Wednesday, August 22

• Upcoming movies: Brothers, Stopping Power, and The Time Traveler's Wife

  Tim Allen has yet another project in the works. The comedian will star in Brothers, a comedy about two racially-mixed adopted brothers who have to team up after they are framed for a crime they didn't commit.

  John Cusack has another action/thriller on his docket. Stopping Power is about a man (Cusack) who must rescue his kidnapped daughter. It will be directed by Jan de Bont (Speed, Twister) and will co-star Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Patriot) and Melissa George (Turistas, Derailed).

  And the Audrey Niffenegger novel The Time Traveler's Wife is being adapted for the silver screen. Eric Bana (Lucky You, Munich) will star as a Chicago librarian who travels through time involuntarily. Ron Livingston (Swingers, Office Space) and Rachel McAdams (The Family Stone, The Notebook) will co-star and Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) will direct.

  
  

  Posted 08/22/2007 by Heather

  John Cusack | Tim Allen | Eric Bana | Brothers | Stopping Power | The Time Traveler's Wife

Monday, August 6

• Tim Allen goes indie

  Funnyman Tim Allen-- besk known for his work in wide-scope TV shows like Home Improvement and blockbuster movies like Wild Hogs, has decided to go a little smaller with his next role.

  Allen will be joining Elisha Cuthbert and Andie MacDowell in the indie comedy, The Six Wives of Henry Lefay, about a man whose five ex-wives and current wife fight over his estate after he goes missing from a skydiving trip. It will be the directorial debut of writer Howard Gould (Shrek the Third).

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 08/06/2007 by Heather

  Tim Allen | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay