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Roger
Rabbit 2: Want
to know why the much anticipated Roger Rabbit prequel
or sequel Who Discovered Roger Rabbit? never
happened? A VERY detailed article regarding the production
stages and history of the Roger Rabbit franchise was
released on the DIG Edition website and you may
read the article by clicking here.
For us, Jim Hill has, essentially, drawn out the battle
between Spielberg and Disney.
Arach
Attack: A
cheesy film about attacking spiders? Perhaps...but it's
going to be by some pretty cool directors. Variety
reports that Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, the geniuses
behind Independence Day and the over-hyped Godzilla,
has inked a deal to produce this "f/x-driven comedic
thriller about a toxic waste spill causes giant spiders
to go on a rampage." The picture, said to be budgeted
at under $30 million, will start shooting in September
in Australia. New Zealander Ellory Elkayem will direct
from a script he cowrote with Jesse Alexander. No cast
has been set, as of yet.
Jurassic
Park 3: Some
rumors about the third JP film...in a recent interview,
Joe Johnston was quoted to saying this about the status
of the third film, which looks to be filmed in Maui,
Hawaii later this year. "The script is being rewritten
by William Goldman because of some minor problems with
the plot. You asked me about the plot, and
eh. All I
can say is that it isnīt a prequel to the first movie,
but a new and more independent story which stands alone.
Expect more dinosaurs and more plot!"
At
the same time, Corona's Coming Attractions reports
of a possible teaser trailer for Jurassic Park 3
to be released later this summer. The trailer would
begin by displaying some "exotic flora" and
then panning to show some dinosaurs in the background,
making noise without actually seeing them. The camera
then pans out, while still focused on their tails, and
a Loch Ness-type dinosaur bursts out of the water and
swallows the camera. The title "Swallows with extreme
force and anger" appears on the bottom of the screen,
then the title Jurassic Park burns in the center.
A.I.:
It
has been confirmed by FilmForce
that Haley Joel Osment has, indeed, officially signed
on board. On the same subject, Steven Spielberg has
reportedly finished writing the screenplay himself.
Josie
and the Pussycats: Coming
off her acclaimed performance in Scream 3, Parker
Posey is set to join Rachel Leigh Cook in this film
by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, the team who directed
my favorite teen flick, Can't Hardly Wait. At
the same time, Tara Reid (American Pie) and Alan
Cumming are currently in negotiations. The movie "satirizes
contemporary pop music and pop culture and revolves
around a group of female sleuths/rockers, the Pussycats,
headed by Josie (Cook). The three rockers find themselves
being used by an evil mogul to brainwash American youth
by placing subliminal messages in their songs. Reid
would play the Pussycats' drummer, and Posey has been
cast in the role of the tyrannical egomaniacal record
label CEO who manipulates Josie and the band. Cumming
would play her right hand man, a talent scout responsible
for discovering Josie and the Pussycats."
Exit
Wounds: Steven
Seagal in a Matrix or Romeo Must Die film?
Seagal has signed with Warner Bros. to star in this
action drama to be produced by Joel Silver (The Matrix)
and directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, the team behind
the recent Romeo Must Die. The screenplay is
an adaptation of a 1990 novel by John Westermann about
a cop stuck in an inner-city precinct who uncovers corruption.
Says Silver, "It's a cool urban movie, with a precinct
feel to it."
Dirty
Dancing 2: Yeah,
yeah, yeah...all this buzz about Britney Spears doing
a millenium-ish version of Dirty Dancing. Rather
though, the Herald-Sun in Australia is set to
clear up the issue. Spears has no intentions of doing
a film related to Dirty Dancing but rather, will
do a film LIKE Dirty Dancing, only somewhat modernized.
Thanks to 'Moviehole'.
Traffic:
Just
a brief casting note...Dennis Quaid (Any Given Sunday)
has joined the cast of this film which already has Michael
Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones attached. Quaid will
play the lawyer counseling Zeta-Jones, who's left to
run a drug empire when her husband is carted off to
prison.
Chicken
Run: Thanks
to Jawad, the official site to the CG-animated
film about a bunch of chickens, running to escape the
coop for their lives, now has their official
website open and on there, you can find a streaming
version of the trailer which is supposed to air before
The Road to El Dorado tomorrow.
"Chicken
Run" Full Tralier (RealVideo or MediaPlayer)
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