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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:06 am Post subject: Disney's Alice In Wonderland Remake
Disney is apparently in the planning stages for a remake of the classic Alice in Wonderland...
Does this one need to be remade? Well, if you were going to remake it, who would you want to work on it?
How about Tim Burton.... Yup, Disney and Burton have signed a two movie deal... First, Burton will do a remake of Alice in Wonderland, apparently as a motion-capture motion picture (like Beowulf, but in a different style)... Does this mean we might get to see Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter? SWEET!!!
I love this idea, Tim is the only one out there that can pull something like this off, with this material... Is he going to lean more towards the original story (which would be awesome) or more toward the original movie...
The second movie is going to be a full length remake of Burton's cult classic, Frankenweenie... Also in filmed by motion-capture...
But what is even cooler.... Digital 3-D!!! Both pics will be available in Digital 3-D, I am so glad the AMC at DTD does Digital 3-D...
This sounds awesome to me.... As long as Danny Elfman is doing the music for Alice, then I would be doubly excited....
What do you guys think? _________________ Up or Down North, South, East, or West An Adventurer's Life is Best!
The wacky out there quality of the Alice story is right up his alley. And he will be great at bringing out the "dark" quality of the original story. Or at least adding more of it.
Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts maybe...?
I'm not a big fan of this idea. For a few reasons.
First, I've never been that thrilled with Alice in Wonderland as a story. Although honestly I should re-attempt to read it to give it a fair shake
Second, I never was really a fan of the first movie, probably due to reason 1 above.
Third, Disney himself regretted making the original due to all the heat he took from the Alice purists out there. In fact that is where he said he would never try and do a classic story again.
That said, the stories he went on to do are now all classics, but classics in his version as opposed to the original.
Still it is a diverse world. If others like this great, more power to em.
onecutemoose Bouncing Between Wonderland & Neverland
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:15 am Post subject:
I read about this a few days ago and have been mulling over the idea. lice is one of my favorite characters...Disney and literature. Burton may not always have been my favorite for films, but I appreciate his style and over the years I seek to see his work because it is unique and offers a lot to the viewer to take in.
I'm excited about it. Whether I like it as much or not as the Disney animated feature seems to be a bit beside the point...it is a completely different product to be assessed as such.
I'd love to see the story stick quite closely to the novel as there are many aspects there I enjoy so very much. I do believe it will be "darker"....but seriously--it's Tim Burton!
Until then, I'll take in Sweeny Todd and read my copy of Alice by the fire listening to UAB!
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:18 pm Post subject:
AICN is reporting (reposting a MSN NEWS Latin America article) that Johnny Depp has signed on to play the Mad Hatter for this 3D project:
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Johnny Depp to be The Mad Hatter in Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND!!!
Hey folks Harry here with perfect casting - Now - if we could get Javier Bardem as the Queen of Hearts. That's probably just me. But it'd freak the world out and he'd be astonishing as the Queen of Hearts.
Actor Johnny Depp was chosen to play "Mad Hatter" in Tim Burton's version of "Alice in Wonderland". Burton was hired by Disney studios to make the 3D version if Lewis Carrol's classic. Depp is the second confirmed cast member. Australian Mia Wasikowska will play Alice.
Of course, who didn't see this coming.... Now, we just need a little Danny Elfman music and it will have the trifecta! _________________ Up or Down North, South, East, or West An Adventurer's Life is Best!
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:24 am Post subject:
Disney had a big party yesterday and announced several new movie projects, including Race to Witch Mountain, Wild Hogs 2, National Treasure 3, A Christmas Carol, Tron 2, Prince of Persia, Cars 2, Cars Toon, Princess & the Frog, Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and The Lone Ranger...
Some of those are new projects (WH2, NT3, Ranger, etc...)...
Here is a recap from AICN:
A Big Report From Yesterday's Disney Shindig: NATIONAL TREASURE 3, WILD HOGS 2, Depp as Tonto, PIRATES 4, TR2N, And More!!
Merrick here...
Electric Dreams, who has sent us some rather juicy material in the past, dropped us a line about yesterday's event with Disney Studios chairman nostril Cook.
So just got back from attending the Walt Disney Showcase that the company throws for partnering agencies and media and had some big news to reveal.
