First Look at Terrence Malick’s Untitled Romantic Drama Starring Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams
by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 23rd, 2011
Hit the jump to check out the image. Malick’s previous film, The Tree of Life, finally hits theaters on May 27th. No release date has been announced for his untitled feature.
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Wolfgang Petersen to Direct OLD MAN’S WAR
by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 23rd, 2011
Paramount Pictures has picked up the rights to the John Scalzi’s sci-fi novel series Old Man’s War. Deadline reports that Wolfgang Petersen (Poseidon) will direct a script by David Self (Road to Perdition). But that shouldn’t have been their first step. The first step should’ve been to cast Gary Oldman.The story centers on a 75-year-old man who chooses to have his memories and personality implanted onto a genetically enhanced body. The trade-off is that he has to work as a soldier and protect human colonists on a distant planet. However, he’s injured during a battle and rescued by a special-forces soldier that strongly reminds him of his dead wife. Convinced that the soldier is his wife, he abandons his unit and does anything to be with her. That last part is where I think the story gets boring. I would much rather follow the adventures of a group of young space marines who do nothing but offer people butterscotch candies and complain about loud music.
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Susanne Bier to Remake French Thriller RAPT
by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 23rd, 2011
Oscar-nominated Danish director Susanne Bier (In a Better World) has signed on to direct a remake of the French thriller Rapt. According to Deadline, Bier has almost finished the script with her In a Better World co-writer Anders Thomas Jensen. Released in 2009, Rapt is based on a true story and centers on a corporate chairman who is held hostage while organized criminals, the family, the corporation, and the police are forced to face off against each other. Producer Patrick Milling Smith says “The underlying story is definitely a high stakes thriller but it’s also a very strong character piece. That’s why we went after Susanne to re-imagine it with Anders because she was keen to work on a thriller. At the same time she’s one of the best when it comes to getting into the nuances of character and making it authentic.”
While I was disappointed with In a Better World, I’m still eager to check out more of Bier’s filmography, especially her 2007 film After the Wedding. Hit the jump to check out the UK trailer for Rapt.
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Ben Schwartz to Write SOAPDISH Remake
by Adam Chitwood Posted: February 23rd, 2011
It looks like Paramount is in the mood for a good old fashioned soap opera flick. And by good old fashioned, I mean a remake of that one soap opera movie. Paramount is getting the ball rolling on a remake of the 1991 comedy Soapdish and they’ve hired actor/writer Ben Schwartz the write the screenplay. The original took place behind the scenes of a daytime soap opera and featured an all-star cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Kevin Kline, Elizabeth Shue, Teri Hatchter, Garry Marshall and a pre-daytime TV personality Whoopi Goldberg.
THR reports that Allen Greisman, who was one of the producers of the original, is on board to produce the remake alongside Rob Reiner. Schwartz has appeared in The Other Guys and Parks and Recreation, and is responsible for writing some episodes of Robot Chicken and Hugh Jackman’s opening number for the 81st Academy Awards, for which he won an Emmy. Schwartz is also working on Would You Rather? with producer Brian Grazer for Universal and will next been seen as an actor in the family comedy Peep World.
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Warner Bros. to Remake THE BODYGUARD
by Adam Chitwood Posted: February 23rd, 2011
Apparently it’s 90’s remake day. We previously reported that a remake of the comedy Soapdish is in the works, and now it looks like Warner Bros. is working on a remake of the 1992 romantic-thriller The Bodyguard. The original, of course, stars Whitney Houston as a famous singer and Kevin Costner as the Secret-Service agent tasked with protecting her from a dangerous stalker. As you well know, the two become romantically involved and Houston gets all dramatic insisting that she will always love Costner.
Deadline reports that Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, whose action comedy Family Getaway ended up on last year’s Black List of the best unproduced screenplays, will script the flick. Apparently this version updates the love story, turning the Costner-character into an Iraqi war veteran whose first job back on US soil is protecting Houston’s star character. This modern take will show how “the world of Twitter, Google Maps and TMZ has made access to celebrities easier than ever,” providing some much needed social networking drama to raise the stakes, since most social networking services aren’t at all inherently stalkerish. This is WB’s second music-driven remake in the works, with Clint Eastwood set to direct Beyonce in a remake of A Star is Born.
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