May 24 2007 Borat Writes Travel Book
In U, S, and A, homosexuals are even allowed to wear the suit and win award trophies.
Borat has signed a deal to write a book of travel advice. Half the book will be a guide to America for Kazakhstanis unfamiliar with women riding on the inside of the bus and the other half will be a guide to Kazakhstan for Americans who have never experienced a gypsy attack or acquired a taste for fermented horse urine.
The book, to be released in hardcover, will have a dual title: "Borat: Touristic Guidings To Minor Nation of U.S. and A." and "Borat: Touristic Guidings To Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."
I'll probably buy this book, but I have to admit, it was a bit disappointing to learn a comedian so hilariously anti-semitic is secretly Jewish. It'd be like like learning Jerry Bruckheimer was secretly black.
May 2 2007 Rowan Atkinson Takes on Dickens
Mr. Bean, as usual, doing something asinine.
Director Peter Howitt and his producing partner Richard Johns are set to make a new version of the Charles Dickens classic David Copperfield that Johns claims will break the mold of mannered, reverential Dickens adaptations. "With Dickens," Johns said, "filmmakers have been trapped in this place where you have caricatured characters, but Peter wants to deal with them like real people."
Naturally, their mind went to Mr. Bean. Rowan Atkinson will play Mr. Micawber, Copperfield's landlord. As described, Atkinson will play the part not as a caricature but as a real person, assuming this "real person" is a bumbling retard making constant wide-eyed stares and strange noises.
Apr 10 2007 Hanks to Continue Da Vinci Coding
A secret tipster has told Cinemablend that Tom Hanks has officially signed on to reprise his role as Dr. Robert Langdon in the Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels & Demons. Rumor is that he will join international supermodel Gisele Bundchen in the film, proving once again that the hots girls always flock to conspiracy theorists with giant foreheads and strange, wavy clumps of hair.
Mar 26 2007 The Golden Compass "Sizzle Reel"
The His Dark Materials trilogy looks to join Harry Potter and Narnia in the genre of young-adult-fantasy-spectacular with its first entry, The Golden Compass. Though the effects are far from finished, what I'm told is referred to as a "sizzle reel" has shown up online, giving a preview of the film. If, like me, you assumed anything with the term sizzle in it included bacon, bikini babes or a Sizzler, you're in for a disappointing surprise.
If you're interested, you'd better hurry. One can only sizzle for so long.
Mar 16 2007 Sherlock Holmes to be Reimagined for Screen
Variety reports that Warner Bros. is working on developing an edgy new take on Sherlock Holmes, playing up the dangerous, adventurous aspects of the detective. This will be the first attempt to make the character edgier since 1992's The Awesome Adventures of Sherlock Homeboy and the Xtreme Watson Kidz, which ended in a fatal rollerblading duel between Sherlock and Professor Radical.
Exact storyline is being kept under wraps, but creative execs at Warners say they are looking for the "Sherlock" team to reinvent the sleuth and his loyal No. 2 Dr. Watson in much the same edgy way that Christopher Nolan has reimagined Batman for Warners.
Wigram's vision has Holmes losing some of his Victorian stuffiness and being more adventuresome, including playing up his skills as a bare-knuckle boxer and expert swordsman as he goes about solving crimes.
I like the idea of bringing back Holmes with the same spirit of reinvention as Batman Begins, but it seems like a mistake to actually change such a classic character, having been around for over a century. There's a saying in Hollywood that you can change Air Bud's sport, but he has to be a dog wearing a jersey. These producers would be wise to heed this warning.
Mar 7 2007 Paradise Lost: The Movie
"Sorry, dudes, you just lost paradise."
The Milton classic Paradise Lost, the epic poem about Lucifer, the temptation of Adam and Eve, their expulsion from Eden, and the high school students forced to read it, is apparently in talks to be made into a feature film. In typical Hollywood style, the whole "fall of man" bit is being largely omitted in favor of more on the sweet battle between the armies of Heaven and Hell (seriously).
Currently, Heath Ledger and Daniel Craig are the top choices for Lucifer, though Oprah is now making a run for the title with the extension of her show into 2011 and the discovery of the Oprah Toddler Slave Camps.
Mar 6 2007 Mist Set Pictures
Good news if you're excited about Frank Darabont's adaptation of Stephen King's short story The Mist: there are set reports and pictures here! The bad news: no mist.
