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| Exclusive: "I Am Sam" pics | March 16, 2000 |
| Source: Joey Baloney Here are some exclusive pictures from your old pal Joey Baloney from the set of the Michelle Pfeiffer/Sean Penn flick I AM SAM (previously SAM I AM). The movie revolves around a mentally challenged man (Penn) who is trying to gain custody of his daughter and his attorney (Pfeiffer) who takes his case pro bono. Check out the shots below:
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| Steven Seagal interview | March 16, 2000 |
| Source: Cinema
Confidential JoBlo claims that EXIT WOUNDS is the kind of movie that you can actually "enjoy", if you go in with low expectations and looking for some great mindless action entertainment. Well, our friends over Cinema Confidential recently nabbed an interview with the star of the film, Steven Seagal (speaking of mindless :), along with co-star Jill Hennessy and producer Joel Silver. |
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| Spider-Man website | March 16, 2000 |
| Source: Spider-Man Hype Media Revolution, the team designing the upcoming SPIDER-MAN website, slipped
some details about the movie's site to Spider-Man Hype. Some of the things you can
expect to see when the site launches on March 23rd are; test footage of Spidey crawling up
a New York City building, a "Behind the Web" section (they're not allowed to
talk about this yet), a members-only section and a sweepstakes. Make sure you head
over to http://www.sony.com/spiderman
next Friday to check all this stuff out. |
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| More MIB:2 cast | March 16, 2000 |
| Source: Hollywood Reporter Is it me, or are they casting Rosario Dawson in just about every movie? The young actress who is gearing up for the release of JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS, has been cast as the female love interest for Will Smith in the upcoming MEN IN BLACK 2. Dawson also has the Eddie Murphy space-comedy PLUTO NASH on the way, as well as a role in Ed Burns' ASH WEDNESDAY. Busy girl. |
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| Crowe vs. Spielberg | March 16, 2000 |
| Source: Coming Attractions It looks like Steven
Spielberg is hopping mad that he may have to push back the start of MINORITY REPORT
because Tom Cruise is tied up with the overdue VANILLA SKY. Cameron Crowe's film
"has a far way to go" before it's finished and Spielberg is anxious to wrap
production on REPORT before the potential strikes in July. But reports from the set
of SKY say that this isn't Crowe's fault, but that Cruise has been reclusive, at best,
since his divorce from wife Nicole Kidman. Spielberg may also be upset that Crowe
took VANILLA SKY to Paramount instead of sticking with ALMOST FAMOUS' distributor
DreamWorks. |
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| Exclusive: "Gangs of New York" pics! | March 15, 2000 |
| Source: Joey Baloney Joey Baloney got his grubby little hands on a whole boatload of pics today and he's just itching to share them with ya. Take a look at these pictures from the Martin Scorcese crime-drama GANGS OF NEW YORK, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and Daniel Day-Lewis. Check them out below:
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| Exclusive: "America's Sweethearts" pics! | March 15, 2000 |
| Source: Joey Baloney Here's a few more pics for you, because you asked so nicely. Included in this bunch are shots of Catherine Zeta-Jones on the set of AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS. The comedy also stars Billy Crystal, Julia Roberts, and John Cusack and revolves around two Hollywood stars (Zeta-Jones and Cusack) who were once lovers and are now forced to promote a movie they filmed together despite their obvious animosity towards each other. Check 'em out:
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| Apes shocking ending revealed!! | March 15, 2000 |
| Source: About Well, not quite. But star Michael Clarke Duncan chatted up possible PLANET OF THE APES endings with About.com and revealed director Tim Burton's plans for a major shocker. The burly actor said that Burton has shot about four or five different endings (one of them most likely has to do with that mysterious APES filming in Washington, DC) and picked the best one. Duncan said he does know what the final ending will be but did add "I wish I could tell you, but it is so good. Take my word for it. You will not believe it." Hopefully they'll add the unseen endings to the DVD. |
