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Jim Carrey Seeking Entry Into Hughes' World
Woa, seems like Jim is busy working his ass off...Yahoo reports that Jim might also do ANOTHER project, always a very joyfull thing to hear I must say...And hereby I nominate Pit Bull productions for Best Name For The Company. never let go! (also notice the funny coincidence of a director called Jim Sheridan. His name buddy writes for the column on this very site. And whatdoyaknow. He wants to direct too. Okay! We're losing track here... further on with the Jim scoop.) By Michael Fleming
NEW YORK (Variety) - Howard Hughes is getting a second wind in Hollywood.
Hughes, who devolved from dashing billionaire aviator and mogul to reclusive germophobe, has captivated actors from Warren Beatty to Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicolas Cage, each of whom has sought to play him, to no avail. The next major star stepping up is Jim Carrey, who plans to play Hughes in a film that will be directed by Chris Nolan, with Carrey producing through his Pit Bull shingle.
Carrey, who'll be seen shortly in the Frank Darabont-directed ``The Majestic,'' sparked to Nolan after watching his breakthrough film ``Memento.'' The duo found they had a mutual interest in Hughes, and they are now looking for the appropriate way into the story.
One possibility is Richard Hack's recently published New Millennium book, ``Hughes: The Private Diaries, Letters and Memos.'' While New Line continues developing a Hughes picture with the formidable pairing of DiCaprio and director Michael Mann, the book's attracted a swarm of attention, with one bid built around Jude Law, another with director William Friedkin.
The Carrey/Nolan project is also a logical bid, though sources said the film will go forward regardless using the plethora of resources that include other books and public domain documents.
Publisher Michael Viner, who controls the screen rights to the Hack book, said there are at least five proposals on the table, and that he'll take one of the offers in early December. Hack, meanwhile, is about to move forward with a new project of his own for New Millennium, writing a book that explores how Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner have changed the worldwide media landscape.
Fresh from directing ``High Crimes'' with Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman, director Carl Franklin will tackle one of the most infamous American crime sprees.
Franklin has signed with Paramount to direct a feature based on the Susan Kelly book ``The Boston Strangler: Albert DeSalvo and the Story of Eleven Shocking Murders.'' The book centers on DeSalvo and the claims he made from prison that he was the strangler, before he was killed while behind bars.
Alan Rosen wrote the first draft and a rewrite is expected to be done in concert with Franklin. The film's being produced by Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla banner, with Franklin's partner Jesse Beaton joining her as producer and Valhalla's Barbara Boyle shepherding the pic.
``Jurassic Park III'' scribe Peter Buchman has been hired to adapt the Paramount-based David Fisher novel ``The War Magician'' into a potential star vehicle for Tom Cruise.
Cruise and Cruise-Wagner Productions partner Paula Wagner tapped Buchman mainly because of ``Alexander,'' the Alexander the Great project to which Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio became attached, and which demonstrated the scribe could shape memorable characters in large venues.
Cruise has always wanted to play a magician in a movie, and ''The War Magician'' tells the fact-based story of a British music hall magician who became a camouflage officer in the North African desert. There, with a few cohorts, he helped turn the tide of the war by baffling the Germans through illusionary tricks.
Cruise is rumored to be headed toward the Anthony Minghella-directed adaptation of ``Cold Mountain.'' C-W has bought many epic-sized projects for Cruise only to see them languish because the star is so selective, but landing Buchman shows promise.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is being courted by Warner Bros. to join DMX in the Andrzej Bartkowiak-directed ``Cradle to the Grave.''
Screenwriter Bruce McKenna, who wrote an episode of ``Band of Brothers,'' has made a deal with ABC and Touchstone TV for ''The Pena Files,'' a book he co-wrote about Octavio Pena, one of the best-paid private investigators in the world.
McKenna will write a script for a potential pilot based on Pena's life, and given Pena's exploits are reminiscent of a Latino James Bond, the result might be a match for Jimmy Smits, who signed an overall deal with the web. McKenna will script and exec produce the project with manager Andrew R. Tennenbaum.
McKenna's also in the middle of a trio of high profile film projects. One is the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced ``Once Upon a Distant War,'' the story of journo David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan's early tour of duty in Vietnam.
``It's these guys in their 20s who are unmasking lies that were being told by the State Dept.,'' said McKenna, who also teamed with Eric Jendresen to script ``Explaining Hitler'' for Universal and director Jim Sheridan.
Produced by Casey Silver, ``Hitler'' tells the story of the Munich Post reporters who exposed Hitler and his aims long before he came to power, and were killed by him.
