Hey folks, Harry here... I’ve been working on this list something fierce for the last week or so. I am going to admit, right up front that it is nowhere near complete, in fact, it’s pretty darn incomplete, but I’m doing my darnedest to get it where it needs to be. What is it? It’s a list and bit of info, on the projects I’m wanting further information on. And of course, this means this is your list. If you don’t see your fave or least fave project listed with a similar amount of info, then send it in. This list will become a permanent addition to the front page, taking the place of my horribly bad taste B-Day plea. But basically, if you know anything more about the following projects, then let me know. I’m dying to hear what you folks think and know!

20th CENTURY FOX

Star Wars Episode One, Two and Three

(Coolness Personified)
Cast: Them folks, what is in it
Dir., George Lucas
Scr., George Lucas
Just about everything we need and want to know about Star Wars Episode One, with the exception of reviews from seeing the film, has been covered. So let’s begin to turn our eye to Australia, and the upcoming casting of the Second film, the plot, the concepts, the clone wars... all of that.

X-Men

(Comic Book Adventure)
Cast: nothing firm yet... though speculation about Patrick Stewart, Russell Crowe, etc.... has persisted.
Dir., Bryan Singer
Scr., Christopher McQuarrie
Let’s hear how the script is going, casting, effects tests, etc....

Anywhere But Here

(Drama)
Release: April 24, 1999
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Hart Bochner, Shawn Hatosy
Dir., Wayne Wang
Scr., Alvin Sargent, based on the novel by Mona Simpson
Fleeing small-town boredom, a restless mother drags her reluctant teenage daughter to Beverly Hills and a new and sometimes difficult life. Adjusting to their new environs and ever-changing relationship, mother and daughter struggle together. They finally reach an understanding as the daughter prepares to leave for college

Planet Ice

(Animated)
Principal Animation in Los Angeles
(Started Production on August 1, 1997)
Voices: Matt Damon, Bill Pullman, Drew Barrymore, Nathan Lane, Hank Azaria, Lena Olin, Jim Breuer, Janeane Garofalo
Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman;
Screenplay by Ben Edlund, Randall McCormick
This is likely to be the big deciding animated film for FOX’s animation unit. I am still wondering when we’ll get the Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace movies from Bluth

The Fight Club

(Thriller)
Wrapped
Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Eion Bailey, Jared Leto
Dir., David Fincher
Scr., Jim Uhls
Test Screenings and Footage has to be being seen, let’s hear about it, how is it looking? Pretty good? Is this film kicking your ass? Tell us about it.

Monkeybone

(Live Action/Animated)
(Start Feb.)
Shooting in Los Angeles, Phoenix
Cast: Ben Stiller;
Prd., Chris Columbus, CoPrd., Sam Hamm
Dir., Henry Selick
Scr., Sam Hamm
Based on the comic book DARK TOWN, it’s about what happens and where ya go when you end up in a Coma. The script is a blast.

Die Hard 4

(Sequel to... well you know)
Cast: Bruce Willis (if it gets made and somewhere along the line, he wanted Ben Affleck to co-star.)
Dir., Well, they’ve all been rumored
Scr., That’s the problem, they ain’t got one yet.

Terminator 3

(Action/Sci-Fi Sequel)
No start date yet
Cast: Arnold Schwarzeneggar in negotiations (rumored)
Dir., Steve Norrington (according to latest rumors)
Scr., (allegedly James Cameron, but he might just be Producer and author of the original ‘story’)

The Castaway

(Drama)
(Start Jan.)
Cast: Tom Hanks;
Dir., Robert Zemeckis;
Scr., William Broyles;
Intl Dstrb, DreamWorks
This is alleged to be filmed in two parts, about 6 months apart, while Hanks goes on a seriously unhealthy sounding diet to waste away to near cadaver status.

A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream

(Shakespeare’s Fantasy Comedy)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Anna Friel, Sam Rockwell, Calista Flockhart, David Strathairn, Christian Bale, Bill Irwin, Stanley Tucci, Sophie Marceau, Dominic West, Gregory Jbara
Dir/Scr., Michael Hoffman
With a cast like this, who wouldn’t be into it. But what I want to know, is when is someone going to do a badass adaptation of THE TEMPEST?

