MOVIE NEWS
PASSENGERS
Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, right) is set to star in this supernatural
thriller from 'Mandate Pictures'. Rodrigo Garcia is directing the movie,
which focuses on a grief counsellor (Hathaway), who helps six plane crash
survivors, then finds them mysteriously disappearing. Suspecting a
conspiracy, she investigates...
Production is set to begin early next year, from a script by Ronnie
Christensen.
THE FLASH
Director David Goyer (Blade Trinity) was announced to be helming the new
Flash movie, although actor Ryan Reynolds doesn't know what's taking so
long!
Reynolds: "It's a hundred and eight billion dollar movie if they do it. I
don't know how that stuff works and I don't really get involved with it. I
think if they do it, they're going to see it through the eyes of Wally West
and its inanimate world. I can hear people falling asleep while I'm talking
about this. I honestly don't know. It's just such a huge undertaking. I'd
love to wear a red unitard sometime, but I can do that on my own."
SIN CITY 2
Last year it was reported that director Robert Rodriguez and Sin City
creator Frank Miller wanted Angelina Jolie (right) to star in the movie's sequel.
However, Jolie was pregnant at the time and casting her would push back
production.
Jolie: "We talked about it and I read the comic. I don't think the film is
being made at this moment. When it's actually going to be made I'm sure
we'll talk about it.
"It was a funny thing, because the idea came to me when I was pregnant. So
it was this idea... I've been Clover [in The Good Shepherd], depressed and
quiet, and then I was feeling very maternal, pregnant. It was this idea of
this sexy, violent and loud [character]... I thought maybe after I'm
pregnant it would be nice to do."
It sounds like Rodriguez and Miller have their Ava if everything works out,
as a start date for Sin City 2 has not been announced.
In the graphic novel, Ava Lord is the dame to kill for. She is an ex-lover
of Dwight McCarthy (Clive Owen) who manipulates men through her good looks
and her supposed innocence.
TARZAN
'Warner Brothers' and producer Jerry Weintraub are developing a new version
of the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs novel Tarzan. Guillermo del Toro (Pan's
Labyrinth) is being courted to direct, with screenwriter John Collee (Happy
Feet) hammering out the script.
Del Toro: "I'd love to create a new version that is still a family movie,
but as edgy as I can make it. There are strong themes of survival of a
defenceless child left behind in the most hostile environment."
"John will be writing it alone, as I'll be in production on Hellboy 2 and
pursuing writing projects of my own. He's got a great sense of adventure and
the wilderness."
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