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| L.A. Confidential 2? | March 15, 2000 |
| Source: Coming Soon James Ellroy , who wrote the novels LA CONFIDENTIAL and THE BLACK DAHLIA among others, is set to begin writing his first ever work directly for the screen. The original screenplay, entitled 77, is described as a complementary piece to LA CONFIDENTIAL. The plot will follow "two events from May 1974 -- the unsolved murder of Los Angeles police officer Mike Edwards and the nationally televised shootout in South Central Los Angeles between the LAPD and the Symbionese Liberation Army, as they exchanged more than 50,000 rounds of gunfire. The story will unfold through the eyes of a pair of police partners, one black and one white." There is no word, as of yet, if there are any directors or actors attached to the project. |
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| Hogan's Heroes movie? | March 15, 2000 |
| Source: Reel Not a movie
based on the TV show but one based on the life of one of its more interesting cast
members. Jeffrey Wells is reporting that a biopic based on the life of HOGAN'S
HEROES star Bob Crane is in the works with Greg Kinnear close to signing a deal to play
the late star. The movie, tentatively titled AUTO-FOCUS, will be produced by Larry
Karaszewski and Scott Alexander (of ED WOOD and THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT fame) and will
be written and directed by Paul Schrader. The plot will focus on Crane and his
off-set homosexual relationship with a man named John Carpenter (not THE John
Carpenter!)
which ultimately ended in his mysterious death for which Carpenter was suspected but never
convicted. |
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| The Schmoes' Top 39 Movie Moments! | March 14, 2000 |
| Here, for your reading pleasure are the Movie Moments voted by you as #’s 39-30 (check out #49-40 lower on this page). 39) The Stonehenge debacle (THIS IS SPINAL TAP) – This scene, reportedly based on a 1984 Black Sabbath tour where the stones were so large they couldn’t fit into the arenas, and its hilariously underwhelming 18-inch recreation of Stonehenge is easily one of the most memorable scenes in this groundbreaking mockumentary from director Rob Reiner. The film didn’t manage to make much noise at the box office, but wound up on almost every critic’s top ten list at the end of the year making a cult classic that has stood the test of time.38) Clifford Worley goes out with style (TRUE ROMANCE) – This is really a battle of the badasses. You’ve got Dennis Hopper facing off against Christopher Walken and in the end Walken wins, but c’mon, you’ve got to give it to Hopper for going out in style. How many people would have the balls to tell a racist Mafioso that his relatives were raped by black people? I would’ve folded like a cheap suit and sold Clarence and Alabama out after that one quick punch to the nose. Great actors, great dialogue and a great scene. 37) Yippee-ki-yea Mutherfucker! (DIE HARD) – An action film that changed that way action films were made. Ever since DIE HARD, every action film was described as DIE HARD on a boat, on a plane, on a sub, or wherever the action took place. This film was also one of the first to feature a really popular catchphrase (along with "I’ll be back") that resulted in producers forcing one-liners in their movies in the hopes of creating another memorable "Yippee-ki-yea". Didn’t work, but it sure made Bruce Willis a star. 36) "ET, phone home…" (ET) – When ET first popped out of the cornfield at the beginning of the movie, I almost crapped my pants. I was a tender five years of age and I remember my mother feeding me Hershey’s Kisses trying to get me to shut up. But somewhere along the way, I turned around again in my seat and by the time ET uttered his trademark line "ET, phone home" I was crying a different kind of tears. ET still kinda scares me, though. 35) Lloyd Dobbler holds up a boombox to Diane Court’s window (SAY ANYTHING) – So memorable they put it on the cover of the video (still no DVD…bastards!). This scene works because it’s something we’ve all done. As a teenager (and often as an adult) you’re not always adept at saying exactly what you feel. But through music, you can say everything you’ve always wanted to say but never had the courage or wherewithal to say on your own. So when he can’t quite get through to his love, Lloyd takes his boombox and holds it as high above his head as he can and blasts Peter Gabriel’s "In Your Eyes." I don’t really even like that song but it was just magic in the context of the scene. 