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Faith HIll To Make Her Hollywood Bowl Debut In La Phil's 2009 Weekend Spectaculars Series Concert 7/1718

11 July 2009 12:03 AM, PDT | From BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news

Five-time Grammy-winner Faith Hill makes her Hollywood Bowl debut with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and fellow Grammy-winner, conductor David Campbell, for a special evening of music from the iconic performer?s multi-platinum recording career, Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18, at 8:30 p.m. The first half of the concert, performed by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (HBO), features an unexpected mix of movie scores and other eclectic selections chosen by Campbell and Hill. No strangers to each other, Hill and Campbell?s previous collaborations include her 2002 release, Cry, Christmas CD, Joy to the World, and Hill?s recording of the Oscar-nominated ?There You?ll Be,? from the Pearl Harbor soundtrack, arranged and conducted by Campbell. For the second half of the concert, Hill joins the orchestra to delight the audience with some of her best-loved No. 1 hits from her multi-platinum career, including ?Breathe,? ?This Kiss,? ?The Way You Love Me,? ?Cry?

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Kate Beckinsale wins £20,000 damages over false Barbarella claims

10 July 2009 5:55 PM, PDT | From The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news

Kate Beckinsale has won a £20,000 libel payout over false claims that she was passed over for the role of Barbarella.

The Daily Express ran an article on June 5 saying that Beckinsale lost out to Rose McGowan over the title role in the remake of the Jane Fonda sci-fi classic.

The report said she was "facing heartbreak after it emerged she is set to miss out on her dream role" and added "the film is expected to be a big commercial hit so it will be a real blow to Kate."

Beckinsale, 35, whose film credits include Pearl Harbor, Underworld and The Aviator, sued the paper which has now apologised and admitted the false article caused the star considerable embarrassment and harm.

According to The Guardian, the actress's solicitor Graham Atkins told the court: "As the defendant now accepts, the allegations are entirely false. The claimant [Beckinsale] was never in discussions about this

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David Bentley

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Affleck: 'Lopez ruined my career'

9 July 2009 11:16 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Ben Affleck has announced that his relationship with Jennifer Lopez was bad for his career. The Pearl Harbour actor, who dated Lopez between 2002 and 2004, said that his relationship with the singer made casting directors typecast him in film roles. "I was no longer in control of my life," Affleck is quoted as saying. "I thought I wanted certain things, but I didn't. I got lost. I felt suffocated, miserable and gross. I should never have gone (more)

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New writer for Disney's remake of 20,000 Leagues

8 July 2009 4:14 PM, PDT | From The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news

Disney has hired Randall Wallace to rework the screenplay for its upcoming remake of the 1954 classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, based on the Jules Verne novel.

The project, this time entitled Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, will be directed by McG (Terminator Salvation).

The Hollywood Reporter said Wallace would rework the existing script by Bill Marsilii and Justin Marks, which tells the origin of Captain Nemo and his warship the Nautilus.

Wallace wrote, produced and directed The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) and We Were Soldiers and was the writer on Braveheart and Pearl Harbour.

He is squeezing in the Nemo script overhaul before he directs racehorse drama Secretariat, starring Diane Lane, in late September.

In the 1954 Leagues movie, Disney's first live-action feature, a crew investigate reports of a strange sea monster and encounter Captain Nemo and his Nautilus. The movie is best remembered for the giant squid attack.

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David Bentley

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Daily news dose: Randall Wallace to rewrite 'Captain Nemo;' Patrick Dempsey joins 'Valentine's Day'

8 July 2009 12:27 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Here is your dose of film news for July 8, 2009:

• Randall Wallace, director of "We Were Soldiers" and screenwriter of "Pearl Harbor" and "Braveheart," is set to rewrite McG's upcoming "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo." Featuring characters from the Jules Verne novel, the film focuses on Nemo's efforts to build the Nautilus, his advanced submarine. Bill Marsilii and Justin Marks wrote the first screenplay. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Patrick Dempsey and Eric Dane from "Grey's Anatomy" are boarding Garry Marshall's upcoming comedy "Valentine's Day," which follows 10 Los Angeles people whose lives intersect on Valentine's Day. Topher Grace, Emma Roberts, Hector Elizondo, Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Shirley MacLaine, Bradley Cooper and Ashton Kutcher co-star. Dempsey plays a married obstetrician while Dane will play a quarterback. (Variety, THR)

• Brett Cullen, whose credits include "The Burning Plain," "Ghost Rider" and "National Security," has joined the

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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Remake Gets A Rewrite

8 July 2009 9:15 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

The script for the upcoming McG directed 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remake was originally written by Bill Marsilii (Deja Vu) and Justin Marks (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li). But today we learn from The Hollywood Reporter that Oscar-nominated screenwriter Randall Wallace (Braveheart, Pearl Harbor), has been brought on to rewrite Disney’s update of the classic Jules Verne tale.

