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MOVIE & TV NEWS
Henry
Czerny spoke to SCI FI Wire
about the story of killer zombies and domesticated zombies titled "Fido."
K'Sun Ray plays Timmy,
a boy whose pet zombie, Fido (Billy
Connolly) is his best friend. Also in the cast are Dylan
Baker and Carrie-Anne
Moss as Billy's parents; Czerny plays Mr. Bottoms, a Zombie Wars hero
and the boss at Zomcom, the company that keeps the bad zombies fenced out
and manufactures the collars that keep the domesticated zombies in control.
Czerny said: "I think it's a riot. It's
a wonderful satire. It's a love story on some level, of course, but it's
a wonderful satire, and it's a discussion, from my point of view, about
the use of fear to govern. Obviously, it's timely. It's so lateral in its
demonstration, in its presentation, and it's so evocative and humorous,
to a certain extent, because this kid befriends a zombie as he would a
dog. And there are people who are terrified of the zombie. Basically, the
film is a discussion on if we generate our fear and we see things as purely
fearful, of course they always will be, and we'll have to build bigger
fences. If we can turn around and see, if you will, the experience, the
fearful thing, as something we've manifested on some level to teach us
how to deal with fear, then we've got a whole different planet. That's
one of the themes, through my filter, that's in Fido, and that was thrilling
to do, even though the character I play is nefarious."
So, is it a gorefest, with lots of scares? Czerny said: "No,
no, no. It's far too tongue-in-cheek for that. It's far too whimsical a
style to go there. But my character gets his humorous comeuppance at the
end. Actually, it's not so much a comeuppance, because it's not that kind
of a story. It's not an indictment, if you will; it's more of a discussion."
Lionsgate will likely
release the Canadian film later this year or in early 2007.
 
 
Near
Dark
SCI
FI Wire told Lance Henriksen
that dirctor Michael Bay's
production company, Platinum
Dunes, was planning a remake of "Near
Dark." He reacted thus: "Oh, man, I
hadn't heard that. It's one of my favorites, Near Dark. If they were smart,
what they would do is get a hold of [Henriksen's co-stars] Bill
Paxton, Jenette Goldstein
and me, and do something that starts as a prequel to Near Dark. They need
to have a conversation with us, because, man, Billy Paxton and I have been
talking about this, about what we would do, if we did a prequel. And really
great stuff came up. So it would be very wise of them to connect with us.
Paxton and I as hot as ever to work on it. We all had so much fun doing
Near Dark. We really created a lot of it, right there on the set. So put
out a message, man. Tell them we're sitting by the side of the road, waiting
for them to drive by, if you know what I mean."
Disney
Non-Fat
The
Walt Disney Company
has announced minimal
nutritional standards as part of any licensing deal it signs with food
companies. These new guidelines prohibit marketing deals where "total
fat exceeds 30 percent of calories for main and side dishes and 35 percent
for snacks, saturated fat exceeds 10 percent of calories for main dishes
and snacks, and added sugar exceeds 10 percent of calories for main dishes
and 25 percent for snacks." The guidelines
officially begin once current licensing deals expire in 2008. They also
announced that restaurants in their theme parks would change their default
side-orders from French fries to healthier alternatives such as salad or
applesauce and that all trans fats would be gone from restaurants by 2007
and in licensed food items by 2008.
Production
Weekly reports that Sean
McNamara will direct the live action feature film "Bratz."
Bratz is one of the best selling toy franchises in the world.
The
Birds Remake
Naomi
Watts has been offered the lead in the Michael Bay remake of Alfred
Hitchcock's 1963 horror classic "The
Birds." Leslie
Dixon is re-working the script about the Northern California town beset
by the aviary antagonists.
O'Donnell
To Do Nip/Tuck Spin-off
Rosie
O'Donnell confirmed she will star in a "Nip/Tuck"
spin-off show as a lottery winner who sleeps with her plastic surgeon.
The character was such a hit with fans, producers approached her about
starring in her own show. In her "Ask Ro" section of her internet blog,
she was asked the question, "Is it true
ur in talks for a spinoff series starring as Dawn
Budge?" O'Donnell posted the message,
"Talks r over. I said yes."
The new series is to be shot in New York City, so O'Donnell can also continue
hosting "The View."
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