34) The Cruise/Nicholson showdown (A FEW GOOD MEN) – Daniel Kaffee knows that if he goes directly for Col. Jessup, he’ll crack. The question is whether or not he’s got the balls enough to do it. He could risk his career and potentially wind up in jail. But there’s no way Jessup is going down without a fight, especially to some Navy boy in his "faggoty white uniform." Nicholson lost the Oscar to Gene Hackman (UNFORGIVEN) but this is the performance that no one can forget. 33) Commodus confronts Maximus at the Coliseum (GLADIATOR) – "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." Hell, yeah!! You could just feel the adrenaline pumping throughout your body during this scene (and many others) as you began to realize this wasn’t your average action movie. Honestly, how often do "action" movies get nominated for 12 Academy Awards? Not often. 32) Roy Neary’s playing with his food (CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND) – After a mysterious experience in his truck, Roy Neary, played to a tee by Richard Dreyfuss, starts having weird visions and hearing five musical notes over and over again. His obsession begins to take a turn for the worse during dinner one night, when he begins to sculpt his mashed potatoes into an odd looking object. The look on Dreyfuss’ face is priceless, with the tongue half sticking out and all. 31) The Chief suffocates McMurphy and escapes (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST) – He doesn’t say much the entire movie, just kinda standing around. But the sight of an electro-shocked Jack Nicholson is too much for this Indian Chief to bear. Grabbing a pillow and smothering the life out of a vegetable of a man just seems like exactly what McMurphy would’ve wanted. Then he finally rips that water fountain out, puts it through a window and he’s gone. Powerful stuff. 30) Ted Stroehmann gets his manhood caught in a zipper (THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY) – I wish the first time I had seen this movie I was able to hear the dialogue in this scene. But the laughter in the theater was so loud you couldn’t hear a damn thing. A hilarious scene that spawned a whole bunch of rip-offs and took the careers of Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz and the Farrelly Brothers to a whole new level. Just the thought of Mary’s father asking, "Is it the frank or the beans?" still cracks me up.Stay tuned for numbers 29-20! |
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| Hayek, Norton, Rush, Judd and more... | March 14, 2000 |
| Source: Coming Attractions Oscar-nominated actor Geoffrey Rush has joined the cast of the
Frida Kahlo biopic, FRIDA, as good ole Leon Trotsky. He joins Salma Hayek who plays the
title role, her dude Edward Norton, Antonio Banderas, Ashley Judd and Alfred Molina in the
story of Kahlo, a Mexican painter and her relationship with Diego Rivera (Banderas). The
film will be directed by Julie Taymor who previously directed the Broadway version of THE
LION KING. Word on the street is that this may include some more lesbian scenes for
Salma… |
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| Williams joins Pacino | March 14, 2000 |
| Source: Variety Maybe it's because he’s still thinking about BICENTENNIAL MAN. Robin Williams
is set to join Al Pacino and Hilary Swank in the thriller INSOMNIA. The film will be
directed by Christopher Nolan, hot off his expected success with MEMENTO (I still
haven’t seen this yet…hint, hint…*cough*sendmeapromocopy*cough*) and should
start filming in April. Williams will play a killer trying to blackmail Pacino into
pinning his crimes on a poor innocent soul. I’ve got to give Robin credit for at
least trying to dig his way out of those terrible films he’s been stuck in
lately. Did you hear that Arnold? Mel? Anyone?? |
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| Clint's Mystic River | March 14, 2000 |
| Source: Hollywood Reporter Mr. Clint Eastwood has signed on to direct the movie MYSTIC RIVER based on the
book with the same name by Dennis Lehane. Here’s a little write-up on the plot; it
revolves around "three childhood friends called Sean, Jimmy and Dave. Their
relationship ends when one of the boys is kidnapped. Twenty-five years later, the men are
reunited and become linked by a murder investigation after Jimmy's oldest daughter is
