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CHECK OUT PICS OF DOWNEY JR. AND LAW IN "SHERLOCK HOLMES"
Here are the first pics online for Guy Ritchie's upcoming "Sherlock Holmes", starring Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson.
According to AICN, Frank Darabont has left the production of the upcoming psychological thriller "Law Abiding Citizen".
The story follows successful assistant D.A. (Gerard Butler) who finds himself at the center of a vigilante plot hatched by a traumatized victim of the legal system (Jamie Foxx).
Foxx's character is devastated to learn that, because of a plea bargain, one of his wife and daughter's murderers will be set free. Soon he unleashes revenge on the killers and those who made the deal.
Looks like he left on bad terms... not sure what happened.
Fox 2000 and Scott Free have acquired film rights to Joe Haldeman's 1974 sci-fi novel "The Forever War" for Ridley Scott to direct, according to Variety.
The project would mark Scott's first science fiction film since back-to-back classics "Alien" and "Blade Runner" in 1979 & 1982. Scott intended to film the project back in the 80's but rights complications delayed his plans for more than two decades.
The story revolves around a soldier who battles an enemy in deep space for only a few months, only to return home to a planet he doesn't recognize some 20 years later.
A writer will shortly be hired to adapt the work. Scott next directs "Nottingham" and has the thriller "Child 44" and the biopic "Gucci" in development.
Clint Eastwood spoke with USA Today about the mysterious "Gran Torino" film.
In the film, Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a racist Korean War veteran who reluctantly bonds with an immigrant Asian neighbor over a classic car - his 1972 Gran Torino. Eastwood says it's a film that "slams both prejudice and political correctness."
"I'm a weirdo in it. I play a real racist. ... It's a great time in life (to do that) because, you know, what can they do to you once you're past 70? There's nothing they can do. But it also has redemption. This Hmong family moves in next door, and he has been in the Korean War, in the infantry, and looks down on Asian people and lumps everybody together. But finally they befriend him in his time of need because he has no relationship with his family" he says.
The film will score a New York City release on Christmas Day, no further release has yet been scheduled.
ABC is developing a new adaptation of the classic 1980's sci-fi miniseries "V", according to Variety.
Much like the '80s version, the show will open with an enormous army of spaceships hovering over the world's major cities.
The human-like Visitors' (who're actually reptilian underneath) say they've come to help Earth, but their motives are nefarious.
The new "V" will center on Erica Evans, a Homeland Security agent with an aimless son who's got problems. When the aliens arrive, her son gloms on to them -- causing tension within the family.
As in the original however several storylines will unfold simultaneously.
"V" spawned a second miniseries and a short-lived TV spin-off series.
DC Comics President Paul Levitz briefly spoke with Latino Review and talked about the sequel to "Superman Returns".
It looks like it depends on the next Batman flick. "Everyone is waiting for Nolan to sign on for another Batman, once that happens, the release date for Superman and all other future projects will follow" says Levitz..
Brandon Routh is apparently still attaced to play Superman. "Last week Brandon Routh has come around the offices in New York and Los Angeles as of late to talk about Superman and what we want to do."
So thus far it looks like a Green Lantern film for Summer 2010, Nolan's third "Batman" film in July 2011, and a new Superman film in 2012.
Rose McGowan is considering joining the cast of "Inferno," producer Brian Grazer's film about legendary "Deep Throat" star Linda Lovelace, according to Fox News.
The film follows Lovelace's ultimately tragic life. After starring in that most popular of all porn films, she became a feminist and testified before Attorney General Ed Meese's Commission on Pornography in 1986. She died in 2002 due to severe injuries in a car accident.
Already cast are Bill Pullman as Hugh Hefner and Josh Lucas as Linda's husband Chuck Traynor who got her into porn.
First time writer-director Matthew Wilder will direct from his own script.
Nope. Only one actress is perfect for that role, and its Dallas Bryce Howard.
Great actress but more importantly she looks so much like the real Lovelace. But I doubt Brian Grazer will cast his partner's (Ron Howard) daughter in the role of a porn star. But you never know.