1st a recap.
nostril Cook the President of the Motion Picture Division spent the day teasing upcoming films for 2009 thru 2011, and with it came a barrage of celebs who he welcomed to the stage to further make the announcement sweeter, here are some examples;
RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN - Dwayne Johnson appeared, talked about the film.
WILD HOGS 2: Bachelor Ride - Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H Macy all reunited as they pulled on stage on Harleys.
HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE - Bily Ray and Miley showed up and Miley performed a new song from the soundtrack of this film.
NATIONAL TREASURE 3, SORCERER'S APPRENTICE, G-FORCE - Jerry Bruckheimer and Nic Cage sat with Cook and announced they were going ahead w/ these film, we even saw a trailer for G-Force.
CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC - Isla Fisher made an appearance.
THE PROPOSAL - Sandra Bullock (leaving nostril Cook quite star-struck) came by.
DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Robert Zemeckis & Jim Carrey talked about making the film.
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 - Kenny Ortega & the Cast came on stage and showed a teaser montage for the movie.
BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA - George Lopez and Papi the Chihuahua chatted it up w/ nostril
They showed the TRON 2 trailer (and everyone went nuts), the same that was shown at Comic Con and nostril said it was for sure a go.
A great SURROGATES trailer & a montage to music of PRINCE OF PERSIA recent dailies wowed the audience, but no appearance by Bruce Willis or Jake Gylenhal.
A teaser of art/concept drawings were shown of Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", and nostril officially announced Johnny Depp was playing the Mad Hatter!!!
The entire KODAK theater was treated to a 90% finished full version of the movie BOLT (in 3-D) which was BE-AWESOME!!!
And in the end as nostril Cook was wrapping up, the USC Marching Band comes out and starts playing the Lone Ranger theme and a graphic for the film comes on screen.
Suddenly the curtain raises and a White horse w/ a Lone Ranger character is galloping on stage during the music. When it's over, nostril says he hasnt cast a Lone Ranger yet, but he had an idea for a Tonto.
Just then Johnny Depp comes from off stage dressed to the nines as Jack Sparrow with a Lone Ranger mask on a stick over his eyes, banters w/ nostril Cook and makes nostril wear the mask and hold the gun he was carrying.
And then nostril Cook says, "Well what do you think? Johnny Depp as Tonto???"
The crowd goes mad-wild and he says "OK, done."
Then goes onto ask if he thinks we should have Johnny back for another Pirates film? T he crowd goes mad, nostril Cook says "OK, done. "The theatre erupts. Johnny mumbles some things in character and then darts off. Maybe was on stage a total of a minute and barely said anything. It was such a fun day!
Johnny came out as Sparrow had a big white indian feather stuck in his head sticking up...
John Lasseter was there talking about CARS 2. He debuted CARS TOONS, a new mini-on-line series starring Mater which will start showing soon leading up eventually to the CARS 2 film...which is about Mater and Lightning McQueen travelling internationally. This 1st CARS TOONS was about Mater imagining he was a Fire Rescue truck and a Medical Doctor. Cute,
There's one coming up where he thinks he's a Daredevil and another where he fights Bull-Dozers called El MATER'DOR
And when they teased Princess & the Frog, Randy Newman performed a song from the film LIVE...tons of fun!!!
Disney knows how to impress and get the word of mouth out!
Just thought I'd share with you the news and the officiality of it coming right from the Mouse's mouth!
Electric Dreams
I'm asking Electric Dreams about details of the HANNAH MONTANA movie...I mean the PRINCE OF PERSIA footage shown & so forth, so check back for an update in a bit.
It appears that Disney is hitching their wagon to the Johnny Depp horse, not only will he be in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland project, but appears to be playing Tonto in a new version of The Lone Ranger!
Not to mention all of the other new projects announced... sounds like the next few years may be pretty good for Disney movies! _________________ Up or Down North, South, East, or West An Adventurer's Life is Best!
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:58 am Post subject:
I've also been reading on several sites that they mentioned PotC 4, but I didn't see anything about it from a couple other reports from this event.
APPARENTLY, the rumors are to take the series into even more fantasy and even sci-fi realms?!?! Rumors talk about Atlantis, steampunk type flying machines and boats, etc.... Sounds a like another Disney movie....
