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Keira Knightley Stars in Shakespeare's "King Lear" 05-21-2008 (16:00:32)
Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean) is to star in a new film adaptation of Shakespearean tragedy "King Lear." She will play Cordelia, the youngest daughter of the King, who will be portrayed by Sir Anthony Hopkins. [via Telegraph]
Gwyneth Paltrow is tipped to take the role of Regan, Lear's treacherous middle daughter. His eldest daughter, Goneril, is yet to be cast.
The $35 million film was announced at the Cannes Film Festival and will feature epic battle sequences, according to its makers.
There have been more than a dozen adaptations of King Lear, most notably in a 1983 version starring Sir Laurence Olivier and Dame Diana Rigg.
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Christian Bale Signed On for "Terminator" Trilogy 05-21-2008 (14:00:32)
Christian Bale is to play rebel leader John Connor in three sequels to the Terminator franchise, its producers have revealed. He has already started shooting the first of those films, "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins."
"He's really an actor's actor, so we're very proud," said Victor Kubicek of film company Halcyon. "Christian was our first choice and he's a big fan of The Terminator, so we're very lucky. But with Batman he's already done the whole franchise thing, so we weren't sure he'd respond."
"Luckily," said Kubicek's business partner Derek Anderson, "he read the script and he loved it, so he's signed on for all three."
McG (Charlie's Angels) is directing the new film, which is due to be released on May 22nd 2009.
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"Highlander" Remake in the Works 05-20-2008 (22:00:32)
Summit Entertainment is bringing back to the big screen the 1986 sci-fi cult hit "Highlander," with "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway on board to pen the reimagining.
The original "Highlander" starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings battling among humans, hunting down one another and collecting more power. Lambert played Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod, Connery an Egyptian and Clancy a barbarian known as the Kurgan. "There can be only one" was a line repeated throughout the film. The movie spawned four sequels and three television series.
Summit acquired the rights to remake the cult classic from Davis/Panzer Productions. Peter Davis, one of the original producers of the 1986 film, also will produce the new film.
By acquiring the rights to the property, Summit gains a recognizable brand and a franchise with worldwide popularity among both the young and old.
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"Flash Gordon" Remake in the Works 05-21-2008 (10:00:32)
Columbia Pictures may be working on a remake of "Flash Gordon," and is in early talks to acquire the film rights for a big-screen adaptation that Breck Eisner (Sahara) would direct. No writers are on board to adapt.
"Flash" was originally a science fiction newspaper comic strip drawn by Alex Raymond in the 1930s and was created to compete with another sci-fi strip, "Buck Rogers." The strip was first adapted to the screen via Buster Crabbe serials and made into a lavish 1980 film starring Sam Jones but remembered more for its Queen score. More recently, it was a Sci Fi Channel miniseries that was seen as a critical and ratings failure.
Storywise, Flash was a sports player who travels to the planet Mongo with his lady love, Dale Arden, and the mad scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov. There, they discover a world ruled by Ming the Merciless and meet strange inhabitants such as the Hawkmen and the Sharkmen.
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Sam Raimi's "Wizard's First Rule" Casts Leads 05-21-2008 (15:00:32)
Craig Horner and Bridget Regan have been tapped to star in Sam Raimi's syndicated series "Wizard's First Rule," which launches in the fall.
The scripted series, an hour-long weekly from Disney/ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios, is based on Terry Goodkind's book "Wizard's First Rule" and epic fantasy series "The Sword of Truth."
Horner will star as woodsman Richard Cypher, who transforms into a magical leader and joins with a mysterious woman named Kahlan (Regan) to stop a bloodthirsty, sinister tyrant.
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Jake Gyllenhaal is "Prince of Persia" 05-20-2008 (23:00:32)
Jake Gyllenhaal (The Day After Tomorrow) and Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace) will star in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' adaptation of Ubisoft's popular video game. Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) is directing.
In the fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard, Jordan Mechner and Boaz Yakin wrote the script, which is based on the many games created by Jordan Mechner. Production is set to start in July. The film is scheduled to hit theaters a year later on July 19th, 2009.