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Another 'Nutcracker' Flick In The Works
7 December 2009 5:22 AM, PST
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In a typical Hollywood move mirroring the "Armaggeddon/Deep impact" war, the "Dante's Peak/Volcano" face off, and the "Capote/Infamous" altercation, New Line Cinema will adapt the fairy tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King," which will compete with Robert Zemeckis' motion capture version.This take re-imagines the classic story published in 1816 by E.T.W. Hoffman's as an action adventure. The original "Nutcracker" centers on a 12-year old girl who's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and defeats the Mouse King before transporting her to a kingdom of dolls. Man, that's a lot of rats being declared king this upcoming year. Hmm, something tells me I could've come up with a more obvious pun for this thing. Oh well.Source: The Trades
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Hugh Jackman In Talks For Real Steel
1 October 2009 3:49 AM, PDT
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Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in Shawn Levy's futuristic robot boxing film, Real Steel.
Real Steel is based on a short story by Richard Matheson, and was originally adapted for the big screen by scriptwriter Dan Gilroy (The Fall), but has since been rewritten by Leslie Bohem (Taken, Dante's Peak) and John Gatins (Summer Catch, Dreamer).
The story centres on a father and his estranged 13-year-old son who enter the world of robotic boxing as, in the future, human boxing has been outlawed and replaced with sports combat between human-trained 2000-pound heavy steel robots.
According to Variety, Jackman is in talks to play the father's role, an ex-fighter turned promoter whose "access to sub-standard robot parts hampers his hopes for glory in Robot Boxing, until he discovers a discarded robot that always seems to win."
It's an interesting and original concept, so here's hoping that it is dealt with properly.
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Hugh Jackman Wants To Box Robots
30 September 2009 5:15 PM, PDT
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What do you get when you mix Rocky and Robot Jox? I'm not entirely sure, but it sounds an awful lot like what Dreamworks has planned for Real Steel. If it sounds hokey to you, you might take some solace (or despair...take your pick) in the fact that Hugh Jackman is in talks to star.
According to Variety Real Steel is set in some future time when boxing has gotten too violent to be allowed (no indication of what this future Utopia makes of ultimate fighting). Instead fights involve one ton robots.
If Jackman has his way he'll play an ex-fighter turned down-on-his-luck promoter who discovers a tossed-aside boxing model with an unlikely habit of winning. Sort of a Mickey Goldmill meets Don King perhaps? The current version of the script was penned by Les Bohem (responsible for all that witty banter in Dante's Peak) and John Gatins (his
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Set a Place for Rachael & Rochelle: Four Possible Julie & Julia Knockoffs
13 August 2009 8:30 AM, PDT
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Julie & Julia opened with a $20 million box office weekend, Oscar buzz and the added bonus of a sales boost for Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Just like past film cancer clusters Armageddon/Deep Impact and Dante's Peak/Volcano, it won't be long before a studio rolls out another project with a celebrity chef/normal person pairing. Fortunately, the Julie & Julia recipe allows for easy substitutions. Here are a few ideas for the next course.
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Daily news dose: Roger Donaldson to direct 'Umbra;' 'Buffy' remake in the works
26 May 2009 12:00 AM, PDT
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Here's your dose of film news for May 26, 2009:
• Roger Donaldson, whose credits include "Dante's Peak," "The Recruit" and "The Bank Job," is in talks to direct Relativity Media's "Umbra." Steven Karczynski wrote the script, but plot details are still kept under wraps. (Variety)
• Vertigo Entertainment is currently working on a remake of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but the Hollywood Reporter says creator Joss Whedon is not involved at this stage. The trade also says the project will not be connected to the television series. No writers are on board yet, and no studio has committed to the film yet.
• Speaking of remakes, Disney is in the planning stages of redoing "Flight of the Navigator," with Brad Copeland on board to write the screenplay. Randal Kleiser directed the 1986 original, about a boy who escapes Nasa scientists and experiences a unique adventure on a spaceship. (THR)
• If you just can't get
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- Franck Tabouring
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Daily news dose: Ricky Gervais' 'Flanimals' coming to theaters; 'Star Trek' delayed in Mexico
29 April 2009 10:14 AM, PDT
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Here's your dose of film news for April 29, 2009:
• Ricky Gervais' "Flanimals," a series of children's books, will be heading to the big screen, with Illumination Entertainment developing the 3D animated film. Matt Selman ("The Simpsons Movie") will write the screenplay, and Gervais will lend his voice to the main character, an ugly creature heading out to change the world. (Variety)
• Roger Donaldson, the man behind "The Bank Job," "The Recruit" and "Dante's Peak," is set to direct the big-screen adaptation of Seymour Reit's novel "The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa." The plot follows the thief who stole the famous painting in 1911. The piece was missing for more than two years. (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Here are some quick casting news: Danny Huston has officially joined Louis Leterrier's "Clash of the Titans." He will play Poseidon. Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and Sam Worthington co-star, among others. Also,
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- Franck Tabouring
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Roger Donaldson Will Steal the Mona Lisa
28 April 2009 9:59 PM, PDT
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Roger Donaldson, who most recently directed the Jason Statham film The Bank Job, is set to helm another fact-based heist flick. The filmmaker, Phoenix Pictures and Robert Chartoff are teaming for a screen adaptation of Seymour Reit’s book The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa.
