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<BR>
Pete<BR>
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<BR>
Pete<BR>
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Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 09:26:19 -0600
From: "The Reporter" <gregorys@xmission.com>
Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 05/19/00
E! Online confirmed rumors that George Lucas has
picked virtual unknown actor Hayden Christensen to
play grown-up Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode
II. The 19-year-old actor is best known for the Fox Family
Channel drama Higher Ground, in which he played a
teen-ager addicted to drugs.
A Toronto native, Christensen signed to play the coveted
role on Thursday, May 4, E! Online reported. Earlier this
month, several actors journeyed to Lucas' Skywalker
Ranch to read for the part with Natalie Portman, who will
reprise her Star Wars: Episode I role as Queen Amidala in
Episode II.
E! Online also confirmed rumors that runners-up included
Ryan Phillippe (Cruel Intentions) and Colin Hanks
(Roswell). In addition, E! reported that Paul Catermole, a
member of the British boy band S Club 7, read for the role.
And E! reported that long-rumored contender Jonathan
Jackson, an Australian soap star, did not make the trip.
Separately, E! reported that Lucas has asked Ewan
McGregor to grow a beard when he reprises his role of
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Episode II.
-=> * <=-
New Line Cinema has acquired rights to The Little
Vampire, a Cometstone Pictures film starring Jonathan
Lipnicki and based on the best-selling German
children's book series of the same name by Angela
Sommer-Bodenberg, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The trade paper reported that the studio hopes to turn
the movie into a franchise.
Uli Edel (Body of Evidence) directed the $22 million
adventure film. Vampire, about a boy (Lipnicki) who
befriends a young bloodsucker, will premiere Sept. 28 in
Germany through distribution by Warner Bros. New Line
will likely release the film in the United States in spring
2001, according to The Reporter.
-=> * <=-
Roger Christian, director of Battlefield Earth, told SCI
FI Wire that at least one and possibly two sequels are
in the works. "We are definitely doing [a sequel],"
Christian said while promoting Earth in Los Angeles.
Shooting of part two would begin in late 2001, with part
of the film set in Africa, where a Psychlo
tele-transportation station is erected, Christian said.
Christian said the first movie only covers events in the
first half of L. Ron Hubbard's 1,000-page novel of the
same name. "I'm just warning them that I don't think I can
get [the rest of the book] into one [sequel]," the director
said. "So I think in effect we're going to have to have
two. There's so much to come. The last half of the book
is gigantic, and it's a necessary part of the revolution and
a necessary part of the resolution of the whole of the
saga. I think we're talking about shooting maybe late next
year. ... But we're definitely doing it. [Earth screenwriter]
Corey [Mandell] is being commissioned to write it. And
because we made the film for such a low budget, our
costs are covered already. Whatever we do now is icing
on the cake. So, doing it this way means we can fulfill our
dreams." The budget for Battlefield Earth was reportedly
about $80 million.
-=> * <=-
Jean Reno (Mission: Impossible) is in final talks to play
the villain in MGM's Rollerball for director John
McTiernan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Reno would join Chris Klein and LL Cool J in the remake of
Norman Jewison's 1975 SF classic of the same name,
about a violent, futuristic sport.
The new film will be set in 2005 and will tell the story of
Rollerball superstars who clash with a merciless owner
(Reno) who will stop at nothing to increase the game's
ratings, the trade paper reported. Reno will also appear in
The Visiteurs, Disney's English-language remake of the
French 1993 time-travel film, Les Visiteurs.
The original Rollerball screenplay was written by Pulitizer
Prize-nominated author William Harrison, based on his own
short story, "The Rollerball Murders." The short story
originally appeared in Esquire magazine.
-=> * <=-
Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future) will direct a
remake of William Castle's 1958 horror movie Macabre,
according to Variety. The $15 million-$20 million
budgeted feature will be produced by Zemeckis' and
producer Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment
production company, set up to remake Castle's campy
horror classics.
The company produced last year's House on Haunted Hill
and is working on a remake of Castle's 13 Ghosts, which
begins filming July 17. Steven Beck will direct, the trade
paper reported.
-=> * <=-
Harrison Ford may star in Touchstone's upcoming SF
thriller Gemini, due in summer 2001, according to the
Coming Attractions Web site. Both Ford and Mel
Gibson were reportedly under consideration for the lead in
the movie, about a hit man whose clone is out to kill him.
The Web site reports that Ford likes the project so much
that he may want to executive produce as well. Coming
Attractions pegs the budget at $120 million. Ford will play
the hit man and his younger clone. Computer effects will
be used to make Ford appear younger, the site reported.
Tony Scott (Enemy of the State) is in line to direct.
Ford will appear next in What Lies Beneath, a supernatural
thriller co-starring Michelle Pfeiffer, which opens July 21.
The film's trailer was recently posted to the Web.
-=> * <=-
James Cameron's production company has denied
rumors that the director is producing Aliens vs.
Predator, a proposed feature film based on the Dark
Horse comics series, according to Cinescape Online. There
is "no truth to any of that," Lightstorm president Rae
Sanchini told Cinescape.
