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| High Noon - 12th August 2005 |
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Murray Back For
Garfield 2
Bill Murray is in talks to reprise his role as furry cartoon feline Garfield in Fox's
forthcoming sequel, the imaginatively titled Garfield 2. Jennifer Love
Hewitt and Breckin Meyer will also be returning for the film, along with a
pair of British stars, Billy Connolly and Lucy Davis from The Office.
Connolly is playing the baddie, Lord Dargis, while Davis is animal crazy
Abby Westminster, according to Hollywood Reporter. Rumours
that Ricky Gervais is providing the motion capture for the CGI Garfield have
yet to be confirmed.
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Ali G On Da
Track
And while we're on British TV stars... Sacha Baron Cohen, currently enjoying
massive success stateside with his American version of Da Ali G Show on HBO,
has been cast in Will Ferrell's untitled new comedy. John C. Reilly, Michael
Clarke Duncan and Gary Cole have also signed up.
Cohen is playing Jean Girard, a gay, Gallic Formula One racing driver who challenges
Ferrell's NASCAR track champ. Cohen effortlessly stole Madagascar from
Ben Stiller and Chris Rock with his bizarro lemur king vocals, but can he
handle Ferrell, the 21st century's king of weird?
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Westworld Remake
Re-Animated
When Arnold Schwarzenegger became the Governor of California, plans for a
remake of Westworld starring the Austrian Oak were quietly dismantled. But
now according to Variety, producer
Jerry Weintraub is pumping juice back into the robots-gone-nuts classic,
with or without Arnie on board.
Director Tarsem (The
Cell) is behind the camera, and while Schwarzenegger's reps say he's not
involved, it's always possible that he'll decide to use Westworld as his
ticket back to Hollywod if the next election goes badly. There's a dilemma
for California's liberal movie lovers: another four years of the Governator,
or Arnie acting again?
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Splinter Cell Movie
Planned
It is a truth universally acknowledged that movies based on video games suck
harder than a turbocharged hoover, but that might be about to change. Tom
Clancy's celebrated sneak-em-up Splinter Cell is getting the Hollywood
treatment with some heavy talent behind the camera. Dreamworks is in talks
to buy the rights, and they've already hired Daniel Pyne (The
Manchurian Candidate) to write the script, and Michael Ovitz is
producing. No word yet on who will play gymnastic stubblechops superspy Sam
Fisher, but we reckon its's tailor-made for Tom Cruise.
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Farrell Blocks Sex
Tape
Colin Farrell's home-made sex tape won't be seeing the light of day for a
while. The Blarney heartthrob has won an extension to a temporary restraining order
baring, excuse me, barring former Playboy Playmate Nicole Narain from
distributing a 15 minute tape of herself and Mr Farrell in action. Farrell's
lawsuit said the tape could damage him and his career. Surely it can't do
any more harm than Alexander?
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