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Moviewatch: April 2009
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Quotation Quiz:
"Your life is defined by its opportunities... even the ones you miss"
From which recent film does that philosophical view come? The answer
is at the bottom of the page.
Forthcoming attractions:
Not too much coming out in July, probably because on the 17th of the month there’s "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". In this one, Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. However when he finds a mysterious book marked as "property of the half-blood prince" he begins to unearth dark secrets about Lord Voldemort's shadowy past, that would be best left undiscovered.
Two weeks later, on the 31st July there’s "Land of the Lost" and "Imagine That".
"Land of the Lost" is based on the 1970s TV show, where Dr. Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant (Anna Friel) and a redneck survivalist (Dany McBride). In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, who is their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures. Can they all make it back to our world alive, and if so: can the Dr. go from zero to hero with his discoveries, while "Imagine That" has Eddie Murphy playing a financial executive suffering at the hands of a nasty bout of "money-maker's block". He gets invited into his daughter’s imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.
Moviewatch grapevine
Adam Sandler‘s production arm, Happy Madison, is to make "The Zookeeper" starring Kevin James, Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb. The film will see James try and woo a series of beautiful women based on the mating rituals of his animal charges. Frank Coraci is directing from a screenplay co–written by James himself. Shooting is scheduled to start in late summer in Boston with a July 23, 2010, release date.
George Clooney will star in "A Very Private Gentleman". Focus Features has signed him to star in the adaptation of Martin Booth‘s novel, which will be directed by Anton Corbijn. Clooney will play an assassin who hides out in an idyllic Italian town before carrying out a final assignment. He resists his usual aversion to human interaction, and his friendships and romantic entanglements begin to complicate his mission. The film is due to start shooting in Italy later in the year.
Kenneth Branagh, is to direct "Thor", from a script written by Mark Protosevich, Ashley Miller and Zak Stentz, His take in this film will see the powerful, but arrogant, warrior, whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war, cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once stranded in the modern world, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world, the nefarious Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
Jason Statham has decided to enrol in the "The Killer Elite" – a $40 million action thriller. The film will be directed by Gary McKendry who has done a lot of commercials in his time. It‘s based on Ranulph Fiennes' best–seller "The Feathermen." Based on real events, the story follows a group of former British special forces members who are being hunted by assassins. Statham will play a former Navy Seal who is forced out of retirement to save his closest friend. Filming will begin in the Autumn in London, Paris and Australia.
StudioCanal has recently announced that it will be teaming up with Original Films to remake 1993‘s "Cliffhanger". This new film will be a "reimagining" of Sylvester Stallone‘s high wire action thriller. They are looking to attach a screenwriter for a potential 2010 shoot.
Hugh Jackman is to star alongside Rachel Weisz and Robert Pattinson in the Frontiers period drama "Unbound Captives", which is the directorial debut for 90‘s star Madeleine Stowe working from a script she penned more than fifteen years ago.
Back in 1993, Stowe, along with her husband/writing partner Brian Benben, actually turned away millions for her story. "Unbound Captives" was due to be a starring vehicle for Stowe herself but, given renewed hope by such a starry cast signing on, she will now move ahead with the production with Weisz in Stowe‘s old role. Weisz will play a woman whose husband is killed and her two children kidnapped by a Comanche war party in 1859. Jackman will play a bold frontiersman who attempts to rescue Weisz with Pattinson playing one of the kidnapped boys.
And finally, it appears that Martin Scorsese is signed up to tackle one of the biggest of all biopics - Frank Sinatra. Universal Pictures has acquired the feature film project "Sinatra" from Mandalay Pictures for Scorsese to direct. Oscar–nominated screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson ("Field of Dreams") is writing the screenplay.
Quotation quiz answer:
The quote came from Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".
Until next month...
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