9/10/07

The Bulletin: The Title of the Next 'Indiana Jones'

The full title of the next "Indiana Jones" installment will be "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (May 22, 2008), as star Shia LeBeouf said Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas.

'Lust, Caution' Wins Golden Lion at Venice
The winners at the 64th Annual Venice Film Festival: The Silver Lion for Best Direction, Brian De Palma for "Redacted"; the Silver Lion for Jury's Selection, "I'm Not There" by Todd Haynes; the Golden Lion for Best Picture, Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution"; the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, Brad Pitt in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There."

'There Will Be Blood' Trailer Available
The trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood" (Dec. 27), an adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!" with Daniel Day Lewis, is available at Slashfilm.

'Iron Man' Teaser Available
The phenomenal teaser for Jon Favreau's "Iron Man" (May 2, 2008), with Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow, is available at Apple.com.

Penn, Damon May Swim in Van Sant's 'Milk'
Sean Penn is in talks to star as Harvey Milk and Matt Damon as Milk's killer, Dan White, in Gus Van Sant's biography of the slain openly gay politician and city supervisor of 1970s San Francisco, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Michael London will finance. Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks will produce. Dustin Lance Black (HBO's "Big Love") wrote the script. Production will start as early as December in San Francisco. Van Sant's project will delay or kill Warner Independent Productions and Bryan Singer's deal with Participant Productions to develop an adaptation of Randy Shilts' novel about Milk, "The Mayor of Castro Street," with Christopher McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") to write the final draft. White shot Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone to death in 1978.

Perelman to Direct 'Atlas'
Vadim Perelman ("House of Sand and Fog") will direct "Altas Shrugged," an adaptation of Ayn Rand's philosophical 1957 novel, reports Variety. Angelina Jolie will star. Howard and Karen Baldwin and Geyer Kosinski will produce, and Perelman will rewrite a draft of the script for Lionsgate.

Judd to Star as 'Helen''
Ashley Judd will star in "Helen," in which a young student lifts a music professor out of a chronic depression, reports Variety. Sandra Nettlebeck ("Mostly Martha") will direct. Nettlebeck wrote the script. Production will start in October in Vancouver.

Smith Gains 'Seven Pounds'
Will Smith will star in "Seven Pounds," in which a suicidal man falls in love, reports Variety. Gabriele Muccino ("The Pursuit of Happyness") will direct. Grant Nieporte wrote the script. Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, James Lassiter, Steve Tisch and Smith will produce with production to start in February.

Fiennes to Star in 'The Duchess'
Ralph Fiennes will star with Keira Knightley in Saul Dibb's "The Duchess," an adaptation of Amanda Foreman's biography of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, reports Variety. Knightley will star as the scandalous aristocrat, and Fiennes, as the Duke of Devonshire. Hayley Atwell and Dominic Cooper will co-star. Pathe and BBC Films will finance. Production will start Sept. 23 in London.

Mark Your Calendar
Olivier Dahan's "La Vie En Rose" (C), with Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf, will be available for rental and purchase Nov. 13.

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