MOVIE NEWS
SUPERMAN RETURNS
The first photos of Brandon Routh, as Clarke Kent, has been snapped by a fan
watching the new movie film. (see right and down the side).
Wow, Routh looks a dead ringer for Christopher Reeve in that pic, which is a
great thing! A pic of Kate Boswell can be seen as Lois Lane has also been
released (see below-right)
DIE HARD 4.0
In an interview at 'AlloCiné.com', director Florent Siri (Hostage) says that
he has been asked by Bruce Willis to direct Die Hard 4.0.
Hostage screenwriter Doug Richardson is currently rewriting a script by Mark
Bomback, who redrafted Die Hard 4 from an existing script called
WorldWar3.com.
In the article, Siri says that he hasn't read the Die Hard 4 script yet and
is waiting to read it before giving his response. He also adds that he
doesn't only want to make action movies, so it will be interesting to see
whether or not he takes on another actioner so soon.
SAHARA II
Matthew McConaughey has told 'USA Today' that he'd like to continue the
franchise based on Clive Cussler's series of bestselling books starring
maritime adventurer Dirk Pitt.
McConaughey: "I'd been looking for that renaissance guy. Everything I'd read
that was a possible franchise character in the action-adventure genre was
either too roadhouse, just fighting and running around, or they were too
prim and proper, never getting their hands dirty."
"[Dirk Pitt is] a senator's son, but a scavenger of the deep. He can talk
marine biology with you at noon and then at one o'clock be dealing gold
bullion with smugglers and pirates."
However, is McConaughey wants to return as Pitt, he's better get author
Clive Cussler onside. Cussler went along with plans to film Sahara, but
tried to block the movie's production when he became unhappy with storyline
changes in the screenplay. Previously, Cussler's novel Raise The Titanic was
turned into a turgid movie, so the author is already particularly suspicious
of book-to-movie adaptations...
STAR WARS EPISODE III
George Lucas has spoken about his hopes for the final Star Wars movie,
saying: "A lot of my life has been wrapped up in this one thing. I can walk
away from this now 'cause I feel it's the best I could do... this is the
film that people want to see.'"
THE X-FILES 2
The 'Associated Press' ran an article with X-Files star David Duchovny, who
revealed that a second X-Files movie is in the works:
AP: What's going on with another X-Files movie?
Duchovny: I talked to [X-Files creator] Chris Carter last week, and he said
all systems go for next winter, early 2006.
AP: Do you know the story?
Duchovny: I do, but I wouldn't want to give it away. There's no script, so I
haven't read a script. But Chris has told me some of the story, and it
sounds good to me.
X-MEN 3
Apparently, Vinnie Jones is likely to win the role of Juggernaut in X-Men 3,
no doubt partly due to his affinity with the director, Matthew Vaughn, who
produced Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.
A source said: "Vinnie thinks it's a great laugh and can't wait to get into
the suit."
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