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GENERAL MOVIE NEWS

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser (www.moviemuser.co.uk)

Gary Oldman On For Akira?

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One of the main problems Akira has had getting made as a live-action Hollywood movie has been finding actors to play the lead roles of Kaneda and Tetsuo. However the movie has now been given the greenlight without any actors attached to those parts (it got the go-ahead last week based on $60 million being cut off the budget, which originally stood at $150 million).

It seems the idea is to start casting some of the other roles, and then fill in the leads later (although Garrett Hedlund is still said to be first choice to play Kaneda). Twitch says Warner Bros. wants Gary Oldman to play a colonel in the movie, while Helena Bonham Carter is being sought for the role of Lady Miyako. Sadly though not much more is known about either of these characters.

Jaume Collet-Serra is set to direct early in the new year, so expect plenty more casting news between then and now.

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Warner Sets Sherlock Holmes 3 In Motion

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It’s becoming increasingly common for studios to get working on sequels to films they think are going to be big before the previous film has actually been released. The hope is it will ensure they can shorten the amount of time between movies and that they’ll also have a bit more time to get the script right.

They did it for Sherlock Holmes 2 and now they’re doing it for the third movie in the franchise, with Deadline reporting they’ve hired Drew Pearce to script the period detective adventure movie. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are likely to agree to complete at least a trilogy of the Holmes movies and with Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows expected to be a big hit with it opens in December, setting the third in motion is a bit of a no-brainer.

Drew Pearce is the creator of the British superhero TV satire No Heroics, which got him noticed in Hollywood (as least a US remake that didn’t get picked up for him noticed), which resulted in gigs working on Iron Man 3, Marvel’s Runaways and Pacific Rim.

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Eric Bana Takes On Elvis

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Here’s a rather odd but potentially interesting one. According to Variety, Aussie actor Eric Bana has signed on to play Elvis Presley, with Danny Huston in negotiations to play Richard Nixon in Elvis & Nixon. If that weren’t unexpected enough, the film will also mark the directorial debut of Cary Elwes.

The movie is about a Dec. 21, 1970, visit that Elvis Presley paid to Richard Nixon at the White House. The meeting was initiated by Elvis Presley, who wrote Richard Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit and suggesting that he be made a “Federal Agent-at-Large” in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Elvis Presley brought with him family photos and a Colt 45 pistol as a personal gift to the president.

Cary Elwes co-wrote the screenplay along with Joey Sagal and Hanala Sagal. The movie will shoot soon.

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Ben Affleck To Direct The Stand?

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After years of trying, including numerous directors, writers and producers attempting to take it on, for the past few months Warner Bros. has been determined to finally turn Stephen King’s The Stand into a cinema franchise.

Back in May is was revealed that the Harry Potter team of screenwriter Steve Kloves and director David Yates were taking on the challenge, but now it appears Yates is out, as Deadline reports Warner has settled on Ben Affleck as the person they want to direct the movie.

However, Deadline’s brief report doesn’t say how interested or committed Affleck is, so it’s a little early to say Ben will actually make the movie. It doesn’t mention either whether Steve Kloves is still involved or if Wanrer is still thinking of this as a trilogy rather than a single film.

Although impossible to boil down to a simple plot, The Stand’s over-arcing premise sees a plague known as Captain Trips wiping out pretty much everyone in the world. The survivors then begin sharing a dream of a strange, evil figure, and slowly come together to try and defeat the anti-Christ like Randall Flaggs. It’s basically good vs. evil told on a massive, apocalytic scale. It was turned into a miniseries in 1994, but despite being much loved by many, the huge plot and ensemble narrative have defeated numerous attempts to take it to the big screen.

The Stand will certainly be a challenge for Ben Affleck, who is just embarking on his third directorial feature with Argo. Both of his previous efforts, The Town and Gone Baby Gone, went onto gain much critical praise and support. If he does take onThe Stand, it isn’t known when it will start shooting.

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Gordon-Levitt Sought For Django Unchained

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Quentin Tarantino is busy locking down the cast for his upcoming Django Unchained, ahead of a planned shoot in January, and now Variety reports that he’s set his sights on Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The actor and the director apparently went out for dinner a few weeks ago, and now Gordon-Levitt’s entered talks to join Quentin’s new movie.

The actor wants to join the movie, which would reunite him with his Inception co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. Joseph Gordon-Levitt has quite a few scheduling issues, though, that stand in the way – although with Premium Rush moving from this winter to August, it does free up his schedule a little. It isn’t known what role Gordon-Levitt would play though.

The movie centres on a slave, played by Jamie Foxx, who teams up with a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to retrieve his wife from an evil plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). Other cast members include Samuel L. Jackson, Gerald McRaney, Kurt Russell, and Don Johnson.

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Paranormal Activity 3 Takes Box Office Record

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It seems the US simply can’t get enough of Paranormal Activity, with the low-budget franchise (the third film still cost less than $5 million to make) taking a huge $54 million in its first weekend. That’s not just a record for the franchise, it’s also the biggest autumn opening (classed as September and October) ever, topping Jackass 3’s $50.3 million last year. If that’s not enough it’s the highest opening for a pure horror movie too.

