Steven Spielberg has a lot more time on his hands since he decided to walk away from the remake of the classic 50’s film, Harvey. According to Deadline Hollywood Daily, he’s set his eyes on a biopic of the late composer George Gershwin and he wants “Heroes” and “Star Trek” alum Zachary Quinto to play the lead. It sounds like the Star Trek sequel isn’t the only big thing on the actor’s plate.
A while back news broke that director Steven Spielberg and his DreamWorks banner were looking to remake the classic 1950’s film, Harvey. Most fans of the original were against the idea, and hoped that it wouldn’t make it past the development stages, and according to Variety that’s exactly what happened. Spielberg is no longer attached to direct the film.
This will come as music to some fans ears this morning as news has surfaced that the long developing adaptation of the film, Old Boy is no more. For months it’s been stated that super producer and director Steven Spielberg had the project in his sights along with actor Will Smith, but according Latino Review it doesn’t look like the film is happening, so lets start the parade.
As you should know, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, is breaking new ground in as many ways possible. Two of the biggest directors around, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have teamed up to co-direct the live animation adaptation of the comic. According to Nick Frost, both directors took part in the film equally although Spielberg was on set and Jackson mainly directed via iChat and a loud PA system that rang out over the set.
Simon Pegg and Frost were cast as the two Thompson twins in the film, (Pegg gets to be Thompson, since he is ‘P’egg) which was filmed in Santa Monica, California back in February. The film is currently in post-production and won’t be released until December of 2011 mainly due to all the special effects that will have to be rendered.
Nick Frost, in his rather easy-going way, filled us in earlier today at the Pirate Radio (formerly known as The Boat that Rocked) junket in London on some of the details of shooting such a technically advanced film, some of the equipment involved, and of course, how it was working with two of the biggest directors of all time at once.
Just last week we reported on Gary Ross possibly directing the Spider-Man spin-off, Venom. Now according to The Playlist, the comic based film may have to take a backseat to a Steven Spielberg project. A few months ago there were rumors about a developing Spielberg feature entitled, Matt Helm, but the director is out and a close source says Ross will helm the film instead.
A while back we reported on the development news that Steven Spielberg would be directing a remake of the classic Henry Koster film, Harvey. The 1950 original starred James Stewart in the lead as a big-hearted eccentric who’s branded a crackpot for claiming to have a 6-foot tall invisible rabbit buddy.The biggest question that haunts this project is who will play Stewart’s character? According to Latino Review, Robert Downey Jr. may be up for the challenge.
We’ve known for a while that Steven Spielberg has been trying get his film about President Lincoln off the ground, but it has constantly been postponed due to budget and location problems. Last month we heard rumors that Robert Redford was thinking about making his own Lincoln project, titled The Conspirator with James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn.
It seems like a month is all Redford needed because he is looking to start shooting as early as next month with independent financing. Meanwhile Speilberg’s film still seems like a bit of a dream job with a much bigger budget.
So what do the two directors feel about one another?
Indiana Jones V is coming to a theater near you sooner than later. After the massive commercial success of the last film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of The Crystal Skull, talk quickly sprung up about another sequel. Soon after that, we got a slight confirmation from co-star Shia Labeouf that the story for a new film had been “cracked” by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Now, Harrison Ford is throwing in his two cents about the status of the script.
It’s been a while since we’ve seen or heard anything regarding the Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg collaboration, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Over at the Spanish movie site Estrenosdecine, they’ve posted a new set photo featuring the two directors hard at work. From the looks of it, the pair are seriously submerging themselves in the computer generated world that they’ve created for the film.
But don’t take my word for it, see for yourself…