The rumors had suggested that John Bruno (visual effects
supervisor on Cameron's True Lies) would direct the film,
which would bring together characters from the two SF
franchises. But Sanchini said none of it was true, "except
that Jim is very fond of John Bruno ... they're old, old
friends. We're currently not in discussions with John to do
anything for us. Certainly not Alien vs. Predator, which we
have no involvement in."
-=> * <=-
David Twohy, who wrote and directed the surprise
SF hit movie Pitch Black, is preparing a sequel that
will again star Vin Diesel, according to Variety
columnist Michael Fleming. The first film has grossed
nearly $40 million so far.
-=> * <=-
The Mummy Returns, Universal's sequel to last
year's hit The Mummy, has been slated for a May
11, 2001, release, according to Zentertainment
news.
-=> * <=-
20th Century Fox-based producers Arnold and
Anne Kopelson have optioned Terry Brooks'
best-selling fantasy novel Magic Kingdom for
Sale--Sold for a feature film, according to The
Hollywood Reporter.
-=> * <=-
Vlad, a vampire feature film based on the novel
Dracula, Prince of Many Faces, is coming from
independent production company Larchmont
Boulevard, according to Variety. Yabo Yablonsky is
writing the script based on Radu Forescu and
Raymond McNally's novel.
-=> * <=-
Director Ivan Reitman told Cinescape Online not
to expect another sequel to Ghostbusters. It's "not
going to happen," Reitman said. "For years we've
been trying to work out a deal with the studio and
the actors, and we can't even agree on one of the
two."
-=> * <=-
Phoenix Pictures is developing Frozen, an SF
thriller film based on a spec script by J. Mackye
Gruber and Eric Bress, according to The Hollywood
Reporter. The film tells the story of a magician who
can freeze time and continue to move through
frozen space.
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Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 09:26:18 -0600
From: "The Reporter" <gregorys@xmission.com>
Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 05/19/00
E! Online confirmed rumors that George Lucas has
picked virtual unknown actor Hayden Christensen to
play grown-up Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode
II. The 19-year-old actor is best known for the Fox Family
Channel drama Higher Ground, in which he played a
teen-ager addicted to drugs.
A Toronto native, Christensen signed to play the coveted
role on Thursday, May 4, E! Online reported. Earlier this
month, several actors journeyed to Lucas' Skywalker
Ranch to read for the part with Natalie Portman, who will
reprise her Star Wars: Episode I role as Queen Amidala in
Episode II.
E! Online also confirmed rumors that runners-up included
Ryan Phillippe (Cruel Intentions) and Colin Hanks
(Roswell). In addition, E! reported that Paul Catermole, a
member of the British boy band S Club 7, read for the role.
And E! reported that long-rumored contender Jonathan
Jackson, an Australian soap star, did not make the trip.
Separately, E! reported that Lucas has asked Ewan
McGregor to grow a beard when he reprises his role of
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Episode II.
-=> * <=-
New Line Cinema has acquired rights to The Little
Vampire, a Cometstone Pictures film starring Jonathan
Lipnicki and based on the best-selling German
children's book series of the same name by Angela
Sommer-Bodenberg, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The trade paper reported that the studio hopes to turn
the movie into a franchise.
Uli Edel (Body of Evidence) directed the $22 million
adventure film. Vampire, about a boy (Lipnicki) who
befriends a young bloodsucker, will premiere Sept. 28 in
Germany through distribution by Warner Bros. New Line
will likely release the film in the United States in spring
2001, according to The Reporter.
-=> * <=-
Roger Christian, director of Battlefield Earth, told SCI
FI Wire that at least one and possibly two sequels are
in the works. "We are definitely doing [a sequel],"
Christian said while promoting Earth in Los Angeles.
Shooting of part two would begin in late 2001, with part
of the film set in Africa, where a Psychlo
tele-transportation station is erected, Christian said.
Christian said the first movie only covers events in the
first half of L. Ron Hubbard's 1,000-page novel of the
same name. "I'm just warning them that I don't think I can
get [the rest of the book] into one [sequel]," the director
said. "So I think in effect we're going to have to have
two. There's so much to come. The last half of the book
is gigantic, and it's a necessary part of the revolution and
a necessary part of the resolution of the whole of the
saga. I think we're talking about shooting maybe late next
year. ... But we're definitely doing it. [Earth screenwriter]
Corey [Mandell] is being commissioned to write it. And
because we made the film for such a low budget, our
costs are covered already. Whatever we do now is icing
on the cake. So, doing it this way means we can fulfill our
dreams." The budget for Battlefield Earth was reportedly
about $80 million.
-=> * <=-
Jean Reno (Mission: Impossible) is in final talks to play
the villain in MGM's Rollerball for director John
McTiernan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Reno would join Chris Klein and LL Cool J in the remake of
Norman Jewison's 1975 SF classic of the same name,
about a violent, futuristic sport.
