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ARCHIVES WEEK 49 2003
04/12/03
Ben Affleck a John Woo fan?:
Ben Affleck claims he's a big John Woo fan. He worked with the Hong Kong action director on the upcoming
Paycheck. The sci-fi flick tells the story of a computer expert who is hired for a top secret
project:
"You get a guy like John Woo, you know he's going to elevate it," Affleck said. "It's really a relief for me, as opposed to working for somebody where you're not sure. I loved [Woo's early films] The Killer and Hard Boiled and those movies, since they've kind of changed the American independent movie scene in the early '90s. I was, like, a 20-year-old film geek at my house. I had the Hard Boiled poster. So this is a big deal for me."
That's cool Mr. Affleck, John Woo re-invented action with his Hong Kong movies!
Source: Sci-fi Wire
04/12/03
Pics and Posters:
 Fangoria posted a nice looking
poster for the horror flick Ginger Snaps 2.
The official site for the Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson comedy Starksy & Hutch is now active.
Coming Soon has got a bunch of new Peter Pan stills.
Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers nightly with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars to the lush jungles of Neverland. Wendy and her brothers join Peter and the Lost Boys in an exhilarating life free of grown-up rules, while also facing the inevitable showdown with Hook and his bloodthirsty pirates.
Click on the pic to see more.
03/12/03
Travolta in Tarantino's next - updated 06/12/03:
Quentin Tarantino and John Travolta will join forces again after working together on the masterpiece Pulp
Fiction. Tarantino couldn't find a role for Travolta in Kill Bill and Vega Brothers is not going to happen
but Travolta will definitely be part of Tarantino's "airplane thriller" project. The movie will be some
sort of Airport/Towering Inferno-like disaster flick with Travolta playing the role of a pilot. Tarantino's
next movie will the World War II flick Inglorious Bastards.
Updated 06/12/03: Sources claim this Tarantino disaster movie was just a joke the director made to the press. So let's keep our eyes on Inglorious Bastards.
Source: Moviehole
03/12/03
Jackson talks King Kong:
Peter Jackson revealed more details on his next project that doesn't involve Hobbits, they will be replaced by
a giant ape called King Kong:
"I'm interested in (King) Kong being quite stylised and the jungles of Skull Island I want to be very over-the-top, like a jungle from hell. I imagine we are going to be more successful pulling that off in the studio or in a back lot than we are trying to find a beech forest in the South Island," he said. Naomi Watts is on board to play the lead role. "She got really excited and it was great. Naomi's the only person that we've really approached because she's becoming so eagerly sought after by everybody." And supporting cast? "A lot of the characters are members of the ship's crew and we don't really kind of know who they are because we are going to write the script from scratch again." Wellington special effects companies Weta Workshop and Weta Digital will work on the film. "Once we get started on Kong we get a few months of what I call gentle work because I am writing, having meetings at Weta and looking at designs," Jackson said. "It's actually going to be easier. . . (than The Lord of the Rings) the logistics involved don't seem as daunting."
The remake will be shot in New Zealand with a budget of $33 million (that's not much).
Source: Dominion Post
02/12/03
Newsflash:
Hi Guys, sorry for the late update, had some problems with my internet connection but I'm back with
the latest movie news, enjoy:
Rumours are circulating that Sigourney Weaver is ready for Alien 5.
Possible story revolves around Rilpey visiting the Alien planet, wiping out the Aliens once and for all.
Awesome but take this news with a grain of salt. Source: The Z Review
Mulder himself, David Duchovny, talked about X-Files 2 movie:
"We're also working to put together the next X-Files movie. I'd imagine we'd get into shooting in the
next year or so, depending on when the script is written." Source: Razor Magazine
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson said he would be "keen" to make a
film of Tolkien's The Hobbit. But he also mentioned that "I'm obviously busy for the next
couple of years with King Kong." Source: BBC
02/12/03
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind posters:
Coming Soon posted three posters for
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The movie stars Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten
Dunst and Elijah "Frodo" Wood. The great Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation) wrote the story.
Carrey plays Joel who is stunned to discover that his girlfriend Clementine (Winslet) has had her memories of their tumultuous relationship erased. Out of desperation, he contacts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Wilkinson), to have Clementine removed from his own memory. But as Joel's memories progressively disappear, he begins to rediscover their earlier passion. From deep within the recesses of his brain, Joel attempts to escape the procedure. As Dr. Mierzwiak and his crew (Dunst, Ruffalo, Wood) chase him through the maze of his memories, it's clear that Joel just can't get her out of his head.
Click on the pic to see larger versions of the posters.
02/12/03
Dirty Harry in Batman:
Clint Eastwood is being approached to play the mayor of Gotham City in the upcoming Batman: Intimidation
movie. Clint seems to be very happy with the offer: "I would like to show a lighter side to my character in
my later years."
