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movies-digest          Monday, April 17 2000          Volume 02 : Number 265



[MV] Actors-Directors
[MV] RE: Actors-Directors
Re: [MV] RE: Actors-Directors
Re: [MV] RE: Actors-Directors
Re: [MV] RE: Actors-Directors
[MV] Need some help
Re: [MV] RE: Actors-Directors
Re: [MV] Need some help
[MV] The help
Re: [MV] Need some help
Re: [MV] Need some help
[MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 04/12/00
[MV] Star wars
Re: [MV] Need some help
[MV] Ashley Judd
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[MV] Re:
[MV] Re:
[MV] MI2
[MV] RE: M:I-2
[MV] RE: M:I-2
[MV] Three New Films
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[MV] Replacement Killers

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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:58:13 CDT
From: "Wade S" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] Actors-Directors

Interesting idea, although I might think it doesn't so much apply to Allen
or Eastwood although it is practically spot-on for Redford. Eastwood has
been directing things he's been in himself quite frequently for the past 30
years almost, and the same goes for Allen. Both of them have even won Best
Director oscars for pictures they were in - Annie Hall and Unforgiven. A
couple of other of actors who have had good success in directing themselves
- - Mel Gibson and Danny Devito and Spike Lee.

But, I could see how it applies easily to Redford, who has gotten tremendous
acclaim for movies like Quiz Show, A River Runs Through It, although he too
got a best director oscar for a movie he was in...Ordinary People. But, he
hasn't directed a lot of movies, only like 6 or 7 I think.

The point is well taken certainly with Redford I think, but maybe with
another set of actor-directors, such as Ben Stiller or Penny Marshall
etcetera... and some others I can't think of off the top of my head...

HERE's A BIT OF OSCAR TRIVIA FOR YOU::::

What actor won Best Actor for a movie he directed and also got Best Picture?
And, I'm not talking about Roberto Begnini!!! There is someone else I am
thinking of... It's probably not all that hard... Guesses?

Wade

>  No doubt this is why actor/directors often direct
>films in which they themselves do not appear (Clint Eastwood, Robert
>Redford,
>Woody Allen, etc).  From the ads, his role in the film looks rather large.
>Perhaps he would have been better off casting himself in a smaller role
>(like
>Bonnie Hunt did in RETURN TO ME).


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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:23:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D  Richardson") <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] RE: Actors-Directors

> Interesting idea, although I might think it doesn't so much apply to Allen
> or Eastwood although it is practically spot-on for Redford.

You are right about Eastwood, I was a little off the mark with him.  I can
only think of a couple movies he directed but did not appear in (BIRD and
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL).  I also concede a bit with Woody
Allen, since in his early career (pre-INTERIORS) he cast himself in the lead
of every film.  However, more recently, he has only appeared in every other
film or so, so he has eased off.

> A couple of other of actors who have had good success in directing
> themselves - Mel Gibson and Danny Devito and Spike Lee.

These are good examples of the contrary of my theorem, although I would
classify Spike Lee as a director/actor, since he's never worked for any
director other than himself (that I'm aware), and he usually casts himself in
smaller roles (no pun intended).  Also, Gibson and Devito had many more film
roles under their belt before directing their first films.  Norton has built
up an impressive resume, but the number of films he's been in is relatively
small.

> But, I could see how it applies easily to Redford, who has gotten tremendous
> acclaim for movies like Quiz Show, A River Runs Through It, although he too
> got a best director oscar for a movie he was in...Ordinary People.

I don't think Redford was in ORDINARY PEOPLE.  If he was, it must have been a
minor role, since I don't remember him.

> The point is well taken certainly with Redford I think, but maybe with
> another set of actor-directors, such as Ben Stiller or Penny Marshall
> etcetera... and some others I can't think of off the top of my head...

Add Rob Reiner and Ron Howard to the list as well...

> What actor won Best Actor for a movie he directed and also got Best Picture?

Only one actor has directed himself to a Best Actor award.  I know the answer,
but since I learned it from the slide show at the movie theater that plays
before every movie, I'm going to let somebody else take a crack.

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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:49:52 CDT
From: "Wade S" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] RE: Actors-Directors

> > Interesting idea, although I might think it doesn't so much apply to
>Allen or Eastwood although it is practically spot-on for Redford.
>
>You are right about Eastwood, I was a little off the mark with him.  >I can
>only think of a couple movies he directed but did not appear >in (BIRD and
>MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL).  I also >concede a bit with Woody
>Allen, since in his early career (pre->INTERIORS) he cast himself in the
>lead of every film.  However, more >recently, he has only appeared in every
>other film or so, so he has >eased off.

