wells in a sacred Indian swamp and awakens
the mystical monster, who is the soul and spirit of the swamp. When the monster rises from the depths
of the swamp, seeking revenge, a string of deaths follows."
Brett Leonard (The Lawnmower Man, Virtuosity) directs the movie. It's not certain if Man-Thing will hit
theatres or will end up as a straight to video project...
Source: Movie Hole
12/10/03
King Conan not dead yet?:
Writer/Director Jonh Milius still plans to make King Conan: Crown of Iron without Governator Schwarzenegger.
"This could be John's best script ever," says a source about the Conan the Barbarian follow-up. There's
a challenging Conan role and it contains five significant female roles."
The movie will also be a lot cheaper to make without Schwarzenegger.
Source: Coming Soon
12/10/03
Scary Movie 3 Poster:
The final poster for the third Scary movie poster is online. The guys behind the Naked Gun movie made this
one so you know what you can expect.
12/10/03
Freddy vs. Jason vs. ?:
No doubt there will be a sequel after the success of Freddy vs. Jason but who will be added to the title.
Myers, Chucky, Leatherface or Evil Dead's Ash. Seems that the studio wants Ash to be part of round two.
Here's what Fangoria posted:
"FANGORIA has learned that New Line Cinema is seriously considering adding Ash (Bruce Campbell) to the inevitable FREDDY VS. JASON Round Two that the studio has in development. This is not some Internerd rumor, though the notion has been tabled out there in horror fandom for months. Sure, we’ve heard about other permutations for a follow-up to the blockbuster rumble (everything from FREDDY VS. JASON VS. LEATHERFACE to …VS. CHUCKY to …VS. MICHAEL), but the Ash scenario, evidently, is the only one that New Line is treating as a legitimate idea."
12/10/03
Reggy's Freddy vs. Jason Review:
Finally the movie is hitting the Dutch Theatres and it kicked my ass! Check out Reggy's Freddy vs. Jason
review, RIGHT HERE!
12/10/03
Looney Tunes: Back in Action:
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The Looney Tunes: Back in Action trailer is online! The all star cast includes Brendan Fraser,
Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Joan Cusack, Heather Locklear and Timothy Dalton. The movie is directed
by the great Joe Dante (Gremlins)! Click on the pic to enter the download site.
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12/10/03
McG talks Superman!:
No interesting new developments on the Superman project, but we finally got a word from the director
himself about the movie:
"I'm a big fan of 'Superman,' and you know, I'm discussing it with Warner Brothers, but it's still very
uncertain. "It's a big project and they're being very cautious, and I'm being very cautious and it's
yet to be seen if it's in the cards.
I think they want to be very respectful of the crown jewel of, you know, all their franchises about the
studio. It's a great character. And I think everybody who would ever be a part of that type of picture
wants to get it done properly. So I don't think they're in any rush to make that picture, and I think
their focus is on doing it right."
There you go, now lets make the damn movie!
Source: Superhero Hype
08/10/03
Paul Verhoeven returns to the Low Lands:
Paul Verhoeven is returning to The Netherlands to make a movie! He's finishing a script called Zwartboek
(Blackbook) with screenwriter Gerard Soeteman at this moment. The thriller takes place at the end of
World War II in 1945. This project will be his first Dutch movie since he left Holland to start a
career in Hollywood back in 1983. "I always wanted to come back here to make a movie again," says
Verhoeven, "It's going to be a typical Dutch film but it also has to be good enough to compete on an
international level."
Zwartboek will be shot in The Hague and Biesbosch, cast and crew is unknown at this point. Maybe
he'll ask Jan de Bont to be the DOP... I'll keep you posted on this one!
Source: ANP
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DVD releases R1
Home Room
Oliver's Twist
The Matrix Reloaded
Wrong Turn
DVD releases R2
Avenging Angelo
Napoleon
Fame
Flirting With Disaster
The Hours
The Lion King
They
2 Fast, 2 Furious
The Core
The Outsiders
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