Wednesday, March 23, 2011

NAPOLEON, CAESAR, ATTILA & ALEXANDER TO CLASH IN "WAR OF THE AGES"! "DUNE" REMAKE CANCELLED! ROSARIO DAWSON, OLIVIA WILDE, MEGAN FOX, EVA MENDES IN DOUG LIMAN'S NEW SF FILM! RIP ELIZABETH TAYLOR!

Doug Liman is moving on with the production of his UNTITLED SF PROJECT which will revolve around a renegade group of former space employees, led by an Eastern European woman, who travel the world, stealing space equipment in an attempt to go back to the moon to acquire an energy source. The last item to steal, or in this case, kidnap, is an ex-NASA employee. According to "MovieWeb" the contenders for the lead female role include Rosario Dawson, Olivia Wilde, Megan Fox and Eva Mendes, while the lead male role could go to Andrew Garfield, Emile Hirsch or Chris Pine who all already met with the director.

SHORT HEADLINES *Alan Rickman has just joined Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz in GAMBIT, a film about a huge art heist in which Firth and Diaz will try to steal some things from the richest man in Britain. *So, it seems the craziest rumor of the year is true - Cher has confirmed that she has indeed met with the Farrelly brothers about playing a nun in their remake of THE THREE STOOGES. *It also seems that the most heart wrecking rumor of the year is also true - Paramount has, alas, decided not to shoot a remake of sf epic DUNE after all :((( *If Hollywood decides to shoot another sequel in THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA saga it will be based on THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW book according to latest news.

Brothers Strause who directed last year's SKYLINE, are preparing quite an interesting epic adventure as their next project. The story of WAR OF THE AGES starts when an ancient artifact is uncovered, time gets shattered and the seven greatest war leaders in history have to battle each other out. According to the directors, it will be a mix of  LORD OF THE RINGS and GLADIATOR in which we shall see Napoleon vs. Julius Caesar vs. Attila the Hun vs. Genghis Khan vs. Alexander vs. Hannibal. And they plan to shoot it as a 3D  sword-and-sandal epic.

You've probably all heard that Elizabeth Taylor has died today. Which of her movies and roles did you like best? I will remember her for CLEOPATRA and ELEPHANT WALK.