Hahaha, yeah I suppose he has eased off in a certain sense but BARELY, and
that doesn't really mean much to our discussion as he has hardly stopped
directing himself. I find that my favorite Woody Allen movie is Purple Rose
of Cairo, in which he never appears. I personally can't stand Woody Allen as
an actor, although he had a hilarious cameo in The Impostors, and every once
and a while I will chuckle at him in something.

> > A couple of other of actors who have had good success in directing
> > themselves - Mel Gibson and Danny Devito and Spike Lee.
>
>These are good examples of the contrary of my theorem, although I >would
>classify Spike Lee as a director/actor, since he's never >worked for any
>director other than himself (that I'm aware), and he >usually casts himself
>in smaller roles (no pun intended).

Good point there, Lee has always been a director for himself as you say, but
he always saves up a pretty juicy supporting role for himself, although I
might suggest that his role in Do the Right Thing was the closest thing to
the lead of that movie. But, you could almost say the same thing for Woody
Allen, as aside from a few cameos, I can't think of a big part he had in any
movie directed by other than himself. And if you say that for Allen, then he
doesn't fit in the original point if Lee doesn't. I really thought we were
just talking about directors as actors who direct themselves, and for the
original point, whether or not they are actors before directors doesn't
really matter since you included Woody Allen in that list and not JUST
actors-turned-directors, unless that's a direction to take the discussion.

Also, Gibson and Devito had many more film
>roles under their belt before directing their first films.  Norton >has
>built up an impressive resume, but the number of films he's been >in is
>relatively small.

Hmm, this may be so, but this aspect doesn't make such a big deal to me I
guess and I'm not really sure that it matters too much for the original
idea, but certainly as you state it, it can be a valid point and certainly
another direction to think of it. And, Gibson's only directed two movies
anyway, the first medicore and the second an Oscar cleaner...

> > But, I could see how it applies easily to Redford, who has gotten
> >tremendous  acclaim for movies like Quiz Show, A River Runs Through >It,
>although he too got a best director oscar for a movie he was >in...Ordinary
>People.
>I don't think Redford was in ORDINARY PEOPLE.  If he was, it must have been
>a minor role, since I don't remember him.

You know that's a good call since as I think of the movie right now I can't
seem to think of him being in it either...... oops.

>
> > The point is well taken certainly with Redford I think, but maybe with
>another set of actor-directors, such as Ben Stiller or Penny Marshall
>etcetera... and some others I can't think of off the top of my head...
>Add Rob Reiner and Ron Howard to the list as well...

Excellent! I knew there were others who didn't seem to want to direct
themselves.

> > What actor won Best Actor for a movie he directed and also got Best
>Picture?
>
>Only one actor has directed himself to a Best Actor award.  I know >the
>answer, but since I learned it from the slide show at the movie >theater
>that plays before every movie, I'm going to let somebody >else take a
>crack.

That's where I once saw the question... and then the movie started before it
gave us the answer!!! I had to dig it up later!!

But actually, there have been two actors who directed themselves to Best
Actor award, as that was my reference to Begnini since he just won Best
Actor last year. There is someone else I am thinking of that is the answer.
Who other than Begnini? Anyone else?

Wade


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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:25:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D  Richardson") <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] RE: Actors-Directors

> But, you could almost say the same thing for Woody
> Allen, as aside from a few cameos, I can't think of a big part he had in any
> movie directed by other than himself.

PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, THE FRONT, SCENES FROM A MALL, ANTZ, and the upcoming
PICKING UP THE PIECES.

However, you've convinced me that Allen was a bad example, since he wasn't
really an actor-turned-director.

> And, Gibson's only directed two movies
> anyway, the first medicore and the second an Oscar cleaner...

I consider his Best Director Oscar for BRAVEHEART to be a "dancing bear"
award.  This is taken from the famous saying about the dancing bear: one
marvels not at the quality of the dancing, but that it can dance at all.

> But actually, there have been two actors who directed themselves to Best
> Actor award, as that was my reference to Begnini since he just won Best
> Actor last year.

Doh!  I actually forgot that he won last year.  I can't imagine why...must
have been his low-key acceptance speech...

