I’m starting to hear some good things about Wes Craven’s “Cursed”. Apparently the studio is pleased with it and are quite certain it’s going to make a pretty penny. It’s just as much a surprise to me to hear that all the rough-cuts are going down well, especially considering the trouble this baby has gone through. But they’ve in essence – not unlike the “Exorcist” prequel – re-shot the whole film with a slew of new cast members and a necessary new driving force to the storyline, and it now works. In addition, the ferocious creature that’s in the flick reportedly packs a lot more punch now than it did when filming first commenced, thanks to a new fx team. I wonder though how all the actors who’ve since been cut from the film will feel if it is a smasheroo? Poor Heather Langenkamp [Nancy from “A Nightmare on Elm Street”] was recently informed she’d be another that would have to be happy with viewing her scenes on the cutting room floor. Once one aspect of the storyline was cut – which all revolved around a character played by Skeet Ulrich – anyone who had anything to do with that plot element had to be lost. Hopefully some of the cut stuff will make it on the DVD. Happy International Nudie day for tomorrow…
According to The Daily Telegraph, Sam Neill is heading to South Africa to star in the film “To the ends of the earth”. After that, he returns to Sydney to film a role in “Little Fish” with Cate Blanchett and Martin Henderson.
David Fincher is apparently a lock to direct the big screen adaptation of “American Gods”. The hunt is now on for a screenwriter.
Word is, Keri Russell might have been chosen to take over from Ashley Scott on TV’s “Joey”. And she’s also apparently quite close to scoring the Sue Storm role in “F4”.
Erica Durance will play Lois Lane on the next season of “Smallville”. This Lois apparently has no interest in journalism and is merely in town to investigate the death of her cousin, Chloe.
Kurt Russell will star in “Dreamer”, the true story-inspired project about a Kentucky horse trainer and his 11-year-old son who rescue a horse with a broken leg. The two then help nurse the animal back to health and take it to race in the Breeders’ Cup.
Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Brent Spiner (Data) is reportedly set to make a series of guest appearances on “Enterprise” this season, according to Skiewed and Reviewed.
Paramount are toying with the idea of remaking “The Ten Commandments” a third time. Mark Gordon is on board to produce, and screenwriter Charles Randolph is about to meet with the studio about writing the biblical epic.
Moviefans.de have storyboards and concept art for “Doom”, the film based on the game, up, while Aint it Cool has production art from “Zathura” up.
Jurgen Prochnow [“Judge Dredd”] is set to play Arnold Schwarzenegger in the telemovie “See Arnold Run”. Roland Kickinger [“Son of the Beach”] is to play a younger version of Schwarzenegger in the film, which will focus on his successful bid to become governor of California as well as his early bodybuilding career.
Screenwriter Frank Darabont told IGNFilmforce that “Indiana Jones 4” will still happen, but his script was rejected because it didn’t feature enough action.
SneakPeek.CA says Toronto location filming of USA Network’s "Kojak" begins July 19 to August 4. Ving Rhames will star as police detective ‘Lt. Theo Kojak’, in a projected ‘wheel’ of "Kojak" movie of the week’s.
Anthony Mackie [“She Hate Me”] will star in both Clint Eastwood’s boxing film “Rope Burns” and JC Barros’ independent ensemble drama “Uptown Stories”. “Rope Burns” follows a determined female pugilist and her trainer, Mackie will play an up-and-coming boxer. Writer/director Barros’ "Stories" is a drama centering on a New York neighborhood and the intertwining lives of its residents.
DVDAnswers says the season two set of “Quantum Leap” will be on DVD this October.
Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill and Gaillard Sartain have joined the cast of Cameron Crowe’s romantic comedy “Elizabethtown”.
Lee Woodford has begun filming a new horror pic in Sydney called “Guardian Angel”. Says Lee, “The film is about a guy who, when he sleeps, is witnessing a series of murders through the eyes of the killer. If that isn’t bad enough, what causes him to slowly lose his mind is that the people being murdered are all people he knows. He has to find out what his connection to the killer is and how to stop him before it happens again.”
Jim Broadbent [“Moulin Rouge”] will play the Professor in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”.
According to Production Weekly, Tommy Lee Jones will star in “Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada”, which follows ranchhand Pete Perkins (Jones) who attempts to keep a promise to a recently deceased friend, by making sure that he is buried in his hometown of Mexico.
Steve Carell [“Anchorman”] will topline New Line’s “Furry Vengeance”, the comedy bought as a spec script last month. Carell will play a cutthroat real estate developer who meets his match in the animals that will be rendered homeless if he’s successful in turning their forest into a housing development.
Drea de Matteo told E Online that she’ll be back on “The Sopranos” next season. Might Adriana be still alive?
Sources : Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, ‘I love Samantha’, ‘Gareth’, ‘Lee’, ‘Sling-shot’
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I’m starting to hear some good things about Wes Craven’s “Cursed”. Apparently the studio is pleased with it and are quite certain it’s going to make a pretty penny. It’s just as much a surprise to me to hear that all the rough-cuts are going down well, especially considering the trouble this baby has gone through. But they’ve in essence – not unlike the “Exorcist” prequel – re-shot the whole film with a slew of new cast members and a necessary new driving force to the storyline, and it now works. In addition, the ferocious creature that’s in the flick reportedly packs a lot more punch now than it did when filming first commenced, thanks to a new fx team. I wonder though how all the actors who’ve since been cut from the film will feel if it is a smasheroo? Poor Heather Langenkamp [Nancy from “A Nightmare on Elm Street”] was recently informed she’d be another that would have to be happy with viewing her scenes on the cutting room floor. Once one aspect of the storyline was cut – which all revolved around a character played by Skeet Ulrich – anyone who had anything to do with that plot element had to be lost. Hopefully some of the cut stuff will make it on the DVD. Happy International Nudie day for tomorrow…