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From the trades & elsewhere around the web
When one just isn’t enough….
From the Trades (Variety, The Hollywood Reporter)
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Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Pena will star in “The Return,” which Neil Burger will direct. The story follows three soldiers returning from Iraq who become companions on an unexpected road trip across the U.S.
– Wowwee Ltd. today announced that they have joined forces with Arad Productions to bring ‘Robosapien’ to the big screen. The feature film, which will combine live-action and CGI is targeted for release in 2009.
– Will Smith will star in another ‘warm and fuzzy’ drama, “Cooked”, about an inner-city drug dealer turned Vegas celebrity chef.
– Former “Dawson’s Creek” actor James Van Der Beek is to play a footy star in the American version of hit ITV drama “Footballers’ Wives”. The show also stars former “21 Jump Street” co-star Holly Robinson Peete.
– “Big Love” and “Veronica Mars” star Amanda Seyfried is in talks to join Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep in “Mamma Mia!”.
– Universal Pictures has acquired the Nick Redfern novel “Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monster, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape-Men” as a possible vehicle for Jon Heder. In the book, three guys who’ve separately chased monsters and UFOs unite for one last hurrah, taking one last caravan to every place in the British countryside where monsters have allegedly been spotted.
– Former “Chicago Hope” star Mae Whitman (recently seen on the short-lived “Thief”) will return to series television with a role in “The Bionic Woman”. She’ll play the title character’s younger sister.
– Tim Daly is set to guest star in the “enhanced” two-hour episode of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy”, designed to serve as the springboard for the Kate Walsh-starring spin-off. “Prison Break” star Paul Adelstein has also joined the cast of that episode (and possible spin-off).
– The Bijou Phillips-starring remake of “Its Alive”! has just started shooting in Bulgaria.
– Oscar winner Marisa Tomei has been tapped for the title role of CBS’ comedy pilot “The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud,” lifting the contingency on the project.
From Elsewhere around the Web
Cinemablend.com reports that Tom Hanks might be back in discussions for a “Forrest Gump” sequel. “Gump & Co” will be produced by Steve Tisch and Wendy Finerman.
– SneakPeek.CA says that Marvel are killing off the character of “Captain America” but are still pushing forward with the film version.
– Cinepop, a Brazilian site, has the international posters for such films as “The Number 23” and “Mr.Bean’s Holiday” Up.
– The trailer for Adam Rifkin’s hilarious new movie “Homo Erectus” starring Talia Shire and Ali Larter is up at YouTube.
– MTV News has both a story and a video from Rob Zombie’s “Halloween”. Check it out!
– Woody Allen is eyeing Scarlett Johansson for another of his movies, the untitled “romantic drama” to be filmed in Spain, says ScreenDaily.
– Popcorn Taxi is proud to announce the very first Melbourne screening of the new sci-fi thriller “Sunshine”, followed by on stage discussion and audience Q&A with the films director Danny Boyle. Click here for tickets.
– The trailer for the forthcoming direct to DVD sequel “Species 4” is online here
– Good news for “Buffy” fans…. The Slayer will return! Well, kinda. See Creature Corner for details.
– Billy Idol will return to film briefly…. Well, his voice will anyway. The 80s rocker has agreed to voice a character in the upcoming “Cat Tale”, opposite Sean Astin and Elisha Cuthbert.
– Warner Premiere tells Moviehole that they haven’t got any immediate plans to make a “Goonies 2”. Interestingly enough, Warner Bros just snapped up the domain Goonies2.com.
– Rutger Hauer will direct and produce “Changing Fortunes”, the story of Dutch banker Wally van Hall, who stole nearly $600 million from European banks in WWII in order to the lives of 80,000 families.
– Sai Mawng, a retired rebel soldier from the jungles of eastern Myanmar, will play a brutal Burmese officer opposite Sylvester Stallone in “John Rambo”, reports EmpireMovies.com
– Talk of a “300” sequel is already brewing. See IESB for details.
– MI6 reports that one-time Bond contender Goran Visnjic (“E.R”) is rumoured to be up for the role of the villain in the next 007 movie.
– If you head on over to the site’s MySpace page, you can hear the Dante Tomaselli-composed music score for the new horror pic “The Ocean”.
– Master Yuen Wo-Ping (“The Matrix”) will be the action director on the Jackie Chan/Jet Li film “King of Kung Fu” says Monkey Peaches.
– Channel 7, Australia, has experienced its first dive. Seems the TV hit “Heroes” is losing numbers by the week here.
