I have
to say that I'm more than thrilled that the writer's
strike appears to be over. If we're all lucky
these guys and girls will be able to immediately get
back to work on cranking out new episodes of Lost
and any other TV shows that have been sorely missed.
Who knows? Maybe even that Justice League
flick will quickly get back on track. The
future is bright.
Here's the weekly update. Read on.
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Rumors are
still swirling as to what exactly will be done with
Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium
Of Dr. Parnassus. The IMDB page shows it as
shut down, but various other sites are claiming that
sources have told them the film is still on and that the
current plan is to have a different actor play the parts
where Heath Ledger's character is in a dream/magic
world.
Universal has decided that The Wolf Man will be
directed by Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park 3,
October Sky, Jumanji). He will be
replacing Mark Romanek, who recently left due to
creative differences.
Gary Oldman has signed on for a part in David Goyer's
currently untitled supernatural thriller. He'll be
playing a spiritual specialist that is trying to help a
girl who is being haunted.
Casey Affleck is set to star in a noir about an amnesiac
who works for a violent mobster in the 1930s. It
will be called The Kind One.
Surprisingly, the latest director rumored to be
connected with the remake of Conan is none other
than horror-fanatic Rob Zombie.
Will Arnett has been being replaced by Val Kilmer as the
voice of KITT in the Knight Rider movie that's
set to appear on NBC in the coming weeks.
Apparently, he has a contract with GM, and they had a
problem with him voicing a Ford vehicle.
As if he didn't already have enough on his plate,
Guillermo Del Toro recently said that he would be
interested in doing a movie based on Marvel's Doctor
Strange.
The upcoming Woody Allen effort, Vicky Cristina
Barcelona, has been generating some positive word of
mouth lately due to a supposed lesbian scene between
Scarlet Johansson and Penelope Cruz.
Hillary Swank is all set to play Amelia Earhart in a
biopic on the famed aviator that is currently titled
Amelia.
Martin Scorsese is set to follow up his documentary on
the Rolling Stones with one on Bob Marley. As of
now the plan is to have it hit theaters on February 6,
2010, which would have been Marley's 65th birthday.
McG has commented that he thinks Josh Brolin (Planet
Terror, No Country For Old Men) would make a
good Terminator.
Kate Hudson has signed on to star in Big Eyes.
The film is about a painter named Margaret Kane who had
credit for all of her work stolen by her husband.
Keanu Reeves, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Alan Arkin, Monica
Belluci and Winona Ryder are all set to appear in The
Private Lives Of Pipa Lee. The story centers
around an older man who leaves his wife for a younger
woman.
Ben Foster (3:10 To Yuma) will star in a flick
called The Messenger, which is about a guy stuck
in the Army doing a highly undesirable job.
Superbad co-stars Jonah Hill and Micheal Cera
have both lined up new projects. Hill will be in
Ricky Gervais' This Side Of The Truth, and Cera
will be in Miguel Arteta's Youth In Revolt.
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