411 Movies Zone News Report 11.06.02
Posted by Lionel Bohbot on 11.06.2002
Another Jurassic Park. Vegas has set the over/under for number of people eaten at 12. If it's anything like Jaws 4, we're in big trouble.
How much would you bet that if Wynona Ryder goes to jail, she'll get reality TV offers? At least it'll be more enjoyable than Mr. Deeds.
IN TODAY'S REPORT
- Hero
- Jurassic Park 4
- Bond
- The Painted Veil
- Whiteout
- Solaris
- Quick Hits
NEWS, RUMORS AND OPINIONS
Hero:
Asian cinema big shots, Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Maggie Cheung and Donnie Yen are teaming up for a big Crouching Tiger type epic. I even have pictures for you. Chreck out these shots from a Chinese magazine.
I'm just happy it's not a remake of the Dustin Hoffman/Geena Davis yawner.
Jurassic Park 4:
Sam Neill sat down with one of Dark Horizons' readers or spies or something and talked about what we could expect in Jurassic Park 4.
"Yeah, Steven Spielberg and his people are quite busy prepping another one. There is a chance you'll see me in it. I'm as surprised as anyone, because I didn't think there was any way they could get Alan Grant involved again. But they came up with a clever idea. Steven just blew me away with the story....something frightening is happening concerning those dinosaurs that doesn't necessarily bode well for us humans. Scientists never seem to learn."
"You know that feeling when you first saw the original film, and you were so in awe, and felt so swept away and mesmerized by the sheer majesty of it all? I believe this premise has the potential to elicit that same kind of response. Out of all the concepts that've been created for these movies, this is possibly my favorite."
Oh come on Sam, I liked the part in JP3 where the 8 year old boy managed to live with the dinosaurs for god knows how long, yet the professionally trained mercenaries get eaten as soon as they set foot on the island.
The Painted Veil:
Ed Norton and Naomi Watts are set to star in The Painted Veil. Norton plays a missionary doctor in Hong Kong in 1920 who ventures into a region stricken by a cholera outbreak in order to stop an adulterous affair between his wife (Watts) and a diplomat.
Nicole Kidman was originally set to play the part of Norton's wife.
Norton is also producing the film.
Bond:
Pierce Brosnan has told Variety that he'll be back for the 21st Bond movie. In other Bond news, IMDB.com reports that Sean Connery did shoot a cameo for Die Another Day. Connery appeared as Bond's father. IMDB claims that the cameo might be left out of the movie because of an inconsistency with the Ian Fleming novels. There's this little detail about Bond being an orphan in the books.
Whiteout:
Reese Witherspoon has signed on to play a female U.S. Marshall living in Antarctica. Witherspoon's quiet life is disturbed when she's called upon to investigate the first murder on the continent. I'm gonna go watch Fargo now.
Whiteout is a whodunit mystery set in Antarctica and based on the graphic Greg Rucka novels.
Solaris:
20th Century Fox is upset that Solaris got tagged with an 'R' rating. LatinoReview reports that the MPAA decided to give Solaris and 'R' rating because George Clooney shows off his bare ass. Fox plans to appeal the rating. Movies where women only flaunt their asses are usually given a 'PG-13' rating.
What rating would the MPAA give to a Dennis Franz movie?
QUICK HITS
8 Mile: CineMovies.fr has 31 new pictures from Eminem's new movie.
Pac-Man: Pac-Man is heading to the big screen according to the Hollywood Reporter. The video or arcade game to movie genre doesn't have a good track record but this one could be fun. Maybe not.
Passion: Shots of the set used in Mel Gibson's latest movie are up at Sassiweb.
Free Willy: Keiko the whale is being moved from one part of Norway to another. Yahoo Movies have the full article. Eh, it's a slow news day.
BEFORE YOU GO
A couple of things:
1- How in the hell does Rush Hour show up on the Movies Zone poll as Best Movie Franchise and not The Godfather? Rush Hour should go into "Other". The Godfather deserves its own entry, complete with flashing ***** and "VOTE FOR THIS CHOICE" around it.
2- If you want to pick up a nice full season TV show on DVD, I suggest you try out Sports Night. It was only around for about a season and a half on ABC before the morons over there decided to pull it. John Ritter and Jim Belushi have shows on ABC but I guess Sports Night wasn't good enough for the geniuses running that hellhole. We all know what happened to ABC. Incidentally, Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) wrote Sports Night. Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at SportsCenter? Imagine The West Wing with a sports theme.
It's ranked 11th on Amazon's DVD list. Look it up and read the reviews.