I can't believe the Coca-Cola Movie Trivia slideshow was incorrect!  What is
the world coming to?!?

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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 07:42:11 +0800 (PHT)
From: "Elmer Rico E. Mojica" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] RE: Actors-Directors

On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Wade S wrote:

> > > Interesting idea, although I might think it doesn't so much apply to
> >Allen or Eastwood although it is practically spot-on for Redford.
> >
> >You are right about Eastwood, I was a little off the mark with him.  >I can
> >only think of a couple movies he directed but did not appear >in (BIRD and
> >MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL).  I also >concede a bit with Woody
> >Allen, since in his early career (pre->INTERIORS) he cast himself in the
> >lead of every film.  However, more >recently, he has only appeared in every
> >other film or so, so he has >eased off.
>
> Hahaha, yeah I suppose he has eased off in a certain sense but BARELY, and
> that doesn't really mean much to our discussion as he has hardly stopped
> directing himself. I find that my favorite Woody Allen movie is Purple Rose
> of Cairo, in which he never appears. I personally can't stand Woody Allen as
> an actor, although he had a hilarious cameo in The Impostors, and every once
> and a while I will chuckle at him in something.
>
> > > A couple of other of actors who have had good success in directing
> > > themselves - Mel Gibson and Danny Devito and Spike Lee.
> >
> >These are good examples of the contrary of my theorem, although I >would
> >classify Spike Lee as a director/actor, since he's never >worked for any
> >director other than himself (that I'm aware), and he >usually casts himself
> >in smaller roles (no pun intended).
>
> Good point there, Lee has always been a director for himself as you say, but
> he always saves up a pretty juicy supporting role for himself, although I
> might suggest that his role in Do the Right Thing was the closest thing to
> the lead of that movie. But, you could almost say the same thing for Woody
> Allen, as aside from a few cameos, I can't think of a big part he had in any
> movie directed by other than himself. And if you say that for Allen, then he
> doesn't fit in the original point if Lee doesn't. I really thought we were
> just talking about directors as actors who direct themselves, and for the
> original point, whether or not they are actors before directors doesn't
> really matter since you included Woody Allen in that list and not JUST
> actors-turned-directors, unless that's a direction to take the discussion.
>
> Also, Gibson and Devito had many more film
> >roles under their belt before directing their first films.  Norton >has
> >built up an impressive resume, but the number of films he's been >in is
> >relatively small.
>
> Hmm, this may be so, but this aspect doesn't make such a big deal to me I
> guess and I'm not really sure that it matters too much for the original
> idea, but certainly as you state it, it can be a valid point and certainly
> another direction to think of it. And, Gibson's only directed two movies
> anyway, the first medicore and the second an Oscar cleaner...
>
> > > But, I could see how it applies easily to Redford, who has gotten
> > >tremendous  acclaim for movies like Quiz Show, A River Runs Through >It,
> >although he too got a best director oscar for a movie he was >in...Ordinary
> >People.
> >I don't think Redford was in ORDINARY PEOPLE.  If he was, it must have been
> >a minor role, since I don't remember him.
>
> You know that's a good call since as I think of the movie right now I can't
> seem to think of him being in it either...... oops.
>
> >
> > > The point is well taken certainly with Redford I think, but maybe with
> >another set of actor-directors, such as Ben Stiller or Penny Marshall
> >etcetera... and some others I can't think of off the top of my head...
> >Add Rob Reiner and Ron Howard to the list as well...
>
> Excellent! I knew there were others who didn't seem to want to direct
> themselves.
>
> > > What actor won Best Actor for a movie he directed and also got Best
> >Picture?
> >
> >Only one actor has directed himself to a Best Actor award.  I know >the
> >answer, but since I learned it from the slide show at the movie >theater
> >that plays before every movie, I'm going to let somebody >else take a
> >crack.
>
> That's where I once saw the question... and then the movie started before it
> gave us the answer!!! I had to dig it up later!!
>
> But actually, there have been two actors who directed themselves to Best
> Actor award, as that was my reference to Begnini since he just won Best
> Actor last year. There is someone else I am thinking of that is the answer.
> Who other than Begnini? Anyone else?
>
> Wade
>
  I think the other one is Sir Laurence Olivier for Hamlet back in the
late 40"s. The movie won as Best Picture and he also won as Best Actor. He
also directed the said movie.
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> so sure about the first one."
>                     --Albert Einstein
>
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:32:09 +1000
From: "Peter Roberts" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] Need some help

Hi all,

Does anybody know of a site which has upcoming cinema and video releases not only for America, but for AUSTRALIA as well? I have been looking around but alll I can find is the release dates for American cinemas and video stores. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Boris


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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 22:04:24 CDT
From: "Wade S" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] RE: Actors-Directors

> > But, you could almost say the same thing for Woody
> > Allen, as aside from a few cameos, I can't think of a big part he had in
>any
> > movie directed by other than himself.
>
>PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, THE FRONT, SCENES FROM A MALL, ANTZ, and the upcoming
>PICKING UP THE PIECES.

