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ARCHIVES WEEK 44 2006
02/11/06
Newsflash:
Hi guys, here's the last newsflash of the week, as usual I'm skipping friday but will be back with the next update this weekend!
 Spike Lee and Brian Grazer are developing a sequel to Inside Man. Lee is currently working with the original's writer, Russell Gewirtz, on a script. Inside Man was Spike Lee's biggest film, and starred Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster.
Directors Allen and Albert Hughes will helm a big screen version of the 1970s classic TV series Kung Fu. The orginal series starred David Carradine.
Nope, it's not Gael Garcia Bernal or Freddy Rodriguez but Edgar Ramirez who will play the villain in The Bourne Ultimatum. Ramirez played Keira Knightley's bounty hunter buddy Choco in Domino.
Source: Variety, Empire Online
01/11/06
Speed Racer movie coming up!:
Finally, The Wachowski Bros are back on the director's chair, helming the big screen version of Speed Racer!
The film is based on the classic 1960s series about the adventures of a young race car driver. Matrix's Joel Silver
will produce the family-friendly film. "They are approaching these racing scenes in a way you've never seen before," Silver said, "They wanted to do something that could appeal to everybody."
The leather-fetish brothers directing a family flick? This I gotta see! The plan is to shoot Speed Racer in summer 2007 for a summer 2008 release.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
31/10/06
Jackie and Jet update!:
More details about the Jackie Chan and Jet Li flick popped up online. The action-adventure, which will mark the first collaboration of
the martial arts experts, costs 70 million dollars and will be directed by Robert Minkoff (The Lion King, Stuart Little), while Yuen Woo-Ping will handle the action sequences.
The John Fusco (Hidalgo) script is based on the legend of the monkey king and his quest to achieve immortality.
Shooting is set for April.
Source: Variety
31/10/06
Halo on hold!:
Sad news for the Halo fans, Jackson and Microsoft's WingNut Films has released the following statement:
"As was previously confirmed, we deeply regret that both Universal and Fox did not choose to move forward with financing the Halo film under the original terms of the agreement. At this time Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with their partner, Microsoft, have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to millions of Halo fans throughout the world that we would settle for no less than bringing a first class film to the big screen. We are fully supportive of Director Neill Blomkamp's vision of the film. Neill is a tremendously gifted filmmaker and his preliminary work on Halo is truly awe-inspiring. While it will undoubtedly take a little longer for Halo to reach the big screen, we are confident that the final feature film will be well worth the wait."
To be honest, I'm really not familiar with the Halo universe, but I'm always in for a great sci-fi epic, so lets hope things will be put on track again within a few years.
30/10/06
Newsflash:
John Cho and Kal Penn are back for the Harold & Kumar sequel, which will begin production in January. In the sequel, the pot-smoking duo are trying to outrun the authorities after being suspected as terrorists. Source: Production Weekly
Narc director Joe Carnahan will helm a big screen version of James Ellroy's White Jazz. The film will be a sequel to L.A. Confidential, which was also based on James Ellroy's novel. Source: Chud
The Italian Stallion is back in boxing film number 6, entitled Rocky Balboa! Start Bill Conti's theme song and click on the pic for excellent new images.
© mgm
30/10/06
U.S. Box Office Oct 27-29:
Saw III kicked some major ass at the American Box Office. The horror flick
opened big with 34 million bucks, here's the rest of the Top Ten:
1. Saw III - $34,300,000 (new)
2. The Departed - $9,840,000 / $91,090,000
3. The Prestige - $9,626,000 / $28,834,000
4. Flags of Our Fathers - $6,350,000 / $19,926,000
5. Open Season - $6,100,000 / $77,357,000
6. Flicka - $4,975,000 / $14,138,000
7. Man of the Year - $4,714,000 / $28,871,000
8. The Grudge 2 - $3,300,000 / $36,016,000
9. Marie Antoinette - $2,850,000 / $9,756,000
10. Running with Scissors - $2,550,000 / $2,884,000
28/10/06
Newsflash:
Roman Polanski will play a French police officer in Brett Ratner's Rush Hour 3! "Roman is my favorite director and my favorite actor, so I asked Jeff Nathanson to write him into the movie," the director said. Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan star in the action comedy. Source: Variety
Samuel L. Jackson is set to play the lead in The Cleaner. Mr. Cool will play a crime scene cleaner who becomes part of a murder cover up. Source: Production Weekly
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-Fat and Radha Mitchell will star in The Children of Huang Shi. The Roger Spottiswood directed film is based on true events, set in China during the late 1930's, the film tells the story of a young Englishman, who led 60 orphaned boys on a journey across the Liu Pan Shan mountains. Source: Variety
After the excellent cop thriller Narc, director Joe Carnahan is finally back with a new thriller Smokin' Aces! The film stars Ben Affleck, Jeremy Piven and Alicia Keys, Check out the trailer right here!
Also online, the trailer for the follow-up to Hostel! I hated the first part of the film, but loved the second half with the gore and stuff. Check out the trailer here.
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