Sunday, October 21, 2007

Headlines, Rumors And Legends

--Even as strike talks are set to resume tomorrow....The WGA backs strike authorization by a pretty big margin....

-Variety and the other industry trades report:

David Benioff will pen the untitled Kurt Cobain (pictured) biopic project that's being developed.




Details of the project about the Nirvana front man are still are in the early stages of being worked out. it is What the narrative would be and how Nirvana music will fit into it is still to be determined.

That said, the Cobain biography "Heavier Than Heaven by Charles R. Cross will most likely serve as a key blueprint.

Cobain helped bring about the age of grunge rock, and like so many before him the resulting fame led to struggles with drug addiction and eventual suicide in 1994.

Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, is serving as an executive producer on the flick.


-I have a question for you...

Is director Bryan Singer planning to bring back General Zod (Terence Stamp pictured) for Superman: Man of Steel...?




--Now that the bridge crew has been cast for JJ Abrams, fans waiting for filming to begin on the new Star Trek movie, are wondering what the interior of the Enterprise will look like...

--Two industry legends are gone:

Film actress Deborah Kerr who died this past week on October 16th 2007 Read the New York Times obituary...

And the last of the Rat Packers Philadelphia's own Joey Bishop died at age 89...

Both of these greats leave behind quite the legacy...

--After a heart-breaking last minute loss in week 6...

Later today: It's a family divided as I'm rooting for the Bears while the rest of the clan cheers on the Philadelphia Eagles ....Windy City Gridiron has a preview of the afternoon action...

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