Film ON AIR

The third episode is here with:

• Body of Lies by Ridley Scott with Russell Crowe and Leonardo Dicaprio
• Notorious BIG
• The Religulous documentary
• Bollywood
• The Quantum of Solace theme
• Jack Black
• A Tale of Two Sisters remake
• And Megan Fox in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

Director Craig Gillespie and ‘Fracture’ star Ryan Gosling are getting back together to make ‘The Dallas Buyers Club.’ They previously worked on ‘Lars and the Real Girl,’ a quirky drama with mixed reactions.

The new script sounds promising though. It’s the real life story of Ron Woodroof, who was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986 and was told he had another 6 months to live. Not willing to give up just yet, he smuggled in alternative drugs. Not only for himself, but also for other patients. In the end, Woodroof lived another 6 years instead of months.

The project has been in the works at Universal for several years. At one point, Brad Pitt was about to star with Marc Forster, who is currently busy with ‘Quantum of Solace,’ directing. Naturally, producer David Bushell can’t wait to start production. “This is about one man’s enduring spirit to live and the effect his actions had on others, even if his actions didn’t start out entirely as altruistic. ‘Lars and the Real Girl’ showed Craig’s ability to take offbeat, almost dangerous characters and make you want to bring them home for dinner, and Ryan stirs the deepest emotions with every performance,” he promoted.

After Amy Winehouse, the ‘Quantum of Solace’ creators have now approached Beyonce to sing the always popular Bond theme. Amy Winehouse’s spokesman confirmed “She didn’t like the track they were working on and felt it was the wrong thing to get involved in.“

John Barry, who made the well known ‘Dr. No’ theme song, is also involved. He was surprised when his music was so frequently used in the 1962 movie, since his payment for the job was rather unsubstantial. But it turned out quite well for the now 74 year old composer. He composed the music for another 11 Bond movies after ‘Dr. No.’

Jake Gyllenhaal is going to star in the $150 million ‘Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.’ The game adaptation will be directed by Mike Newell, who also directed ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.’ Gemma Arterton, who’ll also be seen in ‘Quantum of Solace’ this year, has signed for the action adventure too.

The big budget project is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney, with production starting this summer. It really seems like Hollywood is more eager to make movies out of games these days than the other way around.