- Danny Elliott
- December 1, 2008
- Movie News
‘Fame’ remake finds cast
The cast is quickly growing for MGM’s remake of Alan Parker’s 1980 musical “Fame,” and here are the latest additions: Debbie Allen, Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally and Bebe Neuwirth – all for the roles of instructors and supervisors. Production begins Wednesday, with Kevin Tancharoen directing. As with the 1980 original, the remake […]
- Danny Elliott
- November 24, 2008
- Movie News
Brad Pitt To Produce Linda Trest Story
Paramount has picked up the rights to the life story of crusading journalist Linda Trest – the Missouri-based journalist who tracked down and stopped a conman who was posing as a drugs cop. Brad Pitt has teamed up with the writer of Troy, David Benioff, to develop the project through his production company Plan B.
- Danny Elliott
- November 20, 2008
- Movie News
Steven Spielberg and Will Smith Remaking Oldboy?
DreamWorks is currently working to secure the remake rights to Chan-wook Park’s 2003 film Oldboy. Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are in early discussions to collaborate on the remake, with Smith potentially starring and Spielberg potentially directing. They’re currently searching for a screenwriter to begin developing the project while Spielberg finishes directing Tintin. Oldboy centres […]
- Danny Elliott
- November 17, 2008
- Movie News
Aaron Eckhart in Battle: Los Angeles
Having displayed his action skills on The Dark Knight, Aaron Eckhart is to star in a science-fiction tale, Battle: Los Angeles, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Eckhart will play a platoon leader with the Marines who encounter against an alien invasion in the streets of Los Angeles. Jonathan Liebesman (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) […]
- Danny Elliott
- November 14, 2008
- Movie News
HBO acquires rights to Obama documentary
HBO has closed a seven-figure deal for U.S. rights to an untitled Barack Obama documentary produced by actor Edward Norton. Until Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 20th, filming will continue with a projected premiere sometime next spring, the network said Friday. HBO reportedly paid approximately $1 million to release the yet-to-be-titled film.
- Danny Elliott
- November 12, 2008
- Movie News
Bond director Marc Forster in for “Die Bad”
With his “Quantum of Solace” set to blow the doors off the U.S. boxoffice, Marc Forster has signed on for a new project. The German-Swiss director, who previously helmed specialized fare like “Stranger than Fiction” and “Finding Neverland,” has been attached to “Die Bad,” a remake of a Korean action movie that has been set […]
- Danny Elliott
- November 11, 2008
- Movie News
Jack Black ready for Travels
Jack Black is set to take the title role in Twentieth Century Fox’s film adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels. Rob Letterman (Shark Tale, 2004) will direct the big-budget flick, a modern-day adaptation of the Jonathan Swift classic. According to Variety, the story concerns one Lemuel Gulliver, a free-spirited travel writer who, on an assignment to the […]
- Danny Elliott
- November 9, 2008
- Movie News
Joaquin Phoenix Quits Acting: “I’m Done”
Joaquin Phoenix has revealed he is quitting his acting in order to pursue a career in music. The 34-year-old actor told Extra that his forthcoming film Two Lovers, with Gwyneth Paltrow, will be his last. “I want to take this opportunity … also to give you the exclusive and just talk a little bit about […]
- Danny Elliott
- November 4, 2008
- Movie News
Nolan ‘unsure about Batman sequel’
The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has doubts over the next Batman movie – because the third film in the franchise may be too difficult to make. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, he was unsure if there could be another story that would keep him “emotionally invested” for the time it would take to […]
- Danny Elliott
- October 30, 2008
- Movie News
Zeta-Jones to play Cleopatra
Catherine Zeta Jones is in discussions to play Cleopatra in a forthcoming 3D musical of her life. The film currently entitled, ‘Cleo’, has been described as a “3D live action rock ‘n’ roll musical” by ‘Variety’. It will be directed by Steven Soderbergh, who is currently working on a biopic of pianist Liberace, starring Zeta-Jones’ […]
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