``They laid out exactly what would happen and nobody listened to them, so the film becomes 'All the President's Men' meets 'Cabaret','' said McKenna.
He's also working with David Fincher on ``Rendezvous with the Rama,'' the ambitious adaptation of the Arthur C. Clarke book about mankind's first contact with alien intelligence. Morgan Freeman will star and produce with Lori McCreary under his Revelations banner.
``It's 90% CGI, there's a deal with Intel to make it possible, and it'll be an unbelievable visual feast. Hopefully the story of first human contact is clean enough to be as compelling as the visuals will be.''
After two scripts he wrote for Casey Silver's Gone Fishin' shingle led to greenlights, screenwriter John Fusco has made a two-picture blind deal with Silver, and he's also sold the producer rights to his upcoming first novel, ``Paradise Salvage,'' a coming-of-age story being published by Viking in January. Fusco will write and direct. The total package in the deal will bring the scribe a seven-figure sum.
For Silver, Fusco scripted ``Rebels,'' the Walden Media-financed David L. Cunningham-directed drama about patriot Ethan Allen, and Disney's eying a 2002 start for ``Hidalgo,'' the story of American cowboy in 1890 who became the first non-Arab to win the Great Arabian race in Africa.
Sans Silver, Fusco also scripted ``Dream Keeper,'' a Hallmark miniseries about Native American myths and legends that will shoot in April, and wrote ``Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,'' a DreamWorks animated film. Fusco began his career getting six scripts made quickly, including ``Young Guns'' and its sequel.
Then, nothing. ``I got caught up in this development deal track, and things only changed when I went back to writing what I wanted to write, and one of those things was the novel,'' he said
thanks to Yahoo.
That's right, Jim went to Oprah and you can read the transcript right Here :) I put pictures of it in the picture gallery. Majestic sound track
Of course a movie isn't a movie without a soundtrack, and we happen to know what's on it :). seems confirmed that the CD will hit stores on December 11th:
Blue Note Boogie - The Spencer Wyatt Big Band
And Jco reports the following:
"Majestic" clip at E! Online
E! Online's yearly feature, the Holiday Movie Guide 2001, covers 17 anticipated films (10 blockbusters and 7 sleeper hits) that will be released this season and "The Majestic" is, of course, one of them. Each movie has its own page with a short summary of the plot, a backstory, the buzz and the Oscar factor. Here's an excerpt:
"The Buzz: Carrey once again astounds, but this time in a film that doesn't require so much of his manic mugging. He relies more on his quiet side (who knew he had one?) in a Capra-esque film that's rife with patriotism and sentimentality.
The Oscar Factor: Perhaps because Darabont's a regular at the Academy Awards, he'll be able to carry Carrey on his coattails for a nomination. They say the third time's a charm, and after getting dissed for The Truman Show and Man in the Moon, voters may feel it's finally Jim's time."
The page also has a short video clip from the movie. This one is an extended version of the familiar, touching scene between Adele and Luke meeting each other for the first time... Awww!
- E! Online: Holiday Movie Guide 2001 -
Jim Carrey Website says that HBO's First Look will show you all about the behind the scenes of the film, premiering on December 11, 9:35 pm ET. Here's the schedule of repeats that follows after the premiere (also check your local listings):
- December 14 HBO Plus 12:00pm, ET and HBO 6:30pm, ET
Tom Ace tuned in for the end of the Tonight Show Nov.21, and saw Jay Leno thank Brad Pitt and Jim Carrey for helping him out celibrating Rodney Dangerfields 80st birthday! Happy birthday Rodney! Then as the credits rolled up, it showed a clip of Jim coming out and sliding across Jay's desk, and hugging Rodney Dangerfield. CinnamonGirl's dad said that Jim was talking about how Rodney gave him one of his first big breaks and he talked about some of the early standup he did back then (He said something about Rodney asking him to do a third show one night. When he said he didn't have any other matierial, Rodney said to do the same act -- "They'll be too drunk too notice".
with a huge thanks to Tom Ace and CinnamonGirl at the JCO messageboard and Yahoo for the photo.
Did anyone of you notice that 99% of http://jimcarrey.soiledmypants.comisn't working? Well, like some of you may already now, it's been down for a while now, due to some STUPID server.
Okay this totally stinks! Internations.net stinks. Yes it does. My site is already down for 2 weeks now. The only things working at the moment are the column and this Jimnews and that's only because I host those two somewhere else. and they've just send me one crappy little email that it would be back soon. They seem to be living in a different time zone. Soon, in my opinion, is tomorrow, if not today.Two days the last. But not weeks! And their soon was days ago! So PLEASE, if anyone knows a better reliable server, or, is even willing to host soiledmypants.com please tell me alll about it, So every section can return...*sniff*.
