Monday 11th August 2003: Big Momma's House 2 Update:
Fox/Regency have signed up Martin Lawrence to star in a Big Momma's House
sequel. The script (did the first have a script?) will be written by Don
Rhymer.

Monday 11th August 2003: Black Cloud Update:
The following info on Black Cloud has been sent in " This being Rick's
directorial debut, Rick handled it and held it together like a true champ.
There are some great performances in this film. Rick did a great job
putting the cast together. Peter Greene(Zed) from pulp fiction plays Norm
and he really knows how to intensify a scene . Look for new talent to come
out in Eddie Spears"Black Cloud" and Pooch Hall who can be seen in the new
buddy lee comercials. Pooch plays Rocket Ray Tracey the kid on a mission.
This is the Karate Kid for the new millenium. I can't wait. I know about
this film because I'm related to a member in this project."

Monday 11th August 2003: The Bourne Supremacy Update:
It has been confirmed that Franka Potente has signed on for the The Bourne
Supremacy and the movie has had it's release date set as July 23rd 2004.

Monday 11th August 2003: Bye Bye Birdie Update:
Red Wagon Pictures have signed up Stuart Blumberg to write the script for
musical Bye Bye Birdie. The movie will be directed by Jon Chu and
distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Monday 11th August 2003: The Crash Detectives Update:
Stratus Films look to have signed up Barry Levinson to direct The Crash
Detectives a property they have picked up from Universal Pictures. The
movie will be based on a New Yorker magazine article by Jonathan Harr
about National Transportation Safety Board investigators who determine the
cause and liability of plane crashes. When a jet crashes into the Atlantic
with no survivors, one investigator -- fueled by frustration over a crash
he failed to solve years earlier -- is determined to successfully unravel
the case as all parties have their own agenda to avoid blame.

Monday 11th August 2003: Dallas Buyers Club Update:
Just received the following "Just a note to let you know I was married to
Ronald Dallas Woodroof really (Ronald Dixon Woodroof) in 1982 and I am NOT
HIV positive. The dates you have and the information you have is a lie. He
was bi-sexual along with many other things.
There is so much information that you do not have, I feel it would be in
everyone's best interest to contact me and perhaps his lover at the time
whom I am in contact with to this day. She is also NOT HIV positive. Ron
wished I was HIV positive when he contracted this disease in New Jersey. I
can explain in detail at a later date if you are interested.
He was simply out to make money with the Dallas Buyers Club before he
realized it could actually help people, then he could play doctor.

His family never left his side, I have pictures to prove we were there on
the night of his death. His sister and I are still in contact with each
other, his mother has since passed away. " Brenda Snyder and Luanne Capps

Monday 11th August 2003: Darkfall Update:
Novel Darkfall by Stephen Laws has been picked up by Dimension Films for
development. Writing the script is Willie Hagan and the movie will take
place in a high-rise office building on a stormy Christmas Eve. When all
the workers disappear, police sent in to investigate realize the missing
have been absorbed by the walls and then released in a horrifically mutated
form.

Monday 11th August 2003: Empire Falls Update:
Word reaches us today that Lou Taylor Pucci, who is currently filming
Thumbsucker with Keanu Reeves, has been signed up to play a character
called John Voss, a disturbed loner who works as a busboy at the Empire
Grill. Thanks to Anon!

Monday 11th August 2003: The Goddess Update:
It has been announced by Producer Ismail Merchant that Tina Turner will
star in The Goddess a Merchant Ivory production that will be directed by
James Ivory. James Ivory said that she will play Kali " "one of the main
Hindu goddesses, sort of a recycler of souls, a destroyer as well as a
creator who wears a necklace of men's skulls."

