 | | After finishing his $75 million ‘Red Cliff’ this year, John Woo will go back in time and direct ‘1949.’ It will be a $40 Chinese romance taking place at the end of WWII. John Woo, who made it big with ‘A Better Tomorrow’ and directed box office hits like ‘Face/Off’ and ‘Mission: Impossible II,’ will begin shooting at the end of this year in China and Taiwan.
The script is written by Wang Hui-ling, who also wrote last year’s ‘Lust, Caution’ and fantasy hit ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ for Ang Lee.
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May 20th, 2008 at 8:05 am
‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ isn’t even out yet, but George Lucas is already hinting at a possible fifth movie in the series. “I haven’t even told Steven or Harrison this, but I have an idea to make Shia [LeBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out,” Lucas said.
“And it’s not like Harrison is even old. I mean, he’s 65 and he did everything in this movie. The old chemistry is there, and it’s not like he’s an old man. He’s incredibly agile; he looks even better than he did 20 years ago, if you ask me.” That’s stretching it George. But with the new ‘Indiana Jones’ movie’s tracking numbers indicating a record breaking opening, another movie is a given.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:33 am
 | | Actor Laurence Fishburne will direct his second feature called ‘The Alchemist’ next summer. The $60 million project is based on the book by Paulo Coelho, which sold over 65 million copies in 150 territories. Harvey Weinstein’s Weinstein Co. picked up all the rights earlier this year, while the movie had been in development at Warner Bros. for years.
“This is one of those great turnaround situations. The book means so much to people on a spiritual level, and there is an exciting love story, action,” Weinstein said.
No, it wouldn’t be a Weinstein movie without some proper action.
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May 19th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Jon Favreau had some interesting remarks about ‘Iron Man 2′ on the Howard Stern show. First Stern managed to pull out the fact Jon Favreau got $4 million for directing ‘Iron Man’ plus a percentage of the movies’ profit. And secondly, Favreau still hasn’t signed on for part two. None of the actors have been officially confirmed either.
“They’ve all signed for three but it doesn’t work that way,” Favreau said. When a movie beats all expectations, contracts don’t mather anymore according to Favreau. He is basically saying the deals made before ‘Iron Man’ are now old, because the movie is making loads of money. He’s right, you don’t want to piss off Robert Downey Jr. at this point. But a contract is a contract. Even Edward Norton had to do ‘The Italian Job’ after signing a three picture deal before. Maybe Favreau is also looking for a bigger paycheck himself?
May 15th, 2008 at 11:50 am