>However, you've convinced me that Allen was a bad example, since he wasn't
>really an actor-turned-director.

I knew of Antz, but I didn't really count it. But well I should've been
checking the imdb and remembered a couple of the others. But, since Scenes
from a Mall and Antz are the only ones I've seen, that tells you how much I
really know about Allen's career. But, you list 5 movies out of something
like 50 that he's been in, so 5 out of 50 he has more than a bit part? I
couldn't think of those aside from Antz so good recall, Paul. ;-)

But, as a director who acts in comparison with an actor who directs, I think
what you are talking about can be a valid point with Allen, at least if we
are thinking about how an "actor" appears when in a movie he directs
himself, and you could use Allen and maybe Spike Lee to think of how a
director who maybe "acts" will work in his own movie in comparison to an
actor, such as Eastwood, who directs himself.

> > And, Gibson's only directed two movies
> > anyway, the first medicore and the second an Oscar cleaner...
>
>I consider his Best Director Oscar for BRAVEHEART to be a "dancing bear"
>award.  This is taken from the famous saying about the dancing bear: one
>marvels not at the quality of the dancing, but that it can dance at all.

PSHAWWWW. HISSSS. Sacrilege!!! ;-)

Braveheart was wholeheartedly deserving of its award! Who would you rather
have won? Tim Robbins? Noonan and his talking pig (as opposed to a dancing
bear! ha!)? Figgis? Ron Howard?

I do think Howard should've been nominated for Best Director, but I think
Gibson's award was fully deserved.

> > But actually, there have been two actors who directed themselves to Best
> > Actor award, as that was my reference to Begnini since he just won Best
> > Actor last year.
>
>Doh!  I actually forgot that he won last year.  I can't imagine why...must
>have been his low-key acceptance speech...
>
>I can't believe the Coca-Cola Movie Trivia slideshow was incorrect!  What
>is
>the world coming to?!?

I had forgotten that begnini also fit in that category and searched out the
answer and realized then that begnini fit, too. And, as Rico says, it was
Laurence Olivier who directed himself in Hamlet back in 40 or 44... Was that
the answer Coca Cola slideshow gave? I suppose eh...

Wade
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 13:58:19 -0700
From: Oz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] Need some help

Peter,
try Filmink Online (http://www.filmink-online.com), which has a list
of all upcoming Australian release dates, as well as reviews,
interviews and other assorted guff. It's also hooked up to Hollywood
Bitchslap (http://hollywoodbitchslap.com) for those more interested
in US releases.

Peter Roberts wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anybody know of a site which has upcoming cinema and video releases not only for America, but for AUSTRALIA as well? I have been looking around but alll I can find is the release dates for American cinemas and video stores. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Boris
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 16:21:54 +1000
From: "Peter Roberts" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] The help

Oz, you are a champion!

Thanks for the recommendation, it is a very good site. All I wanted and more. Cheers

Pete


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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 08:10:21 CDT
From: "Wade S" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] Need some help

Another site that is run by an Aussie and is very popular for movie news and
rumors, and also has release dates is Dark Horizons. Good Australian
perspective in how he looks at the news too it seems to me.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news.htm


Wade

>
>Peter,
>try Filmink Online (http://www.filmink-online.com), which has a list
>of all upcoming Australian release dates, as well as reviews,
>interviews and other assorted guff. It's also hooked up to Hollywood
>Bitchslap (http://hollywoodbitchslap.com) for those more interested
>in US releases.
>
>Peter Roberts wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does anybody know of a site which has upcoming cinema and video releases
>not only for America, but for AUSTRALIA as well? I have been looking around
>but alll I can find is the release dates for American cinemas and video
>stores. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 06:54:16 -0700
From: "David F. Nolan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] Need some help

on 4/12/2000 6:10 AM, Wade S at [e-mail] wrote:

> Another site that is run by an Aussie and is very popular for movie news and
> rumors, and also has release dates is Dark Horizons. Good Australian
> perspective in how he looks at the news too it seems to me.

