“The Soloist” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx in an possible Oscar-bait like film (though we’re hearing zero buzz) has a poster and a featurette. [InContention]
Nicole Kidman is going to star in an “Indiana Jones”-like action film called, “”The Eighth Wonder.” Did the running around on “Australia” go to her head? The idea is to make a “Raiders Of The Lost Ark”-like movie that revitalizes the genre in the same way the ‘Bourne’ franchise breathed new life into the ‘Bond’ series with character driven stories. But with Kidman? This sounds like a bad move. [THR]
Is Toby Mcguire getting paid $50 million dollars to reprise his Spider-Man role for Spidey 4 & 5? Geez, no wonder he took the role even though he’s clearly tired of playing this role. Hello, grandkids tuition and then some! [Film School Rejects]
“Revolutionary Road” starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet gets a poster, but we’ve gotta say, aesethtically, it doesn’t seem to be in the tone of the novel at all. [In Contention]
Bruce Willis is going to make his directorial debut. It’s going to be a three-tiered, interweaving psychological thriller called, “Three Stories About Joan.” File under: we don’t really give a rat’s ass. [Film Catalogue]
Will Val Kilmer be the next Governor of New Mexico? Crazier things have happened. Just look at the State of California. What were they thinking? [The Independent]
“Frost/Nixon” has a poster too, but it sort of looks hilariously serious. We don’t really have a lot of faith in Ron Howard, so color us skeptical about this one.[EW]
Controversy? Last week, “Fifty Dead Man Walking” star Rose McGowan said would have joined the Irish Republican Army had she lived in Belfast during the the troubled time and said she could understand why people in Northern Ireland turned to violence. About the IRA and all the bloodshed split in that time, the producers and director of the film are now distancing themselves from the comments McGowan said during TIFF. “Ms. McGowan’s views were private ones, and as such they greatly saddened the film’s producers,” they said in a statement. The film also stars Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturges. [THR]