edonline
05-02-2006, 09:52 AM
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=12031843&src=rss/Entertainment
Jack Black hits "Rewind" for comedy
Tue May 2, 2006 02:15 AM ET
By Gregg Goldstein
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Jack Black is set to star in the eccentric comedy "Be Kind Rewind," playing a junkyard worker whose brain is magnetized, destroying every tape in his friend's video store and forcing the pair to remake the lost films.
Michel Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") will direct the film, which begins a two-month shoot September 6 in New York. It is budgeted under-$20 million.
In the film, Black plays Jerry, a man whose headaches lead him to believe his brain is melting. His brain is magnetized, leading to the unintentional destruction of movies in his friend's store. In order to keep the store's one loyal customer, an elderly lady with signs of dementia, the pair re-creates a long line of films including "The Lion King," "Rush Hour," "Back to the Future" and "Robocop."
Producer Georges Bermann said Gondry wrote a draft in three weeks. Gondry's most recent film was "Dave Chappelle's Block Party." No domestic or international distribution deals have been lined up for the film.
Black returns to theaters June 16 in the Paramount comedy "Nacho Libre."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
Jack Black hits "Rewind" for comedy
Tue May 2, 2006 02:15 AM ET
By Gregg Goldstein
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Jack Black is set to star in the eccentric comedy "Be Kind Rewind," playing a junkyard worker whose brain is magnetized, destroying every tape in his friend's video store and forcing the pair to remake the lost films.
Michel Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") will direct the film, which begins a two-month shoot September 6 in New York. It is budgeted under-$20 million.
In the film, Black plays Jerry, a man whose headaches lead him to believe his brain is melting. His brain is magnetized, leading to the unintentional destruction of movies in his friend's store. In order to keep the store's one loyal customer, an elderly lady with signs of dementia, the pair re-creates a long line of films including "The Lion King," "Rush Hour," "Back to the Future" and "Robocop."
Producer Georges Bermann said Gondry wrote a draft in three weeks. Gondry's most recent film was "Dave Chappelle's Block Party." No domestic or international distribution deals have been lined up for the film.
Black returns to theaters June 16 in the Paramount comedy "Nacho Libre."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter