I'd love
to spend some more time talking about Christian Bale and his
righteous meltdown (especially since I just saw a promo on
TV hyping it up), but I think I'll pass.
Here's the news instead. Read on.
- The Rundown -
Dreamworks
and Universal have decided not to start working together, so
the former is now in talks with Disney for help in
distributing its films.
Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman have signed on to star in
The Baster, which is about a guy who swaps his
friend's artificial insemination semen with his own and then
has to deal with knowing that he is the actual father of her
child.
There is no script or anything, but things are very much
underway for a movie sequel to Sex And The City.
For a while there's been talk of a Three Stooges
movie, and now there are some casting rumors floating that
have Johnny Deep as Moe and Sean Penn as Larry. No
word on Curly yet.
Orlando Bloom will star in The Cross. The film
is said to be a sci-fi tale about a man attempting to cross
a mysterious border that no else ever has.
Martin Campbell is in talks to direct Green Lantern.
Robert Downey Jr. recently said that Mickey Rourke is not
playing the Crimson Dynamo in Iron Man 2.
Speaking of Rourke, he has signed on for another movie.
This is one is called St. Vincent and is about a
hitman who disguises himself as a priest while he finishes
an assignment.
Ewan McGregor will star in The Electric Slide.
The movie will be based on the true story of a man who
robbed 72 Los Angeles banks in the 80s.
Brad Pitt and Steven Soderbergh are teaming up for
Moneyball, which is about Oakland A's manager Billy
Beane and the computer program that he wrote to help keep
the team competitive.
Al Pacino has signed on to play the role of King Lear in an
adaptation of the play.
Naomi Watts recently mentioned that she is still very
confident that a remake of The Birds will happen.
Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down) has been hired to rewrite
the script for Doug Liman and Jake Gyllenhaal's untitled
sci-fi flick.
Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson have joined the
cast of The Killer Inside Me, which is said to be
about a young sheriff with multiple personalities.
Terry Gilliam's next film will be Zero Theorem, and
it will feature Billy Bob Thornton as a computer wizard
trying to discover the meaning of life.
Benecio Del Toro and Daniel Day-Lewis have signed on to star
in Martin Scorsese's Silence, which is said to be
about two priests and their troubles after traveling to
Japan to spread the gospel.
- John Laird
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