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ARCHIVES WEEK 47 2004
18/11/04
Constantine poster:
MTV posted a great but very small poster for Constantine. The movie
is based on the Hellblazer comic and stars Keanu Reeves. I've resized the poster a bit, check it out below.
© wb 2004
18/11/04
Evil Dead remake?!:
Wow, this came as a surprise, plans are being made to remake the horror classic Evil Dead. The good thing; Sam Raimi, creator and
director of the Evil Dead series will produce the remake along with the star of the flicks, Bruce Campbell. Who will direct
the remake is unknown, but I'll keep you posted on this one.
Source: Variety
18/11/04
Tenacious D movie update:
Jack Black's Tenacious D partner Kyle Gass talked to Billboard about the status of their movie:
"It's definitely the funniest movie on paper that I've ever read. It starts off as kind of how the D was formed. It goes into a quest for 'the pick,' a magical pick that will supposedly help us rock like the rock gods we so admire. It's a zillion laughs.
Hopefully we'll get Meat Loaf to play Jack's dad. Jack tries to rock for his parents, but even as a child he's working blue. He gets in trouble and goes up to his room and starts talking to a poster of Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy talks back and inspires Jack to sing this incredible rock song about how he's going to rock the world. We'll have to find some crazy child whose parents won't mind him swearing!
I'm sure New Line would love to have the movie come out by Christmas next year. Then, we'll embark on the Tenacious D world tour. Then, we'll make the really bad sequel. But we'll make zillions of dollars. Then, one more crappy album and that is it. We are done. The goal is to not ever have to do it again."
That's funny, can't wait to see it!
18/11/04
I did it all for the Wookiee!:
Awesome Wookiee pics on the cover of Star Wars Insider! Chewbacca is back in Star Wars Episode III!
© Star Wars Insider 2004
18/11/04
James Bond casting follows Superman model?:
I've received an interesting theory of Timothy McKinney who's informed me about the casting process for James Bond:
"While gossip columns rotate unlikely celebrities Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe onto the heir apparent James Bond thrown,
MGM’s true intentions appear in focus with Warner Brothers’ Superman.
Although the celebrity name dropping makes for good headlines, the truth of the casting process to name the new James Bond may be best
reflected by examining the similar process undergone for Warner Brothers’ high profile Superman feature Man of Steel.
The Superman casting rumors spawned casino betting odds on the various contenders, allowing consumers to wager on who they expected would land
the role. Ultimately though the role of Superman was awarded to unknown actor Brandon Routh and the bookmakers laughed all the way to the bank having
never publicized their odds to the public on the long time behind the scenes frontrunner."
Well, I don't know... but my gut feeling tells me that MGM will go for a celebrity instead of an unknown actor. Thanks for the heads up, Tim.
16/11/04
Newsflash:
I've found a couple of interesting newsbits for today's newsflash. Hopefully some more groundbreaking news tomorrow and
you can help me out by sending scoops; e-mail Reggy!
 Keanu Reeves will star in Spike Lee's The Night Watchman. The story revolves around a cop who discovers corruption inside a police department. Source: Variety
The trailer for The Woodsman hit the web right here. The drama stars Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos Def, Benjamin Bratt, David Alan Grier and Eve. Go check it out, great performance of Bacon.
15/11/04
Newsflash:
Tom Hanks re-teams with Ron Howard on The Da Vinci Code. The two also worked together on Splash and Apollo 13. The film is based on Dan Brown's best-selling thriller. Source: Newsweek
New (boring) teaser poster for Steve Martin's The Pink Panther is online right here.
A shitload of The War of the Worlds setpics are online. Click on Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg for more.
© tomcruisefan.com 2004
15/11/04
Diesel talks Find Me Guilty:
Vin Diesel is currently shooting the courtroom drama Find Me Guilty with legendary Sidney Lumet as director. Seems that Diesel is
learning a lot from the master and will use the feedback to direct his own movie Hannibal the Conqueror:
"I cannot tell you what kind of an unbelievable experience it has been working with Sidney. I gained weight. My whole look has changed. I have locked myself up in my apartment for four weeks, because I'm playing a character named Jackie DiNorscio, that is defending himself in court, but living in prison. I don't know if you remember 'the boys from New Jersey', the trial that went on in the '80s, but it was the largest mob trial in history, where twenty defendants were acquitted. That's the story I'm doing right now. We've got Peter Dinklage and Linus Roach in the film. I feel incredibly fortunate."
