plus 3, Next 'Bourne' movie to be prequel without Damon! - New Kerala

Next 'Bourne' movie to be prequel without Damon! - New Kerala
Syfy Announces New Saturday Original Movies - Coming Soon!
Rumor: Patrick Stewart May Appear in Mad Max: Fury Road - First Showing
Filming to start in Minnesota on ’The Convincer’ - Grand Forks Herald

Next 'Bourne' movie to be prequel without Damon! - New Kerala

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 08:20 PM PST

London, Feb 2 : Hollywood actor Matt Damon insists his next outing in the 'Bourne' action franchise is at least 'five years away' because movie bosses want the upcoming fourth film to be a prequel without him.

The thriller series was thrown into jeopardy last year when its director Paul Greengrass announced he will no longer be involved with the pictures but Damon subsequently confirmed his commitment to the franchise, reports imdb.com.

The star has now confirmed it will be a long time before he is back on the big screen as tough guy Jason Bourne, because there will be a prequel featuring a new actor first.

"There'll probably be a prequel of some kind with another actor and another director before we do another one. We're probably five years away from another one. We've got to get a script," he said.

--IANS

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Syfy Announces New Saturday Original Movies - Coming Soon!

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST

Syfy announced today it is adding a new Saturday Original Movies genre to its popular mix, re-imagining classic fairy tales, legends and pop culture characters -- from Little Red Riding Hood, Aladdin and Sinbad the Sailor to Hansel and Gretel -- beginning with the premiere of Beauty and the Beast on Saturday, February 27, at 9pm ET.

Starring Estella Warren (Planet of the Apes), Beauty and the Beast is not the traditional Disney fairy tale. In this gritty celebration of Valentine's Day, a young Beauty (Warren) with a gift for healing helps a deformed Prince (Rhett Gilles, "Wraiths of Roanoke") regain his throne and defeat the ruthless nobleman who wants to be king -- and then together they try to destroy a power-hungry witch. Beauty and the Beast was directed by David Lister and written by Gavin Scott.

Said Thomas Vitale, Executive Vice President, Programming and Original Movies, Syfy: "By turning familiar timeless stories inside out -- like retelling Little Red Riding Hood as a werewolf tale or envisioning a dark version of Shrek -- we're creating an entertaining new genre for our popular Saturday night movie franchise, which has become the television destination for fans of action-packed independent sci-fi, horror and fantasy films."

Vitale also announced a preliminary development slate for the new line of Syfy Original Movies including:

Red -- A young woman who is a descendant of the real Little Red Riding Hood brings her fianc home, where he meets the family and learns about their business hunting werewolves. He's skeptical until bitten by a werewolf. When her family insists he must be killed, Red tries saving him.

Hansel -- Twenty years after his encounter with the witch, a grown-up Hansel returns to the haunted forest, seeking revenge. But there's a surprise waiting his sister Gretel (who he thought had been killed) is the witch's protge.

8th Voyage of Sinbad -- Sinbad searches for the golden head of the long lost Colossus of Rhodes and, instead, discovers an island where the mythical Minotaur still rules, protecting a vast treasure. Sinbad and his crew have to battle the creature and its minions to get the treasure and save their own lives.

Aladdin (working title) -- After accidentally releasing an evil genie from an ancient lamp, Aladdin must find a way to imprison the genie again before it wreaks havoc on the world.

Black Forest -- A group of nave tourists take a sightseeing tour into a supposed enchanted forest, where they encounter evil creatures from the world of fantasy. Trapped in the Black Forest, their only hope of survival is fighting their way out.

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Rumor: Patrick Stewart May Appear in Mad Max: Fury Road - First Showing

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 01:00 AM PST

Rumor: Patrick Stewart Might Be in Mad Max 4: Fury Road?

