MOVIE NEWS
INDIANA JONES 4
Sean Connery (right, with Harrison Ford) has told 'Scotland On Sunday' that he is considering returning
as Dr. Henry Jones in Indiana Jones 4, reprising the role he played he
1989's Indiana & The Last Crusade.
The new script by Davie Koepp (Spider-Man) has been approved by director
Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas. Indiana Jones 4 will begin
shooting this summer for a release in May 2008.
Connery: "At the moment there's nothing decided. I haven't got the script.
Everything depends on the script."
'FilmStew.com' talked to screenwriter David Koepp, who dropped some
interesting hints about the new movie, saying: "You can't write a fan
script. You have to pretend that this movie exists without the other one.
The worst thing to do would be to have him make reference to things he said
in the first movie, like to pun on lines of dialogue."
BLACK SWAN
'Universal Pictures' is going ahead with Black Swan, to be directed by
Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain).
The movie is a psychological thriller, written by John McLaughlin, about a
manipulative relationship between a veteran dancer and a rival.
GET SMART
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Terence Stamp are to join Steve Carrell and
Anne Hathaway in Get Smart, an adaptation of Mel Brooks' 1965 hit TV show.
Shooting begins next month on the Peter Segal-directed comedy for 'Warner
Brothers' and Village Roadshow Pictures.
Tom Astle and Matt Ember wrote the script, which will contemporize the TV
series, but retain classic gadgets like the "cone of silence," the shoe
phone and the original cars.
GHOST IN THE SHELL
Animation company 'Production I.G' has acquired the rights from publisher
'Kodansha' to sell the animated Ghost In The Shell for a live-action remake,
reports 'Variety'.
Kodansha published Ghost In The Shell comic-book in 1989, then made it into
a hit animated feature film in 1995 (an inspiration for The Matrix trilogy).
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR 2
'Entertainment Weekly' spoke to ex-Bond actor Pierce Brosnan about the
highly-anticipated sequel to The Thomas Crown Affair.
Brosnan: "Thomas Crown 2, for all intents and purposes, will happen. The
script came in two days ago and it's good. We've announced it, we've said to
the world that we're going to do it -- come hell or high water, we're going
to do it. The bar is high on this one; the expectation is high on it."
Brosnan, who will also produce the sequel, added that Rene Russo does not
appear in the sequel, which has a working title of The Topkapi Affair. The
sequel will draw on material from 1964's and will draw on material from
1964's Topkapi and the Eric Ambler novel it was based on called The Light Of
The Day.
HAPPY FEET 2
Co-writer, director and producer George Miller says he is interested in
making a sequel to the animated hit about dancing penguins, which has earned
$350 million worldwide.
Miller: "It's certainly now a real possibility. There's about two or three
films I want to do before we would ever embark on that, including another
Mad Max sooner or later."
Happy Feet received an Oscar nomination on Tuesday for Best Animated
Feature.
IRON MAN
Director Jon Favreau has posted an update on the production on his official
Blog. He confirms the casting of Gwyneth Paltrow as secretary Virginia
Pepper Potts.
Famous creature designer Stan Winston is working on the Iron Man suit, while
sets are being built.
The comic-book adaptation about a billionaire who builds himself a
super-powered metallic suit, will star Robert Downey Jr.
THE MUMMY 3
'Sci-Fi Wire' interviewed writer Al Gough (Smallville) about his script for
The Mummy 3.
Gough: "We figured out a really good family story with Rick and Evie, and
[their son] Alex is now grown up. So it's really interesting."
Director Rob Cohen (xXx) is taking over from Stephen Sommers, in a story
that will involve the grown-u[ son of Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evie (Rachel
Weisz). A new mummy will be used, replacing Arnold Vosloo's character.
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are in talks to return for the sequel.
SPIDER-MAN 4
'Superhero Hype!' reported that Indiana Jones 4 screenwriter David Koepp is
being courted to return to the Spider-Man franchise for its fourth
instalment.
Koepp is not signed for Spider 4 yet, but the studio is definitely moving
forward with another movie after being wowed by Spider-Man 3.
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