However, while Paranormal Activity 3 was busy setting records, the rest of the new movies rather underperformed. The Three Musketeers only took $8.8 million to place fourth on the chart, amid Twitter recriminations from Milla Jovovich over whether Summit Entertertainment had promoted the movie properly.

As with Rowan Atkinson’s Bean movie, great success on the international circuit isn’t translating into good US box office for Johnny English Reborn. It’s already taken over $100 million around the world in the last few weeks, but in America is could only scare up $3.8 million.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of 21st-23rd.

Rank Title Weekend Gross
(millions)		 Total Gross to
date (millions)
1 Paranormal Activity 3 $54.0 $54.0
2 Real Steel $11.3 $67.2
3 Footloose $10.8 $30.8
4 The Three Musketeers $8.8 $8.8
5 The Ides Of March $4.9 $29.1
6 Dolphin Tale $4.2 $64.3
7 Moneyball $4.0 $63.7
8 Johnny English Reborn $3.8 $3.8
9 The Thing $3.1 $14.1
10 50/50 $2.8 $28.8

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Matthew Vaughn Developing Two Mark Millar Projects

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Matthew Vaughn sure likes his comic book movies. Following X-Men: First Class he hasn’t decided what he’s going to make next, but it certainly seems he’s heading in a comic direction once more, as he’s working on two projects that’ll re-team him with the creator of Kick-Ass, Mark Millar.

THR reports that Vaughn is now developing The Secret Service and Superior, both based on Millar properties. While storyline details are being kept undercover for The Secret Service, it’s little surprise Vaughn would be working on a movie version, as he co-created the concept and holds the movie rights. The comic is due out in November, with artwork by Watchmen’s Dave Gibbons.

Vaughn also recently picked up the movie rights to Superior, a comic Mark Millar is writing with Leinil Francis Yu. The plot revolves around a boy afflicted with multiple sclerosis who is given the chance to become a superhero named Superior. However, he soon learns that being a hero comes at a heavy cost.

As yet both projects are in early development and now writers are attached. That said, it’s likely Vaughn will pen The Secret Service script along with regular collaborator Jane Goldman, but he’ll get someone else to handle scripting duties on Superior. It’s also unknown whether Vaughn plans to direct both movies or just produce.

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Ben Stiller Is Going Up The Mountain

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Whether he’s directing or acting, Ben Stiller is best known for comedy. Indeed he’s rarely stepped outside that as even when he’s gone semi-serious, such as in Greenberg, it’s retained a comedic edge. However now he’s planning to step out of his comfort zone and direct a somewhat literary horror movie.

Deadline reports that Fox has brought Stiller on to helm the horror film, The Mountain. The script has been written by Helen Childress, based on characters from the Edith Wharton novel, Summer. Set in the early 1900s, the film revolves around a young woman who struggles to confront her destiny after stumbling upon a mysterious object that forces her to examine the secrets of her past.

Stiller is also set to star in and direct The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and it isn’t known if that or The Mountain will come first.

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Bradley Cooper May Be Man From U.N.C.L.E

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Despite The Man From U.N.C.L.E. being a classic TV show and Steven Soderbergh planning to be behind the camera for a film version, it’s had a lot of difficulty finding a leading man. The likes of Johnny Depp and Matt Damon have passed on the film, and while George Clooney was attached for a while, he recently walked. Now it looks like it may have found somebody, as Variety reports that Bradley Cooper is in talks to play Napoleon Solo.

The plot revolves around two agents for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E) – Napoleon Solo and his Russian counterpart, Illya Kuryakin, who are committed to saving the world from the evil forces of the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (T.H.R.U.S.H.). They were played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum in the original show.

Scott Z. Burns (World War Z) is on scripting duties, with Soderbergh keen to keep the classic 60s setting of the TV show. The movie is expected to go into production early next year.

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Carey Mulligan Up For Inside Llewyn Davis

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Carey Mulligan has come from seemingly nowhere to star in a slew of movies, each of which seems to be more critically acclimed than the next. It seems that she’s planning to keep with the quality as Variety reports she has lined up starring roles with Inside Llewyn Davis and the Spike Jonze’s upcoming movie (which is currently untitled).

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen are writing and directing Inside Llewyn Davis, which recently signed Oscar Isaac for the lead role. The story is based on the life of folk musician Dave van Ronk, and centers on a folk artist struggling to make it in the 1960s music scene. It isn’t known what role Carey Mulligan will play – indeed not much is known about the movie in general.

The Spike Jonze movie meanwhile will reunite the director with Being John Malkovish and Adaptation writer Charlie Kaufman. As witht eh Coens’ movie, everything it still slightly wrapped in mystery, but it’ll centre on a group of world leaders who meet to shape the face of global events. Joaquin Phoenix will also star.

Carey Mulligan will start shooting Inside Llewyn Davis in February, and then jump to the Untitled Spike Jonze Project sometime next spring.

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