The new film will be set in 2005 and will tell the story of
Rollerball superstars who clash with a merciless owner
(Reno) who will stop at nothing to increase the game's
ratings, the trade paper reported. Reno will also appear in
The Visiteurs, Disney's English-language remake of the
French 1993 time-travel film, Les Visiteurs.
The original Rollerball screenplay was written by Pulitizer
Prize-nominated author William Harrison, based on his own
short story, "The Rollerball Murders." The short story
originally appeared in Esquire magazine.
-=> * <=-
Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future) will direct a
remake of William Castle's 1958 horror movie Macabre,
according to Variety. The $15 million-$20 million
budgeted feature will be produced by Zemeckis' and
producer Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment
production company, set up to remake Castle's campy
horror classics.
The company produced last year's House on Haunted Hill
and is working on a remake of Castle's 13 Ghosts, which
begins filming July 17. Steven Beck will direct, the trade
paper reported.
-=> * <=-
Harrison Ford may star in Touchstone's upcoming SF
thriller Gemini, due in summer 2001, according to the
Coming Attractions Web site. Both Ford and Mel
Gibson were reportedly under consideration for the lead in
the movie, about a hit man whose clone is out to kill him.
The Web site reports that Ford likes the project so much
that he may want to executive produce as well. Coming
Attractions pegs the budget at $120 million. Ford will play
the hit man and his younger clone. Computer effects will
be used to make Ford appear younger, the site reported.
Tony Scott (Enemy of the State) is in line to direct.
Ford will appear next in What Lies Beneath, a supernatural
thriller co-starring Michelle Pfeiffer, which opens July 21.
The film's trailer was recently posted to the Web.
-=> * <=-
James Cameron's production company has denied
rumors that the director is producing Aliens vs.
Predator, a proposed feature film based on the Dark
Horse comics series, according to Cinescape Online. There
is "no truth to any of that," Lightstorm president Rae
Sanchini told Cinescape.
The rumors had suggested that John Bruno (visual effects
supervisor on Cameron's True Lies) would direct the film,
which would bring together characters from the two SF
franchises. But Sanchini said none of it was true, "except
that Jim is very fond of John Bruno ... they're old, old
friends. We're currently not in discussions with John to do
anything for us. Certainly not Alien vs. Predator, which we
have no involvement in."
-=> * <=-
David Twohy, who wrote and directed the surprise
SF hit movie Pitch Black, is preparing a sequel that
will again star Vin Diesel, according to Variety
columnist Michael Fleming. The first film has grossed
nearly $40 million so far.
-=> * <=-
The Mummy Returns, Universal's sequel to last
year's hit The Mummy, has been slated for a May
11, 2001, release, according to Zentertainment
news.
-=> * <=-
20th Century Fox-based producers Arnold and
Anne Kopelson have optioned Terry Brooks'
best-selling fantasy novel Magic Kingdom for
Sale--Sold for a feature film, according to The
Hollywood Reporter.
-=> * <=-
Vlad, a vampire feature film based on the novel
Dracula, Prince of Many Faces, is coming from
independent production company Larchmont
Boulevard, according to Variety. Yabo Yablonsky is
writing the script based on Radu Forescu and
Raymond McNally's novel.
-=> * <=-
Director Ivan Reitman told Cinescape Online not
to expect another sequel to Ghostbusters. It's "not
going to happen," Reitman said. "For years we've
been trying to work out a deal with the studio and
the actors, and we can't even agree on one of the
two."
-=> * <=-
Phoenix Pictures is developing Frozen, an SF
thriller film based on a spec script by J. Mackye
Gruber and Eric Bress, according to The Hollywood
Reporter. The film tells the story of a magician who
can freeze time and continue to move through
frozen space.
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<html><head><meta Name='keywords' Content='commtouch, pronto, mail, free email, free, branded, web based, free web based email, communications, internet, software, advertising banners, e-mail, free software'></head><body ><div align='left'><font ><blockquote><blockquote><TT>To those who have begun the discussion over their favourite comedies, <BR>
just a question.<BR>
<BR>
Is it by choice that so far none of you have mentioned any recent <BR>
mainstream major comedies? By this I mean box-office and <BR>
retrospective hits like American Pie, Austin Powers I & II, Dumb & <BR>
Dumber, etc. Or is it just coincidence that none of these crack you <BR>
up?<BR>
<BR>
While I don't favour any of these over some of the ones mentioned so <BR>
far, I was just curious as to whether we are now seeing a mainstream <BR>
Hollwood revolt over its comedies (or could it be against the whole <BR>
culture down there?)<BR>
<BR>
Regards,<BR>
<BR>
Boris<BR>
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 06:47:03 PDT
From: "Danielle Conkle" <danyelli@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Comedies.....A question for you all
I've never really been into comedies that much. Now, I LOVE to laugh, but I
usually find the funny moments in passing of dramas or other genres to be
the best, instead of a whole movie dedicated to comedy. Most recently,
Galaxy Quest is the best comedy I've seen. I laughed so hard that whole
movie through. But I haven't seen it since, and I went in there expecting
something terrible, which might have led me to think it was great, when in
