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The Mummy: An advance poster for this upcoming adventure film about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. The film is set to be released May 7th, and is directed by Stephen Sommers ("Jungle Book" and "Deep Rising"). Thanks to 'Michael W.' for the heads up! Picking Up the Pieces: Director Alfonso Arau ("Like Water for Chocolate") is close to setting up his first film in nearly four years, the black comedy "Picking Up the Pieces," and Woody Allen is considering the lead role. In "Pieces," which was written by Bill Wilson, Allen would play a butcher from New York who enters the witness protection program after discovering that his wife was having an affair and chopping her to pieces. The film has a budget of around $20 million and is in the early stages of being financed. The Whole Nine Yards: Bruce Willis will star in the independently financed mob spoof "The Whole Nine Yards" for director Jonathan Lynn ("My Cousin Vinny"). Willis' brother, Bruce, and Allan Kaufman are producing the $40 million crime comedy for the star's Flying Heart Films banner, the entertainment trade paper reported in Thursday's edition. In the screenplay by Mitchell Kapner, mobster Jimmy "The Tulip" (Willis) moves into the suburbs under cover of the witness protection program. But when his neighbors learn that there is a price on Jimmy's head, they are unwittingly pulled into the "glamorous" life of organized crime. The film is scheduled to begin shooting in May, Variety reported. Wing Commander: A trailer for this upcoming sci-fi flick starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Matthew Lillard. Thanks to Daily Movies.
The Apartment: Joel Schumacher will soon turn his attention to a remake of the award-winning French thriller "L'Appartement" ("The Apartment") for Paramount-based Lakeshore Entertainment. The company plans to start lensing in New York this fall and will soon begin casting two male and two female leads. Paramount will distribute the film in the U.S. The original "L'Appartement" stars Romaine Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Jean-Phillipe Ecoffey and Monica Belluci. The suspenseful and at times humorous plot focuses on a young investment banker in search of a former lover he believes is in mortal danger. The Incredible Mr. Limpet: What's happening to Warner Bros. comedy "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"? The Jim Carrey starrer, a remake of the 1964 film about a social misfit who turns into a fish, was meant to be written and directed by Steve Oedekerk, who reworked an original script by Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick. But strains have grown between the "Patch Adams" writer and the studio. One source attributed it to sheer fatigue. "The project has been a lot longer in preparation than anticipated, and there has been burnout all around," the source said. Others say the conflict is due to creative differences and budget issues. All sides acknowledge that the film is going through birth pains. Oedekerk has a pay-or-play deal and is close to Carrey, and losing Oedekerk could cost Warners one of the hottest stars in the business. For now, Oedekerk remains on the project. Erin Brockovich: Julia Roberts is in final negotiations to star in Universal Pictures drama "Erin Brockovich" for director Steven Soderbergh and Jersey Films. Soderbergh directed "Out of Sight" for Jersey. The picture is up for best editing and writing Oscars and last weekend won a Writers Guild Award for best adapted screenplay. Roberts, who has been in talks to join the project since April pending script and director approval, has agreed to play the title role in the feature based on a true story of a woman who takes a low-level secretarial job at a suburban Los Angeles law firm. While on the job, she follows an obscure case involving the poisoning of the water supply by Pacific Gas & Electric and ends up championing the case all the way through the judicial system, winning the largest class-action suit of its type. Susannah Grant ("Ever After") wrote the script.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace: Click on the image above for a larger, spoiler-ish version of the picture. Also, Cinescape reports that according to the New York Daily News Rush & Molloy gossip column, Natalie Portman ("Léon") had to redub most of her performance for the new film. The reason? Her voice changed during production. The column also mentions that background noise is another reason for some of the dubs. Image is courtesy of QueenAmidala.com and Countdown, which also added a very nice shot of another duel today right here. Anna and the King: Bai Ling ("Red Corner") has joined the cast of Fox 2000's "Anna and the King." Directed by Andy Tennant, the film stars Jodie Foster and Chow Yun Fat in the title roles. Ling will play the King's concubine who defiantly pursues her true love with tragic consequences. Bounce: Writer-director Don Roos, who made his feature helming debut on the much-lauded edgy comedy "The Opposite of Sex," is working on a new project called "Bounce," Daily Variety reported Wednesday. The comedy-drama is about a successful Los Angeles advertising executive who switches airline tickets with a stranger who takes his flight. But the plane crashes, killing everyone on board. Feeling guilty, the exec tracks down the stranger's widow, with whom he subsequently falls in love. The Out-Of-Towners: A trailer for this comedy starring Goldie Hawn, Steve Martin and John Cleese:
