Tuesday, October 14, 2003
CATWOMAN hints from Halle
A Catwoman fansite has posted the transcript of Halle Berry’s appearance on last night’s LATE SHOW with David Letterman. Halle apparently started talking about Catwoman right off the bat. Here is part of the transcript
Letterman: If she has no super-human powers, then why do they call her Catwoman? Why isn’t she just someone who lives next door?
Halle: Well...because she can do, what a big cat can do.
David: And how did she discover she could do these cat-like things?
Halle: Well, she dies, like all the other Cat-Women...she dies and is reborn a Cat-Woman. But what’s interesting about the take on this movie, is that we’re not saying that my version of Catwoman is the only Catwoman. She is one of an army (of what we believe) of nine Cat-Women, so we leave room for Eartha Kitt, who was a great Catwoman, and Michelle Pfeifer, who was another awesome Catwoman. And I’m just another Catwoman, because we believe that there are nine.
For the full transcript, visit Patience Price - Catwoman.
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Monday, October 13, 2003
RESIDENT EVIL 2 :: production photos
A fairly positive buzz is radiating from the upcoming Resident Evil:Apocalypse. Based on everything that has been released so far, it definitely looks more promising than the first film. Here are some pics taken by a Resident Evil fan who is living close to the production location. For more information and more photos, check out his site.
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Steve Martin resurrects The Pink Panther
MGM has been trying to resurrect The Pink Panther franchise for several years now. The property is one of MGMs only big “brands,” so of course they want to get it up and running again. After several failed attempts at getting Mike Myers for the part, MGM has offered the role to Steve Martin. Variety reports that Martin hasn’t commited to the role and that several “sources” report that Martin is not sure he is up to taking on the legendary Peter Sellers role. The project is entitled The Birth of the Pink Panther and is written by Len Blum. The film will be produced by Ivan Reitman.
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Sunday, October 12, 2003
First look at Keanu as CONSTANTINE
Straight to Hell recently scored a few pics of Keanu Reeves as Constantine. Constantine is based on the DC comics series Hellblazer about a hard-drinking, chainsmoking magician detective. The character was originally introduced in the pages of Alan Moore’s classic Swamp Thing series and was then spun off into his own series.
As you can imagine, fanboys went berzerk when they heard Keanu was going to be playing this part. After all, he’s not blonde and he’s not British. However, the director Francis Lawrence assures fans that “the heart of the character, the attitude and the period he invokes is intact, as this was the most important thing for me to maintain.”
Here is our first look at Keanu as Constantine. For more information, visit Straight to Hell.
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WEEKEND REPORT :: October 11-12, 2003 :: "Bill" kills
1. Kill Bill ($22.7Million)
2. School of Rock ($15.4 Million)
3. Intolerable Cruelty ($13.1 Million)
4. Good Boy! ($13.0 Million)
5. Out of Time ($8.6 Million)
6. House of the Dead ($5.5 Million)
7. The Rundown ($5.3 Million)
9. Secondhand Lions ($3.3 Million)
10. Lost in Translation ($2.9 Million)
Quentin Tarantino’s grindhouse tribute Kill Bill slashed through the competition this weekend, and scoring the biggest opening of Tarantino’s career. Jackie Brown (1997) and Pulp Fiction (1994) each opened at approximately $9.3 million. Exit polls were very strong, with 90% of audiences reporting that they were eager to see Volume 2 which will hit theaters in February. The combined cost for both films is approximately $55 million. I’m sure there was some celebrating by Miramax execs over the weekend.
Jack Black grabbed the #2 slot with his School of Rock slipping only 20% to bring in $15.4 million. School continues to enjoy very positive word-of-mouth.
George Clooney and Cathera Zeta Jones’ Intolerable Cruelty opened in third place with $13.1 million.
Building momentum for it’s wide release next week is the Clint Eastwood directed Mystic River. it opened in 13 theaters and grossed an amazing $45,500 per venue.
NEXT WEEK: Mystic River, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Runaway Jury.
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