Bee Season: "Max Minghella, 18-year old son of "Cold Mountain" director Anthony Minghella, is set to make his feature debut in the Fox Searchlight family drama about a young man whose parents are caught up in the spelling bee aspirations of his 11-year-old sister, who's vying to become national champ. Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche play the parents..." (more info). Class Action: ""Whale Rider" helmer Niki Caro is set to direct Warner Bros. "Erin Brockovich"-style fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment prosecution in the U.S..." (more info). Dirty Little Secret: "Looking to turn Matthew McConaughey loose in another comic vehicle, Paramount Pictures has bought the pitch "Dirty Little Secret" as a star vehicle for the actor. Elisa Bell will write the script for a film that explores the absurdity of parenting..." (more info). Honeymoon from Hell: "Paramount has purchased a spec comedy script about a bride and groom who, after breaking off their wedding, decide to bring their respective bridesmaid and best man to their exotic honeymoon destination with neither knowing that the other is at the same location..." (more info). Seabiscuit (DVD): "The homevideo version has sold 6.5 million copies and generated $135 million in consumer spending in its first four weeks of release, $15 million more than the box office gross. "Seabiscuit" thus has become the bestselling live-action drama on DVD..." (more info).
The Passion of the Christ: "Icon Prods., partnered with Newmarket Films, will unspool "Passion" on 2,000 screens in the U.S. on Ash Wednesday. The move would mark the widest opening ever of a subtitled pic -- as well as the largest dead-lingo release. It will also be the biggest opener handled by Newmarket, topping the 58 screens it secured for "Donnie Darko" in 2001 and the 556 peak of "Whale Rider" last summerder" last summer..." (more info). A Thousand Cranes: "Digital Domain has entered an international co-production deal with Shochiku on the $25 million love story epic about a taboo love affair between a young Japanese translator and an American spy amid the backdrop of the atomic blast in Hiroshima..." (more info). The Brief History of the Dead: "Warner Bros. has acquried film rights to Kevin Brockmeier's forthcoming novel with scribe David Auburn to adapt. The supernatural love story is about a blind man who arrives in a new city, telling a story of having traveled across a desert after his death. The other city-dwellers have their own elaborate and remarkable tales of crossing into this strange world, from which inhabitants depart as mysteriously as they entered..." (more info).
Unique: "Touchstone Pictures has picked up the upcoming graphic novel from Platinum Studios, to serve as a directing vehicle for David Goyer. The story follows a man who discovers the Earth has a twin parallel world in another dimension with people having counterparts on both Earths. However, a few are born "unique," with no doppelgangers, and can travel between worlds..." (more info).
Bewitched: The wierd casting talk by Doug Wick yesterday may be due to rumours that two actors will be playing the role of Darrin - changing halfway through the film with no explanation and no acknowledgement (like the series). This also explains the difficulties getting actors for half a movie. Cave: Cinescape indicates that the cave diving horror project will be set in Eastern Europe's waterways and not an open ocean as initially speculated.
Ed Nottle Biopic: NELeague indicates a biopic is in the works about Ed Nottle, a MInor League baseball manager who also sings and seems he's never given up his dreams of managing in the big leagues or recording a major release. Garden State: Four pics from the Zach Braff/Natalie Portman movie are up at RopeOfSilicon. Kingdom of Heaven: SidCity indicates Dr. Bashir himself, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" star Alexander Siddig has joined the cast as Imad, a cavalry general and aide to camp of the sultan who is trying to retake Jerusalem from the crusaders. More great photos are up at Radio EBro. Riddick Anime: Some more details can be found at VinXperience. Smallville (TV): Christopher Reeve is coming back to the series, see Comics Continuum for details. The Mask 2: A copy of the new one-sheet is up at Superhero Hype. The Passion of the Christ: A new short review of the Mel Gibson film is up at Rotten Tomatoes. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: Andrew Bryniarski talked about prequel possibilities to Creature Corner. Thanks to 'DJ', 'Antoine', 'Ku', 'Gustavo', 'Quixote', 'Eva', 'FanHalen', 'Brad', 'KarlChilders' & 'Benoit'
