Quickhits: Eli Roth in Grind House, Fox plays Matchbreaker and the Weinstein Co. Heads Underground
Filed under: Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thrillers, Casting, Deals, Scripts, 20th Century Fox, The Weinstein Co., DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Weinstein Brothers
Odds and ends from Friday and the weekend:
- In finalizing the cast for his part of Grind House (titled Death Proof), Quentin Tarantino has brought on Michael Bacall, newcomer Omar Doom and Eli Roth. Labeled a "slasher flick" and currently shooting in Austin, the three will star alongside Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Rosario Dawson and Rose McGowan, among others. Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror wrapped its production recently and Grind House (as a whole) is expected to invade theaters on April 6, 2007.
- 20th Century Fox has gone ahead and snatched up Adam Sztykiel's spec script Matchbreaker, with Shawn Levy to produce the comedy through his 21 Laps Entertainment. Though the plot is being kept a secret for now, it's vaguely being described as a "high-concept comedy about two guys and a girl set against a vibrant cultural backdrop, which we haven't seen in a movie before."
- Looking to add a bit more funny to their repertoire, the Weinstein Co. has signed a one-year, first-look deal with Underground Films and acquired the comedy pitch Rising Son for Underground to produce. Pic revolves around a "young American who proposes to his Japanese-American girlfriend just as they are traveling to visit her estranged family." While there, he must compete in a bunch of challenges in order to win the respect of his future father-in-law, a la Meet The Parents.
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10-15-2006 @ 6:37AM
george said...
hi, just wanted to say that hostel is a crap movie and it has nothing to do with bratislava or slovakia, they just picked it because not many people know about this small country. i think the blog posting said it all, it will keep you going to the hotels you know. Europe is MUCH safer than america, people are more relaxed and friendly and that is particularly true of Bratislava.
Holywood creates these crappy movies to sell tickets and because they are so desperate for making money through people's ignorance.
Bratislava is in particular is delightful affordable and friendly. It has history and its a mini Vienna in places.
Dont buy the sick fantasies of holywood morons that are going film anything that makes a buck and they would sell their mother for box office success.
greetings from europe. An infinitely happier and more secure place than the USA.
Also check out pics in bratislava
www.flickr.com/photos/zuzanavrbova/sets/
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