Tuesday, August 28

• Downey, The Rock join projects

  Robert Downey Jr. has joined the cast of the Jamie Foxx drama The Soloist, a true story about a violin prodigy who wound up homeless and battling schizophrenia. RDJ will play the LA Times columnist who discovers him.

  Sounds a little bit like Resurrecting the Champ, don't you think? Hopefully a little bit better, though.

  And The Rock will be leading the way in Witch Mountain, Disney's follow up to its original Escape to Witch Mountain from 1975. He will play a Vegas cab driver who picks up a pair of magically-endowed siblings as a fare.

  Source: Variety.

  
  
  

  Resurrecting the Champ trailer

  Samuel L. Jackson plays ex-boxer, Battling Bob Satterfield.

  Posted 08/28/2007 by Heather

  Related: Robert Downey Jr. | Dwayne ``The Rock'' Johnson | Witch Mountain | The Soloist

Friday, August 17

• Jamie Foxx to star in The Soloist

  Mr. Jamie Foxx (Ray, Dreamgirls) is back on the musical biopic path again with The Soloist, a drama about Nathaniel Ayers--a schizophrenic violin and cello prodigy who wound up homeless.

  The script, which was written by Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich, Catch and Release), is based on the relationship between Ayers and LA Times reporter Steve Lopez. It will be directed by Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement).

  Remember when Jamie Foxx used to be famous for doing this?

  Source: Variety

  
  
  Next Showing: The Soloist begins shooting in January.

  Posted 08/17/2007 by Heather

  Related: Jamie Foxx | Joe Wright | Susannah Grant | The Soloist