August 2008 News Archive (Page 27)

Univeral Studios has bought the rights to 2 Guns, a graphic novel from Boom! Studios according to The Hollywood Reporter.

2 Guns the comic is written by Steven Grant with artwork by Mat Santoloco.  The story is about a DEA agent and an unvercover Naval Intelligence officer who are unwittingly investigating each other and try to steal money from the mob for the good guys.  Unfortunately, they are tricked by the mob into stealing $50 million from the CIA.  Sounds clever.

Marc Platt, the producer behind the hit Wanted, will produce alongside Boom! co-founders Andrew Cosby and Ross Richie.

Hot off the publicity trail for Mamma Mia!, Pierce Brosnan discussed his next project, The Thomas Crown Affair 2, with USA Today.

Brosnan told them that although the new film is based off the 1964 film Topkapi, "We are just using a sliver of that."  Apparently the film will share the same setting, Istanbul. 

This time around the billionaire thief won't be going after any paintings.  Crown will be going after a rare diamond.

Rene Russo will not return, but instead a new female lead will star alongside Brosnan.  Angelina Jolie is currently under consideration.  As Brosnan says, "This is a different affair."

This time around, the film will be directed by Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Starship Troopers, Show Girls) who according to Brosnan "does sexy very well."  Which means Brosnan plans to "go to the gym to get rid of [his] Mamma Mia! middle."

Pierce, for 55, I'd say you look pretty damn good just the way you are.

The excitement over High School Musical 3: Senior Year is reaching a fevererd pitch.

As part of the promotional efforts for the movie, here's a look at new posters for it. Let's start with the dreamy Troy Bolton...

Click on the following images, meanwhile, for closer looks at other posters for High School Musical 3:

Colin Firth has signed on to star alongside Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray, a movie adaptation of the Oscar Wilde classic, The Picture of Dorian Gray, accoridng to The Hollywood Reporter.

In the novel, the story revolves around Gray, a young man who as he descends into a hedonisitic lifestyle, a portrait of him ages and morphs, although he himself does not.  Firth will play Lord Henry Wotton, the aristocrat that corrupts Gray into his hedonisitic lifestyle.

The movie has already began shooting this week.

Colin Firth stars in Mamma Mia! which is in theaters now.  He will next appear in Genova and Easy Virtue.  The busy man has also finished filming A Christmas Carol alongside Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman.

A blockbuster movie such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen can't just be shut down for a few weeks.

That's why director Michael Bay says star Shia LaBeouf's injury from his weekend car accident may be tied into the upcoming sequel.

“His two fingers are pretty mashed, but we’re figuring out a way to shoot around it, kind of write it in the story,” Bay told Access Hollywood of the actor, who has undergone extensive hand surgery.

LaBeouf was charged with a misdemeanor DUI on July 27.

Nicolas Cage and infamous director John Carpenter are in final negotiations to star and direct, respectively, in the upcoming prison movie, Scared Straight according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film is about a troubled youth who is sent to prison as part of the Scared Straight program.  However, during his brief stay, a prison riot breaks out and the youth is captured by inmates and help hostage.  A lifer, who would be played by Cage, is forced to try and rescue to the kid.

The project, which was original written by Joe Gazzam and then rewritten by Ron Brinkerhoff, was initially set up at New Line for a couple of years.  Now the project is with Emmet / Furla Films and being financed by Nu Image / Millennium.

Production would start in October.

Disney has pushed back the release of its movie adapation of the popular video game, The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time from June 19, 2009 to Memorial Weekend 2010 according to Variety.

According to Disney, they need plenty of time for post-production for this special effects-ladden blockbuster.  However, getting out of the way of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's opening of June 26, 2009 doesn't hurt either.  However, it's new opening weekend puts it head to head with Shrek Goes Fourth.  Disney just can't catch a break.

Prince of Persia is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Mike Newell, and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina.

Shooting is currently underway in Morocco and will next be in London.