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Variety Report New Mapoleonic Wars With two Alexander the Great projects on the way, and at least two Howard Hughes biographies, make room for competing Napoleon pics as well. Al Pacino will play Monsieur Bonaparte this fall in "The Monster of Longwood," an adaptation of a Staton Rabin novel....about the French dictator's last days and his grwoing relationship with a young British girl who befriended him after he was exiled to the isle of St. Helena. Patrice Chereau ("Queen Margot") will direct. The second film is "Napoleon and Betsy", a project at Lions Gate as a star vehicle for Scarlett Johansson, with Rebecca B. Kennedy writing the script and Melanie Johansson, Alexandra Milchan and Gilles Arondeau producing. The fighting has already begun with 'Longwood' producer Rosenman trying to halt 'Betsy'. The problem is not only did 'Betsy' writer Rebecca Kennedy write the first draft of 'Longwood', but two cast members of the latter project were attached to the former (incl. Johansson's mother). Angry letters have been going back and forth between Rosenman and Johansson and he has been accusing her production of copyright infringement amongst other things.
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HDTV Making Advances
HDTV can is now in 75 percent of the households that have cable TV, according to a study released Monday by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. The percentage has jumped to more than double (34 percent) the January 2003 figure.
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What's Up With Viacom's Gay Channel
Viacom's plans to launch a 24-hour gay cable channel has raised questions among its potential advertisers, producers, and even members of the gay community, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The Journal said that some cable operators, especially those outside major urban areas, might be reluctant to add another channel and question the ability of the channel's programmers to offer sufficient stimulating shows to engage an audience 24 hours a day. Besides, as Law & Order: SVU's producer Robert Nathan told the newspaper: "Do we have to fractionalize the audience for everything?"
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GLAAD Launches Competition For Marriage Commercial
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has opened the field for amateur and professional filmmakers to produce a 30-second commercial that could "counter the negative, discriminatory and fear-mongering tactics of the religious right" regarding gay marriage. The filmmakers are being asked to "translate your passion for fairness and equal protection" into the spot. The competition will run until May 11. The selected spot is expected to be shown in key markets during the second half of the year. There are details of the competition on the www.glaad.org website.
-------------- Superman & Seinfeld, Showing On The Web

Superman and comedian Jerry Seinfeld, right, share a moment after the unveiling of Director Barry Levinson"s American Express' Superman 'webisode' at W Hotel in New York on Monday, March 29, 2004. The five minute episode, appearing on American Express' web site, is directed by Levinson and stars Seinfeld and SuperMan.
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Ready For Evil Dead IV, And Big Trouble In Little China 2?
American Film Market concluded a month or so back, and most of us figured we'd heard about the more interesting of the countless horror projects being offered. Then, this past week, the AFM Product Guide issue of Britain's Screen International magazine reported way in the back, on a page of last-minute additions that came in too late to be included in the main listings, and included an entry to made us stand up and take notice. The company in question is the Connecticut-based Award Pictures, which has an even dozen projects listed in its stable. Cheif among the lineup are the following two, reprinted here verbatim:
"EVIL DEAD IV: CONSEQUENCES: Horror, 136 mins. Prod co: Award Pictures. Prod/scr: Graham MacCrae, Glenn MacCrae. Budget: $71m. Pre-production. Delivery date: 2004. Ash may need a hand fighting deadites, demons, the FBI and reality TV."
"MORE BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: Action/adventure, 127 mins. Prod co: Award Pictures. Prod/scr: Graham MacCrae, Glenn MacCrae. Budget: $75m. In development. Delivery date: 2005. With the mysteries of death revealed, Lo Pan returns and Jack Burton must stop him."
Interested? A little scared? Me too.
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Felissa Rose Added To Dead Serious Cast
Moodude Films told us that Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp) has signed on to star in the feature film Dead Serious. "We are extremely excited to have Felissa cast in the lead role, the entire cast and crew is full of genre veterans and this will be a great project," said producer Michael J. Hein (Biohazardous). Also involved are cinematographer Bud Gardner (The Curse) , FX man Anthony Pepe (Satan's Little Helper), and actor Tom Cahill (Shadow of Death, Biohazardous). Shooting begins in May in NYC and the director will be Joe Sullivan.
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------------ ABC Gives Up on 'Kingdom Hospital'

ABC has all but unplugged the life support machinery for "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital," after four weeks of hemorrhaging ratings. ABC said on Monday it would move the program next week to 9 p.m. on Thursdays for the remainder of its run, thereby essentially throwing it to the ratings wolves against two of television's biggest hits -- "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" on CBS and "The Apprentice" on NBC. The show had never been smooth sailing since it had originally been slotted against NBC's "Law & Order" juggernaut at 10 p.m Wednesdays, "Kingdom Hospital" was another failed attempt for ABC to rebuild its prime-time schedule. Based on the Danish miniseries "The Kingdom," and King's own experiences of being hospitalized after a near-fatal accident, "Kingdom Hospital" is the story of a famous artist who wakes from a coma with telepathic powers in a haunted hospital.
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Jack Black Brings Back 'King Kong' Comic actor Jack Black has been cast alongside Naomi Watts in Peter Jackson's remake of "King Kong." Black will be Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong played the role in the 1933 original), an adventurer filmmaker in 1930s New York. Director Jackson has said he is pretending the 1976 Dino DeLaurentis update does not exist. Watts is playing Ann Darrow (The part originally created by Fay Wray), an American actress who barely makes a living in Broadway song and dance shows. The project will shoot in Jackson's native New Zealand, and is set up at Universal Pictures. "I've been wanting to work with Jack Black ever since I saw him in High Fidelity," said Jackson, who writing the Kong remake with his "Lord of the Rings" co-screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. "He's a smart and versatile actor blessed with an abundance of energy and charm and I'm absolutely thrilled that he is joining us on 'Kong."'

I Knew That! Question #808
(Tuesday, March 30, 2004)
Question #808: Not only did he play the first
Frankenstein monster on film, he was the first
Ebenezer Scrooge of the movies. Who was he?

Answer #807: "I ain't like that no more. I ain't
the same, Ned. Claudia, she straightened me up,
cleared me of drinkin' whiskey and all. Just 'cause
we're goin' on this killing, that don't mean I'm
gonna go back to bein' the way I was. I just need
the money, get a new start for them youngsters.
Ned, you remember that drover I shot through
the mouth and his teeth came out the back of his
head? I think about him now and again. He didn't
do anything to deserve to get shot, at least nothin'
I could remember when I sobered up."
-Bill Munny (Clint Eastwood, "The Unforgiven" (1992))
Rachel got it first, then Pam, Lori, Scott,
Max & Mr. Mike

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Serendipity Cinema: (This is a Once A Week Feature)
A Recommended Film You May Never Have Heard Of,
But Really Ought To See.
#2. The Enchanted Cottage.
Some will call it a "Chick Flick," others just
a "Romantic Love Story" and some might even call
it "Fantasy," but this film is about the power of
hope, the magic of love. With magnificent performances
and simple honesty, it paints a picture that would
never be attempted today. It is glorious, and will
leave no one who sees it unchanged. If you have a
romantic bone in your body seek it out, and you will
thank me for pointing you in its direction.

--posted by Wayne Tuesday, March 30, 2004

--posted by Wayne Tuesday, March 30, 2004

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