News: June 29th - July 5th 1998

On this site you will find interesting rumours, news, pictures & trailers from recent and upcoming movies. We are always looking for cool movie scoops, so if you have one, please submit it to us.

Rush Hour: Above are three new images from this upcoming Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker film. For more images, check out the Official Site. Thanks to The Moviezone for the alert!

Halloween: H20: Harry Knowles' excellent Ain't It Cool News got a full description of the new H20 trailer today, click here to take a look at it.

Movie Trailers: Four trailers today, first three clips from "There's Something About Mary", the new comedy from the team behind Dumb And Dumber, and also the full "A Bug's Life" trailer.

Note From Webmaster: Not much news this weekend, but I really hope to have a nice update this Monday. Also, please don't send in any more E-Mails about the trailer pages, I'm fixing the links as fast as I can :-)

Saving Private Ryan: Above are six great images from this upcoming Steven Spielberg film. Early word indicates that this is one of his best films to date. A big thanks to the excellent Countdown for the pictures!

Indiana Jones IV: Steven Spielberg also confirmed that Indy IV is "well underways" to Cinescape. He also reported that he has the plot worked out, filming could begin in the summer of 2000 and both Harrison Ford and Sean Connery will return. Can't wait!

BASEketball: The Official Site has released the full trailer for this upcoming comedy. Thanks to "Mark" for the notice.

Note From Webmaster: Not much news today, but hopefully there'll be more updates this weekend. The trailer page is still not completely updated, but within the weekend all the dead links will be replaced. I've updated the movie section today.

Stand By Your Man: Alicia Silverstone ("Clueless") is set to star in the upcoming comedy "Stand By Your Man," about a woman whose scheme to achieve instant fame blows up in her face. Silverstone will also serve as an executive producer on "Stand By Your Man."

Scream 3: In a recent interview, when Neve Campbell was asked about her involvement in the third part, she replied: "I'm sure Kevin Williamson, who wrote the first two scripts, will make a great job of it, but it's just that fear I have of being typecast. I've really enjoyed these first two movies, and I'm very proud of them, but I think I could easily become 'that girl from the Scream movies' if I stuck around for the third installment."

I Am Legend: Rob Bowman ("The X-Files Movie") is in talks to direct "I Am Legend," the big-budget Warner Bros. film that once had Ridley Scott attached to helm Arnold Schwarzenegger. Rumours indicate that Schwarzenegger is still attached, and they will be working with a much lower budget.

Statistics: Rob Lowe ("Wayne's World") is in talks to star as a disc jockey who witnesses a murder in the upcoming ensemble drama "Statistics." The indie film, which is to begin shooting in September, is the first project from the new production company Zephyr Entertainment.The film will be helmed by James Hickox.

Armageddon: It seems like most people rather enjoyed Armageddon, despite some complaints about the editing and some scientific goofs. Below is a short review sent in by Robert.

Bruce Willis leads a rag-tag bunch of oil drillers into space in one of the greatest summer films of all time. "Armageddon" leaves all past "event movies" in the dust. It obliterates the memory of the misguided "Godzilla", and even eclipses "ID4" in terms of sheer spectacle and excitement. Just about everyone knows the basic story: Big rock is going to hit Earth in 18 days unless we can intercept it and drop a nuke into a drilled shaft inside the asteroid. Bruce Willis plays Harry Stamper, the leader of a colorful group of oil drillers that answer the call to save the world. This is a basic premise but in director Michael Bay's and the screenwriter's hands, it becomes a high tension, never-lets-up, emotional ride. Giving away anything more about the plot would be a crime because the fun in this one is not knowing what will happen next. The special effect are incredible and extremely well done. The initial scene, depicting a meteor shower in Manhattan, is better then anything shown in "Godzilla". The acting is all top notch, with Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Liv Tyler standing out of the pack. The dialogue is witty and the pace is break neck. The only problems come from the complete disregard for half a dozen scientific points. (Turbulence in space, flaming rocks in space, etc.) Get past that though and this movie will grab you and not let go.

Anywhere But Here: Shawn Hatosy ("In And Out") has joined the cast of Fox 2000's "Anywhere But Here." The Wayne Wang-directed drama also stars Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman as an eccentric mother and her high school-aged daughter who move to Beverly Hills from Michigan.

Crimes Of Opportunity: Sharon Stone ("Basic Instinct") is in talks to star in "Crimes Of Opportunity," which will mark Peter Coyote's helming and screenwriting debut. Lions Gate Films will finance and distribute "Crimes."

Movie Posters: A poster for the upcoming film "Polish Wedding", starring Gabriel Byrne and Claire Danes. Also a much bigger version of the "Antz" advance poster.

