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Movie Posters: Three movie posters today. Two versions of the "Apt Pupil" poster, and the third advance for "Antz." Guy Gets Kid: Director Dennis Dugan ("Happy Gilmore") has signed to work with Adam Sandler on their second comedy feature, "Guy Gets Kid," about a thirtysomething slacker who adopts a 6-year-old boy to impress his girlfriend. Pure Evel: Betty Thomas ("Dr. Dolittle") is negotiating to direct Matthew McConaughey ("Contact") in "Pure Evel," the Universal biopic of daredevil motorcyclist Evel Knievel. The 13th Warrior: Digital effects house Cinesite has landed the visual f/x contracts for Buena Vista's "The 13th Warrior." The CG creation of a Viking ship careening down 300-foot waves was the most challenging shot for Jerry Pooler, Cinesite's visual effects supervisor on the film. Also mentioned was the Thanksgiving release date. If this is true, there won't be much time to promote this film. Thanks to 'Debel' for the info! Leatherheads: George Clooney and director Steven Soderbergh ("Out of Sight") will reunite on the 1920s football romantic comedy "Leatherheads." The screenplay, set in the early days of professional football during the 1920s, follows an aging footballer (Clooney) who convinces a young college star to dump his school and play in the pros. Forces of Nature: Ronny Cox ("Total Recall") has inked to join Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney and Blythe Danner in the DreamWorks romantic comedy “Forces of Nature.” Cox will play the father to Tierney’s character and the husband to Danner’s character in the Bronwen Hughes-directed pic, which is currently shooting on location in South Carolina. The Muse: Jeff Bridges will join Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone and Andie MacDowell in the upcoming comedy "The Muse," which Brooks co-wrote and will direct. Brooks plays a down-on-his-luck Hollywood screenwriter who finds a muse (Stone) who has sparked other big writers and directors. She turns his life upside down. Bridges will play his best friend and a rival writer, and Brooks has landed directors Martin Scorsese, James Cameron and Rob Reiner to play cameos. Editors Note: Sorry about the delayed update. The phonelines have been down for the past 24 hours, so I couldn't get online. More news should emerge tomorrow.
Wrongfully Accused: The Official Site for this upcoming Leslie Nielsen comedy has now opened up fully. Click on the image above to check it out. Thanks to "Alex" for the alert! Dairy Queens: William Sasso ("Happy Gilmore") will star in the comedy "Dairy Queens," about an overbearing mother who will stop at nothing to ensure that her daughter wins a teen beauty contest. The film also stars Kirstin Dunst, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin and Denise Richards. Sasso will play Hank, a mildly retarded nudist who runs his family's hardware store. Springers: Jamie Pressly ("Poison Ivy III") has landed a lead role in a feature comedy about people involved in a raucus daytime talk show patterned after TV's "Jerry Springer Show." Pressly will play a trailer park resident who wants to get onto the show to discuss the affair she's having with her stepfather. Forces of Nature: Meredith Scott Lynn has joined Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock and Maura Tierney in the cast of DreamWorks' romantic comedy "Forces of Nature." The film, which also stars Blythe Danner, Joe Don Baker, Steve Zahn and David Strickland, is about a New Yorker en routeto his wedding who is sidetracked by various forces of nature, including a female hitchhiker played by Bullock. Lynn will play the maid of honor at the wedding. Movie Trailers: Some new trailers today. One for the Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt starrer "The Impostors," a trailer for "Stepmom" starring Ed Harris and Julia Roberts. Finally a trailer for Adam Sandler's next film, "The Waterboy."
The Runner: John Goodman and Joe Mantegna are set to co-star in the indie film "The Runner," about a compulsive gambler who takes a job running numbers for a local mobster. Goodman and Mantegna join Ron Eldard, Courteney Cox and Bokeem Woodbine in the Las Vegas story, to be directed by Ron Moler. Ever After: Jeffery Sanders has managed to catch a sneak-peak of the Drew Barrymore film "Ever After." Click below to read his review. The film opens this Friday in the US. Ever After: A Cinderella Story (Positive) Saturn: Scott Caan will appear in the upcoming feature "Saturn," about a son's relationship with his dying father and his romance with a woman who entices him to the darker side of New York life. The film will also star Mia Kirshner ("Exotica"). The movie will start shooting Aug. 3 in Brooklyn with a budget of about $1 mill, marks the first feature helmed by director/scribe Rob Schmidt. Mansfield Park: Embeth Davidtz ("Schindler's List") and James Purefoy are in talks to join the cast of "Mansfield Park." Based on the Jane Austen novel, the film also stars Alessandro Nivola ("Face/Off"), Jonny Lee Miller ("Trainspotting"), Frances O'Connor and Harold Pinter. Davidtz will play Mary, a wealthy and scheming woman engaged to Edmund (Miller).
The 13th Warrior: Antonio Banderas and Dennis Storhøi recently finished shooting this film, which has become one of Disney's most expensive projects ever. Click here to read an article with some info and news about the project. It's in Norwegian, but "Debel" saved me the trouble of translating it, and you can read the English version right here. Thanks again to "Debel." Sleepy Hollow: Christina Ricci will star opposite Johnny Depp in director Tim Burton's romantic horror film "Sleepy Hollow." Ricci will play Katrina Van Tassel, the love interest of a small-town schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, who vies for her affections with rival Brom Bones and discovers the headless horseman in Washington Irving's classic "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." The Last Marshall: Scott Glenn ("Backdraft") has inked to lead the posse of the indie action-thriller "The Last Marshall." The story follows a federal marshall who carries on a one-man war against a sophisticated drug concern that's attempting to manipulte the U.S. court system. Incognito: The trailer for John Badham's new film, "Incognito" was recently released. The movie stars Jason Patric, Thomas Lockyer and Irène Jacob.
Ghost Dog: Forest Whitaker ("Platoon") will star in writer-director Jim Jarmusch's next film, "Ghost Dog." Whitaker will play the title role in "Ghost Dog," described as a spiritual gangster film that is set an unnamed North American city. The Green Mile: David Morse, Harry Dean Stanton and William Sadler have joined the cast of "The Green Mile" starring Tom Hanks. Morse will play second-in-command to the chief death row guard (Hanks), Stanton portrays Toot Toot, the prison's wiry trustee; and Sadler plays the father of a couple of children murdered by a death row inmate. The film, based on a Stephen King novel, is about a seemingly retarded man on death row for murdering Sadler's character's children. "The Green Mile" is the last stretch a prisoner walks when taken to the electric chair, which in this prison is tiled with green linoleum. Frank Darabont is directing from his film adaptation.
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