Chi-Raq
Wesley Snipes, Dave Chappelle and Nick Cannon have all reportedly joined the cast of Spike Lee's upcoming musical comedy "Chi-Raq" for Amazon's Original Movies.
The story is said to be a modern re-imagining of the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata. In the original, women withheld sex from their husbands until they agreed to end a war. Lee will make parallels to the play as he attempt to tackle the very real problem of Chicago gang violence. [Source: Consequence of Sound]
The Alchemist
Laurence Fishburne and Idris Elba are in talks to direct and star, respectively, in the long-gestating film adaptation of Paolo Coelho’s bestselling novel "The Alchemist" at The Weinstein Company. Filming aims to begin next year.
Brazilian author Coelho’s book centers on a young Spaniard who embarks on a quest to find a hidden treasure within the Egyptian pyramids, and has sold over 65 million copies. [Source: Deadline]
The Bombing
Bruce Willis is...
Wesley Snipes, Dave Chappelle and Nick Cannon have all reportedly joined the cast of Spike Lee's upcoming musical comedy "Chi-Raq" for Amazon's Original Movies.
The story is said to be a modern re-imagining of the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata. In the original, women withheld sex from their husbands until they agreed to end a war. Lee will make parallels to the play as he attempt to tackle the very real problem of Chicago gang violence. [Source: Consequence of Sound]
The Alchemist
Laurence Fishburne and Idris Elba are in talks to direct and star, respectively, in the long-gestating film adaptation of Paolo Coelho’s bestselling novel "The Alchemist" at The Weinstein Company. Filming aims to begin next year.
Brazilian author Coelho’s book centers on a young Spaniard who embarks on a quest to find a hidden treasure within the Egyptian pyramids, and has sold over 65 million copies. [Source: Deadline]
The Bombing
Bruce Willis is...
- 6/4/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Bruce Willis will star in a $56 million 3D Chinese-language war epic, The Bombing, about Japan's aerial bombardment of the southwestern city of Chongqing in World War II. The film is due to be released early next year. Directed by Xiao Feng, the film started shooting last month and the Die Hard star has already shot key scenes in Xiangshan in China's Zhejiang province, according to Xiao's Sina Weibo micro blog. The Bombing will feature a host of big-name Asia stars, including South Korea's Song Seung-heon, Hong Kong actors Nicholas Tse and William Chen, and Chinese actor
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- 6/4/2015
- by Clifford Coonan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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