 

THR reports that Wallace’s rewrite aims to focus (the newly titled) Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea on:

“the origin of Captain Nemo and his submarine warship, the Nautilus. Nemo is a mysterious but noble antagonist in the book, a scientific genius with a thirst for knowledge and a desire for revenge against the forces of imperialism.”

A lesser-known sequel to Nemo was later written by Jules Verne called The Mysterious Island, which revealed Captain Nemo as an Indian Prince who took part in a rebellion and lost his wife and children.

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Ross Miller

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‘Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ To Get A Touch Of ‘Braveheart’

8 July 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

Disney’s “Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” has been in silent running mode for awhile now. We first heard that “Terminator Salvation” director McG would be taking the helm of a fast-tracked origin story of Jules Verne’s famed submarine captain back in January. In an interview with MTV a few months later, the director revealed his plans to carry the 139 year old story “into today’s culture.”

Today, The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the script penned by Bill Marsilii (”Deja Vu”) and Justin Marks (”Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li”) is getting a rewrite from Randall Wallace. Wallace scripted Mel Gibson’s “Braveheart,” Michael Bay’s “Pearl Harbor” and — oddly — the popular PC role-playing game “Titan Quest.”

I’ll admit that I haven’t been terribly excited about this project. McG is hit-or-miss with me and the Justin Marks half of the original script’s writing

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Adam Rosenberg

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Randall Wallace Rewriting McG's '20,000 Leagues'

8 July 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Two months after being replaced on the He-Man movie Greyskull, Justin Marks has lost another big screenwriting gig: McG's Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. You can speculate and snicker all you like. In the meantime, The Hollywood Reporter says that screenwriter Randall Wallace has been brought aboard to rewrite the script before taking his directing job with Disney's Secretariat. (So handy to have those screenwriter / director guys just hanging around the studio!)

20,000 Leagues is being envisoned by Disney as an origin story for Captain Nemo, and that nifty little colon after his name indicates that they'd like to make him over into a nautical franchise to complement their ongoing Pirates of the Caribbean series. Everyone is kind of hoping they'll draw on Jules Verne, and explore Nemo's background as given in that lesser-known sequel, The Mysterious Island. He was revealed to be the Indian Prince Dakkar, who had lost his wife,

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Braveheart Scribe Hired To Rewrite Captain Nemo

7 July 2009 11:18 PM, PDT | From /Film | See recent /Film news

Braveheart scribe Randall Wallace has been hired to rewrite Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo, which is being developed for McG. Not a good sign for the project, which has already had a couple notable writers. Geek screenwriter Justin Marks (Masters of the Universe, Super Max) was hired in February to rewrite Bill Marsilli's (Deja Vu) original draft. Wallace is squeezing the Nemo "writing gig" in before he goes off to direct the racehorse drama Secretariat in September. Wallace, who was nominated for an Oscar for writing Braveheart, has since been credited with Pearl Harbor, We Were Soldiers, and The Rookie. The film will tell the origin story of Nemo and his warship, the Nautilus. The unofficial logline reads: "A fugitive whaler teams up with a naturalist, a mysterious woman and a captain of a futuristic submarine, to search for a lost underwater civilization that ...

