Genre: Romance/Comedy.
Studio:
Miramax.
Production Company:
Unknown.
Project Phase: Development Hell.
Who's In It:
Sandra Bullock.
Who's Making It:
Andrew Fleming (Director); Sandra Bullock (Executive Producer)
Premise: Kate (Sandra Bullock) is a modern day scientist who transports an 18th century man (presumably "Leopold") to the present day.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: Unknown.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
July 1, 1996... [Some information supplied by 'ss1' and 'stoddard'.]
January 18, 1997... Miramax is distributing the film. [Info submitted by Matt Baron.]
March 30, 1997... Bullock's character may appear nude in the film. The actress has mixed feelings about this scene, but has previously stated that if a nude scene is integral to the part, she would consider doing it. [Scoop sent in anonymously.]
The script was written by a friend of hers, and Carrie Fisher is touching up parts of it. [Scoop supplied by 'ss1', who also supplied a brief plot overview.]
October 14, 1997... From someone who's read the script and is able to give us some more detail about its storyline comes this scoop. The scooper also provides us with some additional notes on the current status of the project:
"I read an early draft of the script and it is a very interesting piece for a Romantic Comedy. Leopold is a viscount from the 1890's who walks into his garden and was trapped in an energy field that transported him to the 1990's, where Sandra Bullock and her team of scientists are conducting a secret time travelling experiment. With the equipments busted and the viscount trapped. Sandra takes nim home and romance ensues between the leads who lived a century apart. They even went to see a movie about the Viscount's mysterious disappearance filmed in the 30's starring Ronald Colman, to which the Viscount shouts 'my hair is not that horrible!' in ths theater. The time comes when they have one last legitimate crack at bringing the Viscount back, Sandra's character is pregnant with his child. They transport him back but Sandra could not make it because it is risky for the baby. Years later, she and the baby transports back in time and the last scene is to feature old photographs with the Viscount and Sandra and the baby happily back in the 1890's in London. They almost greenlit the movie when Hugh Grant showed some interest in making it but when he balked, and Sandra's career management team goes into a wild tailspin, the script falls into the trenches of Development Hell." [Scoop brought to our attention by 'Nate'.]