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Darwin Film: Not Showing in a Theater Near You?
As Mark indicated last week, things are beginning to heat up around the Darwin biopic, Creation, in which a young Charles Darwin (played by Paul Bettany) struggles between faith and reason, particularly after the loss of a cherished daughter. In his post, Mark discussed Roger Ebert’s reaction to people who walked out of the film, possibly for theological reasons.
What the piece didn’t mention is that Creation may not be seen in a theater near you.
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Will the Real Bilbo Please Stand Up
Other than impending litigation, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson have been doing a marvelous job keeping an information black hole on both real news and rumors regarding The Hobbit. Which is probably why I feel the need to mention this:
A Childhood Reimagined
Hollywood has always stolen from itself to keep the masses entertained. Remaking popular films is hardly new. The idea is that if it was a hot property once, it might be so again. In the early days of cinema, films like Ben-Hur were rolled over again and again.
But it seems that lately they’ve gone overboard. Or maybe it’s just that they’ve finally begun mucking about on my sacred ground.
Slumdog's Young Star for Sale?
British tabloid says her dad tried to sell her for millions, but he denies it
The British tabloid got the alleged story by having a reporter pose as an Arab "sheik," from whom the girl's father supposed demanded millions of Indian rupees--worth about $300,000 in the U.S.
NOTW quoted the father, Rafiq Qureshi, as saying he wanted his family to escape Mumbai's slums, adding, "I have to consider what's best for me, my family and Rubina's future."
But People magazine says Qureshi refutes the report, saying it was a "lie made up by foreign journalists playing games with me."
He told People there had been an offer but insisted that he had feigned interest out of politeness: "In India, you never say 'no' directly, least of all to guests. You try not to offend people by refusing to help. They said they were childless and desperately fond of Rubina after seeing her in the film. I felt sorry for them, but I was never going to give her up."
Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture and other awards at this year's Oscars.
Gibson to Film 'Passion' Sequel
CT Movies exclusive: 'Resurrection of The Christ' due Easter 2010
CT Movies has learned that Mel Gibson is planning a sequel to The Passion of The Christ, to begin filming in May in southern Italy.
The film, titled The Resurrection of The Christ, is scheduled to release around Easter of 2010. Though the script has not yet been finalized, a source close to Gibson told us that the film will pick up where The Passion left off - with Christ in the tomb, rising from the dead. The storyline will include Christ's appearance to his disciples and many others, and carry through to the Ascension.
James Caviezel, who played Jesus in The Passion, is not available to resurrect the role, the source told CT Movies. When asked who was being considered for the part, the source said that Mickey Rourke, recently nominated for an Oscar in The Wrestler, was on the short list. He also said that Russell Crowe, Ewan McGregor, and "an unknown actor from Australia" were being considered.
The source told CT that Gibson wanted to accomplish 10 things in the new film:
A mazing miracles
P assionate acting
R esurrection power
I nspirational images
L ove of the Lord
F ollowing Jesus
O ne way to Heaven
O mniscience of God
L asting impressions
S alvation from sin
The source also told CT Movies that although the mainstream media might ridicule Gibson for this decision, the director was clinging to his favorite Scripture passage about being "fools for Christ" (1 Cor. 4:10).
CT Movies will continue to monitor the story, and report any new developments should they arise.
Sean Penn is Such a Stooge. Literally.
When I think slapstick comedy, I don't think of Sean Penn. Or Benicio Del Toro. Yet, they are on tap to play two-thirds of slapstick legends the three stooges in a new MGM film. Variety is reporting that Penn has signed up to play Larry and "the studio is zeroing in" Del Toro as Moe.
Who's taking the role of funny portly guy Curly? Non-portly guy Jim Carrey. He is in negotiations and "is already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome 'Curly' Howard."
According to the Variety report, "the film is not a biopic, but rather a comedy built around the antics of the three characters that Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Howard played in the Columbia Pictures shorts."
Even as one who can appreciate the three stooges (I was a huge fan in junior high), I'm not so excited about this. I think Penn can pull it off (Larry is the straight guy, after all) and Carry is pretty intriguing casting (he's going to be fun), but I'm not so sure about Del Toro. If the announcement had been that these three actors were going to do a couple 8-minute YouTube shorts as the three stooges, I'd be excited to watch. But a full-length movie? I think the novelty is going to wear off fast.
But more than the actors, I am wary of the creative team putting it together: Peter and Bobby Farrelly (There's Something About You, Stuck on You, Dumb and Dumber). I liked their bowling send-up, Kingpin, but having the three stooges in the hands of directors known for bawdy humor, worries me. But to be honest, I find that I really don't care enough about this project to expend much emotion for it other than to say, "eh."
Anyone offended that they are recasting the three stooges? Anyone worried? Is anyone excited about this?
Star Trek and Terminator parallels
The newest trailer for Terminator Salvation went online today, and reports coming out of WonderCon 2009 indicate that a new trailer for Star Trek was shown to the masses there, too, and should be arriving in theatres in the very near future. And based on these trailers -- or, in Star Trek's case, the description of that trailer provided by ComingSoon.net and TrekMovie.com -- it sounds like each of these franchises is pushing in a direction that may be new to the franchise in question, but has already been well-covered by the other one.
Warning: There may be spoilers ahead, but they are all gleaned from the trailers that have already been made public (and, in Star Trek's case, some of these details are also gleaned from the Countdown prequel comic-book mini-series that is already out there).
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