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ARCHIVES WEEK 43 2004
21/10/04
Newsflash:
 The new trailer for Ocean's Twelve is now online and yes they're all back for this sequel; George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Vincent Cassel, Elliott Gould, Eddie Jemison and Carl Reiner.
Glenn Close will join Michael Chiklis in the police series The Shield! Close will play a new captain in the series' upcoming fourth season. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is on board the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels. Richards will play the father of Johnny Depp's character Captain Jack Sparrow. Source: Yahoo! Movies
And here are the lastest Superman developments; Kevin Spacey could play Lex Lethor. Director Bryan Singer loves Richard Donner's movies and will use Superman part I and II as a background story for the new film. Singer says that Superman actor Brandon Routh has the "the perfect physicality for the role and will be great." The director also confirms that John Williams' music theme will be used in Superman Returns, and that's great news!
21/10/04
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel update:
Producer Andrew Form talked about the prequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He wants
to explain in the prequel why Leatherface uses a chainsaw and wears a mask:
"We thought that a lot of people who saw the movie always wondered why he uses a chainsaw. No one really explains it, he just does. We tried to explain a little bit in our version why he wears a mask, but here we're really going to try to show you how the mask originated, and stuff like that.
We're not going back into his childhood. You're not going to see him at the prom-you'd be surprised at some of the ideas we heard. This is still a Texas Chainsaw Movie movie; it's not going to be a family drama where you see how this kid grew up and all that. It still has to be what our last movie was, which was fun and scary and kind of a ride."
Source: Fangoria
19/10/04
New poster and pics!:
I've found a new poster for Nicole Kidman's supernatural thriller Birth. Nicole Kidman plays
a woman who becomes convinced that a ten year old boy is the reincarnation of her dead husband. I love the poster, click on
the pic for a closer look.
Some new pics for Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Twelve are also online. Check out George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt right
here in Amsterdam!
19/10/04
Fantasic Four update:
Superhero Hype got the chance to talk to the cast and crew of
Fantastic Four! Director Tim Story and Michael Chiklis (as The Thing) revealed some interesting
stuff. Here's a clip:
What's it like working on sets like the Brooklyn Bridge set?
Michael Chiklis: This goes under the category of 'you know you're in a huge movie when...' The first day I went to the Brooklyn Bridge set, to see a 75 yard section of the Brooklyn Bridge having been recreated with a half a mile track in a circle so that traffic can flow through it with three stories of blue screen. You know, you walk on the set that day and you go 'WOW' (hold up hand to ear) "Hey mom! Mom! You gotta see this!" To see it unfold, and we're going to spend eight days on that and we're not done with that set yet. And then second-unit starts an equal amount of time on that set, and it's going to translate into maybe 2 or 3 minutes of the movie. It's an extraordinary thing to watch and for me, spending 11 to 12 hours in latex is fun! (laughing).
Tim, this is a different genre for you. You've done Barbershop, you've done Taxi, what different approach are you taking this time?
Story: You know I don't know if it's that much different of an approach. It's a character-driven, and that is one of the reasons, hopefully, why they brought me on. I remember sitting down with Avi and Ralph in terms of what support I would have for action and special effects because I knew I didn't have a lot of experience with that. And they said, you know what, we brought you to the table for character and story and we'll support you with the rest of it. I look at it if I have to make a movie work, absent of the action sequences and absent of the special effects, if I can pull that part and make it successful I think the rest will take care of itself because the special effects, we have some serious wizards on this movie and it's going to be incredible, so didn't really have to deal with that. I felt comfortable and once I had a cast and Avi had the script I had the tools to make it work.
Hit the above link for more!
18/10/04
Who is Superman?!:
Well, it's official, not Jim Caviezel or my buddy Mike O'Hearn will wear the red cape. Bryan Singer has chosen actor
Brandon Routh to play Superman! Latino Review won the race and was the first moviesite with
the exclusive. Brandon played a small part in a few TV shows (One Life to Live, Gilmore Girls, Will & Grace), the site posted a pic of the actor
as Clark Kent on Halloween.
But there's also more great Superman news, Dark Horizons posted
some nice details about the story, looks like Singer will use Richard Donner's film for inspiration:"The film starts off with Superman having been missing for six years. Also, the Kryptonian production design element will be almost identical to the first film - so expect Krypton and the Fortress of Solitude to be very much the slanted ice crystal motif we've all been used to."