I think Clint would be perfect to play the older batman in Frank Miller's Return of the Dark Knight comic,
what do you think?.
Source: Superhero Hype
02/12/03
New Van Helsing pic:
Coming Soon posted a nice shot
of Hugh Jackman in Van Helsing. The movie is directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) and
also stars Kate Beckinsale.
Set in the late 19th century, Stephen Sommers' screenplay finds Bram Stoker's fabled monster hunter, Van
Helsing (Jackman), summoned to a distant Eastern European land on a quest to vanquish evil. Now, for the first
time since the 1940s, Universal's greatest classic monsters -- Dracula, the Frankenstein monster and The Wolf
Man -- return to the screen as complex, multi-dimensional beings re-imagined by writer-director Sommers.
The Van Helsing character first appeared onscreen in the seminal 1931 Universal classic Dracula and has
since appeared in hundreds of motion picture and theatrical adaptations of Stoker's novel.
Click on the pic for a larger version.
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02/12/03
US Box Office Nov 28-30:
Eddie Murphy's ghost didn't scare The Cat in the Hat who was the winner of the Thanksgiving Box Office weekend.
The Haunted Mansion entered the second spot with an impressive $25 million. Will Ferrell's
Elf is still doing outstanding at number three with a total gross of $130 million. Other newcomers like
Bad Santa, The Missing and Timeline couldn't find the
right audience.
Here's The Top Ten:
1. The Cat in the Hat - $25,555,000 / $77,000,000 since opening
2. The Haunted Mansion - $25,300,000
3. Elf - $22,175,000 / $130,140,000
4. Gothika - $12,710,000 / $41,134,000
5. Master and Commander - $12,700,000 / $67,46700,000
6. Bad Santa - $12,485,000 / $16,808,000
7. The Missing - $11,700,000 / $16,500,000
8. Timeline - $8,475,000 / $12,600,000
9. Love Actually - $7,879,000 / $43,240,000
10. Brother Bear - $4,900,000 / $77,700,000
26/11/03
Taking Lives poster:
The official site for Angelina Jolie's thriller Taking Lives is now online.
Taking Lives is the story of a FBI agent (Jolie) who becomes involved with her key witness while tracking
a prolific serial killer who assumes the lives and identities of the people he kills. She finds herself
surrounded by numerous suspects and no one to trust. The movie also stars Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez and
is directed by D.J. Caruso (The Salton Sea). Click on the poster to enter the site.
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29/11/03
The Fast and the Furious 3:
Paul Walker, star of the upcoming Timeline and Fast and Furious movies talked about Vin Diesel returning
for a third installment of The Fast and the Furious: "Nothing's definite, you know how
this town works! But the sequel did really well and rarely do you see a sequel reach the success of the
first one. We actually did much better, so I think we'll go back and do a third one, and we're hoping Vin
will be on board. It will be great, me, Tyrese and Vin."
Source: The Z Review
29/11/03
Paycheck site online:
The official site for John Woo's sci-fi flick Paycheck is now open. Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick, "Paycheck" is about world famous genius Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck), who does specialized projects for high-tech corporations. Once a job is complete, his memory is erased so as not to divulge any company secrets. Highly paid for his work, Jennings expects to earn $4.4 billion for his latest 5-year project, but upon completion of the job, instead of a big paycheck, he is given an envelope full of random objects and told that he has agreed to forget all payment. With his memory erased per usual, Jennings has no defense, until he discovers that the objects are clues to his past. Now, with the help of Rachel (Uma Thurman), the woman he has worked with and loved for the last three years, Jennings is in a race against time to put the pieces of his past together before the people he once worked for have him killed.
Click on the pic to enter the site.
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29/11/03
Cold Mountain poster:
Latino Review posted a great poster for Cold Mountain.
Directed by Anthony Minghella (The English Patient), Cold Mountain tells the story of Inman (Jude Law),
a wounded confederate soldier who is on a perilous journey home to his mountain community, hoping to reunite
with his pre-war sweetheart, Ada (Nicole Kidman). In his absence, Ada struggles to survive, and revive her
father's farm with the help of intrepid young drifter Ruby (Renee Zellweger).
Click on the pic for a larger version.
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DVD releases R1
Alias Second Season
Alien Quadrilogy
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ship of Fools
To Live and Die in L.A.
Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Season 7
DVD releases R2
Backyard Dogs
Basic
Chinese Ghost Story 1 + 2 + 3
Confidence
Richard III
Equilibrium
Battlestar Galactica: Series
Beyond Re-Animator
Cool World
Darkness
Desperado
El Mariachi
Great Gatsby
Taxi 3
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