Sex And The City: The Movie
Above is the first picture of the “Sex and the City” movie, which began shooting this week on the streets on NYC. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon will all be reprising their popular characters for the big-screen version of the hit HBO series.
Chris Noth will also be back as Mr. Big, alongside David Eigenberg, Evan Handler and Jason Lewis as the love interests of the SATC ladies. Former “American Idol” contestant and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson joins the cast as the assistant to Sarah Jessica’s character, Carrie Bradshaw.
The film is scheduled for a May 30th, 2008 release.
HBO Enters “Grey Gardens”
Speaking of HBO, the cable TV giant announced today that Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange will be starring in the movie adaptation of “Grey Gardens,” for the network.
Based on the 1975 documentary about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ eccentric cousin and aunt, “Grey Gardens” follows the relationship between the mother-daughter duo of “Big Edie” (Jessica Lange) and “Little Edie” Beale (Drew Barrymore), who spent most of their lives in a decaying mansion on New York’s Long Island. The movie adaptation however, is said to chronicle the lives of the Beales women prior to the events depicted in the 75′ documentary.
The project was originally announced as a feature film in early 2006, without the involvement of HBO. It’s yet to be determined if the movie will be released theatrically before it airs on the cable network.
In the spring of 2006, “Grey Gardens” opened as a musical at Playwright Horizons before moving to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in November. The show, which starred Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson, won three Tony Awards, including best actress and best supporting actress in a musical for Ebersole and Wilson’s portrayal of the mother and daughter duo. The show ended its Broadway run in July. Ebersole will reprise her role once more when the show opens in London.
Source: Reuters
The Hollywood Remake Frenzy Becomes A “Fright”
Shock Till You Drop reports that Sony’s Screen Gems is currently seeking a writer to pen a remake of the 1985 vampire classic “Fright Night”.
The original followed a teenage horror film fan who believes a vampire has moved into the house next door. This time however, producer Scott Strauss (”Breach”) wants to “re-imagine” the story by involving an amusement park.
“Re-imagine” has become Hollywood’s favorite word as of late, what it basically means is that they’ve either run out of ideas or are too lazy to try something new, so they take a not-so-old film and re-hash it by changing one element of the story-line so gullible audiences think it’s different.
Considering that “Disturbia” was a rip-off of “Fright Night” and “Rear Window,” it comes as no surprise that Hollywood would capitalize on that film’s success by going straight to the source and in the process destroy another horror classic. The amusement park angle sounds like they’re throwing in a bit of “Lost Boys” as well.
Do we need another bad remake of a classic horror film? Of course not, but that’s not going to stop the no-talent Hollywood hacks from depleting their resources. Only good aspect of all this is that they’re beginning to run out of movies to remake, so hopefully very soon heads will roll.
Source: Shock Till You Drop