Superhero Hype also adds more story details:
"Superman writers Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris were recently spotted on the WB lot going through stacks and stacks of Superman comic books, so it appears that they are going back to the source material for inspiration. Our sources also confirmed that General Zod will be involved in some capacity."
Things are going just fine, I'm confident that Bryan Singer will make an epic film, can't wait to see the first pic of Brandon Routh in the Superman outfit.
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18/10/04
Lock and Loaded finds director:
50 Cents' "8 Mile"-like filmdebut Lock and Loaded will be directed by Jim Sheridan. The director also
helmed drama's like In America, The Boxer and The Field so this means the studio wants to make a serious "gangsta-turns-rapper"
epic.
Source: Variety
18/10/04
U.S. Box Office Oct 15-17:
Shark Tale once again held on to the number one spot for the third weekend in a row. The football flick Friday Night Lights
did the same, the movie is still number two for the second week. Trey Parker's and Matt Stone's Team America debuted at
number three and this is a big suprise 'cause everybody thought the movie would rule the Box Office. Let's see
if the movie will do better next week. Here's the rest of the top ten:
1. Shark Tale - $22,100,000 / $119,820,000 since opening
2. Friday Night Lights - $13,060,000 / $38,662,000
3. Team America: World Police - $12,300,000
4. Shall We Dance? - $11,623,000
5. Ladder 49 - $8,607,000 / $53,851,000
6. Taxi - $7,700,000 / $23,701,000
7. The Forgotten - $6,000,000 / $57,153,000
8. Raise Your Voice - $2,975,000 / $8,119,000
9. The Motorcycle Diaries - $1,685,000 / $5,677,000
10. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - $1,310,000 / $35,991,000
16/10/04
George Lucas receives award:
George Lucas has been selected by the American Film Institute's (AFI) Board of Trustees to receive the 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award.
"I've been very fortunate to have had a long career doing what I love to do, and being recognized by AFI for it is really an honor," Lucas said. "I'm proud to be counted among such an extraordinary group of people whose lives are dedicated to the art of making movies."
16/10/04
New pics!:
The official Batman Returns site has been updated with new pics, which includes Ken Watanabe as Ra's Al-Ghul, Linus Roache as Bruce Wayne's father Dr. Thomas Wayne and Tom Wilkinson as crime boss Carmine Falcone.
Click on Ken for more.
The official Blade Trinity site has also been updated with pics and other cool stuff. Click on the Daywalker for more!
16/10/04
Casting news:
Sean Combs will join Jay Hernandez, Luis Guzman and Burt Young in Carlito's Way, The Beginning. The film is a prequel to Brian De Palma's gansterfilm that starred Al Pacino. Source: Fox news
Julia Roberts will voice an ant in Ant Bully. The animated film is being created by John Davis (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius). Other castmembers include Shirley MacLaine, Paul Giamatti, Alan Cumming and Ricardo Montalban. Source: Variety
Yeeehaaaaa, Burt Reynolds has been cast as Boss Hog in the big screen adaptation of the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. Willie Nelson will play Uncle Jesse, Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville are playing Bo and Luke Duke. Source: Variety
Nicole Kidman is ready to star opposite Russell Crowe in Eucalyptus. The film is based on Murray Bail's novel. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
16/10/04
New posters!:
The new poster for the Get Shorty sequel, Be Cool appeared online. John Travolta returns as Chili Palmer, the rest
of the cast includes Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, Harvey Keitel, Danny DeVito and The Rock.
The poster for Ocean's 12 is also available. All the stars are back for the sequel to Ocean's 11, click on the posters for larger versions.
16/10/04
Chris Rock hosts The Oscars!:
This is great news, comedian Chris Rock will host the 77th Academy Awards. Here's what the show's
producer Gil Cates had to say:
"I am a huge fan of Chris Rock,. He always makes me laugh and he always has something interesting to say. Chris represents the best of the new generation of comics. Having him host the Oscars is terrific. I can't wait."
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DVD releases R1
Alexander the Great
Cinderella Story
Daryl
Ed Wood
Explorers
Fire in the Sky
Garfield
Pee Wee's Xmas Special
Straw Dogs
They Shoot Horses Don't They
Van Helsing
DVD releases R2
Aladdin S.E.
The Howling S.E.
Spy Kids 3-D
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Open Range
Van Helsing
You Got Served
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