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First look: 'The Book of Eli'
By David Lee, Warner Bros. Pictures/USA Today
In a post-apocalyptic world, a lone hero (Denzel Washington) guards the Book of Eli, which provides knowledge that could redeem society. The despot of a small, makeshift town (Gary Oldman) plans to take possession of the book.
Directed by Hughes Brothers (their first movie since 'From Hell' (2001))
Written by Gary Whitta, Anthony Peckham
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman,Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson
Release date: January 15, 2010
More info (and photos)- First look: End of the world? No, just the 'Eli' set
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'Inside Man' sequel moving forward
By Steven Zeitchik,Hollywood Reporter
September 6,2008
A sequel to Spike Lee's "Inside Man" is moving forward at Universal, with Terry George in negotiations to write the screenplay and Lee coming back to direct the Brian Grazer-produced pic.
"Inside Man 2," as the project is tentatively being called, will pick up on the characters and dynamic but not the storyline of the original. The first "Inside Man," which was penned by Russell Gewirtz, centered on a standoff between a bank robber (Clive Owens) and a hostage negotiator (Denzel Washington) at a New York bank.
Lee says he foresees that the new film will continue the relationship between the two main characters but in a new high-tension situation. "I want the script to be even better than Russell's, and Russell wrote a really good script," he said.
The news cements long-floating rumors that Universal was looking to reprise the alchemy of the indie fave Lee with the studio budget and marketing apparatus of Universal.
The original "Inside Man," also from Universal, scored Lee his biggest opening weekend, and went on to earn more than $175 million worldwide when it was released in the spring of 2006.
Grazer will produce "Inside Man 2" via his Imagine Entertainment banner, with Lee and Daniel Rosenberg exec producing.
Denzel Washington and Clive Owen are interested in re-teaming for the project, Lee said, speaking from the Toronto International Film Festival, where he was in town to promote the Babelgum Online Film Festival as well as his upcoming WWII pic "Miracle at St. Anna."
The Endeavor-repped George is the writer-director of prestige dramas such as "Hotel Rwanda" and the scribe on "In the Name of the Father."
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Tom Cruise To Enter Presidential Race?In Noyce's 28th Amendment
Tom Cruise has had an unusually short "To Do" list since finishing work on Valkyrie, with his mooted comedy projects still stuck in development hell. But apparently he's back in the saddle, as Moviehole reports that he's in talks for Phillip Noyce's planned 28th Amendment.
The story apparently sees an American President, Ben Cahill (who Cruise'd be playing) discover a secret committee run by Denzel Washington that has controlled the American government since World War II. Yes, they were apparently the men on the grassy knoll who shot Kennedy, because they're willing to assassinate any President who threatens to expose them. So now Cahill's in the firing line, and wishing that he'd let Hilary win the nomination instead, we're guessing.
The fact is that any sane person would rather have Denzel running the US than Tom Cruise, but nevertheless if the pairing comes off it should be a proper thriller - and Noyce is not unfamiliar with the corridors of power, having haunted them before in the likes of Clear and Present Danger. The script's by Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci, the writers behind Transformers, the upcoming Star Trek and Cruise's last big action hit, Mission: Impossible III. It's been a while since Cruise did a good ol' school thriller, so this could be a welcome return to the genre that made him a megastar.
Empire,15/5/2008,written by Helen O' Hara
