-Director Joe Carnahan hasn't had an easy time of it lately.
George Clooney has backed out of his starring role for the crime drama, "White Jazz", as first reported in Entertainment Weekly.
The indie project, based on James Ellroy's novel of the same name, was supposed to begin production in early 2008. With 2 exits in the last week, on the film---I wonder what this will do to that schedule?
"It just simply came down to scheduling. George continues to believe in the project and in Joe" says Clooney's producing partner, Grant Heslov.
And if the casting issues weren't enough...it gets worse.
Originally set for roll out by Warner Independent Pictures, a spokesperson now says, the film had dropped off its slate.
-Ugh! Yet another horror remake is on the way...
Producer David Kirschner told ShockTillYouDrop.com this past weekend that he is working on a remake of a popular movie of his - the 1988 horror flick "Child's Play" which introduced the world to the killer doll Chucky which beget four increasingly bad sequels.
"We're discussing it with Don Mancini, who has written all of them with us from the beginning. The next one we're going to do is we're going back and remaking the first one and even pushing it further and making a very terrifying version of the first one, which is pretty scary as it is"
Will they use the same script?
"I think it would be pretty close to it, that's for sure, but there's some other things that we're exploring also, and some twists that we don't want the audience to expect."
A director has not yet been considered, but he does confirm that it'll be an animatronic doll, not a computer generated or motion capture effect.
I thought the original was saved from being a total loss--thanks to the performance of Catherine Hicks (pictured)...
-Writer-director Diablo Cody and "Transformers" cutie, actress Megan Fox are teaming for FoxAtomic's upcoming comedic supernatural thriller "Jennifer's Body", according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The story follows a cheerleader with a perfect life who becomes the girl from hell when she gets possessed and begins killing boys in a small town. Her best friend must then find a way to stop her.
Atomic is hoping to make the project happen before the possible writers strike and Fox is currently in negotiations to star.
Her body of work makes Fox (pictured) the perfect choice for the flick--Whoo-hoo!
Will there be more Bourne after all?
--Matt Damon, director Paul Greengrass and, even the studio has said at one time said that "The Bourne Ultimatum" would be the last film of the series... For his part, Damon seems to have changed his mind while out doing interviews for Ocean's Thirteen release in Japan.
"Personally, the character means a lot to me because the character has done so much for my career. You know, it put me in the position where I have a lot more choices of kind of movies I want to make" [not to mention all that $$$] he told Reuters.
"If Paul Greengrass were, maybe years down the road, was interested in doing another one, then I would do it, too. I don't think either of us completely put the character to bed yet."
Hmm...What a difference a few months makes eh, Matt?
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