This is an excellent site!  Also, the Internet Movie DataBase often lists
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:55:50 -0600
From: "The Reporter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 04/12/00

Music video director Steve Carr is in final talks to helm
Doctor Dolittle 2, the sequel to Eddie Murphy's 1998
hit film Doctor Dolittle, according to The Hollywood
Reporter. Murphy will reprise the title role of a man who
can talk with animals, the trade paper reported.

Dolittle 2 is scheduled to begin shooting after Murphy
completes the SF comedy Pluto Nash, with plans for a
summer 2001 release. Carr made his feature film directing
debut with Next Friday, the sequel to Ice Cube's 1995 film
Friday.

                        -=> * <=-

Universal Pictures bought the supernatural horror
screenplay The Immortals from first-time writers
Michael Jonascu and Justin Stanley, according to The
Hollywood Reporter. The film will be developed by David
Kirschner, who produced the Child's Play series of horror
movies and who will produce the upcoming SF animated
movie Titan A.E.

The Immortals centers on four young friends who are
given the chance to become immortal. The catch: They
must first choose someone to die in their place, the trade
paper reported.

                        -=> * <=-

Peter and Bobby Farrelly (writers and directors of
There's Something About Mary) will produce The Six
Billion Dollar Man, according to Variety columnist
Michael Fleming. The trio joins partner Bradley Thomas
and producer Larry Gordon to make the inflation-adjusted
comic remake of the 1970s television series The Six Million
Dollar Man, Fleming reported.

Miles Millar and Al Gough (Shanghai Noon) will write the
screenplay. The film will depart from the sober drama of
the series and instead focus on a man who is trying to
master his new abilities while competing with a rival who
cost $1 billion more to make, Fleming reported.

                        -=> * <=-

Exile Films announced that it will produce an
independent SF film, BloodQuest: The Movie, based
on Games Workshop's BloodQuest series of comics and
graphic novels. BloodQuest was first published in
Warhammer Monthly comics by Games Workshop, a British
company.

The BloodQuest story was featured in the first issue of
the comic and continues to be a mainstay as Warhammer
Monthly enters its third year of publication, Exile said.
BloodQuest tells the story of a group of men who are part
Knight Templar and part RoboCop and who dwell in a
futuristic universe of technology and dark ritual.

                        -=> * <=-

Don Bluth, co-director of the upcoming animated SF
epic Titan A.E., said it wasn't easy to combine the
film's computer animation with the more traditional
hand-drawn variety, according to Cinescape Online. "The
biggest challenge has been trying to blend the CGI
[computer-generated imagery] animation with 2-D
animation, because about 60 percent of the picture is
CGI," Bluth told Cinescape magazine editor Steve
Hockensmith.

Bluth added, "Oftentimes, when you put those two
animals together, they don't marry very well because they
look so different." When Titan A.E. was first conceived, it
was intended to be 100 percent computer-animated. But
when Bluth and his Anastasia co-director Gary Goldman
took over, they added more traditional animation.

Even so, the epic tale of Earthlings who survive the
destruction of the planet won't bear Bluth's trademark
cuteness, he said. "We stayed away from the word 'cute.'
There's nothing cute in this movie," he told Cinescape.
"That would be like going near the plague."

Titan A.E., which features the voices of Matt Damon,
Drew Barrymore and Bill Pullman, premieres June 16.

                        -=> * <=-

Guillermo del Toro will take a different approach to
vampires when he directs Blade 2, the sequel to the
1998 Wesley Snipes movie Blade, according to the
Dark Horizons Web site. Del Toro met with Blade 2 writer
David S. Goyer a few weeks ago to discuss the changes,
the director told The Mexican News, according to the Web
site.

"The first part explored [Blade's] interaction with society
in a modern city, and now the idea is to see how he
functions from within," del Toro told the newspaper. He
added that the sequel gives him a chance to pick up
where he left off in his last vampire film, Cronos. "This is
the first project in which I didn't write the story, but it
has a script that I really liked; besides, when I finished
Cronos I still had a lot of vampire ideas that I couldn't
develop due to budgetary constraints," he said.

Del Toro begins shooting Blade 2 in November. Snipes will
return in the title role.