February 1, 2010
Source: Ain't It Cool News
by Alex Billington

Make it so! I hate reporting these kind of rumors, but after the Grammys last night, there's not much else to report on. Ain't It Cool News got a random and unconfirmed email "report" from a fan in Australia claiming that it might be possible that Patrick Stewart could appear in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road. We just announced four new cast members last week for this new sequel, which means it's definitely gearing up to start shooting sometime in the next few months. And if Stewart is in Oz and if he actually said "he may be back here soon to film a movie with George Miller" then it sounds like it could be true. You never know?

Here's the important email bits from AICN that potentially reveal Stewart's involvement in Fury Road:

I got to ask him whether he'd like to make a movie in Australia and he said he may be back here soon to film a movie with George Miller. I - embarrassingly - blurted "Happy Feet 2! great!" and he said "No, another one". Only other one I can see that Miller is doing is the new Mad Max movie. Patrick is sexy, but surely he's not playing mad max! hee hee - - assume he's playing another role in it. keep up the good work, 'TrekGirl'

I don't know if I trust this "TrekGirl." However, at this point (since Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome was released in 1985), the Mad Max franchise has certainly made its way into the mainstream, and I don't think it would be hard for George Miller to cast some big names in this sequel. In fact, I can see Stewart playing the lead villain or some post-apocalyptic punk badass. All of the other baddies (especially in Road Warrior) were bald or had some crazy mohawks or something like that, and that's exactly the kind of character I could imagine him playing. No word yet on if this is legit, but for now it's only a rumor. We'll keep you updated!

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Reader Feedback - 8 Comments »

please don't make it so,patrick.

tobi,leader of the akatsuki on Feb 1, 2010

Just try to picture Stewart with a rainbow mohawk :o)

peloquin on Feb 1, 2010

Hey!!! look this!!!
http://www.interney.net/blogs/media/mdm/madpatric.jpg

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Ivor on Feb 1, 2010

Patrick Stewart is awesome.

Sabes on Feb 1, 2010

Look what happened to Connery when he did The of Extraodianay Gentlemen. After such a great career in movies, his last movie was a turd that he will never live down. Hopefully Patrick Stewart won't make the same mistake by getting involved with this piece of junk.

Hattori Hanzo on Feb 1, 2010

get it right, its Sir. Patrick Stewart

just watched David Lynch's Dune last night, the more sir. patric sterwart the better

Janny on Feb 1, 2010

What are they trying to do with this movie, a cast list of clearasil teenyboppers animated sequences and "SIR" Patrick Stewart as what? The news keeps getting stranger. They need to go back to the drawing board, get some no name actors, an arsenal of stunt people, a box of dynamite and do this thing right..

GIGERBRICK on Feb 1, 2010

#5- "Look what happened to Connery when he did The of Extraodianay Gentlemen. After such a great career in movies, his last movie was a turd that he will never live down."

Oh please. Connery's been making bad films since before I was born; Zardoz, Meteor, Robin And Marian, Outland, Sword Of The Valiant/Green Knight. LXG just happened to be his last crapfest and we should be thankful for it.

Don't get me wrong, I love Connery but to suggest that things took a turn after LXG is a bit naive.

twittwit on Feb 1, 2010

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Filming to start in Minnesota on ’The Convincer’ - Grand Forks Herald

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:44 AM PST

MINNEAPOLIS — Filming is set to start next Monday on the next major made-in-Minnesota movie.

"The Convincer" is scheduled for a 30-day shoot, mainly in Hopkins.

Alan Arkin and Greg Kinnear star in the movie about a desperate Midwestern salesman who schemes to acquire a rare violin.

Filmmaking sisters Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher, who are Wisconsin natives, wrote the script, which Jill Sprecher will direct.

Executive Director Lucinda Winter of the Minnesota Film and TV Board says the movie is budgeted between $4 million and $5 million and will have a crew of about 100. She says more than 300 extras are needed.

Minneapolis-based Werc Werk Works, an independent film and finance company, is producing the film.

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