IMO this is the wrong direction... I think the series needs to go back to the first PotC movie and keep that feel. More action and adventure, with a dash of fantasy. I'd love to see a straight up action movie, pitting Capt Jack (with Gibbs) versus Barbosa.... I thought they got used too much fantasy and went overboard (pun intended) in the second and third movies.....
But hey, what do I know.... what do you guys think of the announcements? _________________ Up or Down North, South, East, or West An Adventurer's Life is Best!
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject:
Another quick rumor note regarding the announced Lone Ranger movie with Johnny Depp. AICN is saying early rumors are Nicholas Cage and George Clooney.....
Clooney and Depp together..... very interesting!?!?! _________________ Up or Down North, South, East, or West An Adventurer's Life is Best!
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:
AICN has posted another article about the Disney event yesterday, with some more indepth information regarding the event and movies presented:
The Walt Disney Company took over the Kodak Theater and a chunk of the Hollywood & Highland complex Wednesday for a six-hour presentation aimed at hyping up their employees, their international partners, and a cluster of entertainment journalists over their extended production slate. Hosted by senior executive nostril Cook, the stunningly lavish affair began with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra tearing through a medley of classic Disney themes ("When You Wish Upon a Star", "I Wanna Be Like You", "Life Is a Highway", etc.) and ended with a surprise appearance by Johnny Depp in full Captain Jack Sparrow getup. In between, there were performances by Miley Cyrus and Dr. John, lots of trailers, and one feature-length movie (BOLT). We heard Pixar mastermind John Lasseter hold forth on the future of animation, saw William H. Macy zoom across the stage on a motorcycle, and toured a makeshift art gallery showing off the Hammer-esque horror design of Robert Zemeckis's A CHRISTMAS CAROL. A continental breakfast, lunch, and cocktails were served. Eventually, a nap was encouraged and a frog dissected. A letter was drafted by Woody Allen's lawyers.
There's something spectacularly not right about a studio feting itself so opulently as the economy threatens to collapse, but Hollywood has always been our inspiring beacon of wretched excess. So while it's true that hard-working folk are losing their jobs and their homes due to bad-faith capitalism, I take great comfort in the fact that Disney can still hire out the USC marching band to announce Jerry Bruckheimer's reimagining of THE LONE RANGER. Burning money because you can is a show of strength; it's a sharp elbow to the emaciated midsection of socialism. It's what makes us better than the rest of the world. It's also why I fell in love with film.
Most importantly, it's a repudiation of the cost-conscious Disney philosophy of the early 1990s, which brought us nothing but shame, misery and LIFE WITH MIKEY. Judging from Wednesday's star-studded buffet, scrimping is not an option at the Bob Iger-led Mouse House; though they're still very much in the Walt Becker/Adam Shankman/Anne Fletcher business (i.e. the "Whatever you say, boss!" style of directing), the studio is also keen to establish relationships with visionaries like Tim Burton and Robert Zemeckis. And while these films - ALICE IN WONDERLAND and A CHRISTMAS CAROL - have huge built-in insurance policies thanks to the involvement of Johnny Depp and Jim Carrey, from what I saw on Wednesday, they don't look terribly mainstream. (That said, it's way early for Burton's film; to be honest, the filmmaker's sketches of the Cheshire Cat, the Caterpillar and the Queen of Hearts didn't appear radically different from the boilerplate take on Lewis Carroll's classic. It's the Zemeckis movie that looks... odd. More on that below.) For Disney, this is tantamount to "risk".
But - thanks to Pixar (and Lasseter's stewardship of Disney Studios Animation), the company's extensive library of classics, their sturdy relationship with hitmaker Jerry Bruckheimer, and, of course, merchandising - it's risk they can well afford. This is what nostril Cook made abundantly clear to the (mostly) home crowd on Wednesday (who else would cheer wildly over the prospects of a WILD HOGS 2?). The state of Disney's production slate is strong. This is tremendously good news for them. Yay them!
As for what you can expect over the next few years from the makers of CONDORMAN, here are my notes from the Day Of Disney:
BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA
In a touch of tie-in genius, a real live Chihuahua joins Cook and George Lopez on the stage. The crowd is beyond delighted. A woman behind me exclaims, "Oh, wouldya look... a Chihuahua!" Lopez dubs the picture "Citizen Kanine". Mercifully, no footage is shown.