Word is out that Warner Bros. Pictures wants Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling to portray Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in their upcoming film version of the superhero comic "Green Lantern", according to Latino Review.
In the comics, Hal Jordan is a test pilot who was given a power ring by a dying alien, and became a member of the Green Lantern Corps - an interstellar organization of police overseen by the Guardians of the Universe.
Greg Berlanti is assigned to direct the film which is due out in 2010.
FOXX JOINS BUTLER IN DARABONT'S "LAW ABIDING CITIZEN"
Jamie Foxx is in final negotiations to star alongside Gerard Butler in the psychological thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" for the Film Department, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The story follows a successful assistant D.A. (Butler) who finds himself at the center of a vigilante plot hatched by a traumatized victim of the legal system (Foxx).
Foxx's character is devastated to learn that, because of a plea bargain, one of his wife and daughter's murderers will be set free. So he unleashes revenge on the killers and those who made the deal.
Frank Darabont is directing and co-writing the script with Kurt Wimmer. Butler, Alan Siegel, Lucas Foster and Mark Gill are producing.
SHYAMALAN CONFIRMS "UNBREAKABLE 2" IN THE WORKS!!!
M. Night Shyamalan said he is considering working on a sequel to his hit Unbreakable, a superhero tale about a man (Bruce Willis) who finds that he is impervious to harm and is called to become a savior, according to Scifi.com.
"I'm a strange creature," the writer/director said in a conference call with reporters last week. "When Unbreakable came out, I was like, 'God, man, I'm so excited.' I thought [it] was like comic books. No one has really done comic books like this: reality-based comic books. I really think this is a metaphor for things that people can go crazy over... When the reaction was mixed, kind of a disappointment, I was pettily hurt, and I was like, 'God, I took so many incredible risks' and things like that," Shyamalan said.
"I felt really hurt, and I couldn't bring myself to write," he said. "It's literally like a relationship I have with the audience. ... And then, over the years, as it just grew and grew and grew, and people were like, 'You know, I really like that. That's actually my favorite movie, and I watch that all the time,' and on and on. I'll be on the street, and some kid will run across traffic with it in his backpack--he just is carrying it in his backpack--and he'll be running [saying], 'I can't believe it's you!' Will you sign my Unbreakable DVD?' And quoting the thing and all that stuff."
"How bizarre," he said. "I want to write it right now, but I want to write it for the right reasons. I want a story to pop into my head that is organic and expressive of who I am. You know, these are all kind of journals of where I am emotionally, so it's kind of hard. I'm kind of trying to go back to the journal that existed in 1999 for me. But I know me: As soon as I give up on it is when the idea will come to me. It's just I need to go into therapy; I guess that's the end of that answer to this."
I'm all for it and this could be the project to get Night back on track.
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Fox 2000 and Scott Free have acquired film rights to Joe Haldeman's 1974 sci-fi novel "The Forever War" for Ridley Scott to direct, according to 
Clint Eastwood spoke with 
ABC is developing a new adaptation of the classic 1980's sci-fi miniseries "V", according to 
Mandate Pictures has picked up Will Reiser's autobiographical comedy spec "I'm With Cancer", according to 
DC Comics President Paul Levitz briefly spoke with 
Rose McGowan is considering joining the cast of "Inferno," producer Brian Grazer's film about legendary "Deep Throat" star Linda Lovelace, according to 
Miramax Films is fast-tracking development on a biopic about baseball legend Tommy Lasorda, according to 
Word is out that Warner Bros. Pictures wants Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling to portray Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in their upcoming film version of the superhero comic "Green Lantern", according to 
Jamie Foxx is in final negotiations to star alongside Gerard Butler in the psychological thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" for the Film Department, according to 
M. Night Shyamalan said he is considering working on a sequel to his hit Unbreakable, a superhero tale about a man (Bruce Willis) who finds that he is impervious to harm and is called to become a savior, according to 