                        -=> * <=-

Mira Sorvino may be in the running to play the lead role
in the upcoming feature film Shi, based on Billy
Tucci's Crusade Entertainment comic series Shi: Way
of the Warrior, according to the Comics Continuum Web
site. She would replace Tia Carrere, who had earlier been
considered, the site reported.

"There's been a big power play at Warner Bros.," which is
now producing the feature film, Tucci told a comic
convention in Florida, according to the Continuum site.
"When I signed at Franchise Pictures, who was producing
the movie, it was going to be Tia Carrere and it was going
to be a $15-17 million movie. Now, it's a Warner Bros.
movie, it's a $40 million movie and, the last I heard, it's
going to be Mira Sorvino."

A new lead would require changing the ethnicity of Tucci's
lead character and other modifications to the series'
storyline. Tucci went to Hollywood to meet with
executives about the film. "Now we have to get a new
contract and write the third draft of the screenplay," he
said. "But it's better. It really is. It's going to be a big
movie instead of a little movie, that who knows what's
going to happen to it?"

                        -=> * <=-

Chris McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) will write the
screenplay for The Prisoner, the upcoming
feature-film version of the cult 1960s British television
series of the same name, according to Variety. Simon
West (The General's Daughter) will direct, and the series'
original star, Patrick McGoohan, will executive produce
with West, the trade paper reported.

The series told the story of a man (McGoohan) who found
himself a prisoner in a surreal English village from which
there was apparently no escape.

West is also directing Tomb Raider, based on the Eidos
video game of the same name. McQuarrie is one of the
writers on Fox's upcoming X-Men film, based on the Marvel
Comics series of the same name.

                        -=> * <=-

Jet Li (Romeo Must Die) may join the cast of The
Matrix 2 and 3, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The martial arts expert reportedly caught the eye of
filmmakers Andy and Larry Wachowski, who wrote and
directed The Matrix.

Joel Silver, the producer of both Romeo and the 1999
Oscar winner The Matrix, has given his blessing to Li's
participation in the sequels, the trade paper reported. Li
would join returning cast members Keanu Reeves,
Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving.

                        -=> * <=-

Taye Diggs (House on Haunted Hill) is in talks to star in
the SF thriller movie Librium, to be written and
directed by Kurt Wimmer (The Thomas Crown Affair),
according to The Hollywood Reporter. Filming is scheduled
to begin in July in Europe, the trade paper reported.

Librium tells the story of John Preston, the legal enforcer
of a future society in which people are controlled by the
drug librium. Diggs would play Preston's partner. Jan de
Bont, who directed Speed, is producing the film.

                        -=> * <=-

Don't expect to see Total Recall 2--the proposed
sequel to 1990's Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Total
Recall--anytime soon, director Jonathan Frakes told
Fandom.com. "We might as well just take that one away,"
he said. "I don't see that in anybody's future."

Frakes, who's best known for acting in and directing the
Star Trek: The Next Generation films, was set to direct
TR2. But, he told the Web site, that's looking less likely.
"It's either because of Arnold or whether or not Miramax
wants to take a chance on an $80 or $100 million movie.
Do you want to make that kind of movie now? Do you
want to make a Total Recall 2 with what's going on with
Arnold at the box office and what's going on with that
genre?"

"Total Recall is an old movie now, and it looks like one,"
Frakes added. "I shouldn't say this, obviously, because I'd
love to do that film, but they blew smoke up my ass four
years ago, and nothing's happened since. I'm not holding
my breath."

                        -=> * <=-

Columbia, which is fast-tracking development of a
Spider-Man feature film, has decided to drop out of
two other projects based on Marvel Comics series:
Daredevil and Doctor Strange, according to Variety
columnist Michael Fleming. The columnist reported that
the studio and Marvel failed to reach agreement on deals
to produce the two movies.

But that doesn't mean the films are dead. Fleming
reported that Marvel, which is expecting a big hit in the
upcoming X-Men movie, will shop the two franchises
around to other studios.

Daredevil, about a blind superhero, was to be written and
directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Doctor Strange, about
a surgeon who becomes a wizard, was to be written by
Mike France, with Chuck Russell and Steve Norrington
(Blade) both interested in directing, Fleming reported.

                        -=> * <=-

Bruce Campbell vs. The Tall Man? Campbell (Jack of All
Trades) is rumored to be in the running to take the
lead role in Phantasm 2012 A.D., the proposed latest
installment in the long-running horror franchise, according
to the Ain't It Cool News Web site. AICN attributed the
news to comments by writer and producer Don Coscarelli
at a fan convention in Texas.

