Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo: "Sony Pictures Entertainment has teamed up with Happy Madison for the Rob Schneider comedy sequel, and Eddie Griffin is expected to reprise his role as Deuce's man-pimp. Production begins later this year. Sony purchased the project from Disney, which made the first film but considered the R-rated sequel too racy to bear the Mouse imprimatur..." (more info). Skipping Christmas: "Cheech Marin, Jake Busey and M. Emmet Walsh have joined Tim Allen & Jamie Lee Curtis on the Revolution Studios comedy adaptation of John Grisham's novel which Joe Roth will helm in Apri..." (more info). The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency: "Miramax Films will reteam with Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack's Mirage Enterprises along with producer Amy J. Moore to adapt a feature from Alexander McCall Smith's bestselling series about a female gumshoe in Botswana..." (more info). The Upside of Anger: "New Line Cinema has picked up North American distribution rights to writer-director Mike Binder's "The Upside of Anger," a bittersweet comedy-drama about an alcoholic suburban housewife raising four headstrong daughters, with an ensemble cast headed by Kevin Costner and Joan Allen..." (more info).Bob the Butler: "Tom Green has signed on to topline director Bob Spiers' comedy The project is billed by the filmmakers as a comedy in the vein of the Robin Williams starrer "Mrs. Doubtfire" and details the story of an American (Green) traveling to the United Kingdom to train as a butler before traveling back to the States to work..." (more info). Prime: "Universal Pictures has struck a deal for domestic distribution rights for the romantic comedy "Prime," starring Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep. Prime" centers on a successful thirtysomething woman (Bullock) who inadvertently falls for the twentysomething son of her therapist (Streep)..." (more info). The Machinist: "Paramount Classics has snapped up distribution rights to Brad Anderson's Sundance film "The Machinist," starring Christian Bale. The speciality division has aquired rights to the pic in North America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. It is planning a late-2004 release..." (more info). Antartica: The project is apparently on indefinite hold due to budgetary reasons. Bill Paxton's Next: The actor talks "Thunderbirds", "Haven" and more to CHUD. Bond 21: Moviehole indicates Director Martin Campell who directed Brosnan's first 007 outing "Goldeneye" is looking possible to film this last one. Date School: An offer is out to Justin Timberlake - even though the filmmakers are interested in Zooey Deschanel, there's talk she will not work with him if he takes this offer. Deck Dogs: The Tony Hawk Pro skater film has wrapped in Adelaide and it looks like the title will be changed. Dragonball Z: "Smallville" spunk Tom Welling is being rumoured for Goku.
DVD News: Details are up for Master & Commander, Saving Private Ryan: Commem. Edition, Independence Day: Limited Edition, Robocop Trilogy, Schindler's List & In America. Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire: Victor Krum has NOT been cast despite reports according to BBC News. Hellboy: Countingdown reports that 28 new Hellboy scans from the latest issue of Make-Up Artist Magazine. Hero of the Outback: Are you a ruggedly handsome Aussie wanting to be a part of a big new US reality series? See herooftheoutback.tv for details.
Rahan: Shooting on the 40 millions euros-budgeted Christophe Gans film begins in December and is aiming for a Xmas 2005 release.
Runelords: More on the film adaptation is up at IESB. Spider-Man 2: Some new promo images for the sequel are up at Czech News.
The Deal: Production Weekly indicates Selma Blair and Christian Slater are set to star in the Wall Street thriller that encompasses government secrecy, illegal oil trading and the Russian Mafia.
The Incredibles: Sky Blue Productions indicates that this will be Pixar's first PG-rated movie. The Mask 2: Recently auditions were held in Sydney for a large hip hop dance number to be shot over four weeks. The Passion of the Christ: On top of heading for an $80+ million dollar opening weekend (around $20-25 million on opening day yesterday incl. pre-booked screenings), the Mel Gibson flick has claimed a victim - see Fox News for details. The Punisher: A list of the soundtracks contents is up at Amazon. Van Helsing: Actress Silvia Colloca talks her role to Grand Italia Festival.
Underworld 2: Ent. Rewired indicates according to Kevin Grievoux the Fall start date report is not true.
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