The following is a list of recent news in the film-making biz!
–This is great news – Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are teaming up again! After making “Fight Club” in 1999, the duo will star in a movie called “State of Play.” It is a Universal Pictures’ adaptation of the British miniseries.
Norton will play a congressman who is threatened by an investigation into the death of his mistress. Pitt will play a journalist who oversees the murder investigation.
(I hope the duo is as good as they were in Fight Club, but who didn’t love the character Tyler Durden? Great flick!)
–Sacha Baron Cohen is returning to the big screen after the success of “Borat.” He signed on for a film adaptation of “Bruno,” a character introduced in his “Ali G” HBO comedy show. He will play an over-the-top fashion reporter.
–Michigan native Jeff Daniels will star in a spy movie called “Traitor” with Neal McDonough, Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce. The movie is about a former U.S. Special Forces operative who aids terrorists, but it’s actually unclear where his loyalties lie.
–Sean Play and Matt Damon will star in a movie together. Penn will play Harvey Milk, an openly gay 1970’s politician. Damon will play his assassin.
Milk was the first openly gay city supervisor of San Francisco. He and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated in 1978. His assassin, Dan White, was sentenced to 7 years in prison.
–Kate Bosworth will star in “Veronika Decides to Die,” which is based on a book by Paulo Coelho.
Her character wakes up in a mental institution after a failed suicide attempt. After a weakened hearts, she finds out she has only days to live. She is determined to find true love and a will to survive. Shooting begins this winter in New York.
–Jennifer Hudson has joined the cast of “Sex in the City” movie. She will play an assistant to Sarah Jessica Parker’s character, Carrie Bradshaw. Shooting begins Sept. 19 in New York.
–Zac Efron, the High School Musical star, will be in a comedy called “17.” It’s about a middle-aged father who wakes up to find that he’s 17 again. He then enrolls in the same high school as his two kids to be close to them. The movie begins production in December.
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