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3
Cook and director Kenny Ortega are flanked by stars Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman. Evidently, flanking is all the kids were intended to do, as Ortega answers a few questions, and we move on to...
Adam Shankman's BEDTIME STORIES
This is Disney's Christmas Day release. It stars Adam Sandler as a ne'er-do-well whose bedtime stories (told to his nephew and niece) start coming true. Or parts of them anyway. Before the trailer plays, there's an adorable skit in which Sandler sends a pajama-clad Cook off to slumberland with a tale of "gi-normous" holiday box office. The crowd reacts as if they've just heard Robin Harris's "Piccolo Player" bit for the first time. The actual movie looks like a spin on WALTER MITTY: Sandler inserts himself into the stories, playing a brave gladiator, an intergalactic something-or-another and so on. It's Sandler, so it looks far more appealing than it should.
RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN
Dwayne Johnson joins Cook for a little banter. They refer to director Andy Fickman as an alien. If he's really that nutty, why didn't they bring him out on stage, too? The trailer is the same one from Comic Con, and it looks above-average for this sort of thing.
OLD DOGS aka THREE TWO MEN AND A BABY TWO KIDS
Stars John Travolta and Robin Williams stroll out to the Cook couch. Much is made of this comedy being a family affair for Travolta (his wife, Kelly Preston, and their daughter, Ella Bleu Travolta, co-star). Cook jokes with Travolta about sharing his family with the unpredictable Williams. The audience roars with laughter. Williams retorts that he broadened their cultural horizons. "Daddy? What's LAST TANGO?" This doesn't kill like it should.
Footage is shown. People get hit in the nuts with golf balls. None of them are Ted Knight.
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, HANNAH MONTANA.
Arguably the biggest star in the United States (and her father) commune with Cook. "With all the things that have happened to you, how do you stay grounded?" Miley is turning sixteen soon, so there is talk of buying a car, which isn't the big sticking point that it would normally be for a teenage girl and her parents. Why? Because she's loaded! I'm still laughing.
Miley performs a song from her movie. It sounds like something she'd sing, and she sings it well. Can't wait until 2012 when she remakes SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS.
UP
It's time for the Pixar portion, and I am relieved. Lasseter proudly shows off his BOLT Hawaiian shirt, but quickly segues to UP, Pete Docter's tale of old man and his flying house. Basically, we get the Comic Con spiel, so feel free to re-read my brief interview with Docter from last July.
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Classic, hand-drawn Disney animation from Ron Clements and John Musker (directors of THE LITTLE MERMAID and ALADDIN). It's a fairy tale set in New Orleans during the Jazz Age, and it'll feature new music from Big Easy native Randy Newman. Oprah Winfrey is announced as the voice of Eudora. We're also shown a few character sketches: e.g. there's a cajun firefly (with bad teeth and a dazed countenance), a trumpet-playing alligator, and a voodoo villain who should probably be voiced by Yaphet Kotto (though Keith David will do just fine).
Then we're treated to the morning's highlight: Dr. John premieres one of Newman's songs (). It's nothing out-of-the-ordinary for latter-day Newman or a Disney cartoon, but it's a nice melody, and it's just cool to unexpectedly see a legend like Dr. John.
CARS 2
Coming to a theater near you in 2011. That's a year earlier than before. And that's what happens when your tie-in merchandise outsells trinkets from TOY STORY, FINDING NEMO and MONSTERS, INC..
Brad Lewis, not Lasseter, will direct the sequel, which will be something of a globetrotting affair. To tide audiences over, there will be a series of "CARS Toons", which will feature Mater (the tow truck voiced by Larry the Cable Guy) telling whoppers about his adventures as, for example, a fire truck or a matador (battling Bull-dozers, of course). We watch the first short, "Rescue Squad Mater", in which he bravely extinguishes a blaze at the Gasoline and Match Factory. Kinda funny.
TOY STORY 3
2010. In spectacular Disney 3-D! It begins with the day Andy leaves for college, and it will for sure return the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Joan Cusack and Don Rickles. The big question for now: who will voice Ken?
