Film News (24/01/09)

Techinically I'm past deadline this week so apologies for that, but it's not yet one hour into the 25th so I'm not very sorry. I'm also a little "tired and confused" so please forgive any atrocious spelling errors and the lack of pictures. Outside the Oscar nominations it's been a pretty slow week - casting, writers and rights only - no major projects falling away or just getting started.

The Ghost

The cast for Roman Polanski's adaptation of the Robert Harris novel is shaping up to be very interesting with Tom Wilkinson and Jim Belushi joining Pierce Brosnan, Ewan MacGregor and Olivia Williams. I've read the book and I really cannot guess who any of these people are playing, so that could make the film fun.


Ness

Apparently the rights for David Fincher's next film, about Al Capone catcher Elliott Ness's quest to capture the Torso killer, slipped through the fingers of Paramount this week. They are currently negotiating getting them back.

Preacher

John August (Big Fish, The Corpse Bride) has been brought in to draft a script for Preacher, based on the massively popular graphic novel about a preacher turned bounty hunter looking for God. Sounds like an interesting prospect.

Rango

Joining Johnny Depp in the Gore Verbinski directed animation will be Abigail Breslin. Really I should be in bed rather than writing this. Good night.