(that train engine is actually 60 feet long)
Variety reports that Rosario Dawson has just joined the cast of Tony Scott’s upcoming Unstoppable alongside Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. Scheduled to begin shooting this fall, Unstoppable comes from writer Mark Bomback who recently penned the screenplay for 2007’s Race To Witch Mountain (oh great, so we’re in good hands then).
Unstoppable, a 20th Century Fox drama about a runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals. Pits an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. They’re chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town. [IMDB]
The script is loosely based on actual events, which probably means that Mark Bomback once owned a train set…then again, maybe it’s actually based on the time that Denzel Washington and Chris Pine stopped an unmanned train. I don’t know, how should I know? I’m not the one who told you to cheat off me during this test. Well, regardless of whatever the hell it actually means to say that something is “inspired by true events”, I do believe that Mitch Hedberg said it best:
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During a chat with ComingSoon, Tony Scott revealed plans to produce a film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s first book Hells Angels, to be scripted by Steven Gaghan (Traffic, Syriana). Gaghan does good work, and hopefully Tony Scott will be too busy with other stuff to F this up.
“My dance card is so full, I’m so lucky,” he told us before listing off some of the projects that are at the front of his mind. “I’ve got ‘The Warriors,’ I’ve got ‘Hell’s Angels’ - I’ve owned the Hunter Thompson book for 12 years and Steve Gaghan is writing the script right now. I own all these great titles. Another one called ‘Lucky Strike’ about guys who repro aircraft. ‘Potsdamer Platz,’ which is by the guys who wrote ‘Sexy Beast.’ Now with all these movies that are ready to go. They’re scripted, they’re budgeted, and now I’ve gotta make them before I die. I’m getting old.”
Hell’s Angels is a great book (mostly because of the motorcycles and the gang rape), but Tony Scott last made The Taking of Pelham 123, and there isn’t a lot on his resume that inspires confidence (Domino, anyone?). All I’m saying is that if he starts making Hell’s Angels that look like this… well, I just might have to throw a hissy fit. And I can promise you, it will be embarrassing.
After the jump I’ve got the trailer for The Taking of Pelham 123, the second movie in only a couple months to star John Travolta as some kind of goateed hard ass. Look, man, nothing’s gonna make us forget this nightmare. It was directed by Ridley Scott’s brother Tony and co-stars Denzell Washington. He and Travolta play sort of a flipped-flopped version of John McClaine and the fat guy from Family Matters in Die Hard. James Gandolfini plays the mayor, and I’ll bet $1000 he turns out to be the bad guy. Long story short, it would be lot better if it were about the three sexy Pelham sisters. Or Madame Pelham, who’s 123 (for the novelty value).
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The original A-Team van (since converted into a rapemobile)
I’ll give you two reasons making The A-Team into a movie is a horrible idea: Knight and Rider. Nonetheless, the project is going forward, with Joe Carnahan (Smokin’ Aces) replacing John Singleton as director, and Ridley and Tony Scott on to co-produce.
Fox is betting this is the right combination, setting a June 11, 2010, release date for the feature, which is written by Skip Woods [who's written Swordfish and Hitman].
Carnahan seems like an ideal candidate for “A-Team,” which told the adventures of a group of US Army Special Forces who are on the run for a crime they didn’t commit. The team included Hannibal, the leader whose favorite line was “I love it when plan comes together; Face, a ladies man; Howling Mad Murdock, an unstable pilot; and B.A. Baracus, the surly muscle (B.A. stands for “Bad Attitude”). [THR]
Yes, sounds like it’s all coming together. Now the only question is who’ll replace Mr. T: Vin Diesel or Nick Cannon.
Brothers and famous directors Ridley and Tony Scott are bringing Edgar Allen Poe’s classic short story The Tell-Tale Heart to the big screen. Michael Cuesta will direct and Dave Callaham will write the screenplay.
The story, of course, concerns a dude who hates his elderly neighbor because he has a nasty looking eyeball, so he kills him. He hides his body under the floorboards, but he freaks out in front of the cops because he can still hear the dead dude’s heart beating.
What we learn from the story, of course, is that lazy eyes are freaky and a great reason to off somebody. That’s right, watch your back Paris Hilton and Stu Scott!
Imagine Stu Scott underneath your floorboards. You’d be chillin’, having tea with your normal crew, and all of a sudden you’d look up and be all like, "Did you just say ‘Boo-ya?’ And everyone would just keep sipping their tea but look at you all crazy because no one had actually said ‘boo-ya’."
Poe was so well known that today any short written piece that rhymes or is read pretentiously is called "Poe-try" (I think Kanye may have been a little unclear on the concept).