Entrapment

(Nailbiting Action film)
Wrapped
Cast: Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames, Will Patton
Dir., Jon Amiel
Scr., Ron Bass
Everyone is always interested in the next James Buh... Ummm Sean Connery flick, so this one has entered the Test Screening phase, let’s here about it if you’ve seen it.

The Beach

(Drama)
(Start Jan.)
Shooting in Thailand, Australia;
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Tilda Swinton;
Dir., Danny Boyle;
Scr., John Hodge
Millions of loving admirers are going to get a side of Leo, they aren’t expecting. Heh heh heh... That’s it Leo, Fuck with em!!!

FOOD

(Comedy)
Prd., Jan De Bont
Dir., possibly Jan De Bont
The film is a holiday tale about inanimate objects coming to life, mixed with live action a la WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? It is told from the view point of the food for Christmas dinner. The main character's a pea, and one of the other charaters is a piece of Wedding Cake from the seventies that's been stuck in the freezer since the couple got married.

Anna and the King

(Action/Adventure)
(Start March)
Shooting in Malaysia, London, England;
Cast: Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat;
Dir., Andy Tennant;
Scr., Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Andy Tennant, Rick Parks
It’s been in the talks for the better part of the last year, so as it begins to move forward, let’s hear reports on this one!

The Crowded Room

(Drama)
Dir., F Gary Grey
Scr., James Cameron
This film has been in the works for the last 7 or so years. The script is pretty powerful stuff, but let’s see if it gets rewritten, or if Cameron comes on board as producer or what.

MGM

The Thomas Crown Affair

(Thriller)
Shooting in New York
(Start October 5, 1998)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Esther Canadas, Frankie Faison
Dir., John McTiernan;
Scr., Leslie Dixon, Kurt Wimmer, Peter Doyle
It’s a remake of a classic. But it has the talent and the director to make a go of it. The scary idea is we may see this film, before we see McTiernan’s EATERS OF THE DEAD... sad.

The Breakers

(Comedy)
Cast: Cher;
Dir., David Mirkin;
Scr., Rob Dunn, Leora Barish, Scott Buck, Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur
Well, when Cher does comedy.. I tend to like it. Let’s see how the casting goes on this one.

Bond 19

(Action)
(Start Jan. 11)
Shooting in London, England, Turkey;
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Denise Richards, Sophie Marceau
Dir., Michael Apted;
Scr., Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
Just a few days till shooting begins, exciting isn’t it?

Tom Sawyer

(Animated)
(Start August 14, 1998)
Scr., Patricia Jones, Donald Reiken;
What the hell is this? Who are the voices, who’s doing the animation? Inquiring idiots like me wanna know...

SONY Pictures

Girl, Interrupted

(Drama)
(Start Jan. 25) Shooting in Harrisburg,
Cast: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, Brittany Murphy, Jeffrey Tambor, Clea Du Vall, Jared Leto, Vanessa Redgrave, Travis Fine
Dir., James Mangold
Scr., Lisa Loomer, Susan Shilliday, James Mangold, Anna Hamilton Phelan
This director made Stallone give a shit again... that is... amazing. So with this cast he should be able to work miracles. Let’s keep our eyes and ears out for this one.

The Shipping News

(Drama)
(Start March) Shooting in Maine;
Cast: John Travolta, Kelly Preston; Scr., Laura Jones, Beth Henley;
Ugh... a wedded pair movie. Will it be like Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall or Clint Eastwood and Sondre Locke?

Hanging Up

(Comedy/Drama)
(Start Jan.)
Shooting in Los Angeles;
Cast: Meg Ryan
Dir., Diane Keaton
Scr., Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron
Oh no! I’m a sucker for Ephron written Meg Ryan “Comedy/Dramas”. I’m doomed.

Patriot

(Historical War Film)
Prd., Dean Devlin
Dir., Roland Emmerich
Scr., Robert Rodat

All the Pretty Horses

(Adventure)
(Start March)
Shooting in Texas; Columbia Pictures/Miramax Films
Cast: Matt Damon, Henry Thomas;
Prd., Mike Nichols;
Dir., Billy Bob Thornton;
Scr., Ted Tally
From the writer of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, the director of SLINGBLADE and starring a very interesting pair... Will Hunting and Elliot... How can ya not be interested?

Joan of Arc

(Action/Drama)
Shooting in France, Europe, Czech Republic
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Faye Dunaway, John Malkovich, Desmond Harrington, Dustin Hoffman
Dir., Luc Besson
Scr., Andrew Birkin
Can you feel the shivers already coarsing through your body from the inevitably spectacular trailer and opening sequence of this movie? I can.

