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| Deep Inside Hollywood | ||
| KIDMAN REUNITES WITH
HOURS DIRECTOR Nicole Kidman is, without a doubt, one of the great screen actresses of her generation. But since winning an Oscar for The Hours, shes appeared in several films not worthy of her talents, including Bewitched and The Invasion. So its good news that shes reuniting with The Hours Gay director, Stephen Daldry, for a film that will co-star Ralph Fiennes. The Reader, based on the international best-seller, deals with a 15-year-old German boy who has an obsessive love affair with an older woman during World War II, only to find out after the wars end that she is the defendant in a Nazi war crimes trial and is quite likely guilty of an unspeakable offense. No word yet on when The Reader goes before the cameras, but its all but guaranteed an eventual Oscar marketing campaign. GORDON-LEVITT GRAPPLES WITH UNCERTAINTY He may have begun his career with the silly sitcom Third Rock from the Sun, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt is rapidly becoming one of indie cinemas hottest actors, thanks to his roles in Mysterious Skin and Brick. He obviously hopes to keep his streak going with his next project, Uncertainty, from The Deep Ends directing team, David Siegel (whos straight) and Scott McGehee (whos Gay). This new film will be mostly improvised by the cast, from a script by the directors about a couple facing an important decision on the Fourth of July. It will feature various versions of that same day, each one the result of a different decision by the characters. Filming is currently underway, so Uncertainty could be a certain thing as early as 2008. BIELS FEELING POWDER BLUE After Crash won the Best Picture Oscar two years ago (over Brokeback Mountain, alas), it was inevitable wed get more intersecting-lives-of-strangers-in-Los-Angeles movies. Now comes word of Powder Blue, which takes place entirely on a Christmas Eve of chance connections. One stranger, played by newcomer Alejandro Romero, happens to be a transgender prostitute who crosses the path of priest Forest Whitaker and shares a secret past with him. Patrick Stewart, Jessica Biel, Kris Kristofferson, Patrick Swayze, and Ray Liotta all co-star. Shooting now, Powder Blue is expected to hit theaters in 2008. Maybe even at Christmas time. MAKING OZ A DARKER PLACE Talk about not being in Kansas anymore - Warner Bros. is returning to Oz, but this time its not the Technicolor haven for singing Munchkins and horses of a different color that you remember. Todd MacFarlane, the artist who created the hellish world of Spawn, will bring his dark Oz toy line to the big screen in a new movie to be written by Josh Olson (A History of Violence). Oz will put a new twist on L. Frank Baums Gay-favorite classic, giving us a Dorothy who takes an active role to save herself from the bizarre world shes entered. (Think of Aliens Ripley - but with pigtails, and accompanied by a snarling warthog, Toto.) The studio is currently seeking a director for the project. Romeo San Vicente enjoys dressing as one of the Wicked Witch of the Wests flying monkeys each Halloween because the costume is skimpy. He can be reached care of this publication or at DeepInsideHollywood@qsyndicate.com. |
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