Monday 11th August 2003: Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire Update:
It has been confirmed, Mike Newell will direct Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire. Filming will start in April 2004. Producer David Heyman had this
to say "When Alfonso made the decision to focus on completing 'Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,' we were faced with the daunting task
of finding a director to handle the complex challenges of 'Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire' and to follow in the footsteps of Chris Columbus and
Alfonso Cuaron. Mike's rich and diverse body of work show him to be the
perfect choice. He has worked with children, made us laugh, and had us
sitting on the edge of our seats. He is great with actors and imbues all
his characters, all his films, with great humanity. I'm thrilled."
Mike Newell then said "I'm very excited about directing 'Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire. As audiences have become more familiar with both the
books and the movies, there has been an increasing challenge to continue to
develop each of these characters and to make their world real on the
screen. It is a pleasure to follow directors Chris Columbus and Alfonso
Cuaron, who have done so much to establish the tradition of Harry Potter on
film, and to work with David Heyman and Steve Kloves, whose love and
respect for this material have been central to the success of this enormous
undertaking."

Monday 11th August 2003: Hellboy Update:
Doug Jones who plays Abe Sapien has been talking in a very positive light
of making Helboy, surprising considering he had to spend a massive seven
hours in make up each day"When you've already put in a seven hour day and
then your twelve hour shooting day starts, that makes for a long reeeally
really tiring thing. So I had to push through a lot of pain and discomfort
to get to the character of Abe. But once I got there and the cameras were
rolling, it was so worth it. Because I honestly and absolutely love this
character. I love playing him, I love his relationships with everyone else
in the film. I love him...I would be very interested in reprising the role
for a sequel! It has not been talked about 'contractually', and so I'm
pretty open to discussion when the time comes, yes".

Monday 11th August 2003: Mary Poppins Update:
Rumours are circulating that Disney are planning on remaking Mary Poppins
with Queen Latifah being lined up for the Julie Andrews role.

Monday 11th August 2003: Indiana Jones IV Update:
Frank Darabount has been talking about the script for Indiana Jones IV "I
absolutely don't want to do things like having him say, 'I'm getting to old
for this s---, I don't want to be slipping and sliding in cliches. This
character is no longer in the 1930s. He has to age honestly. He's got to be
in the 1950s."

Monday 11th August 2003: Into The Blue Update:
Director John Stockwell has signed up Paul Walker to star in Into The
Blue. The script has been written by Matt Johnson and follows a group of
scuba divers who uncover the sunken wreckage of a plane that contains
illegal cargo. The divers then find themselves involved with a dangerous
drug lord. Filming will take place in October.

Monday 11th August 2003: I, Robot Update:
HNR has been in touch with the following " We've got more I ,Robot set
pictures up now showing the infamous futuristic limo. Security on the Limo
was extremely tight in New Westminister, but we finally snapped it in
Gastown along with a "futuristic streetscape". "

Monday 11th August 2003: James Bond 21 Update:
Super scoop Bonny has been in touch with the following info " Eminem has apparently been approached by Bond Producers Brocoli and
Wilson to pen a tune to Bond 21. Mariah Carey was previously sought, until
she demanded a role. Strange twist that Eminem should be ASKED if he wanted
to be in the flick." Interesting.

Monday 11th August 2003: Jet Set 2 Update:
Rupert Everett has replaced Lambert Wilson in the english language remake
of Jet Set that centres on a comedian trying to infiltrate the rich and
famous social scene. Also starring in the movie Samuel Le Bihan, Ornella
Muti and Paz Vega. The movie will be directed by Fabien Oteniente with
filming starting in September in Ibiza.

Monday 11th August 2003: The Kite Runner Update:
Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner has been picked up for development
by DreamWorks and Wonderland Films. The book tells the story of the bond
that develops in Afghanistan between a privileged youth and the son of his
father's servant, around a love of kite flying. The relationship fractures
when one boy is set upon by toughs during a kite-flying tournament and the
other boy does nothing to help him. Years later, a reunion amidst the
wreckage of the Taliban regime reconnects the youths.

Monday 11th August 2003: Ladies In Lavender Update:
Charles Dance has signed up Danile Bruehl to star alongside Judi Dench and
Maggie Smith in his directorial debut Ladies In Lavender that will start
filming in September.

Monday 11th August 2003: Lords of the Dogtown Update:
Director David Fincher has left Lords of the Dogtown project and Columbia
are now looking at a list of director including Doug Liman, Jonas Akerlund
and Catherine Hardwicke for the director's chair.