Muppets From Space

(Family)
Shooting in North Carolina
Cast: Gonzo, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Rizzo, Jeffrey Tambor, Andie MacDowell, David Arquette, Ray Liotta, Pat Hingle
Dir., Tim Hill
Scr., Jerry Juhl, Joseph Mazzarino, Ken Kaufman
I’m so wanting to see this movie. C’mon man, PIGS IN SPACE, the movie? Holy Coolness. Wouldn’t it be mega cool if they landed on the planet of FEEBLES?

Random Hearts

(Drama)
Shooting in Washington D.C.
(Start September 7, 1998)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles Dutton, Paul Guilfoyle, Dennis Haysbert, Bonnie Hunt, Richard Jenkins
Dir., Sydney Pollack
Scr., Kurt Luedtke, David Rayfiel
They made this instead of AGE OF AQUARIUS... Ummm... I hope they made the right choice, cause that script was incredible.

Universal Soldier II

Action/Adventure
Shooting in Dallas, TX, Los Angeles
Start November 10, 1998)
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Heidi Schanz, Bill Goldberg
Dir., Mic Rodgers
Scr., William Malone, John M. Fasano
Oh Boy, Just What We Wanted!!!

The Hollow Man

(Science Fiction/Horror)
Cast: Jennifer Lopez
Paul Verhoeven
Andrew Marlowe
This could become Verhoeven’s most disturbing film to date. Just ask yourself what an invisible man would do, if Paul Verhoeven were in control of him.

DreamWorks Pictures

American Beauty

(Comedy/Drama)
Shooting in Los Angeles
(Start December 14, 1998)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher
Dir., Sam Mendes
Scr., Alan Ball
I see each and every film Kevin Spacey does, this will be no different. But I don’t know a dang thing about this one.

What Lies Beneath

(Ghost Story)
Shooting soon
Cast: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer
Dir., Robert Zemeckis
Scr., Clark Gregg
Not your typical Harrison Ford flick, or your typical Michelle Pfeiffer film. This movie will... get under your skin, but the first draft of the script wasn’t anywhere near filmable... BUT, it did have elements that I’m sure Zemeckis and crew have decided to make flourish more. It’s an understated film... It’s a true Haunting film. I’m dying to hear how the project is progressing

The Haunting of Hill House

(Horror Remake)
Shooting in Los Angeles
(Start November 30, 1998)
Cast: Lili Taylor, Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, Marian Seldes, Alix Koromzay
Dir., Jan De Bont;
Scr., David Self;
Cam., Karl Walter Lindenlaub; Ed., Michael Kahn;
PrdDsgn., Eugenio Zanetti;
SFX, John Frazier;
A remake of the original masterpiece by Robert Wise. Will it be atmospheric? I’ve heard that Eugenio Zanetti’s production designed house is reminescient of the Disney Land Hanuted Mansion.... I love that place.... We’ll see. Everything you hear on this project I want to know, the script is very very solid, and is quite faithful to the original, but removing the narration of the Lili Taylor character. One of the first films to use the upcoming new LucasFilm Sound Advances.

Chicken Run

(Animated)
Principal Animation in England
Start September 15, 1997)
Voices: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawahla, Miranda Richardson, Ben Whitrow, Lynne Ferguson, Imdelda Staunton, Jane Horrocks, Tony Haygarth, Timothy Spall, Phil Daniels
Dir., Nick Park, Peter Lord
Scr., Jack Rosenthal, Karey Kirkpatrick
It’s the Great Escape, but with Chickens!!!! How can you not be all giddy after a statement like that? Brought to us by the insane fella with the bow tie that made all them there Wallace and Gromit claytoons, and this is going to be fantastic.

Shrek

(Animated)
Principal Animation in Palo Alto
(Start October 15, 1996)
Voices: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, John Lithgow, Linda Hunt, Cameron Diaz
Dir., Andrew Adamson, Victoria Jenson
Scr., Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio
Originally the title character was to be voiced by Chris Farley, until his untimely demise. Rumor has it, that this is the tale of the ugliest creature on earth finding love. Wow, it’s my biopic.

Baby's in Black

(Romantic/Drama)
(Start Feb.)
Dir/Scr, Brad Silberling
How could you not be curious what the director of Caspar is up to?