killed." Currently there are no stars yet attached to the project. |
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| Dogma DVD release date | March 14, 2000 |
| Source: News Askew The long delayed DOGMA Special Edition DVD has finally gotten a release date. Unfortunately it’s about four months away on June 26th. Apparently no highlight of the disc will change from what has been previously reported. Let’s just hope they don’t delay this date too. Kevin Smith’s JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK hits theaters a week and half later on August 10th. |
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| Puddy joins MIB:2 | March 13, 2000 |
| Source: About.com In a interview with About.com, Patrick
Warburton, from the
upcoming live-action TICK TV show and probably best known as Puddy from
SEINFELD, revealed
he has been offered the role as Will Smith’s sidekick in MEN IN BLACK 2. The actor
says that director Barry Sonnenfeld (who is producing THE TICK) approached him about
taking on the role of "Will Smith’s first partner since Tommy Lee Jones"
while filming their television show. Warburton will start filming the role this summer and
producers are eyeing a July 3rd, 2002 release date. |
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| Gwyneth's getting fat | March 13, 2000 |
| Source: Empire Online I know this sounds more like a headline you’d expect to read on the National Enquirer but it’s probably not what you think. Gwyneth has joined the cast of the Farrelly Brothers’ next directorial effort SHALLOW HAL (also starring Jack Black and Garry Shandling) and will play a not-so-slim love interest. Bobby Farrelly spoke of the film in a recent interview: "Hal (Black) is this incredibly shallow guy…later he meets a hypnotist who puts a spell on him and he begins to see the inner beauty of people. He meets this girl who everyone else sees as rather unattractive. But he sees Gwyneth Paltrow, because she's such a wonderful person on the inside, and he falls madly in love with her. Then the spell gets lifted, and what we do here is put Gwyneth in a big prosthetic suit like Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor. She's this big fat girl and he has to decide whether he still loves her for who she is." Farrelly also revealed that they’re shooting for a PG-13, unlike their usual raunchy fare. In other Gwyneth news, did anyone catch Inside the Actor’s Studio on Sunday? Is she cute or what?? |
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| Bratt skips "Instinct" for "Abandon" | March 13, 2000 |
| Source: Cinescape Mr. Julia Roberts, Benjamin Bratt, has moved on rather quickly after being unceremoniously dropped for consideration to co-star in BASIC INSTINCT 2. The actor has signed on to star in ABANDON with Katie Holmes for first-time director Stephen Gaghan, who wrote TRAFFIC. ABANDON revolves around a student (Holmes) with recurring visions of a late boyfriend leading her to believe she may have had something to do with his mysterious disappearance. Bratt will take on the role of a detective working on the case. Filming is scheduled to begin in April in Montreal. No word on whether Katie Holmes will whip out those beautiful cans again, but here’s to hoping. |
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| Planet of the Abes | March 13, 2000 |
| Source: Movie Headlines Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin’s biography on Abraham
Lincoln hasn’t even been published yet, and DreamWorks has already snatched up the
film rights. The film version of the book (which looks like it won’t be published
until late 2002) may be directed by the Beard himself, Steven Spielberg. DreamWorks paid
an "undisclosed sum" for the rights to the book which will focus on Honest
Abe’s years as President (161-1865). |
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| The "Knight Rider" movie |
March 12, 2000 |
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Source: Cinescape David Hasselhoff participated in an
online chat a few days back, where he revealed that there was a
feature film based on his hit television show, KNIGHT RIDER, in the
works. Here's the word on the plot from the man himself;
"Michael will be brought "out of retirement after being
frozen, because he was injected with a fatal poison. Devon, who is now
the great-great-grandniece of Devon, Michael's boss and mentor, is now
running the Foundation for Law and Government, which is called FLAG.
