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Addy to star in Well’s sci-fi
The star of The Full Monty Mark Addy, has signed to
star opposite Guy Pearce in The Time Machine a film
based on the classic novel by H.G. Wells. The shoot
begins is Feb.
Addy will portray the best friend of the inventor (Pearce)
who builds a machine that allows him to travel 800,000
years into the future. Simon Wells, great-grandson of
the book’s author, directs from a script by John
Logan (Gladiator). Addy will next be seen in Paramount’s
Weitz brothers picture Down to Earth, which opens in
Feb. He also recently completed production on Brian
Helgeland’s A Knight’s Tale for Columbia Pictures.
Slain reporter to be played by Cate
Oscar-nominated actress Cate Blanchett is to take the
lead role in a new film about Irish crime reporter Veronica
Guerin, who was murdered in 1996.Australian-born Blanchett,
nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth
I in Elizabeth, will play Guerin, who was shot dead
in June 1996 by the pillion passenger on a motorbike
as she sat in her car at traffic lights on the outskirts
of Dublin.Two men have already been sentenced to life
imprisonment for their part in the killing, which outraged
the Irish public.
The new film, entitled Chasing The Dragon: the Veronica
Guerin Story, will be made in Dublin later this year
and is to be directed by Joel Schumacher.
Benicio Del Toro in The Hunted
After winning the Golden Globe Award for his supporting
role in Traffic, Benicio Del Toro is near a deal to
join Tommy Lee Jones and Connie Nielsen in The Hunted
a Paramount thriller to be directed by William Friedkin.
Del Toro, who’s also coming off showy roles in
the Guy Ritchie-directed comedy Snatch and Sean Penn’s
The Pledge will play a villain who murders people in
order to become the subject of a manhunt, from which
he draws perverse thrills. He meets his match when he’s
hunted by a tracker (Jones) and his partner (Nielsen).
’N Sync duo in movie
Eric Bross, who filmed the USA cable movie The Chippendales
Murder, will direct ’N Sync duo Lance Bass and
Joey Fatone in the romantic comedy On the L.
The $10 million project marks the first through Bass’
recently formed production company A Happy Place, and
will be distributed by Miramax Films. Production is
slated to begin in March. On the L is about a couple
who meet briefly on their city’s train system and
must then find a way to reunite. It stems from a short
film, On the Line.
Movie at White House, a big hit
Movie night at the White House got a thumbs-up, on Feb
2nd, from Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, who described
watching a film about his late brothers and the Cuban
missile crisis as an emotional experience.
At President George W. Bush’s invitation, Kennedy
and other members of his staunchly Democratic family
dropped by the executive mansion for a special screening
of Thirteen Days.
The film, starring Kevin Costner, offers a cinematic
view of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis and the efforts
of then-President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General
Robert Kennedy to avoid a nuclear showdown with the
former Soviet Union.
Edward Kennedy told reporters the film was ‘excellent’
but stirred his emotions.
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