Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: May 11, 2008
Written on May 11, 2008 by Niall BrowneWelcome to another news filled Weekend Wrap Up. The summer is well and truly here, the sun is shining and the weather is hot and Indiana Jones is only eleven days way!
This week's Wrap up includes news on:
Tom Cruise, Common signing up for McG's Terminator film, Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster in Pandorum, Kevin Costner decides not to take The Holy Road but he is prepared for a Swing Vote, Death Race and The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
1. It seems that every week I write about Tom Cruise in this update, and to make sure that I don't break my routine here's some more Cruise related news: Warner Bros want him to star in The 28th Amendment alongside Denzel Washington. The political thriller is set to be directed by Phillip Noyce, the director of Clear and Present Danger and Patriot Games.
Looks like the brothers Warner have a spare $50 million hanging around to secure these guys for the film. I wonder if Speed Racer's box office crash will make them change their minds?
Source: Entertainment Weekly
2. Rapper Common has signed up for McG's new Terminator film. It is rumored that he will be playing Daniel Dyson, son of Myles Dyson, the character played by Joe Morton in Terminator 2.
Does anyone else think that this film is beginning to sound a bit stupid? Yeah... me too!
Source: Joblo
3. Dennis Quaid is a very busy man. Hear that Meg Ryan? He's employable!
Quaid and Ben Foster in final negotiations to star in the sci-fi action film Pandorum.
According to The Hollywood Reporter:
"'Pandorum' centers on mysterious events aboard an abandoned space craft, with Quaid and Foster as crewmen who must discover what's happened to them and to the planet they're orbiting."
Sounds pretty cool. German director Christian Alvart is directing the film.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
4. Kevin Costner has turned down the film The Holy Road, a sequel to his epic Oscar winning western Dances With Wolves.
No word on why Costner has decided not to return to the character of John Dunbar, but I'd bet pretty good money that one of the reasons is that Simon Wincer is directing the film. If he had so much control over the original I can't see him starring in the film when he can't call the shots. Just ask Kevin Reynolds!
The producers have an alternate choice - Viggo Mortensen.
Please, please don't do this! Dances With Wolves is one of my favorite films, and I'd hate to see it ruined, and making this film without Costner is only going to highlight it as a cheap imitation.
5. Keeping up with Costner his new film Swing Vote is released this summer - August 1st. In the film Costner stars as booze loving everyman who has the worlds press take an avid interest in him when the US presidential election comes down to his vote.
It looks like Costner is on Tin Cup form. Could be the sleeper hit of the summer.
Check out the newly released poster:
Sources: Swing Vote and Joblo
6. If you're looking forward to Death Race 3000 then you'll be pretty happy with this news: Universal Pictures has moved the release of the film from a late September slot to August 22. Paul W.S. Anderson's remake stars Jason Statham and Joan Allen.
Source: Coming Soon
7. The Polish poster for The X-Files: I Want to Believe has been released and it looks... strange. It kind of looks like a direct-to-DVD cover. Considering the low key marketing on this I was expecting something great.
It also looks like it's been made up of most of the stills that have been released so far.
What do you think?
Source: XFilesnews.com
That's all folks for another week, see you at the movies!
Why would anyone wanna see Dennis Quaid in yet another movie? They only hire him when they can't get one of the A list boys.
That's not the final version of the Polish XF2 poster. That is an unfinished version that was never supposed to be released. They are supposedly fixing it.
It's a shame that you think Viggo would ruin the Dances With Wolves sequel since he was the actor that the author, Michael Blake, envisioned in the role in the first place. He wrote Dances With Wolves as a wedding present for Viggo and his then wife, Exene Cervenka. Costner and his co-producer nixed the idea. He wanted the role himself.
Wow, I love Dennis Quaid.
Wow Donna, now THERE'S a bit of trivia I'd never heard! :-) And I'm a fan of Dennis Quaid from way back - I always found him to be a charming actor who could take on a tough guy role.
Vic
I'm very happy that Donna has pointed out this extraordinary fact about the film being written for Viggo and Xene. I already knew and was suitably exasperated that you thought Viggo would ruin it! It shows how little you know of his nature.
It's like all things that are commented on; research before you speak.
I can't stand Kevin Costner after the "happy ending" he gave himself on his honeymoon! The poor masseuse was fired and Costner tried to keep his name out of the papers, but the Judge said no go to his request. What man holds a woman's wrist so she can't escape and pleasures himself? And Costner lied to the media he didn't do it and allowed the poor woman to loose her job? Everyone should boycott Costner movies! The man has no moral decency.
Kate,
I'm not too certain that the events depicted in the media are true and accurate.
A lot of things are brought into the public domain as a way of getting money and attention, and I don't feel that the story is 100% factual.
Niall
The story is factual events and Kevin Costner has never "denied" the wrong doing, only skirted around it with his publicist saying the dispute is between Herb Kholer (owner of the golf resort where the incident took place) and the masseuse... Costner would have absolutely, in very clear terms denied the events if they were not true. The masseuse went to the tribunal to get her "back wages" for her unfair firing, which she received in full. I lost all respect for Kevin Costner and I would never pay one cent to see one of his movies again. We as a society need to ban together and say sexual violence against women (even if you're rich, famous and handsome) is not acceptable.