Monday 11th August 2003: The Lookout Update:
David Fincher is in talks with Dreamworks to helm The Lookout. The script
has been written by Scott Frank. The movie will follow a young man who is
rendered quasi-disabled by short-term memory loss in the wake of a car
accident. He is then befriended by a local gangster who wants assistance in
robbing a bank.

Monday 11th August 2003: Me and My Boy Update:
Producer Lynda Obst has signed up Heather Hach to rewrite the script for Me
and My Boy at Fox 2000. The script was originally written by Merrill Markoe
and will follow a girl looking for love with the help of her dog.

Monday 11th August 2003: Mother Theresa Film Festival:
Mother Teresa Intl Film Festival to Mark Beatification. Mother Teresa of
Calcutta will make history with an International Festival of Films on her
in Kolkata on the occasion of her beatification, in Rome, 19 October. "No
Saint nor Blessed in the Catholic Church's history had an International
Festival of Films dedicated to her," said Salesian Father C. M. Paul,
President, Signis India - Catholic Association for Radio, TV and Cinema.
"Mother Teresa the 'angel of mercy' and 'saint of the gutters' who
captivated the world in her blue-bordered white sari and her dogged zeal
deserves this feature and documentary film festival," insisted Fr Paul the
coordinator of the festival.
"Kolkata City which boasts of the largest film society in India will be the
proud host of this unique festival," added Fr Paul the archdiocesan
festival coordinator. The festival tentatively slated for 1 November is
Kolkata's homage to the newly beatified. It anticipates a two-day
celebration scheduled for 8-9 November.
Some of the films expected to be screened are biographies of Mother
Teresa's life like the very first film made on her: Something Beautiful For
God by the BBC (1969) by the cynic-turned convert Malcolm Muggeridge. Also
to be shown is Japanese director Shigeki Chiba's Mother Teresa And Her
World, Anna & Folco Terzani's Mother Teresa's First Love (1997), an Eternal
Word TV networks' Total Surrender ? Documentary (1998), Woman of the
Century (1997) and Dominique Lapierre's feature film In The Name of God's
Poor.
"Though I have copies of the films, I'm trying to get original prints and
will invite the directors for the festival," Fr Paul said.
The film, which if included in the festival list, could create controversy
is the 1994 British ITV Channel 4 documentary, Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa
of Calcutta. It is based on Christopher Hitchens' controversial book The
Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice.
"The idea behind including this film is to show people the various aspects
of Mother Teresa and be objective in our festival presentation. Mother has
served humanity like nobody has and her virtues outweigh her alleged
weaknesses by far," says Fr Paul who has seen the film. The British film
created worldwide controversy as it showed Mother's several fallibilities
including her mingling with the Haitian dictators, the Duvaliler family,
and not questioning funds from Charles Keating of Lincoln Savings and
Loans, who has the reputation of being a swindler.
The hunt is on for other titles related to Mother Teresa's philosophy of
life, which could be included in the festival. Contact email address for
Mother Teresa festival: cmpaul@vsnl.com

Monday 11th August 2003: The Night Before Christmas Update:
Richard Jobson has announced his next project will be The Night Before
Christmas. He will produce the movie with it being written and directed by
Anthony Neilson. The project is thought to have it's finance in place but
no official announcement yet.

Monday 11th August 2003: Nothing But The Truth Update:
Director Christian Charles has been signed up by New Line to helm Nothing
But The Truth.
The script is by Mark Perez with a polish by Tom Gammill and Max Pross.
The movie will follow a chronic fibber who finds himself forced to live out
all his outrageous lies -- from running a major corporation to being a
homosexual.

Monday 11th August 2003: Out of Reach Update:
Director Po-Chih Leong has signed up Steven Seagal and Matt Schulze to
star in Out of Reach for Franchise Films.The script has been written by
Trevor Miller and the movie follows Billy-Ray Lancing (Seagal), a
government agent-turned-survivalist from Northern Alaska who works on a
wildlife refuge and sponsors a young girl named Irina in the international
foster program run by Faisal (Schulze). Lancing uncovers that the foster
program is really a human trafficking operation, disguised as Irina's
orphanage, financed by honest and good-intentioned Samaritans.

Monday 11th August 2003: Range Rats Update:
The writers of "Range Rats" are Mikael Romano and Todd Morris.

