Friday
16May2008
Daily shorts: Clooney likes goats; ‘Postal’ cancelled
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 8:20AM | By
Franck Tabouring
• George Clooney has signed on to star in Grant Heslov’s big-screen adaptation of British journalist Jon Ronson’s book “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” according to Variety. The film centers on the U.S. military’s experiments with the paranormal. Heslov starred in Clooney’s “Leatherheads.”• Danny Glover is set to star in a big-screen adaptation of Athol Fugard’s play “Master and Harold… and the Boys.” According to Variety, Glover will reprise his stage role in the film. The plot centers on a young white man whose frustration turns into racist ruthlessness against two African American waiters after he learns his alcoholic father returns home.
• Who could have thought this would happen, but Cinemablend confirms Uwe Boll’s upcoming political action flick “Postal” will not be released nationwide on May 23, 2008. Instead, the film will only make it into four theatres. I guess Uwe Boll’s latest attacks on Hollywood’s biggest stars didn’t pay off after all.
• An article in the Los Angeles Times hints at the possibility of Leonardo DiCaprio jumping into the role of British author Ian Fleming in “Fleming,” a film about the life of the “James Bond” creator. Leo doesn’t have the face to play Bond himself, but as a young Fleming, why not?







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