Thursday April 20, 2006
Four’s wild company
John Travolta and William H. Macy team up with Tim Allen and Martin Lawrence in a comedy about middle–aged suburbanites that take to the road on motorcycles, according to the trade publication Hollywood Reporter.
The upcoming film, titled Wild Hogs, will be produced by Tollin/Robbins Prods and directed by Walt Becker for Touchstone Pictures.
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Macy, 56 and winner of an Oscar for his role in the dry comedy Fargo (1995), has taken on the new film amid frequent jumps between the stage and the big screen. Macy is also more recently known as the husband of Felicity Huffman, one of the stars of the hit television series Desperate Housewives.
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William H. Macy. |
Wild Hogs will begin filming next month in the southwest state of New Mexico. – AFP
Krumholtz in Woody flick
David Krumholtz, star of CBS’s hit series Numbers has signed on to star opposite Michelle Williams in Woody Allen’s untitled Paris–set movie. Like most of Allen’s movies, story details are being kept under wraps, though it is understood to focus on a trio of young Americans in the City of Lights. Production begins in the summer.
Numbers ranks among the highest–rated primetime shows in the United States and just posted its highest numbers of the season. Krumholtz next appears on the big screen in Emilio Estevez’s Bobby. His other recent feature credits include Serenity, Ray and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
Weinstein Co vs Columbia
The Weinstein Co has sued Columbia Pictures over the rights to a series of five books authored by Wang Du Lee, including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The lawsuit, filed last Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeks a declaration from the court that the Weinstein Co holds the option rights to the books.
Plaintiffs attorney Bert Fields said his clients entered into a written agreement with Lee’s heirs on Dec 12, giving them an option to acquire the movie, television, publishing and other rights of the books.
A Columbia rep said that its option agreement was valid and binding and came first so the studio had “great confidence” in its claim.
Video vibes
MTV Films and Paramount Pictures have tapped scribes Sean O’Keefe and Will Staples to adapt the Marc Ecko video game Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. The story centres on a young graffiti artist who goes on the run after discovering a dirty secret about government officials in his city. There is no director yet attached.
The popular video game, which was developed by the Collective, was published by Atari in February. O’Keefe and Staples most recently adapted the comic book Fathom for 20th Century Fox.
Their credits also include adapting The Murder of King Tut at Columbia Pictures for producers Roland Emmerich and Mark Gordon.
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The following are the top 10 movies in the United States for the weekend of April 14 to 16 (weekend grosses and total grosses in US$mil):
1. Scary Movie 4 – 40.22 (40.2)
2. Ice Age: The Meltdown – 20.03 (147.2)
3. The Benchwarmers – 9.91 (35.9)
4. The Wild – 9.68 (9.7)
5. Take the Lead – 6.78 (22.6)
6. Inside Man – 6.43 (75.4)
7. Lucky Number Slevin – 4.75 (14.3).
8. Thank You For Smoking – 4.49 (11.5)
9. Failure to Launch – 2.61 (83.2)
10. V for Vendetta – 2.22 (66.0)
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