What a Loyal staffwriter, man, ol' Father Geek wasn't expecting an WEEKLY RECAP edition this week... Geek Headquarters wishes the GUNNS the very very BEST!!!
Hey, how's it goin'? Honeymoon was awesome--too short, naturally. Thanks for the kind words.
Went through last week's news from the trades yesterday
and assembled this very quick recap. Lot o' interesting stuff happened last
week, so I thought it was worth a run-through.
TAKEN FROM VARIETY AND HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
QUICK RECAP
* Robert Duvall joins GODS AND GENERALS, the bigscreen prequel to TNT's GETTYSBURG. Jeff Daniels, C. Thomas Howell and Tom Berenger co-star.
* Winona Ryder will star in the romance LILY AND THE SECRET PLANTING for director Hettie MacDonald from a script by Lucinda Coxon.
* Kate Hudson is in talks to star in THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRINGS for director Mike Newell, based on the novel by Tracy Chevalier.
* Reese Witherspoon will star in the romantic comedy SWEET HOME ALABAMA for director Andy Tennant.
* Vin Diesel will star in the action drama XXX for director Rob Cohen.
* Robert Carlyle and Rhys Ifans have been cast in the pic ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS for director Shane Meadows.
* Al Pacino may star in the Disney/Spyglass CIA drama THE FARM. Pacino may also play Roy Cohn in ANGELS IN AMERICA for Mike Nichols and HBO.
* Johnny Depp may play a small but important role of a mobster in Griffin Dunne's NAILED RIGHT IN.
* Adam Sandler and Julia Roberts may star in the romantic comedy FIFTY FIRST KISSES for director Jay Roach.
* Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Don "D.C." Curry and John Witherspoon will star in FRIDAY AFTER NEXT, the third pic in the New Line FRIDAY franchise.
* David Arquette will star in the action-comedy SPAM ON RYE for director Penelope Spheeris.
* Catherine Keener is in negotiations to star in Steven Soderbergh's HOW TO SURVIVE A HOTEL ROOM FIRE.
* Jon Voight will star in the comedy adventure pic BABY GENIUSES 2: SUPERBABIES for director Bob Clark.
* Paul Walker will star in Paramount's TIMELINE for director Richard Donner, based on the novel by Michael Crichton.
* John McTiernan is in talks to direct BASIC for Phoenix Pictures.
* Lance Khazei will write THE MASK 2 for New Line.
* Michael Kalesniko will write a remake of the 1964 Jerry Lewis pic THE PATSY for Pandemonium Films.
* Buddy Sheffield and Erin Ehrlich sold their romantic comedy script THE SEAT FILLER to Halcyon Entertainment.
* Jon Turteltaub will next direct the caper pic NATIONAL TREASURE for Touchstone Pictures.
* Tommy O'Haver will direct the Miramax romantic comedy ELLA ENCHANTED based on the book by Gail Carson Levine.
* Jon Lucas and Scott Moore have sold their untitled romantic comedy divorce attorney pitch to Warner Bros. Pictures.
* Harold Becker will direct THE LADY KILLER for New Legend Media, based on a 1963 novel by Masako Togawa.
* James Gunn will write a remake of the 1978 horror classic DAWN OF THE DEAD for Beacon Communications.
* Ted Demme will direct thriller NAUTICA for Escape Artists.
* Lee Tamahori may direct the 20th installment of the James Bond franchise, starring Pierce Brosnan.
* Luc Besson and Robert Kamen have written the drama THE TRANSPORTER for Jason Statham to star and Corey Yuen to direct.
* Universal Pictures is in final talks to grab Scott Williams' pitch THE ERNIE DAVIS STORY, based on the life of college football legend Ernie Davis.
* Jon Amiel will helm Warner Bros.' IN THE LAKE for Material Films from a script by Sam Montgomery based on a 1957 novel by Frederick Dard.
* John Frankenheimer will direct Morgan Creek Prods.' next installment of the EXORCIST franchise, an as-yet-to-be-titled prequel.
* Producer Mark Wolper and documentarian Mark Mori are developing a Bettie Page biopic for Warner Bros.
* Universal Pictures and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment have decided develop CURIOUS GEORGE as a CGI project a la SHREK.
* Producer Scott Rudin has optioned Jonathan Franzen's new novel THE CORRECTIONS.
