It was recently announced that actress Gwyneth Paltrow has signed on for Jon Favreau's film adaptation of the Iron Man comic book... The folks over at IGN have the details:
Paltrow Peps Up Iron ManMarvel Studios announced [on January 17th] that Gwyneth will play Virginia "Pepper" Potts, personal secretary and confidant to Tony Stark in the flick. Downey Jr. stars in the title role as Stark/Iron Man, and Howard plays Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes, Stark's best friend.
The studio explains that Pepper is an invaluable resource to Stark Industries, and one of the few people in Tony's life who can go toe-to-toe with him, occasionally acting as his conscience and working to keep his priorities straight as he secretly defends the world. Below the surface, Marvel says, Tony and Pepper share a deep attraction for one another although neither is willing to admit it.
"Gwyneth is the embodiment of a leading lady. She brings intelligence, poise and an incredible range of talent to this role," said Kevin Feige, President of Production, Marvel Studios. "We could not be more excited about the great chemistry this illustrious cast will bring to Iron Man."
...Iron Man is slated to hit theaters May 2, 2008
As I've said before, the casting for this project is very impressive...
This isn't Palytow's first foray into worlds of the fantastic...I'm just hoping this film turns out better than Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow did. Fingers Firmly Crossed. So far the odds are looking very good that Iron Man will satisfy the masses.
Al Pacino as noted Spanish painter Salvador Dali...So says Michael Fleming of Variety:
Al Pacino will play artist Salvador Dali in "Dali & I: The Surreal Story," with Andrew Niccol directing. Room 9 Entertainment has set a June start date in New York and Spain.
Niccol, who previously directed Pacino in "Simone," is rewriting a John Salvati-scripted adaptation of the Stan Lauryssen book "Dali and I."
Pic's produced by Room 9 partners David O. Sacks, Daniel Brunt and Michael R. Newman, who are coming off "Thank You for Smoking."
The film covers the latter days of Dali and Niccol said that was when the surrealist painter decided to take his career in a most surreal direction. He felt that Pacino understood the subject.
To be honest, Simone was not all that great of a film, certainly not as good as the talent suggested. The Dali project sounds like a better fit for the friends to try on.
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