To punctuate the triumphant announcement of a movie already known to be in production, drab green army men rappel from the rafters of the Kodak Theater. They're joined by more army men and, finally, the characters we know and love from the first two movies. Then there's a confetti explosion. Bet there wasn't a confetti explosion when Bergman announced FANNY AND ALEXANDER.
This takes us into a fifteen-minute bathroom break, which is followed by...
BOLT
The entire (if 80% finished) movie. In spectacular Disney 3-D. (Get used to it: Disney's got sixteen 3-D movies in the pipeline.) Reviews are embargoed (which is fair, as the film's final act, and highly emotional payoff, was laden with storyboards), but I don't think I'm violating Disney's trust when I say that the movie looks like it should gross in the neighborhood of WALL-E's domestic take, if not more. Dogs are an easier sell than robots.
Regarding 3-D... as a colleague said, it's a gimmick that could get old very soon, especially when we start to get more and more movies that are actually composed for the process (and in IMAX, to boot). Watching BOLT in 3-D didn't enhance my enjoyment of the movie at all because it clearly wasn't meant to be seen in 3-D (though there's a syringe gag near the end that made me jump). When the finished film is screened, I'd rather watch it in regular old 2-D so I can fully appreciate the animators' impressive work.
LUNCH
Chicken.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Before we return to the Kodak, we're encouraged to walk through a gallery setup in the Hollywood & Highland annex for Robert Zemeckis's motion-capture rendition of Dickens's yuletide yarn. The first room is lined with classical portraits of Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman and Robin Wright Penn as multiple characters from the story. Basically, it's digital makeup f/x, only a thousand times creepier than anything nostril Smith, Rick Baker or Rob Bottin ever devised. Look, I've read Dickens's novella, and I'm well aware that the narrative is much darker in tone than it's usually presented; with this in mind, I'm pretty sure I never imagined Bob Cratchit looking like a cross between Gary Oldman a face-lifted Katherine Helmond in BRAZIL. Or Belle as a bulb-eyed Robin Wright Penn with a dash of Sleestak thrown in. I am not exaggerating. Perhaps the digital alterations will play better when they're not in portraiture. Or maybe Zemeckis intends for this film to play like a dang nightmare. After what he did to THE POLAR EXPRESS (loved those Leni Riefenstahl elves), I'm beginning to think that the mean-spiritied satirist who gave us USED CARS is alive and well. And I'm starting to get excited about this.
Back at the Kodak, Zemeckis is called out on stage to sell us his vision. "You can't beat the source material," he says. He also notes that A CHRISTMAS CAROL is one of the greatest time travel stories ever written. The inference is clear: "Let me at some time travel, and I'm a lock for $200 million." The rest of his comments concern the upside of motion capture and digital cinema: at last, Dickens's story can be presented "the way it was intended" (I didn't know Charlie was such a forward technological thinker); the only limit is one's imagination.
After a few minutes, Carrey joins Zemeckis on stage and yuks it up. I really wish Cook would've asked after the "smiley Christ" character sketch. I don't remember that from Dickens. Peter Barnes, yes. Dickens, not so much.
Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Depp is the Mad Hatter. The movie will be in Disney 3-D. And something called "feel-a-round".
THE PROPOSAL
Thus begins the Touchstone Pictures segment of the auto show. This is a Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy about a tyrannical boss (Bullock) who bullies her young assistant (Reynolds) into marrying her to avoid deportation to Canada. Bullock and Reynolds are an odd pair, but the premise isn't bad for a sexy R-rated comedy. As a formula PG-13 comedy, perhaps it will match the Lubitsch-ian heights of WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING.
The trailer gives way to the day's nadir: Cook slobbering over Bullock. I realize it's all for comedic effect, but Cook plays the letch a little too well. I'm also annoyed by his futile attempt at establishing the "Anne Fleming" brand when she's only directed two banal programmers (STEP UP and 27 DRESSES). Bullock looks great, though. She's had a very successful career, and yet it feels like she's been underutilized.
SURROGATES
This Jonathan Mostow-directed sci-fi flick about a future in which humanity interacts with the outside world via android doubles isn't due until September 2009, but I want to see it now. Bruce Willis plays a cop who must re-enter society as his flesh-and-blood self to investigate a string of murders (the first homicides in fifteen years). It's one of the best trailers of the day! Where the heck are Mostow and Willis?