Jurassic Park 3: Universal Pictures recently announced that a third installment of "Jurassic Park" will be released in the summer of 2000. Steven Spielberg will not direct but will produce through his Amblin Entertainment film production company. Michael Crichton will again collaborate with Spielberg to create a storyline and write a script. It was unclear whether Koepp would be involved in the third episode.

Movie Trailers: The trailer for the upcoming thriller Snake Eyes has finally arrived. The movie stars Nicolas Cage. Also, the full trailer for Steven Spielberg's upcoming WW2 drama, "Saving Private Ryan." Thanks to Loews Trailer Park.

Frequency: Edward Burns is in negotiations to star in New Line Cinema actioner "Frequency" for director Gregory Hoblit ("Primal Fear"). "Frequency" is about a modern-day police officer who uses a ham radio to communicate with his firefighter father in 1969. Through their conversations, the son tries to prevent his father's death.

She's All That: Freddy Prinze Jr. ("I Know.." films) and Rachel Leigh Cook will star in the upcoming teen romantic comedy "She's All That," which Miramax is readying for a mid-August shoot. Prinze will play a teen stud who bets a pal he can turn the highschool's geekiest female student (Cook) into the next prom queen - then falls in love with her.

Pitch Black: Radha Mitchell ("High Art") has joined the cast of "Pitch Black" from Australia's Intrepid Pictures, which is producing and financing. She joins Cole Hauser and Vin Diesel in the film about a group of marooned space travelers who struggle for survival on a seemingly lifeless sun-scorched world.

Joan of Arc: John Malkovich ("Con Air") has joined the cast of "Joan of Arc," the big-budget period piece directed by Luc Besson. It stars Milla Jovovich as the French heroine who led forces against the English and was burned at the stake.

Note From Webmaster: Jawad's excellent Steven Spielberg Page is not gone forever, it will simply be moving to a different server, and the new link is countdown.8i.com/spielberg/. The page should be 100% operational within a few days.

Halloween: H20: Above is a copy of the Official poster, courtesy of the official Halloween Site. Click on the image for a larger sized version. If anyone has a better quality copy of the poster, please send it in!

The General's Daughter: Actor James Woods is in final negotiations to join the cast of the murder mystery "The General's Daughter" for Paramount Pictures. Woods would join John Travolta, James Cromwell, Leslie Stefanson and Timothy Hutton in the film, which begins shooting next month in Savannah, Ga., helmed by director Simon West.

Small Soldiers: Variety reports that the voices of veteran actors Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, Bruce Dern, Jim Brown and Clint Walker have been added to characters in DreamWorks' "Small Soldiers." Borgnine is Kip Killagin, Kennedy plays Brick Bazooka, Dern is Link Static and Walker plays Nick Nitro.

Runaway Bride: Richard Gere and Julia Roberts will possibly be reuniting for "Runaway Bride." The two are in talks to do the romantic comedy during the fall. "Bride" is about a woman who has been to the altar numerous times with different men but turns away from marriage at the last moment. When a reporter writes a biting article about the woman, the two begin a nasty relationship that eventually turns amorous.

Hanging Up: Meg Ryan will star in Columbia Pictures' "Hanging Up" for director Diane Keaton. Shooting is expected to start in January. Columbia is also in talks with Lisa Kudrow ("Friends") to join the cast. Keaton might also act in the film about three sisters and their dying, alcoholic, manic-depressive father.

Deep Blue Sea: Thomas Jane will star in Renny Harlin's big-budget, special effects-driven "Deep Blue Sea." The Warner Bros. film is about a school of mako sharks made smarter, faster and more vicious through biomedical engineering. In an offshore laboratory, however, things begin to go deadly wrong. Jane will play the lab's shark wrangler who leads survivors in escaping the deadly fish.

The Green Mile: Michael Clarke Duncan ("Armageddon") and Barry Pepper ("Saving Private Ryan") will star opposite Tom Hanks in the upcoming prison drama "The Green Mile," a feature based on a story by Stephen King. Duncan plays John Coffey, a death row inmate accused of murdering two small children. Hanks plays a prison guard, Paul Edgecombe, who befriends Coffey on discovering that he may possess strange powers. Pepper plays another prison guard. The picture will be directed by Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption.")

Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang: Gary Busey, Miranda Richardson and Ice T are starring in the kidpic "Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang." The film, based on Mordecai Richler's classic children's adventure story, is directed by George Bloomfield. It also stars Mark McKinney, Maury Chaykin and Max Morrow as the 6-year-old Jacob Two Two.

Note From Webmaster: I've started to replace all the links in the trailer archives, but it might take a few days before everything is back to normal. On a more happy note, the excellent movie page The Moviezone is back with a small trailer collection you can check out in the mean time!