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Quickhits: Christensen is a Jumper, Mandate Lands 27 Times and Will There Be a Blair Witch 3?
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Odds and ends from Friday:
- Not long ago, Samuel L. Jackson let out that Hayden Christensen was possibly joining him in Jumper, to be directed by Doug Liman. Well, Anakin Christensen has now officially signed on to star in the lead role, taking over for Tom Sturridge who was originally cast in the part. Apparently, folks wanted to go with a more "prominent actor." Damn, talk about a slap in the face. Sorry Tom.
- Mandate Pictures has snatched up the rights to 27 Times, scripted by Thomas Thonson. The dark, super-natural thriller is said to revolve around a paranoid young man who profits off his brother's ability to foresee violent deaths. No word yet on a director or cast.
- While speaking about his latest film, Blair Witch co-writer/director Eduardo Sanchez claimed he's real interested in putting together a Blair Witch 3 ... if a Lionsgate will get behind it. According to Sanchez, he'd like to do a prequel that involved Elly Kedard. "We've given it a lot of thought and there's even a pretty good treatment ..." Currently Sanchez is busy shooting Altered, which Rogue Pictures will release next year. [via Moviehole]
The Lion, The Witch and The Prequel
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Even though Ed Sanchez has gone from a Blair witch to a captured alien in his newest film Altered, the writer/director is still itching to produce a prequel to the 1999 blockbuster that warned cameramen everywhere: You can do without the extreme close-up of snot out the nose. Please. Screw the witch, that snot haunts me to this day. It's been almost six years since Blair Witch 2: The Curse of the Big Budget failed to do anything but disappoint audiences, yet Sanchez hopes his latest scares Lion's Gate back into "we'll do anything you say" mode.
Speaking to readers on Haxan, he says "I'm really hoping ALTERED does well enough so that LION'S GATE steps up and takes our PREQUEL idea seriously." Immediately following this (coded?) message, thousands of hardcore fans began a marathon mission to decipher the super secret hidden meaning behind those mysterious CAPITALIZED words. Here's wishing them good luck on that journey.
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