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| High Noon - 9th October 2003 |
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The Next Daniel Radcliffe?
Child actor Liam Aiken will star with Jim Carrey and Jude Law in Lemony Snicket, the latest best-selling children's book sweaty Hollywood execs are drooling over. Author Daniel Handler has written several Lemony Snicket books - little Liam and big Paramount are hoping this first film will begin an increasingly tiresome franchise. Thirteen-year-old Aiken, who's appeared in Road To Perdition and Sweet November, told us: "This movie is gonna be the big one. I could be doing these for a long, long time and that's great with me." Aiken will play alongside Jude Law in the title role and Jim Carrey as the evil Count Olaf. Asked about Carrey, Aiken said: "I can't wait. I don't care if he's the evil Count Olaf and after my money. I just want to be in the same room with him."
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It's Pi for Night!
M Night Shyamalan, he of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs fame, is not going to direct the next instalment of the American Pie franchise. Instead he's almost certainly opting for Life of Pi, and that's not a sequel to Darren Aronofsky's 22 ÷ 7 mad-maths thriller from a few years back, either.
Life of Pi is about a 16-year-old Indian boy forced to survive after being shipwrecked with, er, a tiger, orangutan, zebra and hyena on his way to Canada. High Noon is wondering what the twist will be. Shymalan is expected to start shooting once he's wrapped The Village (previously titled The Woods) and will script himself. Strangely, he's not opting for the producer-attached scribe Dean Georgaris, who recently penned the "fantastic" Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life... |
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B & J dropped from Jersey Girl poster!
Following the disastrous Gigli, for which they posed together on the poster, Miramax has apparently ordered that promotional materials for their next film together shouldn't feature their likenesses at all! It's being reported that the Bennifer (as we like to call them) won't appear anywhere on the posters for Jersey Girl (not even their names, High Noon asks?). The studio, instead, is keen to promote the film as the latest from writer-director Kevin Smith, rather than a Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck effort.
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A Right Royal Rogering
The 007, Roger Moore will kneel before Her Majesty and receive the gentle touch of her sword. According to BBC News, Sir Roger, as he will become, is getting gonged in recognition of his fine work for Unicef, whom he has served as an ambassador for many years. High Noon prefers to think it was for his excellent 70s action pic, The Wild Geese... At the same time, crap actor Sting will get a CBE, or something. |
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Smith Beats Schwarzenegger
Having transformed into The Governator, Arnie's sadly temporary movie retirement means half of Hollywood is scrambling for his now unwanted scripts. First out of the blocks is Will Smith, who has been offered the leading role in comedy Big Sur, which Arnold had been eyeing. Arnie's first act as Governator, meanwhile, has been to green-light the construction of a time machine so he can go back and wipe out the family of his predecessor in office, thus preventing California's current economic crisis...
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