Lots of industry bits to get to...
*Christopher Eccleston will play John Lennon in yet another biopic of the famed singer called "Naked Lennon" written by Robert Jones reports Variety.
Set between 1967 and 1971, the film deals with the end of Lennon's first marriage to Cynthia Yoko Ono coming into his life, the death of manager Brian Epstein and The Beatles bitter end
*José María Yazpik has been cast in both "El Atentado" and Buried says The Hollywood Reporter.
*Dirk Benedict, who played Facemank in the original "The A-Team" television series, has a cameo in the upcoming movie says Cinematical
*Robert Downey Jr. has been very involved in the scripting process of both Iron Man flicks says Yahoo UK
*A recent tweet has the online media speculating about just what Andy and Larry Wachowski/Lana Wachowski are up to. CHUD and Cinematical have their ideas
*Robert Duvall told Collider that he is tipped to play the lead in Terry Gilliam’s resurrected project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. though Gilliam is still currently getting financing together on the project.
*Peter Berg says once he's finished Battleship, his next project will be "Lone Survivor". Hancock 2 on hold for now via HitFix.
*Production Weekly says that Michelle Williams is in talks to play Marilyn Monroe in Simon Curtis‘ "My Week With Marilyn". She replaces Scarlett Johansson.
*Stan Lee confirms his Thor cameo
*Dennis Iliadis is no longer attached to remake The Birds says BloodyD
*Tom Hardy confirmed to MTV that while he did audition for George Miller's "Mad Max: Fury Road", it was an anonymous read and so he hasn't had a conversation at all about what role he would play if he were cast.
*Paul Reubens talks of his alter ego Pee-wee Herman's comeback to MTV
*The voice cast of Zebediah DeSoto's 3-D CG animated zombie flick "Night of the Living Dead: Origins" has rounded out says The Hollywood Reporter.
*Kevin Smith's buddy cop comedy "A Couple of Dicks" has a new title that will be announced soon.
The first trailer for the film will be attached to every copy of "Sherlock Holmes" when it hits theatres Christmas Day.
He says via Twitter that this is "not MY movie, [its] a movie I was hired to direct"...
*Studio Chief Mary Parent says that the upcoming "Red Dawn" remake will play like "a live-action Call of Duty" via RiskyBiz
*Nimród Antal says folks are in for a "very pleasant surprise" referring to the upcoming franchise reboot "Predators" via ComingSoon..
*Lance Henriksen will appear in the upcoming "Alien Vs. Predator based game as Karl Bishop Weyland, a descendant of Charles Bishop Weyland, the founder of the infamous Weyland-Yutani corporation. The game is scheduled for a February 2010 release for various platforms says ComingSoon
*Producer Wyck Godfrey talks about adapting the hit video game "Gears of War" for the big screen to Making Of
*The Weinstein Company wants a new angle for the next "Halloween. with the project open to pitches. Patrick Lussier was previously attached to helm "Halloween III-D", no word as yet on what he wants to do...via ComingSoon
*The 3-D sequel "Resident Evil: Afterlife" has been pushed back several months from August 2010 to a January 14th 2011 release. via ComingSoon.
*Scott Stewart's adaptation of Priest has been moved up two months from October to August 27th says BloodyD
*Garth Jennings tells The Playlist that he has completed two film scripts he hopes to get to work on soon. First is an animated film for which the script is completely done, the other is a "live action epic" that is still being worked on. Both are described as "gigantic labors of love". Funding however is proving a problem in these tough times.
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