Peter Sciretta

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McG’s 20,000 Leagues Getting Another Rewrite

7 July 2009 10:25 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo, Disney’s big-budget flick that McG (Terminator Salvation) is helming, is getting another rewrite. Justin Marks signed on in February to rework a script originally written by Bill Marsilli and now Randall Wallace has been brought in to make more revisions. Nemo, which Disney put on the fast-track in January, tells the origin of Captain Nemo and his submarine warship, the Nautilus. Nemo is a mysterious but noble antagonist in the book, a scientific genius with a thirst for knowledge and a desire for revenge against the forces of imperialism. In Verne's lesser-known sequel, The Mysterious Island, Nemo is revealed as Indian Prince Dakkar, a rajah's son who took part in a failed rebellion and lost his wife and children. It is unclear how close to that back story Disney will stick, but Nemo's tone will be decidedly action-adventure. Marks’ credits include Street Fighter:

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Randall Wallace To Rewrite Captain Nemo

7 July 2009 9:55 PM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news

Here’s a good sign that Disney’s McG-directed reboot of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is heading in the right direction: a new writer has already been brought on board.Randall Wallace, the writer of Braveheart (good), We Were Soldiers (bad) and Pearl Harbor (oh God), has replaced the original scribes, Bill Marsilii and Justin Marks, on the big-budget action-adventure Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.Nemo, of course, is the shadowy anti-hero who captains the massive submarine, the Nautilus, and drives two of Verne’s books, 20,000 Leagues… and its sequel, The Mysterious Island, in which he is revealed to be an Indian prince. It’s not yet known if Wallace and Disney will retain Nemo’s Indian heritage for the new movie, but we’re not overly optimistic.Whatever his take on the material, Wallace had better get a move on. He starts filming on his next directorial project,

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McG's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Remake Gets a Rewrite

7 July 2009 9:20 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

I wonder if the poor box office performance of Terminator Salvation has anything to do with this? Disney has brought in (via THR) Oscar nominated writer Randall Wallace (Braveheart, Pearl Harbor, We Were Soldiers) to rewrite the original draft of the Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea script penned by Justin Marks (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li) and Bill Marsilii (Deja Vu). Now the big question is if McG will move into directing this rather than Terminator 5, which might never get made. The last we heard, 20,000 Leagues was already in pre-production, but now they've got to wait for the rewrite. This updated version of Jules Verne's classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will tell the origin of Captain Nemo and his submarine warship, the Nautilus. Nemo is a mysterious but noble antagonist in the book, a scientific genius with a thirst for knowledge and a desire for

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John Woo Lands 'Flying Tigers'

6 July 2009 9:15 PM, PDT | From CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news

Director John Woo's next film will be Flying Tiger Heroes, a Us/China co-production, based on the exploits of the '1st American Volunteer Group', aka "The Flying Tigers" who flew missions against the Japanese during WWII.

/Film reports that Woo held a press conference in China and made the following remarks re the film:

This is an extremely important production. Currently, basic preparations for shooting work have already been made and in a month we’ll confirm the script. This Yunnan-themed film emphasizes China-us friendship and the contributions of the Flying Tigers and the people of Yunnan during the War of Resistance.

A wing of the Chinese Air Force in 1941-1942, the group was a private military contractor, with volunteer 'mercenaries', comprised of former Us Army (Usaaf), Navy (Usn) and Marine Corps (Usmc) pilots/ground crew, recruited under Presidential sanction, under the command of Claire Lee Chennault.

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Woo Takes Off With The Flying Tigers

6 July 2009 4:31 AM, PDT | From HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news

The next film from director John "Face/Off" Woo will be Flying Tiger Heroes, a Us/China co-production, based on the exploits of the '1st American Volunteer Group', aka "The Flying Tigers" who flew missions against the Japanese during Ww II. A wing of the Chinese Air Force in 1941-1942, the group was a private military contractor, with volunteer 'mercenaries', comprised of former Us Army (Usaaf), Navy (Usn) and Marine Corps (Usmc) pilots/ground crew, recruited under Presidential sanction, under the command of Claire Lee Chennault. The division consisted of three fighter squadrons of 20 aircraft each, training in Burma before the Us entry into World War II, with the intention of defending China against enemy Japanese forces. The Tigers' shark-faced fighters remain among the most recognizable of any individual combat aircraft of World War II. The squadron first saw combat December 20, 1941, 12 days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, eventually

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Auto of the week: 1954 Buick Super from Revolutionary Road

30 June 2009 4:59 AM, PDT | From Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news

New to DVD this week is the critically acclaimed drama Revolutionary Road, which stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as suburban married couple April and Frank Wheeler. This gorgeous young pair has all the trappings of the 1950s American dream – two smiley-toothed children, smart Connecticut house with trimmed lawn and the 1954 Buick Super parked out front. Yet lurking behind this cheery facade is a tale of broken dreams, high emotion and the sacrifice of youthful idealism for adult pragmatism. Still, at least the Buick looks good – good enough to become our auto of the week.