"I've learned so much. He is so incredible, and so demanding in some ways. It's like we'll do five to thirteen pages of dialogue a day. He'll do seven and ten minute talking shots, and he has it all mapped out in his head. I really think that Sidney Lumet is going to be someone that we will all be reminded of next year when 'Find Me Guilty' comes out. The greatest thing about Sidney, in terms of teaching me directing stuff, is that he'll have me come look behind the monitor and explain these very interesting and very cool shots. I mean, literally, he'll stop for a second and show me. He knows that, at heart, I'm a director and that I'm planning to return to directing shortly. With Sidney Lumet, I'd be on that set every morning at 6 AM just to watch him work. He's doing it fast, too. He'll do this entire film in less than a month."
Source: Coming Soon
15/11/04
Trailers, trailers, trailers!:
A few interesting new trailers hit the web last weekend, here's a rundown:
Click here for Assault on Precinct 13 starring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello and John Leguizamo. Reggy's score on the trail-o-meter; Cool!
Click here for Martin Scorsese's The Aviator starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale and Alec Baldwin. Reggy's score on the trail-o-meter; Epic, Oscar material!
Click here for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, based on Douglas Adams's novel. Reggy's score on the trail-o-meter; Short but very funny!
15/11/04
U.S. Box Office Nov 12-14:
Pixar's The Incredibles is holding on to the top spot at the American Box Office, earning another $51 million and a
total gross of $144 million! Robert Zemeckis' The Polar Express debuted at number 2 with an okay $23 million. The Bridget Jones
sequel already entered the top five with its limited release. I'm sure the movie will hit the top spot when it expands nation
wide later this week. Here's the rest of the top ten:
1. The Incredibles - $51,049,000 / $144,053,000 since opening
2. The Polar Express - $23,530,000 / $30,836,000
3. After the Sunset - $11,500,000
4. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - $8,900,000
5. Seed of Chucky - $8,767,455
6. Ray - $8,400,000 / $52,500,000
7. The Grudge - $7,100,000 / $99,338,000
8. Saw - $6,400,000 / $45,700,000
9. Shall We Dance? - $4,082,331 / $48,728,611
10. Alfie $2,775,000 / $11,137,000
13/11/04
Legend of Zorro clip:
The cast of the Zorro sequel talks about the film! Antonio Banderas once again will do his own
stunts; "This movie hurts a little bit when you're doing it, but it doesn't matter -- it doesn't matter when you go to the movie theatre and you see the people laughing and having a great time. All the sacrifices, we shouldn't even make remarks about them, because it's natural, it's our profession -- it's what we do."
Martin Campbell will direct and Catherine Zeta-Jones is back as Zorro's lovely Elena de La Vega. Click here to download
a behind-the-scenes clip!
13/11/04
Cage's Next:
Nicolas Cage will star in the action-thriller Next for director Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors).
The film is based on a story by writer Philip K. Dick (Total Recall, Minority Report) and revolves around a man who can see the future and change events before they happen.
Cage will also produce the sci-fi flick. The production will start next summer... does this mean Cage is not doing Ghost Rider?
Source: Variety
13/11/04
Elektra trailer:
Oh my, I love this trailer! Check out the great new trailer for Elektra!
The movie stars Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Will Yun Lee and Terence Stamp. The X-Files' Rob Bowman directs.
13/11/04
David Goyer talks Batman Begins!!!:
Writer-producer David Goyer talks about Chris Nolan's Batman Begins. Here's what Batman on Film posted:
Goyer says the director Chris Nolan is about three weeks away from finishing his first cut of the movie. "I've been watching the dailies, and it's going along really well," Goyer said. "Chris is very intense and focused and very private and he's just locked away in the editing room. I can say that it's going to be the BATMAN film I'm sure any one of you always wished would have been made. For me, it's going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience."
