Film News (04/04/09)

Quite a slow news week - the biggest story throughout was the Wolverive leak, but I'm not covering that - as it's hardly an interesting story of film development. We also had Aprils fools which led to a number of false rumours starting on the web. Hopefully none of what I report here is one of those. If it is then I apologise - it seems I'm the April fool.

Eastern Promises 2



David Cronenberg has exclusively revealed to MTV that he and Viggo Mortensen are considered a sequel to 2007s Eastern Promises. This will mark the first time Cronenberg has considered a sequel to any of his films, even though many have had the story continued by other directors. I think this may work, at the end of the film we understood what Viggo was doing, but not how he was planning to proceed and a sequel would be able to carry on the story of Nikolai. I don't know which other characters will continue - I suspect Vincent Cassel will retrun as the unstable and untrustworthy Kirill however I can't see a continuation of the Naomi Watts storyline - it was the least satisfying part of the first film and it wouldn't make sense to bring her back into the criminal world she really has nothing to do with.



Eagle of the Ninth

Does anyone fancy watching Jamie Bell and Channing Tatum for 2 hours in togas and centurion outfits, worrying and chasing after a lost legion of Roman soldiers in the wilds of Scotland? Me too. This is an adaptation of the best selling novel by Rosemary Sutcliffe. I hope they get a chance to talk about the merits of snails and oysters.

Inception

The cast for Christopher Nolan's next not bat film is coming together nicely. Joing Leonardo DiCaprio will be Ellen Page, Marion Cotilard and Cillian Murphy, all of which bring stong acting chops to the piece. It's said to be a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind which sounds like a barrel of laughs for next summer.

Prisoners

All very much at the rumour stage Bryan Singer is circling Prisoners with Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg as the leads. It's a crime thriller with a father of 2 kidnapped children taking the law into his own hands. Could be riveting. Could be another Taken. We'll have to see who works on the script with Aaron Guzikowski who specced the project.