MOVIE NEWS
CHROMOPHOBIA
Penelope Cruz (right) will star in the psychological drama Chromophobia, set in
contemporary London. The $10 million film is written and directed by Martha
Fiennes.
'Variety' reported that Chromophobia started shooting a few weeks ago on the
Isle of Man, and will move to locations around London soon.
The movie probes the dilemmas of modern London life, where the old-fashioned
virtues of honesty and loyalty are replaced by the new morality of success
and celebrity; the story of a bourgeois family slowly coming apart at the
seams.
Other cast members include the director's famous brother Ralph Fiennes
(Schindler's List), Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient), Rhys Ifans
(Notting Hill), Ian Holm (Lord Of The Rings), Ben Chaplin (The Thin Red
Line), Damian Lewis (TV's Band Of Brothers) and Harriet Walters.
COSMONAUT
Married screenwriters Robert and Michelle King will adapt sci-fi thriller
Cosmonaut for 'Warner Brothers', reports 'Variety'.
The movie is based on the best-selling Australian novel by Peter McAllister,
about the first murder in space aboard the International Space Station.
CURSED
The poster for Cursed, a werewolf teen horror directed by Wes Craven and
written by Kevin Williamson (Scream), has been revealed (see right). Hmmm,
looks suspiciously like a negative of the Scream poster with a claw slash in
the corner. Now, I wonder what fan-base they're hoping to snare...
The movie is released in the U.S on 25 February 2005 and stars Christina
Ricci (Sleepy Hollow) and James Brolin. The movie concerns an estranged
brother and sister, both dealing with the death of their parents, whose
lives are irrevocably altered one night by a vicious animal attack.
HALF LIGHT
Demi Moore's next project is romantic thriller Half Light, directed by Craig
Rosenberg. The film is being shot in England, Ireland and Wales.
Half Light, based on Rosenberg's original screenplay, is described as a
Hitchcockian thriller with a supernatural twist. Moore plays Rachel Carlson,
a successful mystery novelist whose life falls apart when her 5-year-old son
drowns at her country home.
A year later, in an effort to heal her wounds and help her to start writing
again, her best friend rents her a secluded cottage in a remote fishing
village. But events unfold that rock the tranquil village and cause Rachel
to fear for her sanity... and her life.
ULTRAVIOLET
Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil Apocalypse, right) spoke to 'Sci Fi Wire' about her
next project - the sci-fi action movie Ultraviolet, which she has just
finished shooting last month with writer-director Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium).
Jovovich: "It's super cool. It's very different from Resident Evil, but it's
a sci-fi movie, and there is a virus in it. But those are the only
similarities."
"My character... [has] this sickness. It's an epidemic that's spread in the
world where all sicknesses have been cured... except for this one epidemic
that the government has created and in a way [is] using for their own
benefit. But it gets out, and they're trying to annihilate everybody that
has it. Now the people that have it realize what's going on and go
underground."
TOY STORY 3
'Moviehole' visited Disneyland and talked to the team behind the Buzz
Lightyear Of Star Command animated series, and they revealed that a third
Toy Story movie is in the works!
However, it appears that 'Pixar' may not be involved, because their
production deal with 'Disney' has now expired. 'Disney' still owns the
rights to the Toy Story franchise, so they are allowed to hire a different
animation studio to create the movie...
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