The Buick Super enjoyed two short production periods, from 1940 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1958 and for these fleeting spells was considered a top vehicle for a top brand, Buick being the luxury name at General Motors. There were quirky features that stood it apart from the competition, such as automatic transmission that didn’t require gear changing,

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Michael Bay: The Exterminating Angel

25 June 2009 1:32 PM, PDT | From Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news

What is Michael Bay trying to say? We know he's an entertainer, first and foremost (or so he thinks). So if one asked him directly, he'd more than likely answer (I'm thinking arms akimbo): "I'm just here to blow your minds with these amazing transforming robots created by Hasbro, Ok?" Of course. Whether through his not-so-exciting, yet oddly watchable misfire of Pearl Harbor or the weirdly invigorating carnage and surprising cleverness of Bad Boys II, the man is the Ethel Merman of action movies -- the hostess with the mostest (and biggest budget) on the ball. And with Transformers 2 he's definitely in Ethel territory -- he wants to please everyone (Ernest Borgnine, you can step aside). But again, what the hell is this man trying to say? And furthermore, what is his aesthetic? While watching the second installment of Transformers (Transformers: Revenge...

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[Movie Review] Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

24 June 2009 2:55 PM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

Of all the things you can screw up when making a Transformers movie, from logic to story to mythological accuracy, nothing would be more offensive than making it boring. That would be fundamentally against the very reason for a Transformers movie to exist. In this purposely silly franchise, Michael Bay was handed the goose that lays golden eggs. Finally, a legitimate reason for his brand of loud stupidity. No one expected more out of Transformers than a vacuous experience wherein the primary excitement is in seeing giant robots slug it out. In a way, that's what I found most enjoyable about the first movie. Its lack of pretense minimizes the potential to torture anybody's good sense the way Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and The Island did.

It took seeing the sequel to realize that there is a skilled craft behind Transformers that made it work even as a whirring, sputtering, exploding display of CGI wankery.

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Arya Ponto

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Movie Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

24 June 2009 7:39 AM, PDT | From MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news

Jun 24, 2009   Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a jaw-droppingly awful movie, a piece of loud, cluttered, stupid junk that stands below any that the often criticized Michael Bay has ever directed. Consider that all the warning that you probably need. If you have never felt cheated by movies like The Island, Pearl Harbor, or Bad Boys II, then Revenge of the Fallen has a chance of delivering what you need, but the rest of you should take your least satisfying Bay experience and turn it up to eleven and that will approximate how you ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com

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Review: Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen

24 June 2009 3:02 AM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

Issues of personal taste usually shouldn’t be a factor when engaging in legitimate movie criticism. The good movie critic should be able to aptly assess a film’s merit regardless of their own personal preferences for what they like to see on screen. Yet when it comes to a movie like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, personal taste is the major factor that will determine the response of everybody who sees it. Those who embrace the aesthetic of Michael Bay or were a fan of the first film are most likely going to have a good time with this one. For those who think Bay’s films are emblematic of everything wrong with contemporary Hollywood cinema, Transformers 2 will prove to be further evidence to fuel their fire. While many will defend this film and many others will despise it, there’s one thing this film is sure not to do: disappoint. Whatever

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Landon Palmer

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Quiz: The Explosively Awesome Michael Bay Quiz!!!

24 June 2009 1:39 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

You know him because he is awesome and because once his movies are over the entire set is on fire and his actors are lucky to come out alive. But just how well do you know the man behind the madness? How well do you know Michael Bay? With this week's release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen doing a Michael Bay quiz was a no brainer and I think I have come up with some interesting questions related to the director known for blowing things up. Check out the sample question below or click here to get started: Michael Bay's films, as of June 2009, have made $1.09 billion domestically. Transformers (2007) is his highest grossing film to date with $319.2 million, which one of the following comes in second? Bad Boys (1995) The Rock (1996) Armageddon (1998) Pearl Harbor (2001) Bad Boys II (2003) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hits theaters June 24, for more information click here.

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