What’s gayer than this picture of Chase Crawford shirtless and wearing a cowboy hat? Well, pretty much nothing except for Chase Crawford being cast in the remake of “Footloose.”
So says The Hollywood Reporter, who have the scoop on the “Gossip Girl” darling taking over the lead from departing BFF and fellow girly boy, Zac Efron.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Tim Burton has chosen Australian actress Mia Wasikowska (pictured above with Xavier Samuel in “September”) to star in his big-screen adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland” for Disney pictures.
According to Liz Smith, Quentin Tarentino is hot to remake the 1966 Russ Meyer soft-porn camp classic, “Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!”
The Original film followed three thrill-seeking strippers who come upon a couple in the desert. After killing the boyfriend, they take the girl hostage and hide out on a secluded ranch owned by a wheelchair-bound redneck farmer and his two dim-witted sons. Trying to locate the man’s hidden fortune, the trio seduce the sons to learn of the secret. Soon after, all hell breaks loose.
Tarentino is said to want Kim Kardashian, Eva Mendes and Britney Spears for the roles and wants his version to be even “raunchier”.
Source: Variety
Sex And The City: The Movie
Above is the first picture of the “Sex and the City” movie, which began shooting this week on the streets on NYC. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon will all be reprising their popular characters for the big-screen version of the hit HBO series.
Eva And Scarlett Ride “The Spirit”
Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson will be joining Samuel L. Jackson and Gabriel Macht for writer/director Frank Miller’s big screen adaptation of Will Eisner’s 1940s comic strip “The Spirit.”
Mendes will play the role of Sand Saref, “a beauty with dangerous curves,” while Johansson has agreed to play Silken Floss, a temptress and accomplice to the film’s villain, The Octopus. (played by Jackson).
The film’s lead role is portrayed by Gabriel Macht, best known for small supporting turns in “The Good Shepherd” and “Behind Enemy Lines.”
The story centers on a detective who fakes his own death so he can fight crime as “The Spirit,” a masked vigilante in a crime-ridden Gotham known as Central City.
Frank Miller says his film adaptation will be a contemporary tale with a “timeless feel.”
“The Spirit” is expected to begin shooting in October in New Mexico with a theatrical release set for 2009.
As if the most beloved horror films of the 70′s and 80′s hadn’t been massacred enough by Hollywood execs in their recent slew of dreadful remakes, MGM announced today it was going to finish the rest off.
Variety reports that MGM will be partnering with Hyde Park Entertainment to produce 12 or more direct-to-DVD projects per year, based on popular film and TV franchises. In other words, nothing will be sacred.
The first project from the demonic alliance to be hacked to pieces, will be one of my favorite films, Brian De Palma’s classic 1980 thriller “Dressed to Kill.” The mess is being written by Rick Alexander, who is also producing a remake of “Conan the Barbarian” for Warner Bros. Yeah sure, why not?
Since these direct-to-DVD releases will undoubtly be scraping the bottom of Hollywood’s D-list for talent, how about casting Sharon Stone as the horny MILF housewife originally played by Angie Dickinson, and Alexis Arquette as the transsexual serial killer. Come to think of it, I’d pay to see that.
At the rate of 12 or more direct-to-DVD productions per year, we should expect MGM to be remaking the recent box-office hit “Disturbia” by this time next year. Oh wait, that’s already a remake of Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” –never mind.
Source: Variety
