I know
SXSW was only about a week long, but I swear that I
feel as if I missed out on more movie related news
clips than I know what to do with. So, because
of that bewildered sense you may see a couple of
items below that were being discussed as I was
messing around trying to catch every artist that had
invaded this town. Hopefully you won't mind
too much. Read on.
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The Rundown -
Tony Gilroy
(Michael Clayton) has added some members to the
cast for this new film, Duplicity. The
corporate thriller will now star Paul Giamatti, Tom
Wilkinson, Clive Owen and Julia Roberts.
Michael Cera is in negotiations for the lead role in
Edgar Wright's adaptation of the comic book Scott
Pilgrim's Precious Little Life. The story
centers around a young man who finds the love of his
life, but before she can be his he must defeat her seven
ex-boyfriends.
Sam Raimi is rumored to be in talks with Paramount to
direct a re-boot of the Jack Ryan series that will
feature a very young actor in the famed role and a story
that may not be based on any of Tom Clancy's books.
It has been rumored for awhile now, but the Wachowski's
have finally confirmed that they will indeed be
following up Speed Racer with a martial arts
revenge tale that is currently titled Ninja Assassin.
It will be directed by James McTeigue (V For Vendetta)
It would appear that Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio
worked well together on the recently completed Body
Of Lies, as both have signed on to do The Low
Dweller. The movie is set in the 80s, and it
is about a man dealing with someone who is trying to
exact revenge on him now that he is out of prison.
Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg have decided that
Thomas Sangster (Love, Acutally) will be their
Tintin.
There's no telling what will happen, but Sylvester
Stallone is rumored to be interested in taking his
Rambo character into a different genre for the next
entry into the series.
Matthew Vaughn has signed onto direct an adaptation of
Mark Millar's Kick-Ass. The story centers
around a kid who wants to be a superhero but has no
actual powers, so he gets beat up on a regular basis.
Hugh Jackman is close to joining the cast of Neil
Marshal's (The Descent) new flick, Drive.
He would play a stunt/getaway driver who goes on the run
when he finds out that a contract has been taken out on
his life.
Anton Yelchin (Charlie Bartlett) has signed on to
be the young version of Reese in McG's new Terminator
series.
Steve Zahn is all set to join the cast of A Perfect
Getaway, which is about two newlyweds on their
honeymoon who run into some murderous hitchhikers.
It's hard to believe, but John Singleton's big screen
version of the A-Team has been given an actual
release date. Expect to see it in theaters on June
12, 2009.
Orlando Bloom has dropped out of the proposed adaptation
of Nick Hornby's An Education. Dominic
Cooper (The History Boys) will be taking over the
role.
Warner Bros. has officially announced that the final
entry into the Harry Potter series will in fact
be split into two movies. David Yates will direct
both parts.
Ben Affleck appears to be set to follow up his work on
Gone Baby Gone with another adaptation.
This time around it will be Marcus Sakey's The Blade
Itself, which centers around two childhood friends
who reunite after taking drastically different paths in
life.
Rumors are swirling that Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium)
may be working diligently on bringing Metal Gear
Solid to the big screen.
No one knows for sure, but many strongly believe that
Clint Eastwood's proposed Gran Torino flick is
actually a secret title for another Dirty Harry
movie.
The oft-rumored Dune remake is officially underway with
Peter Berg (The Kingdom) as the director.
No word yet on a release date, but that may be because
as of now there is no script.
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