Monday 11th August 2003: The Rising Update:
Die Another Day baddie Toby Stephens has been signed up to star in
bollywood movie The Rising that will be directed by Ketan Mehta and will
also star Aamir Khan. The film follows the life of Mangal Pandey, India's
first known revolutionary freedom fighter, who was hanged by the British in
1857 for revolting against their rule. Khan will play Pandey in the film
while Stephens will play Pandey's British friend and commanding officer
William Gordon. The movie will co-star Bollywood actresses Aishwarya Rai
and Rani Mukherjee. Shooting will start by early October and be completed
by March.

Monday 11th August 2003: Scary Movie 4 Update:
Anna Faris has revealed that she has not been signed on for Scary Movie 4,
if she does return it will depend on how Scary Movie 3 does when it's
released on October 24th. She also revealed that the movie has a PG13
rating.

Monday 11th August 2003: Semper Occultus Update:
Bonny has been in touch with the following "Madonna/Maverick Films are unaware of Producers' attempts to lure her to Bond rival movie Semper Occultus, despite her close friends, Kelly Brook and Jason Statham, attached to it. Do friends not talk anymore?" Could it be they are being coy?

Monday 11th August 2003: Standing Still Update:
Director Matthew Cole Weiss has signed up Ryan Reynolds, Estella Warren and
Michael Rapaport to star in Standing Still for director Matthew Cole Weiss.
The script has been written by Matt Perniciaro and Timm Sharp. James Van
Der Beek is also in talks for a rol. Filming will start in LA and Las vegas
this November with a budget of $12 million and will follow a group of
friends who reconnect at a wedding several years after graduating from
college.

Monday 11th August 2003: Terminator 4 Update:
Producer Mario Kassar has been talking about Terminator 4 "T4 is in the
works. The screenplay will be ready in 8 or 9 months. Once we have that, we
will proceed with the production. The question that has never been answered
in all the Terminator films is time travel. You can come from the future to
change the present. But we never see how they go back to the future, which
is a subject that can be explored. I think you already know where T4 is
going from the ending of T3." He was also asked if Arnie will return "It
depends on what he's doing in life. If he wants to do politics, he'll do
politics. Then we'll have to figure out a way to do it without him. But he
has expressed interest in doing T4."

Monday 11th August 2003: Terminator 4 Update:
Moritz Bormann, CEO of Internationalmedia has been talking about Terminator
4 "If we come up with a good story, there will be a fourth Terminator --
with or without Arnold,"

Monday 11th August 2003: Thunderbirds Update:
A new higher res version of the Thunderbirds guys has appeared online Click
Here

Monday 11th August 2003: Troy Update:
A report from an extra on Troy has just been sent in "I just got back from
cabo mexico today from the set of Troy" and the set is incredible! There
is a LOT of bulgarian men around their! They are huge and muscle bound,
hired to be on the front lines to make the army look realistic. I was
fortunate to become good friends with one of them and it is true...they
make very little $ a day. I was on the set yesterday (8/8/03) and they are
now getting paid around $32 a day...while the local extras are making $50 a
day! The food WAS bad...then it got good...now its average! anyway...the
walls of troy are huge and from the top the view is beautiful...the
costumes are elaborate and the armys look incredibly real! When standing
there in formation with full costume (spear, shield, armor, ect) and you
see everyone else..its as if you are ACTUALLY there, in THAT time and its
the most awesome thing i have ever experianced! The days are LOOOONG (14
hour days) and the sun is scorchingly hot...but to be a part of this huge
production is priceless and worth it ALL!"

Monday 11th August 2003: The Ugly One Update:
The following info on The Ugly One has just been sent in "Official Website: www.theuglyone.com

CAST: Executive Producer/Director:
Wes Studie Patrick Moug
Patrick Moug Producer:
Stacy Cole Kim Moug
Joey Albright Director of Photography (DP):
Randall Godwin Kevin Krupitzer
Sarab Kamoo Assistant Director (AD):
John Anton Jason Gira
Emily Rose Merrell Director of Stunts:
Pamela Lehman Eric Bryson
Kelly Richelle Lomas"