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Thursday

02Jul2009

Daily news dose: Twilight's 'Eclipse' to shoot in August; Karl Malden dead at 97

Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 12:33AM | By

Franck Tabouring

Here is your dose of film news for July 2, 2009:

• "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is apparently set to shoot between Aug. 17 and Oct. 31, according to Production Weekly. David Slade, whose credits include "30 Days of Night," will direct the flick from a script by Melissa Rosenberg. "Eclipse" is scheduled to open June 30, 2010. Chris Weitz's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" will hit theaters Nov. 20.

• Oscar winner Karl Malden, whose credits include "The Streets of San Francisco" and "A Streetcar Named Desire," died Wednesday at his Brentwood, Calif. home. He was 97. Malden also won an Emmy for his supporting role in "Fatal Vision." Some of this other credits include "Baby Doll," "Gypsy," "Patton" and "How the West Was Won."

• Sony today announced some release date changes for some of its projects: "Grown Ups," a comedy with Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade and Rob Schneider, has been moved to June 25 from March 12, 2010. Also, the studio decided to push Seth Rogen's "The Green Hornet" to July 9. (Variety)

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Will Liam Neeson play Hannibal in 'A-Team'?

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 4:55PM | By

Franck Tabouring

Big "A-Team" news this week. First, we learned Bradley Cooper is now in official talks to star as Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck in Joe Carnahan's upcoming "A-Team" flick, and now Liam Neeson is apparently also in negotiations to join the project.

According to Variety, Neeson is in talks to play Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the character portrayed by George Peppard in the original TV series. Neeson is definitely a great actor, but I'm not so sure he'd fit into the role of Hannibal.

On the other hand, I think Cooper is the perfect fit for Faceman. The remaining lead roles still to be cast are those of Capt. "Howling Mad" Murdock and Sgt. "B.A." Baracus. Any suggestions on who should play these guys?

The central plot of this big-screen version stays close to the original series - four war veterans are wrongly convicted and sent to prison, where they escape to become mercenaries helping those in need.

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Monday

08Jun2009

Daily news dose: Bradley Cooper in talks for 'A-Team;' Neil Patrick Harris books two flicks

Monday, June 8, 2009 at 8:01PM | By

Franck Tabouring

Here's your dose of film news for June 8, 2009:

• The rumors were indeed true: Bradley Cooper is in talks to star as Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck in Joe Carnahan's upcoming "A-Team." If he makes a deal, he will be taking over the role played by Dirk Benedict on the original TV series. The remaining characters still need to be cast. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Neil Patrick Harris ("How I Met Your Mother") has scored roles in two upcoming films, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The first project he will join is "The Best and the Brightest," about a couple who moves to New York and dive into the business of private kindergartens. He also joins "Beastly," a modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast."

• A "Puss in Boots" origin flick is already in developmental stages, and Moviehole recently talked to screenwriter David H. Steinberg, who had this to say about the project: "It doesn’t overlap with Shrek at all. Partly that was done to tell an original Puss story, but partly because we didn’t know what 'Shrek 4' (and now 'Shrek 5') were going to do with the characters and we couldn’t write conflicting storylines.’’