Carrey does double duty for "Dust Bowl"?
Look what we read at Yahoo:
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Jim Carrey, who stars in the upcoming 1950s drama ``The Majestic,'' is now headed for the 1940s, producing and starring in Miramax's bigscreen adaptation of nonfiction tome ``The Children of the Dust Bowl'' by social historian Jerry Stanley. Read more about the book here
Thanks Juliette!
Go buy the December issue of Premiere because Liz told that there is an interview with Jim in it. Small but still! An interview! and about the Majestic.
Yep, not only is the trailer in U.S. cinema's, it's also online! right...here. Go see and enjoy :).
Alright, grinchy steve has some news again, about a maybe new and upcoming project of Jim. There are two articles about it from Yahoo.
Here are two articles from Yahoo (Reuters) about Carrey's (maybe) new project...
Carrey catches romantic spirit for Uni/Jersey
The project, previously titled "Dog Years," will mark Carrey's fourth feature for the studio following collaborations on "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "Liar Liar" and "Man on the Moon," the latter of which also was a Jersey production.
The new feature, described as a rich, lush romantic comedy set in New York, is about a man (Carrey) whose dead wife comes back to haunt him, forcing him to confront the "ghosts" in their relationship.
The project is an original screenplay by Ross, who had been developing it with Jersey for about a year. Jersey partners Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher are producing with Ross.
"I've always admired Jim," Ross said. "He's one of the most gifted actors in Hollywood, and it's going to be a thrill to work with him."
Shamberg said, "At Jersey, we want to bring to the romantic comedy genre what we brought to the other genres we've worked on -- a fresh commercial approach to the material."
Added Sher, "And we have the best partners to do that in Gary and Jim."
Carrey, repped by UTA and Gold/Miller, next stars in Castle Rock Entertainment's "The Majestic."
Ross, repped by CAA, also is developing the feature "Sea Biscuit," based on Laura Hillenbrand's nonfiction book about the legendary racehorse, also at Universal. Ross' Larger Than Life Prods. recently renewed its first-look production deal with Universal for three years.
AND NOW THE SECOND ARTICLE:
Carrey inks for ghostly comedy
NEW YORK (Variety) - Jim Carrey, who returns to theaters in December with ``The Majestic,'' will next star in an untitled comedy from the writer/director of ``Pleasantville.''
The Universal Pictures project will begin production in March and will be released next Christmas. It will be set in New York, where it will be partially shot. Gary Ross will direct from his own script.
Carrey will play a widower whose wife returns to haunt him when he falls for a much younger woman. Her posthumous reappearance forces him to confront the ``ghosts'' in their relationship.
``It's a rich, lush romantic comedy about renewal and rebirth, and setting it in New York and getting to shoot it there was important to us, for obvious reasons,'' said Ross.
``I don't usually write projects for specific actors, but now that we've gotten close with Jim, I can honestly say I couldn't imagine anybody else for the part. He's as brilliant a comedian as he is a gifted actor. This comedy is tonally similar to other films I've written, and the hope is to be both funny and poignant. Jim's depth makes all that possible.''
The picture will be produced for Universal by Jersey Films, the Danny DeVito-led banner that turned Carrey into Andy Kaufman for ``Man on the Moon.''
Carrey, who has been a good-luck charm for Universal with films such as ``Liar Liar'' and ``Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas,'' has been intrigued for months with Ross' first original script since ``Pleasantville,'' the 1998 sitcom fantasy starring Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire, and he chose it over several other contenders early this week.
Ross had been expected to next direct ``Seabiscuit,'' based on Laura Hillenbrand's nonfiction bestseller about the rags-to-riches rise of the Depression-era racehorse. He'll now saddle up ``Seabiscuit'' right after the Carrey picture.
``The Majestic,'' a Capra-esque drama set during the Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s, opens Dec. 21 via Warner Bros. Frank Darabont (''The Green Mile'') directed.
Jim Carrey presents @ Cinematheque Gala.
J
"You're risky; you're a risky man," fellow actor Jim Carrey said, underscoring the evening's dominant theme before presenting Cage with the award. Doing one of his patented body twitches, Carrey hailed Cage as "Henry Fonda meets Robert Mitchum meets Salvador Dali with a SAG card." You can see more pictures of the event in Jim Carrey Picture Gallery 13.
thanks to grinchy Steve and yahoo
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