Just few days ago I mentioned that famous classic
THE CROW also awaits its remake, and now they already have a possible lead star.
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the director of the remake, is apparently in talks with
Bradley Cooper to take the role of Eric Draven, a rock star who is murdered along with his girlfriend, the night before their wedding. One year later, a mysterious crow resurrects Draven to seek vengeance on those responsible for his death. As you remember,
Brandon Lee, the star of the original film, died during the shooting of the film.
SHORT HEADLINES Rufus Sewell has just joined
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER in which he will play the main villain, the leader of the vampires. *Although Disney has dropped sf epic
OBLIVION last week (a film about a lone repair man who is the last man left on desolate Earth) its director
Joseph Kosinski (TRON LEGACY) is now in talks with
Tom Cruise to take the lead role and produce the film. *Paramount will adapt
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES,
Ray Bradbury's sf story about human attempts to colonize Mars. In the story, the resistance of Martians against human invaders leads to a nuclear war. *Young
Nico Tortorella, will join
Stephen Sommers'
ODD THOMAS film adaptation as a local cop
and the member of a satanic cult, in the story which follows Odd Thomas (
Anton Yelchin) a young cook from a little town who can talk with the dead.
Now here's a lovely piece of news for all of us dragon loving people :) Bestselling saga
DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN by writer
Anne McCaffrey, about a group of warriors who use their fire-breathing, telepathic dragons to battle a terrifying airborne threat to the exotic planet of Pern, will be adapted into a huge epic film. Screenwriter
David Hayter (X-MEN, WATCHMEN) has already been hired to write the script. First published back in 1968 this popular fantasy saga has had twenty two novels so far!
