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Old Movie News:
November 8th-14th 1999

In this section you will find the latest news & rumours on current and upcoming Hollywood projects. To spice up the page we also serve a variety of new posters, images and reviews. If you have a scoop you'd like to share with everyone, please submit it to us.

Movie ChatThe Movie Board: Take #2

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November 13th/14th 1999 - Movie News/Rumors

Dan Aykroyd

Ghostbusters III: Dan Aykroyd was recently interviewed on Access Hollywood, where he discussed the current state of 'Ghostbusters III.' It seems that Columbia doesn't want to produce a third installment. For more information, check out Ghostbusters Central's news section. You can also view the full Real Video clip here. Thanks to 'Chad.'

Dexterity: Ashley Judd ("Double Jeopardy") is in final negotiations to topline the romantic drama “Dexterity.” Matthew McConaughey ("EDtv") is also understood to be in talks to star. Variety reports that the pic is about a couple working in a decaying industrial town located in upstate New York. Their relationship and way of life are both altered when the factory in which they both work goes belly up. “Dexterity’s” budget is described as being “modest.”

Galaxy Quest Galaxy Quest: On the left is a copy of the poster for this sci-fi comedy. A much larger, 1 MB version can be viewed at the official site. Thanks to Jawad.

Prime Gig: Julia Ormond will join Vince Vaughn and Ed Harris in the dark comedy "Prime Gig." THR reports that he movie follows a soon-to-be laid-off telemarketer who undertakes a quixotic search for the perfect phone job. Screenwriter William Wheeler developed the script at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Veteran stage director Gregory Mosher makes his feature helming debut on the film, which begins shooting next week in Los Angeles.

Fishing for Moonlight: Keanu Reeves is attached to "Fishing for Moonlight." According to Variety, the film will be based on the true story of a stockbroker whose life is destroyed when he frees a prostitute from the Russian mafia. After a finished script is turned in, producers are hoping to ready the film for Reeves before he leaves for Australia next fall to shoot back-to-back sequels to “The Matrix.” “Fishing” is based on an article Daniel Jeffreys wrote for the London Times about a stockbroker who visits a brothel boasting Russian beauties and finds himself in a room with a young immigrant who is clearly terrified. The stockbroker eventually decides to save the girl.

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November 11th 1999 - Movie News/Rumors

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Terminator 3 & 4: Variety reports that producers Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna are planning to simultaneously develop the third and fourth installments of the “Terminator” series. They intend to film “Terminator 3” next year for release in 2001 and prep the fourth shortly thereafter. “T3” will be written by Tedi Sarafian ("Metalheads"), while “T4” will be written by David Wilson ("Supernova,” “Rollerball" remake). “I don't know if you can ever equal the first two films, because James Cameron (who will not return) is a genius, but we're going to do our best, use the best special effects houses, and really surprise people with the creative stories that are great and have the twists and turns the audience expects,” said Kassar. He also holds out hope that Schwarzenegger might return: “I’d love for Arnold to be in it, but we're not at that point yet."

‘T3’ will be present-day, 2001, about the first engagement between Skynet and humans, and be about the beginning of the war,” senior vp James Middleton said. “The fourth movie is going to be set in the future, after the nuclear conflagration has ended. The setting will be that apocalyptic world you saw in both of the first two films. The third will lead you into the fourth, and John Connor will be the lead in both of those movies, which follow and expend his character. There will be a protector Terminator, and an antagonist machine.”

Lindbergh: Menno Meyjes (“The Color Purple,” "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade") will adapt “Lindbergh,” A. Scott Berg's Pulitzer Prize-winning bio of Charles A. Lindbergh, as a directing outing for Steven Spielberg. More >>>

Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts: Columbia Pictures has acquired the feature rights to Marvel Comics' "Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts" and is fast-tracking the property as a potential live-action franchise. Don Murphy (of Columbia-based Angry Films) will produce. Thanks to Stax.

Trust Me: Jennifer Love Hewitt is in talks to star in and produce the Warner Bros. romcom "Trust Me." Mitchell Kapner ("The Whole Nine Yards") wrote the script. According to THR, "Trust" tells the story of a bumbling young FBI trainee (Hewitt), attempting to work undercover, who finds herself kidnapped by a mobster who ends up falling in love with her. The film is expected to start shooting in Montreal this spring. No director is attached.

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November 10th 1999 - Movie News/Rumors

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End of Days: A sneak peek at 'End of Days,' which opens (worldwide?) November 24th. Minor spoilers. Thanks to 'Brian' over at The Cinema Files.

End of Days - Film Review (Positive)

River Road: New Line has made a deal worth about $3 million for the writing and directing services of Andrew Niccol ("Gattaca") on “River Road,” his new spec script. Described by THR as a heroic escape story set in a fictional border town, "River Road" is said to be a powerful allegory about the triumph of the human spirit over oppressive borders, both physical and symbolic.

Galaxy Quest: A trailer for this sci-fi/comedy is now online. Thanks to Jawad. Be sure to check out his Galaxy Quest site.

Quicktime Galaxy Quest - Full Trailer (6.5 MB)
Quicktime Galaxy Quest - Full Trailer (3.5 MB)

Star Wars: Episode II: StarWars.com reports that George Lucas is still working on the script for the next film, and the start of general casting is still several months away. Several actors are already clearing their schedules to be available for filming in Australia and on location next summer. Among them, is Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Natalie Portman (Queen Amidala).

Fothermuckers: MTV Films has acquired the comedy spec script "Fothermuckers," written by Shaina Carol. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the script centers on an uptight 21-year-old whose outrageously sexy mother has a torrid affair with his slacker best friend. Traumatized, he goes to the most extreme lengths to stop the "Fothermucker." "On the surface, this is a story about young, perverse lust. But on another level, it's about the stripping away of illusions that accompany the transition to adulthood," Carol said.

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November 9th 1999 - Movie News/Rumors

Fantasia 2000 Flawless

Movie Posters: A poster for 'Fantasia 2000,' which is an update of the classic Disney musical. Also one for the drama 'Flawless,' starring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

A Knight's Tale: Columbia Pictures shelled out an estimated $5 million to Brian Helgeland ("Payback") to direct and produce from his spec script "A Knight's Tale." 'Tale' has been described as an action-adventure-romance set in the medieval world of jousting. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Helgeland will produce "A Knight's Tale" with Tim Van Rellim ("Ravenous").

Frequency: A review of the James Caviezel/Dennis Quaid thriller 'Frequency.' Thanks to Moviefreak. Some spoilers are included.

Frequency - Film Review (Positive)

Hannibal: The AP recently reported that Jodie Foster refuses to star in the sequel to "Silence of the Lambs" because it's too grisly and isn't true to FBI agent Clarice Starling, the character Foster played in the first movie. SPOILER: In "Hannibal," Starling becomes a cannibal like the title role Hannibal Lecter. /SPOILER. "I stand to make more money doing that sequel than I've ever made in my life," Foster says in the December issue of "W" magazine. "But who cares, if it betrays Clarice - who is a person, in some strange way, to me. "The movie worked because people believed in her heroism. I won't play her with negative attributes she'd never have." Follow-ups: 1 - 2.

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