** MOVIE NEWS **
THE EVIL DEAD 4
According to 'Ain't-It-Cool-News', director Sam Raimi has already
committed himself to a third Spider-Man film, but also says he'd love to
do a fourth Evil Dead movie!
BATMAN 5
John Malkovich is rumoured to be the main contender to star in Batman 5
as villain Ra's Al Ghul according to 'batmanonfilm.com'.
BEWITCHED
Will Ferrell has won the role of Darrin in the movie adaptation of the
hit US sitcom about a domestic witch.
BLADE - TRINITY
Actress Jessica Biel spoke to 'Fangoria' magazine about her role in the
third Blade movie, saying: "My character is Abigail. I don't think I can
give away exactly who I am in the movie, because it's a little bit of a
secret at the moment."
"But the story is that Blade [Wesley Snipes] and Whistler [Kris
Kristofferson] have been dodging the police for a long time. The
vampires set him up and catch Blade on video, and they find out where
his base is and the cops arrest him."
BIRTH OF THE PINK PANTHER
'CNN' reports that Steve Martin is the main contender to star as
Inspector Jacques Clouseau in a prequel to the 1964 Peter Sellers
original.
The plot of the new movie has "the inept sleuth assigned to solve the
murder of the [French] nation's soccer team coach while investigating
the disappearance of the legendary Pink Panther diamond - the national
treasure of the Eastern state of Lugash which frequently disappeared in
the earlier Panther pics".
Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) will direct - not Blake Edwards - whilst
Martin is expected to make his decision shortly.
THE BOURNE SUPREMACY
'The Hollywood Reporter' indicates that Karl Urban (Eomer in Lord Of The
Rings) has been cast as Matt Damon's enemy in the Bourne sequel.
DIE HARD 4
'Variety' reports that 'Fox' has hired Mark Bomback (Godsend) to write
the next Die Hard film.
THE EXORCIST - THE BEGINNING
An official 'Morgan Creek' source revealed that re-shoots, without
original director Paul Schrader, begin in Morocco mid-November.
FREDDY VS JASON 2
Apparently, 'New Line Cinema' really are considering adding Evil Dead
lead character Ash to a sequel to Freddy Vs Jason!
'Fangoria' magazine learned that the idea holds favour with executives
at the studio, who want to get a sequel up-and-running as quickly as
possible.
CONSTANTINE
Director Francis Lawrence has described the recently released images of
Keanu Reeves (see right for image) in the lead role of this dark urban horror movie:
"Constantine has a hardboiled detective edge and a punk Sid Vicious
attitude; he smokes, he drinks and is sarcastic and wry."
"He's not a blond Englishman [as in the comic books] but the heart of
the character, the attitude and the period he invokes is intact, as this
was the most important thing for me to maintain."
THE HYPNOTIST
'Variety' reports Jim Carrey is attached to this romantic comedy about a
hypnotist who must learn the hard way to woo a girl.
THE MASK OF ZORRO II
Director Martin Campbell confirmed to 'LatinoReview' that he will return
to director the sequel to his 1998 reinvention of Zorro legend, saying:
"We're going to be doing The Mask of Zorro 2. Antonio [Banderas] is
already on board... We're in talks at the moment to bring Catherine back
- we'll see".
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2
Director Gore Verbinski (The Ring) has confirmed he'll return to film a
sequel to his summer blockbuster. Writers Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott
are also set to return.
PULP FICTION 2
Quentin Tarantino gave an interview to a New Zealand's newspaper to
promote Kill Bill and was asked about the status of The Vega Brothers
prequel movie - constantly rumoured amongst fans.
Tarantino said: "That's something I always planned on doing, but other
projects took precedence. Ten years on, John Travolta's getting older,
Michael's getting older. I don't think they'd even want to do it. Not
that that's the last hope audiences have of seeing more of Vic or
Vincent Vega."
"There's an idea I have a Pulp Fiction follow-up. Sequels generally
suck, so it's nothing I want to rush into. But bottom line the studio
wants it, the fans want it. I'm sure I can compromise somewhere. It'd be
my way of apologizing for never getting Vega Brothers off the ground I
guess."
"That way, we could get John, we could get Michael, and we could get Sam
and Tim... everyone back. It would be interesting to see whatever
happened to Jules and his plans to 'walk the earth'. Hey, just having
Michael and John in the same frame would be great. They're great. But
that said, I got to write such a thing".
STAR WARS EPISODE III
An on-set source has revealed Ian McDiarmid's make-up aesthetic for the
third Star Wars prequel: "In a makeup test, they had Ian McDiarmid
looking just like the Emperor we know from the Classics, complete with
yellow eyes and terrible crevices of deep facial features."
"In one shot he's kind of gritting his teeth looking right at the
camera. There are dark rings of red and brown under and around his eyes,
and his lips are pursed and cracked. His face doesn't just look
weathered, it looks plain evil."
"His black cloak is over his head in this first test shot... Why does
Sidious look like this? He always did. Palpatine is his
disguise/alternate persona he adopted to get himself into political
power. He isn't able to maintain the disguise while using his powers and
you'll see him flash to his Sidious look earlier in the film until he
does the official "unveiling".
SUPERMAN
During a press conference for the Charlie's Angels Full Throttle DVD,
director McG gave an update on the new Superman movie he's attached to.
"I'm a big fan of Superman, and you know, I'm discussing it with 'Warner
Brothers', but it's still very uncertain. It's a big project and they're
being very cautious, and I'm being very cautious and it's yet to be seen
if it's in the cards."
"I think they want to be very respectful of the crown jewel of, you
know, all their franchises. It's a great character. And I think
everybody who would ever be a part of that type of picture wants to get
it done properly. So I don't think they're in any rush to make that
picture, and I think their focus is on doing it right."
And what will be doing next? "Well I mean I'm circling a couple
pictures, and I'm very much considering directing live theatre, because
I want to improve as a director and become a better and better
storyteller, and I'm thinking about going to London to direct theatre.
No matter what I do I promise you that the next project will have a
very, very purposeful photographic palette."
TERMINATOR 4
'BotBot' revealed that there have been talks about the future of the
Terminator franchise now star Arnold Schwarzenegger has become Governor
of California.
Apparently, Arnold has already said he'd be willing to do a cameo in
Terminator 4, but not a starring role. He has already suggested that WWE
wrestler The Rock (a.k.a. Dwayne Johnson) assume the lead Terminator
role.
TUT
Director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) and producer Mark Gordon,
who are currently working together on The Day After Tomorrow, will join
forced again to make Tut for 'Columbia Pictures'.
The movie is an action-adventure/love story about the young pharaoh
Tutankhamen and his attempt to reclaim his throne and save his country
after the death of his father.
Screenwriters Sean O'Keefe and Will Staples will write the screenplay.
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