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From our friends at Dark Horizons

 

Never say there is a glut of superhero movies to comic book producers eager to earn money, because they're still going ahead with whatever sequels and new properties they can get their hands on.

 

First up the rumours of "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon being tied to the third "X-Men" movie may have grown into fact as a report today over at Production Weekly indicates Whedon has already signed on to direct the third film with production slated to begin in Vancouver in June 2005.

 

Meanwhile, Superhero Hype reports that we can "expect a major announcement from Avi Arad soon about who the new director for Hulk 2 will be. And it looks like they have called Michael France in again to write a draft script for the second movie that will feature the Hulk in a more superhero role"

 

Finally, Comic Book Resources reports that "Allegedly, DC's lord of the seas "Aquaman" is getting the cinematic treatment, courtesy of producers Alan and Peter Riche and writer Ben Grant. They want this Aquaman to be a goofy screwball comedy. Their thought was, 'since he's such a stupid character let's play that up.'" He then warned me that despite his source's reliability, this is still just a rumor for now, so caveat emptor and what not".

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The Hollywood Reporter indicates Edie Falco, Camilla Belle, Shawn Ashmore and Martin Donovan have joined Elisha Cuthbert in the independent dramatic thriller "Dot" for director Jamie Babbit.

 

Shooting starts this month. "Dot" will see Belle playing the title character, an orphaned teenager sent to live with her godparents and their daughter, Nina (Cuthbert). Unable to hear or speak, Dot's alienated existence takes a disturbing turn when she uncovers the secrets of her new family.

 

Falco plays the mother of Cuthbert's character. The role of the father has yet to be cast. Belle takes over the role following the exit of Thora Birch. Ashmore plays a seemingly typical all-star athlete who turns out to be more than he seems after forming a relationship with Dot, while Donovan will star as the father in the family opposite Falco.

 

The Guardian reports that a press screening of the new Nicole Kidman movie "Birth", about a woman whom believes a 10-year-old boy is the reincarnation of her dead husband, was greeted with a chorus of boos by journalists covering the Venice Film Festival.

 

The movie, directed by Jonathan Glazer, has had its share of controversies over two scenes which feature Kidman and 11-year-old actor Cameron Bright sharing a tender kiss and a bathtub respectively. New Line has insisted that neither actor was naked when the tub scene was filmed.

 

Nevertheless despite the media reaction, "Birth" is the festival's front-runner in the race for the Golden Lion award. The premiere takes place tonight in the Italian city where this year's festival has been plagued by problems of both security and screening operation issues.

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Cruz news. From Coming Soon.net

 

Head in the Clouds and Sahara star Penelope Cruz will star in the psychological drama Chromophobia, set in contemporary London. The $10 million film is written and directed by Martha Fiennes.

 

Variety says Chromophobia started shooting a couple of weeks ago on the Isle of Man. It will move to locations in London this fall.

 

Probing the dilemmas of modern London life, where the old-fashioned virtues of honesty and loyalty are replaced by the new morality of success and celebrity, it's the story of a bourgeois family slowly coming apart at the seams.

 

Cruz joins a cast that includes the director's brother Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rhys Ifans, Ian Holm, Ben Chaplin, Damian Lewis and Harriet Walters.

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Warner Bros. Remaking Hawaii Five-O

Source: Variety

Thursday, September 9, 2004

 

 

Warner Bros. has acquired remake rights to Hawaii Five-O, with Ocean's Twelve screenwriter George Nolfi set to write the script, reports Variety. George Litto, who was the agent of series creator Leonard Freeman, will produce the film.

 

With its lush Oahu setting, popular theme song and signature lead detective character Steve McGarrett (played by Jack Lord), Hawaii Five-O is perhaps the most remake-friendly TV series not previously under studio control, says the trade. CBS broadcast the series from 1968 to 1980.

 

Nolfi has begun writing and filming is expected to start next Spring in Oahu for an early Summer 2006 release. There is even a time schedule for sequels. Nolfi is reportedly sticking close to the original "Five-O" series plot.

 

 

 

Chappelle & Gondry Team on Musical Comedy

Source: Variety

Thursday, September 9, 2004

 

 

Comedian Dave Chappelle has teamed up with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry to produce and star in an untitled feature to be directed by Gondry, reports Variety.

 

The plot, being kept under wraps, is based on an idea by Chappelle and will combine music and comedy. Chappelle will emcee and do standup and scripted comedy. The trade says the movie will have a documentary aspect to it with some of the musical and comedy elements to be filmed live from the musical and comedy event that will take place in New York.

 

It was inspired by Wattstax, a documentary of a nonstop seven-hour musical event in August 1972 at the Los Angeles Coliseum that starred soul, R&BR&B and gospel artists and was hosted by comedian Richard Pryor.

 

The movie will start shooting later this month on location in Brooklyn. Chappelle recently signed an eight-figure deal to keep his Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central through 2006. He will also star in King of the Park at Universal for filmmaker Tom Shadyac.

 

 

 

 

Ledger, Rush & Collette Return Down Under

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Thursday, September 9, 2004

 

 

Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush and Toni Collette are returning home Down Under for three films subsidized by the Australian government, says The Hollywood Reporter.

 

Ledger, currently shooting Lasse Hallstrom's untitled Casanova project in Venice, will play alongside rising star Abbie Cornish (Somersault) and Oscar-winner Rush in an adaptation of the best-selling Australian novel Candy.

 

The book's author, Luke Davies, adapted the screenplay with Neil Armfield, who will direct the film, in which two lovers' intersecting lives take them on a journey of lust, addiction and self-destruction.

 

Collette will star in Like Minds as a forensic psychologist appointed by police to determine whether there is enough evidence to lay murder charges against a 16-year-old boy remanded in juvenile detention after the shotgun death of his schoolmate. It is the first feature film from writer/director Gregory Read.

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From Dark Horizons:

 

'Ghost Rider' roars in Melbourne

 

One of the worst kept secrets in the Australian film industry has finally hit the papers. The Age reports that Melbourne's struggling Docklands studios have secured the biggest film to be shot in the state, a $40 million adaptation of the Marvel comic "Ghost Rider".

 

Nicolas Cage is still rumoured to be in negotiations for the lead role as a motorcycle stuntman who does a deal with an evil character to gain supernatural powers. Shooting is scheduled for five months from January next year and will take place at the Central City Studios and on location in the city and regional areas. The film is scheduled to be Columbia Pictures' major summer release for 2006.

 

The decision to shoot the classic comic at the new studios is seen by the Government as a vindication of the State Government's decision to invest more than $40 million in the controversial studio project. Along with various other local productions, a new version of the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" is expected to shoot there at about the same time.

 

(Jack here: I know that many of you who read the title of this post may have thought that it had to do with the proposed biopic about our favorite drummer. Sorry about that.)

 

 

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