DISNEY NATURE
The company has admirably rededicated itself to nature documentaries (harkening back to Uncle Walt's "A True-Life Adventure" series), and their first feature will be EARTH. It's set for release on Earth Day 2009, and the little glimpse we get is impressive. James Earl Jones evidently won the narrator coin-flip with Morgan Freeman.
WILD HOGS 2: BACHELOR RIDE
If you wanted it, you're getting it. Tim Allen's in a jovial mood, talking over Travolta, Macy and Martin Lawrence. Unfortunately, he's fresh out of LAST TANGO IN PARIS jokes.
MIRAMAX
Daniel Battsek briefly classes up the proceedings (ignoring Cook's fourth or fifth swipe at Harvey & Bob Weinstein) with a non-shticky run-through of Miramax's fall lineup: Fernando Meirelles's BLINDNESS, Mark Herman's THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS and John Patrick Shanley's DOUBT. Hoping we'd get a look at Herman's picture (which received a rave review from one of our readers a couple of weeks ago), but all we get is the already-released trailer for DOUBT.
I haven't seen this printed anywhere else, so I guess it's news that Miramax has signed Helen Mirren to play a Mossad agent in THE DEBT, a drama/thriller to be directed by SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE's John Madden.
JERRY BRUCKHEIMER
To close out the marathon of self-love, Cook is joined by the studio's number one supplier of (live-action) box office smashes to tease us with his upcoming product. He's immediately joined by Nicolas Cage, which hastens the announcement for NATIONAL TREASURE 3: THEY SAVED NIXON'S BRAIN. Cage will also be appearing in a Manhattan-set version of THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE, in which he'll play the sorcerer.
Bruckheimer closes out his segment by showing us the teaser for G-FORCE, an action-adventure about an elite squad of guinea pigs (the furry kind) who work undercover for the U.S. government. Cage, Penelope Cruz, Tracy Morgan, Steve Buscemi and Jon Favreau provide the animals' voices, while Zach Galifanakis pulls down a well-deserved payday as their human liaison. The special f/x are unfinished, but I'm getting a strong whiff of CATS & DOGS from this thing. I do hope they're holding back the funny.
CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC
Actually, Bruckheimer produced this, too, but they wisely call upon the vivacious and lovely Isla Fisher to sell it to the crowd. It's based on the chick-lit fave from Sophie Kinsella, and, due to the involvement of Fisher and director P.J. Hogan, it looks like it could be another THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA if not better. It's due out February 13, 2009. Sorry, but your girlfriend is not accompanying you to FRIDAY THE 13TH.
TR2N
Please call this TRON 2. Inserting the number into your title only makes you look stupid or desperate - and the teaser (same one from Comic Con) looks anything but. All that's missing is Wendy Carlos's main theme (and Journey's "Only Solutions").
USC MARCHING BAND ANNOUNCES THE LONE RANGER
With Johnny Depp as Tonto. Until we get a writer and a director attached, this means nothing to me. But nothing is already better than William A. Fraker's THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER.
Also announced off-handedly: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4. Here's hoping it's longer than BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've got two incredible Budd Boetticher movies to write about, which, combined, probably cost less than Wednesday's continental breakfast.
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject:
More casting news....
Jonny Depp as the Mad Hatter
Anne Hathaway as the White Queen
Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen
Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts
Matt Lucas as Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Michael Sheen as the Cheshire Cat
Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar
and Christopher Lee has been "confirmed" to be in the movie some how, unconfirmed role so far...
Oh and the last peice is in place, Danny Elfman has confirmed that he is involved....
Could this be Burton's finest movie of all time.... with this cast, it should be!
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:02 am Post subject:
Wow! The Queen of Hearts looks so bizarre with that huge forehead! I can't wait to see the sets!
Tim Burton often uses the same actors, and I laughed at how many Harry Potter alumni were in Sweeney Todd. Looks like he's getting that gang back together, what with Alan Rickman and Timonthy Spahl both in Alice. Mind you, I'm not complaining. What an amazing cast he's got lined up! _________________ Beth's Blog
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