Snapshots from Hollywood
by/por: Jorge Rodriguez Alvarado
Cate Blanchet with Russel Crowe
will play Maid Marian
According with the reports of daily Variety Cate Blanchett will
play Maid Marian alongside Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood in the
Ridley Scott-directed adventure pic for Universal Pictures. The film,
which had been called “Nottingham” but is undergoing a title
change, begins production in early April.
Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer is producing with Scott and
his Scott Free banner.
The drama, originally scripted by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris and then
rewritten by Brian Helgeland, has evolved into a “Gladiator” version of
the Robin Hood legend. Crowe starred in that film and Scott directed it.
Richard Pryor’s Life
Crowe plays Robin of Loxley in an original story that hews close to historical facts
in the future of Eddie Murphy
of the period. Abandoned as a child, he finds community with the common people of
Nottingham. Robin’s abandonment and trust issues hamper his ability to fall in love. He
meets his match in Marian, a strong, independent woman.
Writer/director Bill Condon, who just
Sienna Miller was at one time attached to play the role, but exited late last year.
completed his debut run as producer of
the 2009 Academy Awards, is shopping
his script about Richard Pryor’s Life:
Samuel L Jackson
by ICM and Anonymous
´Is It Something I Said?´ to the studio
Content, made a surprise
subsidiaries and independent distributors
makes a deal with
appearance as Fury at the
around town. Eddie Murphy is attached Marvel Studios
end of the first “Iron Man,”
to star.
throwing geeks into a
Sources tell LWR that Fox Searchlight,
The popular african
tizzy and showing the first
the studio behind this year’s big Oscar
american actor, who just
glimpse of Marvel’s plan to
winner ´Slumdog Millionaire´, is interested
weeks ago was seemingly
link all their slate of movies
in the film. The studio, which declined
on the outs with the
into one filmic universe.
comment, has a relationship with Condon,
studio over reprising his
Jackson and Fury were
having partnered with the director on his
role as Nick Fury, agent of
expected to be part of
2004 feature ´Kinsey´.
spy outfit S.H.I.E.L.D., has
the sequel, but as Marvel
Condon, who most recently wrote and
signed an unprecedented
negotiated with its cast,
directed ´Dreamgirls´, had the Pryor biopic
nine-picture deal to play
deals proved hard to come
set up at The Weinstein Company but was
the character in a series of
by. Terrence Howard was
able to pull it out when the indie outfit put
Marvel movies. Also on the table is the
replaced by Don Cheadle.
it into turnaround. He initially was hoping
The movies include “Iron possibility of top lining a
Mickey Rourke still doesn’t
to secure $30 million to produce the film,
Man 2,” “Thor,” “Captain “S.H.I.E.L.D.” movie, which
have a deal for the part of
but that number, sources say, has dropped
America,” “The Avengers” is in development.
a villain despite almost two
down to $25 million.
and its sequels. The actor, represented
months of negotiations.
Seth Green on his way to the red planet
Seth Green will star in Walt Disney Pictures’ “Mars Needs Moms,” Disney and Robert Zemeckis’
ImageMovers’ adaptation of the Berkeley Breathed children’s novel.
Simon Wells is directing the performance-capture movie, which follows a boy named Milo who stows
away aboard a spaceship to rescue his mom after she was kidnapped by aliens. Green is playing Milo.
The project reunites Green with his “Austin Powers” mom, Mindy Sterling, who will play the alien
leader of Mars, inspiring terror in all who meet her. Dan Fogler (“Fanboys”) is playing Gribble, a
friend of Milo, and Joan Cusack (“Confessions of a Shopaholic”) plays the mom.
Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey are producing; Steven J. Boyd will executive produce.
Simon and Wendy Wells adapted the screenplay
Green described the mo-cap process as “performing in a black box theater with no costumes,
no sets, just actors looking into each other’s eyes trying to make it real.”
Green, who continues to co-direct and write “Robot Chicken,” the Emmy-winning stop-motion
series he co-created with Matthew Senreich, next appears in Disney and Tapestry’s comedy “Old
Dogs” with Robin Williams and John Travolta.
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