Sorry it's late but I've been acting my little socks off and wasn't able to get this completed yesterday. Anyway this weeks titbits that struck me were as follows:
The One
Squeezed into a routine press release about The Company Men was the great news that Kevin Costner is currently in pre-production of The One, which he will direct and star in as well as co-write with Michael Blake. So far Costner has reinvigorated the Western twice with Dances with Wolves and Open Range, so I'm really interested to see what he can do with this tale of inheritances, carribbean cruises and 21st century pirates.
Catherine Hardwick
The Twilight and Thirteen director has turned up twice this week, with two disperate, but somehow not unexpected, projects on the go. The first was Maximum Ride, based on the novel by Jamesd Patterson about genetically altered school children with wings who are chased by werewolves. It all sounds a little involved for me, but like Twilight it has a massive inbuilt fanbase. The second, clearly showing she was upset about being shafted on The New Moon is If I Stay, also a young adult movie this time about a girl in a car crash who has to make choices about whether to live or die.
Crooked Arrows
Finally I think that too little films are made about obscure sports, so this week I was delighted to hear about this Lacrosse movie. No doubt it will focus on a coach proving him/herself by turning around a struggling team and beating the favourites in a nail biting finale. Cliched and stirring, what more could you want?
Lacrosse actually being played.
Bernard Hill (1944-2024)
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