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MatchFlick Entertainment and Movie News
Archives for June 2005
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Could Be Cool, Could Suck
I'm back from vacation and shamelessly stealing that headline from Ilana. Ahem. On to the news: Molly Ringwald is considering a sequel to the beloved John Hughes film SIXTEEN CANDLES. Provided they include Long Duck Dong on this one, I'm happy.
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Eat My Shorts
Finally, THE SIMPSONS is being made into a movie! Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart, mentioned on BBC 1 radio that production is officially underway and that we can expect the finished product in about two years. You can read more here.
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You've Heard Of Threeways?
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, a 1972 disaster flick that's so bad it's good, is about to get two re-make treatments, one on TV and the other on the big screen (making three versions -- get it?). EW.com has the scoop on who's starring in the Wolfgang Petersen movie: Richard Dreyfuss, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Josh Lucas (pictured at left), and Andre Braugher may sign as the doomed vessel's captain. Shooting is scheduled to begin on June 18.
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New Trailer: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
One more reason I can't wait for this to come out: a new trailer for CHARLIE. Check out the one labeled "final" on this page.
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Anne Bancroft: 1931 - 2005
Anne Bancroft, versatile theater and film actress known for her roles in THE MIRACLE WORKER and THE GRADUATE, died this past Monday at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan. The cause was uterine cancer, as stated by a spokesman for Ms. Bancroft's husband, Mel Brooks. You can read the New York Times obituary here.
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The RENT Is Due
How I love watching trailers online...for those of you awaiting the release of RENT this fall, the film adaptation of the Broadway musical starring Rosario Dawson and much of the original cast, including Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel (who met during the original run and have since married), here it is.
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Remember WALK LIKE A MAN?
That's the one where Howie Mandel is raised by wolves and then has to learn about living among humans. Well, HOMIE SPUMONI kind of has that fish out of water thing going on. Donald Faison (the delightful Dr. Turk from "Scrubs") will star in this independent comedy about a black man raised as an Italian goombah type. The rest of the cast includes Joey Fatone from *NSYNC and Jamie-Lynn Discala...and Whoopi Goldberg?!
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It's Her Destiny
Fresh from announcing the Destiny's Child split, Beyonce is ready to star in DREAM GIRLS, the movie adaptation of the Broadway play loosely based on the rise of Diana Ross and the Supremes. Also starring in the Bill Condon directed pic are Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx.
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Ever Thought About This?
The Hollywood Reporter says that Luke Wilson is considering starring in Ivan Reitman's superhero comedy SUPER EX, wherein a man's ex girlfriend uses her super powers against him. And who hasn't wished they could do that?
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Maybe This Will Get Some Respect
According to E! Online, the producers of RAY (2004) are now considering a biopic on comic great Rodney Dangerfield, who passed away last October following complications from heart surgery. The film would be based in part on Dangerfield's memoir "It's Not Easy Bein' Me."
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Don't Make Kong Angry!
People, plan to be home next Monday the 27th or at least near a computer, because the first teaser for Peter Jackson's KING KONG will be aired simultaneously on all NBC affiliated networks at 8:59 PM. Yes, two minutes and thirty seconds of Kong-related bliss will soon be available for your viewing pleasure. If you miss it on TV, you can catch it online exclusively at www.volkswagon.com a whole fifteen minutes before NBC gets to air it. For more details about the channels and what shows the trailer is following, see the 6/20/05 entry at Kong Is King.
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Check Out The Poster For ELIZABETHTOWN
The good people at Ain't It Cool News have a shot of the poster for ELIZABETHTOWN, Cameron Crowe's new film set for release in October. Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) loses his job and his girlfriend in short order, and then has to go home to fulfil the dying wishes of his father. On the way he meets and falls in love with Claire Colburn (Kirsten Dunst), which helps turn his life around.
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Oh Draconian Devil!
You probably haven't heard of this tiny, little book called "The DaVinci Code" by Dan Brown, but Ron Howard has and he's starting filming the movie adaptation this month. The cast includes Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu, Ian McKellan as Sir Leigh Teabing, Alfred Molina as Bishop Aringarosa, Jean Reno as Bezu Fache, and Paul Bettany (AKA my neighbor and future friend) as Silas the murderous albino. This character, incidentally, did not make albinos very happy. You can watch the trailer here.
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Notable Quoteables!
This week the American Film Institute unveiled its list of the greatest 100 movie quotes of all time. You may be interested to see a few were spoken by the same actor in different films, and a few films had more than one appearance on the list. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty disappointed nothing from GHOSTBUSTERS made it. What's wrong with "We've been going about this all wrong, this Mr. Stay Puft's okay, he's a sailor, he's in New York, we get this guy laid we won't have any trouble." I mean, really?!
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Where Are The Wild Things?
The film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, "Where The Wild Things Are," has a long and circuitous history. Back in the '80s it was in development at Disney, then at Columbia, and was finally picked up by Universal out of turnaround in 1999. Six years later, we're a little closer to seeing the film actually made. Spike Jonez (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH) is directing and Dave Eggers is writing, but according to the most recent news I could find online, this hadn't started production as of October 2003. It looks as though this was originally to be a CGI-animated project but will now be live action. Tom Hanks, one of the producers, may play a role but this is not a certainty. To see more details, read this page from Yahoo! Movie News.
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10 Out Of 525,600 Minutes
Last Friday I was privy to an exclusive preview of RENT, the Christopher Columbus-directed film adaptation of the Broadway musical due November 11, 2005. Based loosely on Puccini's opera La Boheme, RENT tells the story of bohemians struggling in New York City's East Village. The ten minutes of footage I saw was promising -- having not seen the play itself, I was viewing as a novice, but the film looks like it will have the ring of authenticity (part of it was filmed on location, while some in the not-at-all-similar city of San Francisco) and a stirring score and story.
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All Hail The KING
Catch the KING KONG trailer on TV last night? If you missed it, never fear: you can watch it here, thanks to Volkswagon.
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What's it to ya, punk?
Oh, I remember the days when "punk" did not conjure images of Ashton Kutcher giggling in a trucker hat while aggravating his celebrity friends. Those sweet, sweet days of yore. The Independent Film Channel remembers too, and wants you to see the kick-ass documentary "PUNK: attitude." It premieres on IFC Saturday, July 9 at 10 pm ET/11 pm PT on IFC. In the words of Corey Green, the MatchFlick review manager, you should set your TiVOs and DVRs to stun and
record it!
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Crash The Trailer!
In a very clever gimmick, you're invited to crash the trailer for WEDDING CRASHERS. Just visit this site, upload a picture of yourself, and soon you'll be featured as one of the main characters. Me, I picked Rachel McAdams.
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