Hollywood Reporter Confirms Two AICN Scoops: SOLARIS and SPIDER-MAN

Hey folks, Harry here with confirmations on two recent AICN scoops.

Over at the Hollywood Reporter they are reporting that John Malkovich is currently considering an offer to play Norman Osborne/The Green Goblin. You might recall that we first brought this to you on 8-30-2000, where at the same time we said that the production also had an offer on the table to Kate Hudson (who you should check out in ALMOST FAMOUS this weekend) for the role of Mary Jane (though she'd be even better as Gwen Stacy with the Green Goblin as the villain.... HINT HINT... Now while the story says that Malkovich 'is weighing an offer', unless something catastrophic occurs... he will be playing this part. As for Kate Hudson... if you have been following the rumors, 4filmmakers.com has added her to their casting page on SPIDER-MAN. Meanwhile, there are all sorts of new casting rumors floating about including a rather cool one from Dark Horizons about Bruce Campbell having a POSSIBLE cameo that would set him up as a villain.... (I've currently got a letter out to Bruce to get the word of God on this)

Meanwhile.... ALSO at The Hollywood Reporter they are confirming my story about Steven Soderbergh stepping up to work with James Cameron's LIGHTSTORM on a remake of SOLARIS. Specifically... it says (as I said) that Soderbergh is in talks to write, and possibly direct, the film. In the same article they confirm Michael Fleming's rumor about Matt Damon circling to fill the role in OCEAN'S ELEVEN that was left vacant by Mark Wahlberg's committment to PLANET OF THE APES.

Just wanted to give you the ol update on both of these stories!