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A Beautiful Mind: Adam Goldberg ("Saving Private Ryan," "EDtv") will co-star with Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly in "A Beautiful Mind" for director Ron Howard. According to Variety, the Universal Pictures project is based on the true story of Nobel Prize-winning and schizophrenic mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. (Crowe). Goldberg will portray Nash's fellow Princeton student, mathematician and colleague between the ages of 24-70. Production begins March 26 in New York. Discuss recent films in our message board >> From Hell: A look at Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias' script for the upcoming thriller "From Hell," directed by Allen and Albert Hughes ("Dead Presidents"). Major spoilers. Thanks to John. From Hell - Script Review (Mixed) Rosario Dawson ("Josie and the Pussycats") is in negotiations to star in Fox's comedy feature "The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest" and Columbia Pictures' "Men in Black 2." Shooting on "$20 Million" is scheduled to start in mid-April with director Mick Jackson at the helm. According to THR, "MIB 2" is slated for a June production start. "$20 Million," based on Po Bronson's 1997 novel of the same name, revolves around a group of computer geeks who develop the ultimate network computer only to have their idea stolen by another inventor. Dawson would play Alisa, the female lead who is an art major and love interest to the film's male lead (Adam Garcia). Although the plot of "MIB 2" is being kept under wraps, it is known that Dawson would play the female lead of Rita, love interest to Smith's character.
Showtime: Rene Russo ("The Thomas Crown Affair") will star with Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro in "Showtime," a Warner Bros. comedy being directed by Tom Dey. Russo will play a TV producer who pairs a no-nonsense cop with a showboating counterpart to star in a reality-based show. According to Variety, she will next be in theaters with director Barry Sonnenfeld's Disney summer release "Big Trouble." Undercover Brother: Dave Chappelle ("Blue Streak") has joined the cast of Imagine Entertainment/Universal Pictures' live-action comedy feature "Undercover Brother" for helmer Malcolm Lee. The project is slated to begin shooting March 26. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Brother" is based on an animated comedy series created, written and produced by John Ridley on Urban Entertainment's web site. Ridley wrote the script and is executive producing the project, which follows a man (Eddie Griffin) who, though he appears harmless, secretly works for an all-black brotherhood in its never-ending battle against the white Establishment. Chappelle will play Conspiracy Brother, an intense secret agent who finds conspiracies in the most outlandish things. 77: Crime novelist James Ellroy will write his first original screenplay, the urban crime thriller "77," for producer Dick Wolf ("Law & Order"), Wolf Films' Tony Ganz and Paramount Pictures. The project is described as a complementary piece to Ellroy's "L.A. Confidential." According to THR, Ellroy's story will link two events from May 1974 -- the unsolved murder of Los Angeles police officer Mike Edwards and the nationally televised shootout in South Central Los Angeles between the LAPD and the Symbionese Liberation Army, as they exchanged more than 50,000 rounds of gunfire. The story will unfold through the eyes of a pair of police partners, one black and one white. Ellroy will start on the screenplay when he returns from a world tour to promote his latest book, "The Cold Six Thousand." He is also writing an updated version of the 1949 James Cagney gangster film "White Heat" for Village Roadshow Pictures and WB.
Crazy/Beautiful: A poster for this romance/drama, directed by John Stockwell (writer of the upcoming "Rock Star"). It stars Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Taryn Manning and Bruce Davison. Thanks to re2smpc. Spider-Man: A casting call for people in the Los Angeles area can be found here. Thanks to Mark. Dolan's Cadillac: A look at Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner's "Cadillac" screenplay, dated November 9th, 1999. Title will also direct this revenge thriller, which is an adaptation of a short story by Stephen King. Kevin Bacon and Sylvester Stallone recently signed on to star. Minor spoilers. Thanks to Stax. Dolan's Cadillac - Script Review (Positive) The Scorpion King: Kelly Hu (CBS' "Martial Law") has been cast as the female lead in Universal Pictures' "The Scorpion King" for director Chuck Russell ("The Mask"). According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project is scheduled to start shooting Wednesday in Los Angeles. Hu - who is skilled in karate and kickboxing - will play Cassandra, a prisoner of an evil Warlord, whom the Scorpion King must defeat. Her relationship with the Scorpion King evolves eventually to a love interest. Insomnia: Robin Williams is in talks to join Al Pacino and Hilary Swank in Alcon/Warner Bros.' remake of the psychological thriller "Insomnia." [SPOILERS] Williams is up for the role of the film's villain in a story about a police detective (Pacino) who accidently kills his own partner during a homicide investigation. Later, after failing to reveal the truth of the death, a killer (Williams), who is also the subject of the cop's investigation, learns his secret and blackmails him into pinning the crime on an innocent person. [/SPOILERS]. Christopher Nolan ("Memento") is directing this project, which is due to begin filming in April. Thanks to Cinescape Online. Mystic River: Warner Bros. Pictures and Clint Eastwood's Malpaso Prods. have optioned the feature film rights to Dennis Lehane's novel "Mystic River" for Eastwood to direct and produce. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The book, published by William Morrow in January, tells the story of three childhood friends in Boston -- Sean, Jimmy and Dave -- whose relationship ends when one of the boys is kidnapped. Twenty-five years later, the men are reunited and become linked by a murder investigation after Jimmy's oldest daughter is killed. No start date is scheduled. Eastwood is meeting with screenwriters to adapt the murder mystery, but will likely not take an acting role in the project, sources of The Hollywood Reporter said.
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