Archive for August 27th, 2007
Actor Keanu Reeves has signed on to star in Scott Derrickson’s (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still for 20th Century Fox, reports Variety.
Reeves will play Klaatu, a humanoid alien who arrives on Earth accompanied by an indestructible, heavily armed robot and a warning to world leaders that their continued aggression will lead to annihilation by species watching from afar. Michael Rennie played Klaatu in the 1951 original directed by Robert Wise, and plans are to update it using the latest advances in visual effects technology.
The production is looking at a late fall or early 2008 start as a planned tentpole for the studio.
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During press for his new film In The Valley of Elah, Oscar-winner Paul Haggis (Crash, Casino Royale) spoke about his James Bond and the upcoming one he’s scripting for director Marc Forster.
ComingSoon.net has the quotes: ‘My Bond is an actual assassin; when he kills someone, he kills them with a knife, they’re bloody and he pays a price. He denies that he pays a price, but he does. When he sees a woman who witnesses something horrific, and he sees her taking a shower, he doesn’t just go in there and f*ck her, like the old Bond would have done. He sits there with her, and she says, ‘I can’t get this blood from my fingernails.’ So he helps her get the blood from her fingernails; that’s what he does, that’s my Bond. So it’s a different guy; it’s a guy who’s much more like these guys, these heroes (in ‘Valley of Elah’).’
Haggis refused to say much about Bond 22, but teased with the following comment: ‘It picks up 2 minutes after the last one, and it’s going to be fun.’ Haggis also denied rumours that Carice van Houten (Black Book) would star as one of the Bond girls: ‘She’s great, isn’t she – but she’s not going to be in this one.’
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20th Century Fox has unveiled the red band Aliens vs. Predator - Reqiuem trailer online. It can be viewed in various formats at this link.
In the follow-up to the worldwide hit Alien vs. Predator, the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever wage war in an American Midwestern town – with the residents caught in the middle.
The movie debuts in cinemas December 25.
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According to ComingSoon.net, a release date has been set for Frank Miller’s The Spirit while the video game adaptation Hitman has been moved back more than a month.
20th Century Fox has moved the release date for Xavier Gens directed Hitman from October 12 to November 21. The action-thriller stars Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen and Michael Offei.
Lionsgate has set the date for Will Eisner’s The Spirit, written and to be directed by Frank Miller (Sin City). The action-adventure, starring Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Mendes, hits theaters January 16, 2009.
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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. 