Since his heyday with the first two Harry Potter movies, Chris Columbus has had a huge amount of success. He did okay with Percy Jackson, but the likes of Rent and I Love You Beth Cooper both tanked. In fact his biggest hit has been The Help, which he only produced.
Now it appears he’s got a new project in the works, which could give him a mainstream hit if it’s done well – although once again he’s just set to produce. THR reports that he’s picked up the rights to Charles Yu’s debut novel, How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe. The book centros on a time travel machine repairman – also named Charles Yu – who has spent the past 10 years travelling back and forth in time in search of his father, who has disappeared. When the fictional Yu falls into a time loop he must find a way to change the future.
The film will be directed by Brendan Bellomo, who is a New York University film school graduate who wrote, produced and directed a cast and crew of 200 for the live action sci-fi short Bohemibot, which won a bronze medal in the narrative category at the 2009 Student Academy Awards. There’s no news on when the movie might go into production.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
Naomi Watts is going home, as 
It appears that Hollywood is currently making its way through Paul Verhoeven’s back catalogue and remaking all his best movies. A new take on Total Recall is already in the can, a Robocop remake has long been in development and now it appears they’re thinking about making a new version of Straship Troopers.
The British Independent Film Awards were held last night, celebrating the best of the UK indie scene. This year in particular they really were a showcase of the strengths of British film and what an immense amount of talent there is out there.
It was quite an unusual week at the US box office, as no new movies at all made it into the top 10, with older film merely shifting around a little. Things remained exactly the same at the top though, with Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 in the number 1 slot, despite dropping 60% from last weekend to $16.9 million, while The Muppets stayed at number 2 with an $11.2 million weekend gross.
The first entries in our advent calendar were actors from recent gay-themed movie, and now it’s time for a man who’s only recently come out as gay, Zachary Quinto. His quiet yet powerful coming out was also a good reminder of what a hottie he is, and just to confirm that, it was great to see him playing gay – and rather camp – on American Horror Story recently (and getting killed by a guy in a all-over rubber gimp suit, no less).
I have a feeling Disney has decided we’re going to get excited about John Carter whether we want to or not, and they’re going to inundate us with stuff to try and ensure that happens. After the trailer earlier this week, now three rather cool new banners have arrived. The film is out March 9th. John Carter tells the tale of war-weary, former military captain John Carter, who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly involved in a conflict of epic proportions between the inhabitants of the planet.
In the last few weeks Tom Cullen and Chris New have been getting major plaudits for their acting in the wonderful Weekend. However, we here at BGPS are horribly shallow people, so rather than following in the foosteps of the London Film Festival and nominating them for a Best Actor award, we just want to say they’re both pretty hot!