The book centers on the theft of the world's most famous painting from the Louvre in 1911. It was missing for more than two years before an Italian carpenter named Vincent Perugia showed up with the painting in Florence. The film will center on the conman who masterminded the theft.
Mike Medavoy and Chartoff will produce with Lynn Hendee and Phoenix's Arnie Messer, Brad Fischer and David Thwaites. Phoenix is in post-production on the Martin Scorsese-directed Leonardo DiCaprio thriller Shutter Island.
Donaldson’s previous credits include The World's Fastest Indian, The Recruit, Thirteen Days, Dante's Peak, Species and the 80s Tom Cruise comedy Cocktail.
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Mona Lisa heist
28 April 2009 3:57 PM, PDT
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Director Roger Donaldson's filmography is all over the place -- No Way Out, Cocktail, Species, Dante's Peak, Thirteen Days -- but his next project seems to line up with his most recent one, the surprisingly fun Statham flick The Bank Job.
Donaldson is adapting Seymour Reit's book "The Day They Stole The Mona Lisa," which rather bluntly describes the plot. The Phoenix Pictures film revolves around a conman and the theft of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci painting, which was
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John Frizzell: Legion
28 April 2009 2:41 AM, PDT
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John Frizzell is doing the score for Legion, an apocalyptic action flick starring Dennis Quaid, Paul Bettany, Kevin Durand, Doug Jones and Kate Walsh. The composer, who is best known for his big orchestral scores for Alien: Resurrection and Dante's Peak as well as the quirkier Office Space, has scored a lot of dark subjects lately, including Evil Angel, The Lodger and 100 Feet. Legion is directed by Scott Charles Stewart and produced by David Lancaster and Michel Litvak for release in January 2010 by Screen Gems. The story is about about a group of people who, after a biblical apocalypse, discover that a young woman is pregnant with the messiah.
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- noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)
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Eve is Such a Tease!
31 March 2009 4:05 PM, PDT
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And the similarities between Hack/Slash and Eve keep on rolling. Sort of like how we got Volcano and Dante's Peak, Armageddon and Deep Impact, anything that made money and any film from the Asylum.
Uhm got ahold of the synopsis and some early teaser art for Eve directly from writer/director Brian Metcalf.
Eve "is set in an alternate, more seedy Los Angeles. After discovering her father was the deadliest serial killer of all time, Evelyn makes the decision to track down every psycho she can get her hands on. But these are no ordinary killers, they have supernatural advantages to them - something she must learn to adapt to. She also must learn as to why they are gathering in this city and what their evil intentions are while having to reconcile with her own past."
Those familiar with Hack/Slash will immediately notice the similarities story-wise as
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Who (Besides Us) Will Win the Battle of the Jane Austen Revamps?
24 February 2009 2:20 PM, PST
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Jane Austen wasn't just on Masterpiece Theater this month, but on every horror, sci-fi, and film site. First came news that Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was in the middle of a fierce Hollywood bidding war. Austen fans barely had time to rant or rejoice before Sir Elton John announced he'd be bringing aliens to Meryton with Pride and Predator.
If you were wondering whether the similarities were coincidental or not, Entertainment Weekly has the answer. They caught up with Graham-Smith, who explained how we ended up with two horror revamps. "After I had turned in the book, I was having a meeting with someone and described Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and he said, 'You know, I think there's a script out there called Pride and Predator.' It had been languishing in development for years or something. And then, of course, we're all excited about
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- Elisabeth Rappe
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"Observe and Report"—No, It's Not Another "Paul Blart"
7 February 2009 8:28 AM, PST
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Competing movies with similar settings/premise in passing used to be all the rage. Armageddon-Deep Impact, Volcano-Dante's Peak, Antz-A Bug's Life... When Jody Hill's Observe and Report was announced while Paul Blart: Mall Cop was in the making, it was looking like the two might peck at each other's audience. After seeing Hill's The Foot Fist Way, it became apparent to me that the two films are going to be worlds apart. This Red Band trailer makes that very clear. Nsfw, as usual.
While Paul Blart is more sympathetic to its hero's fantasy, giving the hapless security guard an actual threat to shine in, Observe and Report is more interested in giving theirs a harsh reality check.
The Foot Fist Way was a strange film, mainly because Hill's sense of humor is so pitch black and straightfaced that what was supposed to be a comedy turned
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- Arya Ponto
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