January 18, 2006
PTA Meeting (With Executives At Paramount and Miramax)
Fans of Paul Thomas Anderson will be excited to learn he has a new film in the works:
Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is in advanced talks to produce and direct "There Will Be Blood," starring Daniel Day-Lewis as a turn-of-the-century Texas oil prospector in the early days of the oil business. The sprawling period piece, which Anderson has spent several years writing, is loosely adapted from Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel "Oil!"
News of playing a prospector came as no surprise to Day-Lewis, who had already been growing a crazy prospector beard for some time.
Previous Entries
Night At The Museum Casts Actors
Kim Raver is the latest to sign-on to star in Shawn Levy's Night at the Museum. Ben Stiller and Carla Gugino are already on-board the comedy, in which Stiller, as a bumbling security guard, accidentally lets loose a curse that causes the animals and insects on display to come to life and wreak havoc. Still no news on the lawsuit against the film from my brother, who charges that he invented the same plot while tripping in the late 80's.
Levy has said he has been given enormous freedom to shoot in New York's Museum of Natural History because the film portrays museums in a positive light, begging the question: When will someone have the courage to portray museums as the filthy cesspools they are?
Hoodwinked 2 Sounds Sweet
After a strong box office in its opening weekend, the producers of Hoodwinked have already approved a sequel, according to a recent interview of the writers:
Weinstein Co. has several more children's films on its slate, including "Hoodwinked 2," which Cory, Todd and Tony are already working on."We have a lot of stuff we didn't get to do in the first movie," says Tony, "a lot of back story and subplots."
"We want it to be like the 'Terminator 2' of the franchise," adds Todd.
In other words, I'd say it's safe to expect a liquid metal wolf!
Click trailer
Apple has the new trailer for Adam Sandler's Click. The plot revolves around a workaholic architect who finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. It all sounds kind of cliche, but Christopher Walken's involvement gaurantees it'll be amazing. Plus, his hair alone should qualify him for an Academy Award.
Vinnie Jones talks X-Men
Vinnie Jones has confirmed to an Irish television station that he's signed on to appear in X-Men 3, 4 and 5. I always thought X-Men was going to be a trilogy, but I guess they've got at least two more planned after X3 comes out. As much as I love Vinnie Jones though, I'm still sticking with my statement that Juggernaut looks way too small in the trailers. For an invincible crushing machine that runs through walls and juggernauts people to death, he'd have to be at least twice as massive. And I'm not entirely sure what "juggernauting" people to death consists of, but I bet there's a lot of crushing involved.
Da Vinci Code Has Photographs
Official photos from the upcoming Ron Howard picture, The Da Vinci Code, have finally been revealed, showing stars Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou in-costume and on-set. Based on the disgustingly popular novel, Tatou plays a gifted French cryptologist who helps to decipher the puzzle, while Hanks plays a giant forehead.
