And Now The News: January Y2K
It looks as though Helen Hunt will be signing to play the female love interest opposite Mel Gibson in the upcoming fantasy feature film What Women Want, a film that doesn't sound as if it's going to be an entrant in the Kloves Original Films of The Year Contest.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hunt would begin working on Women in February after finishing Pay It Forward in February. The movie, an alleged comedy, tells the story Silberling a chauvinistic executive (Gibson) who recovers from an accident and discovers he can read the minds of women. It will be directed by Nancy Meyers, who helmed The Parent Trap.
Cate Blanchett told the Edmonton Sun that her upcoming stint as elf-queen Galadriel in Peter Jackson's in-the-works Lord of The Rings movie trilogy won't be her first experience as a Tolkien character. Blanchett said she had a role in The Hobbit during her high-school years, and that she is now "delving into" the Lord of The Rings books.
Meanwhile, the films' chief stunt man, Bruce Brown, promises in an Onfilm Magazine article quoted on TheOneRing.net there will be plenty of action in the films. Considering the number of battles, sword fights, cavalry charges and other forms of violence the books contain, that's hardly surprising. We can only hope director Peter Jackson won't let things can get too out of hand. Filming on the Tolkien trilogy is currently under way in New Zealand.
It looks as if Warner Bros. is hoping they can persuade Steven Spielberg to direct the feature film version of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter stories. A first draft script is in Spielberg's hands, adding yet another choice to those Super Director is considering for the near future. The others are Minority Report, a Tom Cruise vehicle based on a Philip K. Dick novel, and A.I, which Spielberg himself is writing based on a treatment by the late Stanley Kubrick.
According to Variety, Spielberg will likely meet early this month with Steve Kloves, the screenwriter for the Potter series, and Warner execs to discuss the project. His potential competition includes Robert Zemeckis, Jonathan Demme, Brad Silberling, Rob Reiner, Mike Newell, and Tim Robbins. Spielberg, who earlier argued for a computer-animated version of the Potter books, might also choose to produce the film rather than direct.
John Travolta's Battlefield Earth feature film is in even out yet (it has a release date of May 12th), and already it's become a subject for debate.
The film is based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, who was a relatively well-known pulp SF writer before going into the religion business. However, the author's philosophical leanings
Latest Articles