Archive for April 12th, 2007
Smallville’s Eric Johnson has landed the title role in SCI FI Channel’s upcoming original series Flash Gordon, reports Sci-Fi wire.
The 22-hour series updates the comic-strip franchise and is slated for an August premiere. Johnson will play space-traveling adventurer Gordon, who is joined by companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov. Ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, they find themselves as Earth’s last line of defense against the forces of the merciless dictator Ming.
Peter Hume has written the first two episodes, which will be directed by Rick Rosenthal (Smallville). Production is to begin May 1 in Vancouver, Canada.
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The Jackie Chan and Jet Li movie based upon the Chinese legend of the Monkey King will be called The Forbidden Kingdom reports Dark Horizons.
Rob Minkoff will take directorial duties working from an original screenplay by John Fusco. The story revolves around an American teenager who discovers the king’s legendary stick weapon in a pawn shop and is transported back in time to ancient China, where he joins a crew of warriors fighting to free the imprisoned king. Li will play two roles: the Monkey King and the silent monk, with Chan playing the monk T’sa-Ho.
Principal photography begins May 2 in China with a September 2008 US release date planned.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter Columbia Pictures is in negotiations with Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard to reunite them for Da Vinci Code prequel Angels & Demons.
Rumors suggest that Hanks would recieve Hollywood’s largest ever paypacket for the role after the The Da Vinci Code raked in massive global profits despite a poor crticial reception. Sources say that the studio has set an early January start date and has hired A-list casting directors Jane Jenkins and Debbie McWilliams to fill out the thriller’s supporting roles.
Angels & Demons, published in 2000 introduces the character of Robert Langdon and tells the story of a conflict between the Illuminati and the Roman Catholic Church. Akiva Goldsman is adapting the screenplay.
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Walt Disney Pictures has launched a video blog on the production of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The first clip features director Andrew Adamson giving an exclusive peek at the filming of the next Narnian adventure.
Click here to watch.
Prince Caspian is actually the fourth Narnia book going by the sequence in which author C.S. Lewis wrote them and the film version reunite most of the principal cast from The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Prince Caspian finds the Pevensie siblings pulled back into the land of Narnia, where a thousand years have passed since they left.
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Variety reports that although Brendan Fraser has closed a lucrative deal to return for The Mummy 3 he won’t be joined by onscreen wife Rachel Weisz.
Since her last appearance as Evelyn Carnahan O’Connell in the 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns Weisz has won an Oscar so her reluctance to to reprise her role in the hammy franchise is perhaps understandable.
Rob Cohen is directing the project, which is expected to begin production late this Summer from a script by Smallville creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough. The Mummy 3 is set in China and will introduce Jet Li as the new villain.
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IGN have delivered our first look at Iron Man from Jon Favreau’s upcoming big screen adaptation of the classic Marvel comic book.
The image depicts Tony Stark clad in the early grey bulky prototype armour which was replaced in the comic by the sleeker form-fitting gold and red version.
Iron Man tells the story of a troubled billionaire scientist who creates a life support suit to assist him after a life threatening accident, and ultimately decides to use its technology to fight evil and crime. The movie stars Robert Downey Junior, Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff bridges and Leslie Bibb and is scheduled for release May 2, 2008.
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I am a little leary of the situation. The truth will come out when, and if the US economy, and the dollar begins to strengthen. If prices remain high, you’ll know someone is lying. Either OPEC doesn’t have the supply they claim they have, or Analysts are incorrect when they say demand has decreased. Personally, I don’t buy the claim that demand has decreased. Population is ever increasing, so, the the demand should always be increasing. 