Coscarelli reportedly said that filmmakers had a
commitment from Campbell to play a new character in the
series and that they needed $5 million in financing to start
the project. Phantasm 2012 would be the fifth movie
based on the 1979 cult horror hit Phantasm.

                        -=> * <=-

Rapper Ice Cube will play the lead role in John
Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, according to Variety.
The SF thriller film begins production in June, the
trade paper reported.

Set 174 years in the future, Ghosts of Mars tells the story
of human colonists on the Red Planet who become
possessed by Martian spirits and must be rescued by a
crew from Earth. Carpenter (Escape from New York) and
Larry Sulkis wrote the script.

                        -=> * <=-

Arnold Schwarzenegger is literally beside himself about
his new movie, On the Sixth Day, in which the action
star finds himself cloned without his knowledge. "In
the story, I am coming home from my work, and I see
myself sitting already in the living room, celebrating a
birthday!" Schwarzenegger told the ET Online Web site.

"The next thing I know, I am being taken away, because
there was a 'sixth day' violation, they call it,"
Schwarzenegger added. "From then the whole horror story
begins. It is a story where someone has lost his life and is
trying to get it back. It becomes this great action movie,
but also has some dramatic things that happen."

The movie's title refers to the passage of Genesis that
says God created man on the sixth day, the actor told ET
Online. Schwarzenegger added that it wasn't easy being
twice the man he is.

"You will see me very soon floating in the water,"
Schwarzenegger said. "It is a wild experience, because
you can't see very much without the goggles. You are
doing your scenes, trying to hold your breath, and then
you get to the top, and all of a sudden you feel the
ceiling on top--you get lost. ... In this situation there are
a lot of chemicals in the water to keep it clean. It is very
bad for your eyes, but for the amount of money I get
paid, why not?"

On the Sixth Day, which is shooting in Canada, premieres
in November.

                        -=> * <=-

Saturday Night Live alumna Anna Gasteyer and
Slaughterhouse-Five actress Valerie Perrine will join
Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt in the paranormal
comedy What Women Want, according to Variety.

                        -=> * <=-

Leonardo DiCaprio is out of the running to play
Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode 2 and 3.
While talking to USA Today, DiCaprio's spokesperson
Ken Sunshine said, "He met with George Lucas, but
he is definitely unavailable."


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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:43:55 +1200
From: Al Dunn <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] Star wars

>Leonardo DiCaprio is out of the running to play
>Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode 2 and 3.
>While talking to USA Today, DiCaprio's spokesperson
>Ken Sunshine said, "He met with George Lucas, but
>he is definitely unavailable."

Oh thank you ........


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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 01:28:20 -0400
From: Mel Eperthener <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [MV] Need some help

At 10.32 AM 12/04/2000 +1000, Peter Roberts wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Does anybody know of a site which has upcoming cinema and video releases
not only for America, but for AUSTRALIA as well? I have been looking around
but alll I can find is the release dates for American cinemas and video
stores. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yeah, make me go check thru my bookmarks, why don'cha??:-)

I USED to have a page with this information bookmarked, but I just checked,
and can't find it.  Try either Yahoo! Australia (http://www.yahoo.com.au)
or Web Wombat (can't remember, but try http://www.webwombat.com.au )

Regards,

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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:08:33 +1000
From: "Peter Roberts" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] Ashley Judd

Can someone tell me, is Ashley Judd going to play the lead in the sequel to Basic Instinct? I heard it a while ago, but is it still on the cards? Cheers

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Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 20:13:02 MDT
From: "Stephanie Smart" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [none]

Has anyone heard anything about the new Mission Impossible Sequel?  I'm
curious to know whether it will be as good as the first one, or a flop like
most sequels tend to be.
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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 13:09:51 +1000
From: "Peter Roberts" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] Re:

Apparently it's awesome, as most John Woo films are. Despite the amount of hype about it and the fact that most sequels struggle both at the box-office and in terms of reviews, this one looks the goods. Even if it is crap, it will earn heaps of cash merely because of the reputation (like Scream 3).




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Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:25:58 -0400
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Subject: [MV] Re:

The previews look better, with John Woo directing.



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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:06:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D  Richardson") <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] MI2

> Has anyone heard anything about the new Mission Impossible Sequel?  I'm
> curious to know whether it will be as good as the first one, or a flop like
> most sequels tend to be.

