Monday, October 8
For the gamers: Sony is trying to get a movie version of their online role-playing game, EverQuest, off the ground. They have just hired Michael Gordon (300) to write a script and Avi Arad to produce.
For the horror fans: New Line is trying to improve their vampire movie, Darksiders, about an FBI agent who enlists vamps to help take down an arms trader. Laeta Kalogridis (Bionic Woman) has been hired to do the rewrite.
And for the plain old comic book fans: Paz Vega and Jamie King are the newest additions to the cast for Will Eisner's The Spirit. Vega will play Plaster of Paris; King will play phantom siren Lorelei.
Source: Variety.
Posted 10/8/2007 by reelz
Related: Paz Vega | Jamie King | Will Eisner's The Spirit | EverQuest | Darksiders
Wednesday, August 29
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Posted 8/29/2007 by reelz
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Wednesday, August 22
Eva Mendes (Hitch, The Wendell Baker Story) is the newest star to be added to Will Eisner's The Spirit, joining Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, and Scarlett Johansson. The fanboy movie will be familiar territory for Mendes, who recently starred in Ghost Rider.
The script, which was written and will be directed by Frank Miller, will follow the story of a cop (Macht) who fakes his own death so he can fight crime from the shadows.
Source: Variety
Posted 8/22/2007 by reelz
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Friday, August 17
Movie fans should plan on seeing a lot of Scarlett Johansson in the months to come. Not only is the buxom beauty starring in The Nanny Diaries, which opens next week, but she's lined up three more projects to film over the next year, says The Hollywood Reporter.
She is yet another in the line of stars to sign on for a part in Ken Kwapis's He's Just Not That Into You, which seems to be becoming a bigger deal by the day. Just yesterday, the news was that Jennifer Aniston would be joining the cast, which already includes Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Connelly, amongst others. In it, Johansson will play a singer/pilates instructor who has an affair with a married man.
She has also signed on for Frank Miller's adaptation of the noir comic strip Will Eisner's The Spirit. Johansson will star opposite Gabriel Macht (Because I Said So, The Good Shepherd) as Silk N. Floss, a smart sexy secretary who backs up baddie, The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson).
To complete the hat trick, Johansson will also be starring in Mary Queen of Scots, a biopic centering around the Scottish monarch's romance with the Earl of Bothwell and rivalry with her half-brother James. The indie costume drama will be directed by John Curran (The Painted Veil).
In other news, Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, In America), Dakota Fanning (Charlotte's Web, War of the 
Worlds), Chris Evans (The Nanny Diaries, Fantastic Four), and Camilla Belle (The Ballad of Jack and Rose) will be toplining Push, a new thriller that starts shooting next month in China.
Push will follow the story of a group of clairvoyant American ex-pats hiding out from the U.S. government in Hong Kong, says Variety. It will be directed by Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin).
Posted 8/17/2007 by reelz
Related: Camilla Belle | Dakota Fanning | Scarlett Johansson | Paul McGuigan | Chris Evans | Will Eisner's The Spirit | Mary Queen of Scots | Push | He's Just Not That Into You | John Curran
Friday, August 3
Gabriel Macht, the shining light from last winter's Because I Said So, will be making his foray into the fanboy genre with Will Eisner's the Spirit. Macht will star as The Spirit, a man who fakes his own death to help battle crime, most notably crime committed by a villain named The Octopus--a part that IMDB shows Samuel L. Jackson in talks for. The script was adapted from Eisner's comic and will be directed by Frank Miller, the comic god behind Sin City, The Dark Knight, Daredevil, etc.
And the videogame Return to Castle Wolfenstein, about a WWII army ranger who has to strom the castle to investigate the Nazi's SS Paranormal Division may be making its way to the silver screen. Producer Samuel Hadida (Resident Evil, True Romance) has bought the rights to it. Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction, The Rules of Attraction) is attached to write and direct.
Source: Variety.
Posted 8/3/2007 by reelz
Related: Frank Miller | Gabriel Macht | Will Eisner's The Spirit | Return to Castle Wolfenstein | Roger Avary