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The only thing I've had a chance to do lately (trying to finish up all my work before the PotBs Pre-Boarding Party) is watch me some movies. And read about 'em. So lookit what I found thanks to Rotten Tomatoes and MTV Movies Blog:
16 Comments | Published by Josh Horowitz on Friday, December 21, 2007 at 4:59 pm.
Ladies and gentlemen, the next huge sci-fi franchise has a director. During an interview with “The Kingdom” director Peter Berg, he confirmed the rumor that “Dune” is coming and that he’s the one that will helm it. Calling the plans for him to direct “a done deal,” Berg told me that “if it weren’t for the writer’s strike, we’d be in it right now.”
Berg says that while there’s no script yet, they have a list of writers they plan to go out to once the strike settles. The helmer called himself “a huge fan of the book” and when asked about the scale of the film, he simply replied, “big big big.”
As any fan of the Frank Herbert classic knows, “Dune” received the big screen treatment once before in a divisive David Lynch film. Berg said that while he’s “a big fan of Lynch,” he believes “that interpretation has left the door wide open for a remake.”
Meanwhile, Berg also confirmed that even before “Dune,” he’s likely to direct Tom Cruise in his next film. Berg called the script about a CIA agent on the run after being accused of being a spy “great” and “a great role for Tom.”
Berg described the story as an “action thriller” and that “the audience is trying to figure out whether this character is good or bad. He’s claiming one thing and we’re not sure up until the very end.”
When asked if he’s met with Cruise himself yet, Berg said “we’ve been talking.”
Oh, and I saw "Sweeney Todd." I liked it, but I like musicals. I did overhear some douche bag saying, "There was a lot of singing in it." ...Urm...IT'S A MUSICAL, YOU FUCK.
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