I'm predicting it will be better than the original, simply because of the John
Woo factor.  Unfortunately, it looks like they haven't corrected the primary
flaw of the first film, in that it seems to focus in on Ethan Hunt rather than
a well-balanced team.  At least Ving Rhames is back.

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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:09:25 -0700
From: "Paul Gardner II" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] RE: M:I-2

Stephanie,

I believe it's been directed or produced by John Woo (Replacement
Killers, Face/Off, misc. hundreds of other chinese action adventure
movie hits), so... I would imagine that the action portion of the movie
will be quite good.  However, the story will be the true test!

pablo

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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:09:25 -0700
From: "Paul Gardner II" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] RE: M:I-2

Stephanie,

I believe it's been directed or produced by John Woo (Replacement
Killers, Face/Off, misc. hundreds of other chinese action adventure
movie hits), so... I would imagine that the action portion of the movie
will be quite good.  However, the story will be the true test!

pablo

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like
most sequels tend to be.
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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:42:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D  Richardson") <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] Three New Films

I actually got out and saw three films in the theater this weekend.  I thought
I'd share my thoughts.

1. KEEPING THE FAITH -- An interesting concept, about three best friends so
caught up in their own problems that they don't see what the other two are
going through.  It's also a rare film where characters are allowed to be
religious without being mocked for it (another is the recent RETURN TO ME).

As you probably already know, the story involves a rabbi (Ben Stiller) and a
priest (Edward Norton) whose lives are turned upside down when their old
friend, now a workaholic consultant (Jenna Elfman) comes to down.  The writer
is clearly more comfortable with the Jewish parts of the script, as they seem
to ring truer while the Catholic portions are painted with a broader brush.

Ultimately, the film is hit and miss.  Some scenes are great (just about any
scene between Stiller and Elfman) and many of the smaller roles are quite
hilarious.  But for every good scene there is a bad one, and Norton gives a
sometimes-awful over-the-top performance.

I would recommend this film as a rental.

2. AMERICAN PSYCHO -- How often is a film better than the book?  Not very, but
sometimes it does happen.  AMERICAN PSYCHO is one of those cases.  The book
was repetitive and overly graphic.  The film keeps the good parts (notably the
satire and themes) but trims the fat.

It's well directed and acted, and interesting to watch.  The film is well
paced and very cinematic, more so than many adaptations of novels.  However,
viewer beware: this film is NOT SCREAM 4.  It is a skewering of greed,
materialism, pop music, and yuppies in the late 1980's.  If that doesn't
interest you, than look elsewhere.  Recommended, even to those who may have
been put off by the book.

3. FREQUENCY -- The best of the three movies, FREQUENCY is on the surface a
science-fiction tale about the consequences of trying to change the past.
But the film has a heart, and is well-acted and written.  Sure, it's
predictable and there are no real surprises, but the film still works because
you care about the characters (RETURN TO ME was the same way).

I was extremely pleased that the trailer for this movie does not give away the
entire picture.  It only shows the setup, which (in my opinion) is all that a
trailer needs to do.

The movie was definately an audience-pleaser, the crowd I was with broke out
in applause (the last time I saw this happen was in THE SIXTH SENSE).  I have
a feeling that word-of-mouth may turn this one into a sleeper hit.
Recommended.

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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:44:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D  Richardson") <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] RE: M:I-2

> I believe it's been directed or produced by John Woo (Replacement
> Killers, Face/Off, misc. hundreds of other chinese action adventure

John Woo did not direct REPLACEMENT KILLERS, but as indicated he is directing
MI2.

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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 13:09:51 CDT
From: "Wade S" <[e-mail]>
Subject: [MV] Replacement Killers

But, Woo did produce it, as I think the other Paul was implying in that
below statement. Maybe he wasn't though... Hm.

But speaking of Replacement Killers, when are we going to get see the next
picture by its director Anthony Fuqua ? (maybe misspelled) I thought it was
an excellent action flick and even for an hollywoodized-chop-socky-Woo-style
film, it was very good, even better to me than some of Woo's made-in-america
fare, such as Hard Target or Broken Arrow.

Wade

>
> > I believe it's been directed or produced by John Woo (Replacement
> > Killers, Face/Off, misc. hundreds of other chinese action adventure
>
>John Woo did not direct REPLACEMENT KILLERS, but as indicated he is
>directing
>MI2.
>
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