IMDB has reported that Tom Cruise is close to raising the money needed to bring United Artists, the studio founded by Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, back to life.
According to today’s (Tuesday) Los Angeles Times, Cruise and his producing partner Paula Wagner, have raised the nearly $500 million that it will take to finance a slate of films for the now dormant UA, 65 percent of which is owned by MGM and the remainder, by Cruise and Wagner. The money is reportedly coming from a group of Wall Street investors led by Merrill Lynch. According to the Times, UA’s first production under the deal with Cruise and Wagner is the Robert Redford-directed political drama Lions for Lambs, starring Cruise and Meryl Streep. The director and two stars agreed to defer most of their upfront fees — the entire movie is budgeted at just $35 million — in return for a cut of the gross less production and marketing costs.
If this goes ahead it should be interesting to see how things go with Tom Cruise at the helm.
Newsweek managed to get a sneak peek at the sets of the new Harry Potter movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The movie opens in cinemas and IMAX on July the 13th 2007.
New Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Photos
Shawn Levy who recently directed Night at the Museum will be directing The Flash. Charles Roven and Alex Gartner are the producers.
Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, The Flash has the ability to run and move extremely fast, has witty one liners and can use his superhuman reflexes to fight crime.
David Goyer who had co-wrote Batman Begins was attached to write The Flash, but recently announced on his blog that he is no longer involved in the project due to creative differences with Warner Bros.
Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal will present the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday February the 10th 2007, at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills
The Scientific and Technical Awards are presented by the Academy for devices, methods, formulas, discoveries or inventions of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures.
News Source: ComingSoon.net
I didn’t even know Barbarella was being remade until today, but apparently it is.
Peter Webber who recently directed Hannibal Rising will be taking the helm of the new version of Barbarella, which is being produced by Dino De Laurentiis.
De Laurentiis has described the movie as “A Female James Bond — in Outer Space”
