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The trailer for Wes Anderson’s latest movie has been released. “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” is stop-motion and is based on the book by Roald Dahl. (He’s the guy who wrote “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and “James and the Giant Peach.” Anderson’s movie features the voices of George Clooney and Meryl Streep and, beacuse it’s …
It makes me ridiculously happy to report this. Ridley Scott is returning to the Alien franchise as director. 20th Century Fox has hired scribe Jon Spaihts to write a prequel to the 1979 film that Ridley Scott directed. The film tells the story of a commercial towing ship that responds to a distress signal from …
Ron Howard has signed on to direct ‘The Parsifal Mosaic,’ an adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s espionage thriller. The book will be adapted by scribe David Self, which tells the story of a CIA operative who thnks he witnessed the execution of his lover after she was identified as a KGB double agent. No actors have …
Variety is reporting that Steven Spielberg is excited about a new script based on novelist Donald Hamilton’s super-spy character, Matt Helm. The script was written by Paul Attanasio, (“The Sum of All Fears,” “The Good German,”) and is reportedly more Jason Bourne and James Bond than the previous Matt Helm movies. (Those starred Dean Martin …
The Coen brothers have released the trailer to their latest movie, “A Serious Man.” I’m not sure what the movie is about, but it looks like a classic Coen story. Dark, funny and very odd. The trailer is put together almost like the building of a song, with each shot adding a sound into a …
IFFBoston 2008 fav ‘Second Skin,’ is finally seeing a DVD release! The film will come to DVD after a limited theatrical run in select cities. The film first screened at South by Soutwest in 2008, and then did a tour of various festivals around the country.
Charlize Theron’s production company Denver & Deliah has acquired the rights to Christopher Buckley’s novel “Florence of Arabia,” for her to star in. Buckley also wrote the book, “Thank You For Smoking,” which was turned into a hit film by Jason Reitman. His novel, “Little Green Men,” is reportedly being adapted by Whit Stilman. “Florence,” …
Danny Huston has joined the cast of Barry Levinson’s Jack Kevorkian biopic, ‘You Don’t Know Jack.’ Dr. Jack Kevorkian aka Dr. Death rose to infamy by conducting assisted suicides for the elderly. Other actors signed to the film are Al Pacino (as the title character), Susan Sarandon, and John Goodman. Danny Huston has been cast …
“Mad Men” star Jon Hamm has joined the cast of Ben Affleck’s second directorial effort. The movie is called “The Town,” and is based on Chuck Hogan’s novel, “Prince of Theves.” (I haven’t read the book myself, but am assured by those who have read it that there is no mention of Kevin Coster in …
Peter Jackson was at Comic-Con this year and appeared on three different pannels. Of course, he was swamped with questions about “The Hobbit.” Jackson said that they were three weeks away from delivering a budget for the first film. Once that is done, they will use that script as a basis for the budget for …