Hospitality Suite: Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito will reteam in a screen version of “Hospitality Suite,” a comic play about three salesmen in Wichita, Kansas, during an industrial lubricants convention. Peter Facinelli rounds out the trio of lubricant legmen, and John Swanbeck is making his feature directing debut from a script by Roger Rueff. Rueff wrote the original play, which Swanbeck directed in its Chicago run. The film will undergo a title change before it reaches the screen. The project is a co-production between Spacey’s Trigger Street Prods. and Franchise Pictures partners Elie Samaha and Andrew Stevens. Pony Rides: Director Bruce Beresford is negotiating to direct Matt Dillon in the starring role of “Pony Rides,” a fact-based drama for H. Michael Heuser’s Storm Entertainment. The film was scripted by John Carlen, based on his own life story that provides the canvas for an edgy coming of age story about a young man trained in the Southern tradition to take over the family business. Unfortunately for him, his legacy is to be a paid stud servicing rich women. The young man, who’d been schooled in the arts of prostitution from early adolescence, is desperate to give the hook to hooking, and finds love and redemption with an unlikely woman. What We Do Is Secret: David Arquette has signed to portray Darby Crash, lead singer of '70s punk rock band the Germs, in "What We Do Is Secret." Arquette will also serve as a producer on the picture, which Rodger Grossman will direct from his own screenplay. "What We Do" follows the rise and fall of the charismatic and sexually ambivalent Crash and his notorious Los Angeles-based cult band the Germs. The picture will be executive produced by Stephen Nemeth ("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"). Producers include Alan Mruvka, Ladd Vance, Chuck Pacheco and Steven Siebert. International sales will be handled by Filmtown International, a joint venture between Mruvka's Ministry of Film production company and Joseph Nittolo and David Justin Urbas' Filmjones.
Movie Posters: A poster for the Desmond Askew/Katie Holmes flick "Go," which tells the story of the events after a drug deal, from three different points of view. Also the poster for "Matrix" - the much hyped sci/fi-action film starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss. Thanks goes to Dark Horizons and 'Michael W.' Miss Julie: Director Mike Figgis ("Leaving Las Vegas") is preparing to shoot a film based on a 19th century Swedish play about sexual repression and class schisms, Daily Variety reported Monday. "Miss Julie," a $7 million independent adaptation of August Strindberg's 1888 play, begins production March 8 in North London, the paper said. Saffron Burrows ("Circle of Friends") plays a young aristocrat who encourages, her father's social-climbing valet (Peter Mullan) to seduce her. 13 Days: Francis Ford Coppola may direct Kevin Costner in "13 Days," a political thriller about the Cuban missile crisis, Daily Variety reported Tuesday. Coppola would replace Phil Alden Robinson ("Field of Dreams"), who dropped out over creative issues last month. The $90 million drama, which attempts to match the nonfiction tension of "Apollo 13" with the political intensity of "A Few Good Men," could provide Coppola with his most sweeping canvas for a film since "Apocalypse Now." Movie Trailers: A trailer for "A Midsummer Night's Dream," starring Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett and one for the Monica Potter/Rufus Sewell film "The Very Thought Of You."
National Treasure: Jon Turteltaub ("Phenomenon”) will direct and produce the big-ticket pic “National Treasure” for Disney, slated to open for the Independence Day weekend in 2000. Pic, which will be budgeted in the $60 million to $90 million range, is about a modern-day treasure hunt for a Revolutionary War secret stash of cash hidden by Jefferson, Washington and Franklin to help finance the war. Turteltaub is producing with his partner Christina Steinberg as well as Hunt Lowry. Jim Kauf (“Rush Hour,” “Stakeout”) is penning the script. No casting has been set. “It’s got its share of special effects,” Turteltaub said. “It’s really a big action adventure comedy. But for me, I still think of it as a character piece.” Shadow of the Vampire: Nicolas Cage is moving into indie production. Cage’s Saturn Films banner will make its producing debut on “Shadow of the Vampire,” in which John Malkovich is set to star. Cage is producing the $10 million pic along with partner Jeff Levine. Paul Brooks, co-founder of Brit production/ distribution banner Metrodome will exec produce. Elias Merhige (“Begotten”) will direct the pic, written by Steven Katz, who has penned such screenplays as Par’s “American Gothic” and Fox/Lightstorm’s “The Mummy: Ramses the Damned.” Based on Katz’s original idea, “Shadow” takes a fictionalized look at the making of “Nosferatu,” F.W. Murnau’s 1922 film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula.” Full Story >>> Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Ron Howard-Jim Carrey picture "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas," from Imagine Entertainment and Universal Studios, has been set for a Thanksgiving 2000 release. In the first live-action feature based on the story by Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, Carrey will star as the reclusive Grinch who devises a plan to ruin Christmas in the fantasy world of Who-Ville. Carrey donned his Grinch outfit Monday for producer Brian Grazer and Rick Baker, the Oscar-winning makeup artist ("The Nutty Professor") who is working on the character. "We saw Jim in his Grinch outfit, and this is a perfect vehicle for him," said Grazer, who worked with Carrey on "Liar Liar."
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