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akashiver ([personal profile] akashiver) wrote2008-05-11 05:18 pm

Entertainment update

I haven't done one of these in a while, so here goes:

Fans of the British tv shows "Spaced" and "Life on Mars" may be please (or disappointed) to hear that the America remakes seem to have hit roadblocks. FOX has decided not to pick up "Spaced" while the "Life on Mars" pilot is going to be completely reshot with an almost entirely new lead cast. Not a good sign.

Natalie Portman has apparently pulled out of John Maybury's upcoming adaptation of "Wuthering Heights". No doubt the frantic filmmakers will try to replace her in the role of Catherine Earnshawwith Kiera Knightly and her razor-sharp shoulderblades.

A big rabbit apparition warned me that an sequel to Donnie Darko that follows the vision-plagued misadventures of Donnie Darko's kid sister, Samantha. Richard Kelly is not involved.

"Bioshock" Movie to be directed by someone who isn't Uwe Boll. Gore Verbinski's done some good work in the past... You never know - this might not suck.

[identity profile] moonandserpent.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
"...to hear that the America remakes seem to have hit roadblocks."

Thank god.

At least about Spaced. I could have seen an Americanized version of Life on Mars possibly working, but given that one of the few shining lights in that concept was Colm Meaney as Gene Hunt, that seems even more unlikely.