When you hear the names Will Smith and Jay-Z, you do not automatically think: orphan musical. Or at least I don't. Nevertheless, The Film Stage informs us that the duo will be producing the remake of movie-musical Annie beginning in the Spring, with Smith’s daughter Willow in the starring role.
She's going to be Gatsby's girl next summer, but Carey Mulligan is looking to step out on her own. According to First Showing, the Drive actress is in talks to star in Nancy and Danny, an in-development romantic thriller from Man on Wire director James Marsh. The thriller is being developed by Indian Paintbrush, the same folks behind many of Wes Anderson’s hits including The Fantastic Mr. Fox and this summer’s Moonrise Kingdom.
Although her personal life continues to be dragged through tabloids and E! Channel alike, the demise of Kristen Stewart’s post-Pattz career has been greatly exaggerated. Contrary to earlier reports, Universal has not nixed the idea of Stewart reprising her role in the proposed sequel to this summer’s Snow White and the Huntsman, according to the LA Times.
In a move that surprises no one with any knowledge of the way Ridley Scott works, Comic Book Movie informed us today that the Prometheus Blu-Ray will add at least 40 minutes of extra footage in deleted scenes alone. That’s 40 minutes without the addition of the Director’s Cut that will also (presumably) be included on the Blu-Ray.
Director Spike Lee is have a pretty hot summer. With Red Hook Summer just released, Lee will head to the Venice Film Festival with his new Michael Jackson doc Bad 25, according to The Playlist.
Terry Gilliam fans rejoice! No, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is still dead in the water but The Zero Theorem, Gilliam’s almost abandoned but not really sci-fi film starring Christoph Waltz, is going ahead with pre-production, gearing up for an October 22 shoot-date..
In totally not unnecessary remake news, a few script details on the RoboCop remake have begun floating about the Internet via Screenrant and Drew McWeeny from Hit Fix. While it is far too early to make a pronouncement on this most essential of remakes (or is it a reboot now?) of the halfway schlocky 1987 film, the details are interesting, to say the least.
We are never going to stop talking about the Tudors are we? We’ve had Elizabeth and Henry VIII running around for years now and in the near future, Focus Features plans to branch out to the extended family with Mary, Queen of Scots, about - you guessed it - Mary, Queen of Scots. While word on the project was quiet for a while, today we're hearing that the Scottish Queen will be embodied in the film by Saoirse Ronan, according to The Film Stage.
He might not be Mr. Susan Sarandon anymore and his last film might have been less than exciting, but Tim Robbins is still a pretty good director. At least, we hope he still is, since we haven’t seen much from him since the late 90s. Good or bad though, he’s now at the helm of new spy thriller titled City of Lies, according to First Showing.
HBO just keeps collecting those Oscar nominees. Martin Scorsese, Michael Mann and now Michael Roskam. Director of last year's Best Foreign Film contender Bullhead, Roskam is heading over to HBO to helm the pilot for Buda Bridge, a futuristic crime drama set in Brussels.
