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Entertainment News For The Week Of June 18, 2003

Back at ya with some news that matters..screw prime time

MGM Wants Ratner For Sequel To GET SHORTY

Hoping to get the project started by years end, MGM is eyeing Brett Ratner (RUSH HOUR) to helm the sequel to GET SHORTY entitled BE COOL. John Travolta is on board to reprise his role as Chili Palmer who in the sequel gets tired of the movie biz and heads toward the music world. Ratner still owes New Line Cinema one more film before he can begin BE COOL. Sources say he could negotiate with the two studios if he commits to direct a third installment in the RUSH HOUR series for New Line.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Walken To Star In New Stratus Film (No NOT Trish)

Christopher Walken (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) is in talks with writer/director Jordan Roberts in Stratus Films' drama AROUND THE BEND. Being compared to IN THE BEDROOM and ROAD TO PERDITION (which Roberts did uncredited work for), BEND is about four generations of a family whose men had children young. When the patriarch of the family passes away, the three other men go on a search to find answers to family secrets. Production is planned for the fall after Walken completes work on THE STEPFORD WIVES.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Now onto the man who seems to be everywhere lately...

Malkovich To Star In KUBRICK Comedy

John Malkovich (KNOCKAROUND GUYS) is set to star in COLOR ME KUBRICK. The film, being written by Kubrick's personal assistant Anthony Frewin, is based on real life events that occurred during the filming of EYES WIDE SHUT in London from 1998-99 in which a man pretended to be the famous director and maneuvered his way into nightclubs, parties and restaurants. Kubrick crew member, Brian Cook is set to direct.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

James Cromwell and Bruce Greenwood Joining I, ROBOT

James Cromwell (BABE) and Bruce Greenwood (THE CORE) are joining Will Smith, Bridget Moynihan and Chi McBride in the adaptation of Isaac Asimov's book I, ROBOT. In the film, Cromwell plays a doctor who creates the most advanced robot ever built. Greenwood plays an exec at US Robotics who is involved in a murder investigation. Smith is playing a detective who suspects that robots are the ones committing the murders. The film, currently shooting in Vancouver, is scheduled for release next summer.
Source: Variety

**Note** Is it me or should no one associated with The Core be allowed to ever make another movie

Jolene Blalock Stars In SLOW BURN

Jolene Blalock (ENTERPRISE) is set to star alongside Ray Liotta (IDENTITY) and James Todd Smith (aka LL Cool J) in SLOW BURN. The story is about a district attorney (Liotta) being manipulated by an assistant DA (Blalock) and a stranger (Smith) while a showdown with a gangleader ensues. Filming begins next month in Vancouver.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

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"If somebody said to me, in twelve years you’ll be in a band with your brother and two carrot munching geezers who don’t like football, I would've said 'fuck off, I’m not joining the Bee Gees." -Noel Gallagher 2005

If Ratner didn't direct the good Red Dragon, I'd be pretty mad at him doing the new Chili Palmer flick, hope it's good.

And I'm always up for more Walken, Liotta and Malkovich movies. Woohoo.

Schneider finds 80 DAYS while Spence sees EPISODE III

Mr. Deuce Bigelow himself, Rob Schneider, will make an appearance in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. Schneider's cameo is one of several from high profile stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Bates, Johnny Knoxville and others. Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan play the two 19th century adventurers travelling around the world.

In other casting news, the official STAR WARS website has mentioned that Australian actor Bruce Spence (he played the glider captain in THE ROAD WARRIOR and will be seen as a mysterious homeless man in THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS) has landed a part in EPISODE III playing "a helpful alien". Meanwhile, the Moviehole website reports THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS actress Bai Ling has also won herself a part in the sequel. No details were mentioned about what character Ling is playing in George Lucas' new movie.

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"If somebody said to me, in twelve years you’ll be in a band with your brother and two carrot munching geezers who don’t like football, I would've said 'fuck off, I’m not joining the Bee Gees." -Noel Gallagher 2005

a few more to end the week...

Rockwell Becomes PICADILLY JIM

Sam Rockwell (CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND) will star in PICADILLY JIM for Mission Pictures. Julian Fellowes (GOSFORD PARK) wrote the script, which was based on P.G. Wodehouse's novel about Jim Crocker (Rockwell), a miscreant in the 1930s whose antics anger his mother and scare off the girl of his dreams. Tom Wilkinson is set to play Crocker's father.
Source: Zap2It.com

Duchovny to Direct HOUSE OF D

David Duchovny (THE X-FILES) will direct and star in HOUSE OF D, based on a script he wrote. Robin Williams and Tea Leoni will also star in the film, which is about a man trying to come to terms with his life, past and present. Williams will play the lead character. In flashbacks, his character will be played by Tyler Hoechlin (ROAD TO PERDITION).
Source: Zap2It.com

Keaton To Take the Oval Office

Michael Keaton has agreed to play the President of the United States in FIRST DAUGHTER, starring Katie Holmes. The film, which is currently in production, centers on the daughter of the U.S. President (Holmes) who insists on going to college without any Secret Service personnel. However, the Pres decides to have a young agent (Mark Blucas) go undercover anyway and keep track of her. The young agent and daughter fall in love, until she finds out his true identity. Jerry O'Connell is executive producing.
Source: Zap2It.com

AND THE BIG NEWS THIS WEEK......

STARSKY & HUTCH Get Homoerotic

Juliette Lewis says Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson's upcoming remake of STARSKY & HUTCH is homoerotic.

Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith had the word:

Don't look for the big-screen version of "Starsky & Hutch," starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, to be anything like the rough-and-tumble detective television series of the '70s from which it is derived. Expect the big-screen version to be really heavy on the comedy, according to Juliette Lewis, who also co-stars in the film currently shooting in L.A.

Declares Lewis, "There are so many homoerotic overtones between Ben and Owen's character that it's just absolutely hilarious. Todd Phillips (director) did a really great job casting the movie. Vince Vaughn is incredible as the smarmy villain. I play his girlfriend Kitty. I'm one of those kinds of girlfriends who constantly massages her man's shoulders."

Adds Juliette, "Leave it up to Todd to hire me for the T&A factor in the movie, when I'm SO not that girl. But since Todd directed me in 'Old School,' he calls me his go-to girl, which is something I'm proud of."

Lewis and Vaughn aren't the only two "Old School" alumni making the rounds yet again to director Phillips. Lewis informs that Will Ferrell comes back for a cameo, while Snoop Dogg, who had a cameo as himself in "Old School," plays Huggy Bear, the detective duo's police informant/street hustler.

Look for the film from Warner Bros. and Dimension to hit theaters in March of next year. Meanwhile, you can catch Lewis on the big screen in September in the thriller "Cold Creek Manor" opposite Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid. The Mike Figgis ("Leaving Las Vegas") flick is about a citified couple and their child who are made to defend themselves and their country home from its previous owner, who's just out of jail.

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"If somebody said to me, in twelve years you’ll be in a band with your brother and two carrot munching geezers who don’t like football, I would've said 'fuck off, I’m not joining the Bee Gees." -Noel Gallagher 2005