Talk of a sequel was brought up and Goyer addressed it. "On one hand, we're really tempted not to do another one, to do the one and walk away. WB is really interested in Chris doing another one. Chris won't even talk about it until he finishes this cut, so they're going to bring it up in January.
We definitely set it up and kind of provided WB a rough plan of what the next three movies would be. So it's not like we'll do one and then figure on the next. There is a road map of what the next three movies would be and who the various characters would be."
13/11/04
Willy Wonka pics:
I don't know why, but I just love every lil' newsbit about Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The poster appeared online last week and today
we get to see photos of the cast, including Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. Click on the pic for more!
© wb 2004
13/11/04
Sequel talk!:
Here are some sequel updates:
Rush Hour 3 is ready to go, according to director Brett Ratner: "The deals are done from what I understand. It doesn't mean I'm going to make the movie next. I always have three or four movies in development, so when I'm done I can just jump into the one that's closest." Source: MSNBC
Director David Twohy still wants to make another Riddick sequel but it all depends on how well the DVD of The Chronicles of Riddick will sell.
"[Sequels are] still a possibility, but many eyes are watching this DVD release very closely," says Twohy, "Remember that we were saying all along that we knew where the story goes from this point forward, but we hopefully didn't have so much hubris to say that we were definitely making a trilogy out of this. What we were saying was, 'We know what the macro arc is,' and if we were fortunate enough to be successful in this one we knew where we would pick up in the next one. We had it in our minds and there are certain setups in The Chronicles of Riddick for future films, including the Shirah character who now appears in the [director's cut DVD], a character who did not make it into the theatrical version at all. We would talk a lot about the Underverse - this being the sort of collision of Heaven and Hell for the Necromonger empire - and what that all is, and we'd venture across it. We know the Lord Marshal character gained some powers there by stepping in, having one foot in this land of the Necromonger dead. And he came back with this power of soul separation. So it's a very interesting place, and thought to be a physical place, and if we had the opportunity to continue the story we would surely like to go there."
Well, bring it on, David, I'm ready for another Riddick adventure but just make sure you'll make the next one R-rated!
Source: Now Playing
13/11/04
Bryan Singer talks Superman!!!:
X-men director Bryan Singer once again talked about his Superman Returns flick.
Why dou you want to make Superman: "I thought of that and I've also wanted to make a Superman movie for a number of years and by putting the earlier films in kind of a history and by not treading on what Smallville's doing, I think people....It's been a lot of years since people have gotten to see this guy fly and do what he does and it's ultimately a great myth and a great story. That's why its been around for seventy years. People will be excited about seeing it, but I'm incredibly excited about making it. I'd have to go hours to explain to you why."
Was there ever any thought of casting Tom Welling, from "Smallville", in the role?: ""Yeah, there was some thought but my feeling was was that if I'm going to make a Superman movie, it's a big movie, it's a big budget film and it has its own kind of story that's separate from Smallville, so I really didn't want to make a Smallville feature, I wanted to make a Superman movie and I felt that even though he's terrific, he's existing to carry the torch through a certain period in the character's life. This guy is just past that period so I felt that it just had to be a seperate entity."
What about the story?: "It's not an origin story. The best way I can explain it is to say it puts the earlier films into a kind of vague history. You'll see a moment flashback...you'll see a bit of him as a young man..but this really takes off several years after he's arrived and he's done many heroic deeds. He's already a known figure. It's kinda like the first Batman film, which would be the best analogy because he already existed. Batman was part of Gotham City, well here Superman existed in Metropolis, had a relationship of a kind with Lois Lane and is now...gone. And this is the story of a return."
Source: Moviebox
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DVD releases R1
Buffy: 7th Season
Chronicles of Riddick
Elf
Foul Play
Iron Giant S.E.
Smallville 3rd Season
Yu-Gi-Oh: The Movie
DVD releases R2
Blueberry
Kurosawa Collection vol. 2
Spartan
Duplex
Garfield
Eurotrip
Thunderbirds
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