She, with her new partner (a very young Michael Knight type), will
team up with the original Michael Knight and the new K.I.T.T. to carry
on what will be the Knight Rider 3000 in the future." |
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| THE TOP 49 MOVIE MOMENTS! |
March 12, 2000 |
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Source: Joey Baloney Well, the votes are in and the tallying
is done. If you're asking why there are only 49 Movie Moments, it's
because at the end of the counting about a hundred films were tied
with two votes. And to try to pick one out of all of them was just
gonna be too difficult. So we left it at that. But here are moments
number 49-40 with installments of ten coming through the rest
of the coming week or so. All ties were broken by JoBlo staffers but
remember folks...these are your picks! So if you don't like them, take
it up with your fellow man on
the boards. And keep in mind, I don't necessarily agree with all
these choices and in some rare cases, haven't even seen the movie. So
be nice to me. 43) An empty plastic bag, twirls around and around...(AMERICAN BEAUTY) - A strange young boy captures the image of an empty plastic bag stuck in a mini-tornado twirling around and around in the autumn wind. What a beautiful image and a powerful metaphor for Lester Burnham and the doomed life he was leading. Just think of this playing back on that grainy videotape and picture Ricky Fitts saying "sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in." Now that's beautiful. 42) Carrie's hand reaches of the ground (CARRIE) - I was wearing my popcorn at the end of this one. I had figured the movie was all but over and I thought, "OK, that was pretty cool." And then the hand of a dead Carrie White thrust from the ground and grabbed Amy Irving and I jumped about twenty feet in the air. Regardless of the fact that it was only a dream, it remains a creepy end to a really creepy movie. 41) I'm having chestpains... (ALIEN) - Every one is sitting around enjoying a meal while poor Kane is trying to recuperate from having some sort of alien parasite stuck to his face. Then he begins to cringe. And scream. And the rest of the crew is looking on with the same face that the audience wears as a small alien breaks through the poor man's chest and scampers away. After watching this, I thought long and hard every time I had a stomach ache. 40) Howard Beale breaks down on
air (NETWORK) - Just one line sums
this scene up. A wet, deranged news anchor is looking into a camera to
all the viewers watching stunned at home, pleading with them to join
him screaming "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this
anymore!" A classic line from a classic movie and a moment
that anyone who has ever scene cannot forget. |
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| And the SAG winners are... |
March 12, 2000 |
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Source: E! Online The Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) awards were presented last night and here are all of the winners:
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| Kevin Smith's "Green Arrow" movie? |
March 12, 2000 |
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Source: FilmForce Whether writer/director Kevin Smith
will be involved in the film version is one thing, but producers in
Hollywood are taking notice of Smith's sellout run writing GREEN ARROW
and are already in negotiations to bring his version to the screen.
Warner Bros. owns DC Comics so one would imagine that the WB would be
involved in one way or another with any version of the comic book.
Unfortunately, Kevin Smith doesn't have a whole lot of luck getting
comics made into movies (i.e., SUPERMAN LIVES, PREACHER). |
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| "Jay & Silent Bob" set reports |
March 12, 2000 |
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Source: News Askew The ever-exhaustive Kevin Smith site, News Askew, has posted a boatload of new information regarding the director's upcoming JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK. Included is a detailed set report with absolutely no spoilers (these tidbits will be added when the release date grows closer) as well as some pretty nifty on-set pics. Also, be sure to check out their ShoWest information which includes a preliminary poster put together by Miramax and a shot of the film's official logo. |
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| J. Jonah Jameson info |
March 12, 2000 |
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Source: AICN AICN has posted a report from a Hastings, New York newspaper that features an interview with actor JK Simmons, who will be portraying J. Jonah Jameson in the upcoming SPIDER-MAN movie. The article also includes a picture of the actor almost in character. He is sporting the trademark moustache and sneer but missing is the wig and fake teeth. Simmons says, "he's got a mouth full of square white teeth." As for his voice, he says "basically, it'll be loud...Sam (Raimi) said no heavy New York dialects." Check out his picture below:
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| Ang Lee wins Director's Award |
March 12, 2000 |
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Source: Associated Press Director Ang Lee, who will soon be
taking over the reigns of the film adaptation of THE HULK, won the
highly predictive Directors Guild of America award for the film
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Lee beat out colleagues Ridley Scott
(GLADIATOR), Cameron Crowe (ALMOST FAMOUS) and Steven Soderbergh
(TRAFFIC and ERIN BROCKOVICH). The winner of the DGA award has gone on
to win the Best Director Academy Award all but four times in 53 years.
Lee also won the Golden Globe. |
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