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DreamWorks REALLY Wants to Make An Animated Ghost Movie
Filed under: Animation », Scripts », Family Films », DIY/Filmmaking », Newsstand », Dreamworks »
Someone at DreamWorks is really, really into ghosts ... or they're hearing people talk about Ghostbusters 3 and Ghost Hunters, and cashing in on a perceived trend. Either way, they're shoving a 3-D Boo U into production as quickly as possible, and hoping that it'll haunt theaters on November 12, 2012.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Boo U (not its official title, by the way, but what DreamWorks has nicknamed it) centers on a ghost who is really bad at haunting, and must return to ghost school. Tony Leondis is directing, and Jon Vitti has been sent to pen the screenplay. The ghost film is the "supersecret ghost project" that Jeffery Katzenberg was talking up last May.
The funny part is that Boo U is the third ghost project DreamWorks has picked up. They were developing Freakers, which was being penned by Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario, and told a ghost story from the ghost's point of view, and in their world. But it was shelved for an unspecified reason. (Or exorcised, if we want to be clever.) There's also a third unnamed and unspecified ghost film that's in the pitch stage at the studio. DreamWorks is going to get its spook on one way or another. Should I be happy or sad that they're not even giving Robert Bright's classic Georgie a pre-production glance?
Could Eddie Murphy Win An Oscar?
Filed under: Drama », Music & Musicals », Romance », RumorMonger », Movie Marketing », Oscar Watch »
Since there isn't much to do until February except speculate about the Oscars, buzz around who is going to receive a nomination is already starting to build. The New York Times has an article on the support behind Eddie Murphy's performance in the film adaptation of the stage hit musical Dreamgirls.Plenty has been written about the career of Eddie Murphy, from his rise on Saturday Night Live to his seemingly permanent residency in family-oriented comedies. Dreamgirls hasn't even been released yet, but already heavyweight Jeffrey Katzenberg is throwing his support behind Murphy for a best supporting actor nomination: "Eddie can walk on water, it's just instinct. I know he can do it." The producer John Davis was willing to declare that "Eddie will definitely win the Oscar" for the film, allegedly after seeing only the first five minutes of Murphy's performance. The film has even stirred talk of a revival of the show on Broadway.
It's probably pretty unlikely that Murphy will win an Oscar, however the Academy loves those crazy "wild card" picks and if Murphy gets the nod, I have a feeling he would be filling that requirement. Dreamgirls opens this Christmas so we'll all get the chance to see if Murphy is going to be a serious Oscar contender among other suggested heavies like Jack Nicholson (The Departed), Michael Caine (The Prestige), and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine). The question will be with competition like that does Murphy even stand a chance?
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