Gladiator

(Action/Drama)
(Start Feb.)
Shooting in United Kingdom, Malta
Cast:Russell Crowe, Djimon Hounsou, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielson, Oliver Reed;
Dir., Ridley Scott
Scr., David Franzoni, John Logan
Alright, if you even have to friggin think about how cool this one will be then you need some sort of mental shocktreatment. Ridley Scott bringing us the horrors of ancient Rome... Well, Russell Crowe seems to be getting ready for the Kirk Douglas role, and Djimon Hounsou is the Willie Stode character I guess. Rumor has tell that there is a man vs Rhino in the arena battle that will quite simply make us cheer like them Roman bastards did.

Minority Report

(Science Fiction)
Starts Shooting in September
Cast: Tom Cruise
Dir., Steven Spielberg
From the short story by Phillip K Dick
Well I don’t know what this will do to Mel Gibson’s FAHRENHEIT 451 project, but it’ll be nice to see Spielberg tacking science fiction again.

SPIRIT OF THE WEST

(Animated)
Principal Animation in Los Angeles
Voices: Unknown
Not much is known on this project other than it is allegedly a western told from the Horse’s point of view. Could be interesting.

TUSKER

(Animated)
Principal Animation in Los Angeles
Animation by PDI
About a herd of elephants doing something or another. Not much known, no voices known.

The Road to El Dorado

(Animated)
Principal Animation in Los Angeles
(Start July 14, 1997)
Voices: Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edwards James Olmos
Dir., Will Finn, Eric Bibo Bergeron
Scr., Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott
I’ve seen just a bit of animation from this, and what I saw was GORGEOUS. Can’t attest for the story though, it seems to be a bit more comical than PRINCE OF EGYPT... we’ll see.

New Line Cinema

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

(Comedy)
Shooting in Los Angeles
(Start November 9, 1998)
Cast: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Rob Lowe, Robert Wagner, Kristen Johnston
Dir., Jay Roach
Scr., Mike Myers, Michael McCullers
Ok, any and all info that can be gotten. We want pictures of it all baby! This was voted as 2nd most anticipated film of 1999, so let’s get the info now.

The Lord Of The Rings

(Epic Fantasy)
Shooting in New Zealand
(Start filming by October, 1999)
Cast: None yet
Dir., Peter Jackson
Scr., Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
Sfx., Weta
The most exciting film project in the world (for me).

Boiler Room

(Drama)
(Start Jan.)
Shooting in New York;
Cast: Giovanni Ribisi, Nia Long, Ben Affleck;
Prd., Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd;
Dir., Ben Younger;
Scr., Ben Younger
Word has it that this movie is like a really mean WALL STREET, so... ahem... let’s just wait and see.

Detroit Rock City

(Life Affirming Gen X Flick For All Us Folks That Bought that Kiss Comic printed with their blood!)
Cast: Edward Furlong, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Melanie Lynskey, James DeBello, Miles Dougal, Natasha Lyonne, Nick Scotti
Dir., Adam Rifkin
Scr., Carl Dupre

Magnolia

(Drama)
(Start Jan. 11)
Shooting in Los Angeles;
Cast: Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, John C. Riley, Malora Walters, Henry Gibson, April Grace, Felicity Huffman (Tom Cruise is in negotiations for a cameo)
Dir/Scr., Paul Thomas Anderson
From the director of BOOGIE NIGHTS comes this, whatever this is. Folks in the expensive seats are curious about this project.

Lost Souls

(Thriller)
Shooting in New York, Los Angeles
(Start October 1, 1998)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, John Hurt, Philip Baker Hall, Elias Koteas, Sarah Wynter, John Diehl, John Beasley, W. Earl Brown
Prd., Meg Ryan
Dir., Janusz Kaminski
Scr., Pierce Gardner
Spielberg’s Cinematographer is set to direct, what I am told is a supernatural thriller. Well, he’s got a great cast, I don’t know anything about the script though, so... let’s hope it’s a birth of a great director, and not the demise of a great cinematographer...

Town and Country

(Romantic/Comedy)
Shooting in Los Angeles, New York
(Start June 23, 1998)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling, Jenna Elfman, Tricia Vessey, Josh Hartnett
Dir., Peter Chelsom
Scr., Michael Laughlin
Well, that’s a damn good cast, but look, there’s that Josh Hartnett kid! So ya know there has to be aliens or monsters or some fucker with an axe... right? Nope. He’s done found himself in a non-genre film. Yea!

