Archive for November 1st, 2006
It seems that Matthew McConaughey will be given a second chance to make an impression in the action adventure genre with Fool’s Gold from Warner Bros. Having tested the waters as Dirk Pitt in 2005’s underperforming Sahara, the actor will be hopeful that this time around the movie will capture the public’s imagination.
McConaughey joins Donald Sutherland and Kate Hudson in a tale about a husband and wife who have spent eight years pursuing a lost treasure and are on the brink of divorce and financial ruin when a fresh clue surfaces, forcing them to reunite to find their fortune.
Sutherland has been cast as a billionaire called Nigel who finances the expedition and invites the couple to join him. Andy Tennant is directing.
Source: Reuters
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Joblo.com has been talking to Hugh Jackman about the X-Men spin-off movie Wolverine. The Australian actor has been busy of late with animated movie Happy Feet completed and a further seven movies in varying stages of development pencilled in over the next couple of years. Wolverine, currently in pre-production looks set to hit theaters sometime in 2008.
“We just now have the final script, the final draft from David Benioff which I absolutely love and I know the fans are going to go crazy for it,” said Jackman,
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AICN reports that following Mel Gibson’s declaration that he won’t be involved in any more Mad Max features, the franchise might not be dead after all. George Miller, director of the Road Warrior has been interviewed by Infocus and confirmed that a fourth film is on the cards.
“Mad Max 4 is so prepared, there seems to be a lot of momentum for it to get done. Right now, I’ve got another, smaller film to do, and then we’ll gear up and do “Mad Max” again. In what form and so on, I don’t know. But it hasn’t gotten stale in the meantime, and I’m very very keen to do it. It seems like there’s the appetite out there.”
Miller went on to confirm that the movie will be set in Max’s days in the Main Force Patrol prior to the events of the first film.
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British sci-fi show Doctor Who scored big at the National Television Awards, picking up three of the coveted awards and beating off US competition from shows including Lost and Desperate Housewives. The glossy reincarnation of the classic series scooped the coveted Most Popular Drama award and Most Popular Actor and Actress for its stars Billie Piper and David Tennant.
Tennant said: “I think if my eight-year-old self could see me at the Royal Albert Hall winning a prize for playing the doctor on telly, he would need a stiff shot of Irn-Bru.”
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Reuters reports that Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) is in final negotiations to helm New Line’s The Time Traveler’s Wife. This news follows reports of several big names who have been linked to the project including Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, Gus Van Sant, Brad Pitt and Stephen Frears.
The movie will be based upon the novel by Audrey Niffenegger, an interesting love story about a man with a strange genetic disorder called Chrono-Impairment that causes him to involuntarily travel through time and the incredible chain of events that build his relationship with his wife. Jeremy Leven penned the screen adaptation and a release date is anticipated sometime in 2008.
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Wachowski Brothers are set to direct a live action version of the classic 1960s animated series Speed Racer (Mach Go Go Go) created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida. The Wachowskis will reunite with members of the Matrix team including executive producer Grant Hill and visual effects supervisor John Gaeta on the project.
The original series was about a character called Speed Racer who drove a car called The Mach Five car which was equipped with all manner of technological gadgets. The movie will be produced by Joel Silver who approached the duo during the filming of V For Vendetta and is scheduled for release in Summer 2008.
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I prefer Obama to McCain. Now, McCain’s better than average for a Republican. And though his ads are intellectually offensive, he’s just bowing to his campaign masters and would calm down and be more sane once in office and not campaigning. But I have a few concerns with McCain on foreign policy. He’s not a full-fledged Neocon. That’s good. He opposed Reagan on Lebanon. Good. He was critical of Bush’s initial strategy in Iraq. That’s good. But there’s a problem. He thinks the Vietnam war was winnable and that the US shouldn’t have withdrawn. He’s also eager to spread democracy with force. This just isn’t a good set of beliefs for inheriting Iraq.