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>TAKEN FROM VARIETY AND HOLLYWOOD REPORTER VIA REUTERS

CASTING

(signed)

* Dennis Haybert (HEAT) will join Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas in director Sydney Pollack's RANDOM HEARTS.

* Lolita Davidovich (JUNGLE2JUNGLE) will star in both indie flicks FOUR DAYS and SHEGALLA.

* Naomi Campbell will join Eric Thal (SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION) in the thriller PRISONER OF LOVE already shooting in Toronto. Steve DiMarco ("Due South") directs. The film is scheduled for release in late spring '99.

* Harvey Keitel joins the cast of THE PRINCE OF CENTRAL PARK with Kathleen Turner, Danny Aiello and Jerry Orbach.

* Lochlyn Munro (DEAD MAN ON CAMPUS) has landed film roles in HEARSAY, PITTSBURGH and CAMOUFLAGE (opposite Leslie Nielsen).

* Henry Thomas (E.T.) has signed to star opposite Matt Damon in ALL THE PRETTY HORSES.

* Ben Foster, Joe Mantegna and Adrien Brody have all signed for leads in LIBERTY HEIGHTS, the 4th film in director Barry Levinson's Baltimore series (DINER, TIN MEN and AVALON being the other three).

* LL Cool J will join Omar Epps in the thriller IN TOO DEEP for Miramax. Shooting begins late October with Michael Rymer (ALLIE AND ME) directing.

* Mackenzie Astin, Carmen Electra and David Hyde-Pierce will star in MATING HABITS OF THE EARTHBOUND MAN directed by writer-producer Jeff Aburgow ("Roseanne", "Caroline in the City").

* Kieran Culkin, Delroy Lindo and rapper Heavy D join an all star cast in THE CIDER HOUSE RULES for Miramax. Shooting is underway.

* Bebe Neuwirth ("Cheers" and upcoming THE FACULTY) will star in indie pic GETTING TO KNOW YOU for ShadowCatcher Entertainment and director Lisanne Skyler.

* Cher will star in United Artists' THE BREAKERS about mother-daughter con artists.

* Robert Wagner will play a pimp in NO VACANCY with Christina Ricci and Lolita Davidovich. He will also reprise his role, Number Two, in the AUSTIN POWERS sequel.

* Nathan Lane will star in a feature version of the play MIZLANSKY/ZILINSKY OR 'SCHMUCKS.

* Nia Long (SOUL FOOD) is set to co-star with Taye Diggs (HOW STELLA...) in THE BEST MAN.

(in talks)

* Lili Taylor is in talks to play the lead role in DreamWorks' remake of THE HAUNTING HILL HOUSE. Jan Debont (SPEED) will direct the project based on the Shirley Jackson ("The Lottery") novel for a hopeful Christmas '99 release. Catherine Zeta-Jones is in advanced talks to star in the film as well.

* Marlon Brando is in talks to star in ONE ARM (written by Tennessee Williams) about a fighter recovering his dignity after losing his arm. Tony Kaye (AMERICAN HISTORY X) may direct.

* Annette Bening is in talks to join Kevin Spacey in the black comedy AMERICAN BEAUTY. Shooting begins in December.

* Renee Zellweger is close to joining Chris O'Donnell in the Buster Keaton remake THE BACHELOR for New Line. Shooting begins in December.

* Robin Tunney is in negotiations to star as the future bride of Satan (Rod Stieger) in END OF DAYS opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger.

* Thandie Newton (BELOVED) is close to a deal for the female lead in the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE sequel.

DIRECTOR/WRITER ATTACHMENTS

* Jim Sheridan will direct a film adaptation of Ron Rosenbaum's nonfiction novel EXPLAINING HITLER. Universal recently acquired the rights.

* Roger Donaldson (SPECIES, DANTE'S PEAK) will direct SUPERSTITION for Interscope Prods.

* John Pasquin (THE SANTA CLAUSE, JUNGLE2JUNGLE) is set to direct the comedy SMALL WORLD about a son taking his nearly blind father on a tour on New York City pretending that it is Europe.

(in talks)

* John Turteltaub (PHENOMENON) and Tom Hanks are looking to partner on an English-language version of the Japanese hit SHALL WE DANCE? at Miramax.

MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTION TIDBITS

* Miramax just acquired the rights to ORDINARY DECENT CRIMINAL starring Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino.

* Warner Bros. has reportedly shelved the movie adaptation of the musical DREAMGIRLS. Lauryn Hill was set to star with Joel Shumacher directing.

* TRUE BELIEVERS, the novel by Doug Richardson, has been acquired by SAVING PRIVATE RYAN producers Mark Gordon and Gary Levisohn.

* Sean "Puffy" Combs is pulling out of Oliver Stone's football pic ANY GIVEN SUNDAY due to schedule conflicts. The film was supposed to start shooting in November but Warner Bros. and Stone are now pojecting a January start.

FROM TV TO FILM NEWS OF THE WEEK: Mel Gibson is in talks to star and produce a feature version of HOGAN'S HEROES>

REMAKE NEWS OF THE WEEK: James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment is negotiating to buy the remake rights to Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 Russian film SOLARIS.

That is a lot of stuff for one week. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE is starting to take cool forms. *** Marlon Brando news is certainly welcome. ONE ARM sounds promising. *** LIBERTY HEIGHTS and THE PRINCE OF CENTRAL PARK should be watched closely. I think they will both be cool. *** THE BACHELOR--remaking Buster Keaton. I dunno...what do you think? *** HOGAN'S HEROES...I was wondering roughly 3 weeks ago if this would ever happen. Sure enough... *** No Puff Daddy in the Oliver Stone flick. I am rather disappointed. This would have been beyond interesting. *** Tom Hanks and James Cameron both on two separate remake projects. Worth it? I'm betting so. *** To a couple of you who asked last week if Tarantino was remaking the FORTY GUNS flick: No. He is adapting Elmore Leonard's novel FORTY LASHES LESS ONE. (I missed this tidbit last week.) I'm not familiar with the story, but I do know it is a wester.

See ya.

Elston Gunn