Paramount

Bringing Out the Dead

(Drama)
Shooting in New York
(Start September 15, 1998)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Mary Beth Hurt, Aida Turturro
Dir., Martin Scorsese
Scr., Paul Schrader
Cam., Robert Richardson
From the writing and directing team of most of Scorsese’s absolute classics... well, they are teaming up again. Let’s hold our breath on this one.... It could be great.

Mission: Impossible 2

(Action)
(Start Jan.)
Shooting in Australia;
Cast: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Steve Zahn, Luther Stickell
Dir., John Woo
Scr., David Marconi, William Goldman, Michael Tolkin
John Woo... JOHN “I Carve The Earth Up With My Coolness” WOO!!!! If JOHN WOO doesn’t get that ol neck veins straining to pop, and your heart pumping, then dammit... GET TO THE HOSPITAL. This movie is going to just rock the universe. You’ll See...

Peppermint Lounge

Comedy/Drama
(Start Jan.)
Shooting in Los Angeles, New York
Dir., Nick Castle
Scr., Bernardo Gigliotti
Director of THE LAST STARFIGHTER, THE BOY WHO COULD FLY, DENNIS THE MENACE. See... it has ta rock. The General’s Daughter

(Drama)
Cast:John Travolta, Madeline Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton
Dir., Simon West
From the director of CON AIR comes this touching thriller. So what have you heard?

The Defective Detective

(Not easily classifiable)
Cast: Nicholas Cage
Dir., Terry Gilliam
Scr., Richard LaGravenese, Terry Gilliam
One of the coolest scripts not being filmed right now. Imagine combining the fantasy world in HEAVENLY CREATURES, the protagonists from BLADE RUNNER and DARK CITY and AHA’s TAKE ON ME video. Yeah... it’s that cool.

Sleepy Hollow

(Horror)
Shooting in Hertfordshire (
Start November 20, 1998)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Casper Van Dien, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Steven Waddington and Christopher Walken
Dir., Tim Burton
Scr., Andrew Kevin Walker
It’s gonna be uber-fucking-cool!

Universal Pictures

Rocky and Bullwinkle

(Live Action/Animated)
(Start Jan
Cast: Monica Potter, Jason Alexander, Robert DeNiro
Prd., Robert De Niro;
Dir., Des McAnuff;
Scr., Kenny Lonergan
Boy folks... I just don’t know about this one...

FRANKENSTEIN

(Horror/Animate)
Animation being done at ILM
No Director or Screenwriter is known. Let’s hear something!

How to Eat Fried Worms

(Comedy)
Shooting in Austin, TX
Prd., Ron Howard, Brian Grazer
Dir., Thomas Schlamme
Scr, Bob Dolman
It’s gonna be filming here in Austin, but I haven’t heard a thing about it. Somebody tell me what it is.

The Nutty Professor II

(Comedy)
(Start Feb.)
Cast: Eddie Murphy
Scr., Steve Oedekerk, Barry Blaustein, David Sheffield
The script is pretty funny, with the poor fat guy doing a sex change and many other wild transformations.

Bofinger’s Big Thing

(Comedy)
(wrapped)
Cast: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Terence Stamp, Jamie Kennedy
Dir., Frank Oz
Scr., Steve Martin
AICN’s Quint loved the script, but an early test screening report wasn’t so grand... well, let’s see. What’s been reported on the site thus far seemed pretty funny.

U-571

(Action/Thriller)
(Start Jan.)
Shooting in Italy, Malta
Cast., Matthew McCounaughey
Dir/Scr., Jonathan Mostow
Word has it that somewhere in this world of ours there is a gigantic submarine set built up. Let’s hear more.

Detox

(Drama)
(Start Jan. 25)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone
Prd., Karen Kehela, Ric Kidney
Dir., Jim Gillespie
Scr., Ron Brinkerhoff
Stallone continues his makeover with this film, let’s hear how it is, what it’s about, etc...

Double O-Soul

(Action/Comedy)
(Start Jan.)
Shooting in Vancouver, BC, Hawaii
Cast: Chris Tucker, Mariah Carey
Dir., Tom Dey
Scr., Antwone Fisher
Moriarty has filled us in a bit, but let’s hear more.