Random News & IN HER SHOES...............trailer

Another day, another horror movie remake. I wondered what became of Oscar nominee Kathleen Quinlan of Apollo 13. Now, she's joining the cast of the remake of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes. Also lending their thespian skills are Aaron Sanford (Tadpole,) Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs,) and Vinessa Shaw (Eyes Wide Shaw.) Alexandre Aja (High Tension) is writing and directing while Craven is on board as producer. The film is from Fox Searchlight and will begin filming later this month in Morocco.

Despite JJ's involvement with Mission: Impossible 3, I still can't bring myself to have any interest in the film. The first one was decent, I watched the second during my mini film festival in 2002 and fell asleep during parts of it. This project just has a "why bother?" feel to it. There's been so much buzz and hype regarding the casting of the project that it's almost like the studio is just trying to create hype to create hype. I hope no one bites. In the meantime, Cruise and associates have passed on Lindsay Lohan, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Garner and Katie Holmes in favor of.....KERI RUSSELL?!?!?!?!? I told two people this and both immediately disregarded her due to her lack of "breastage," as Lorelai Gilmore might call it. Anywho, it's not that much of a surprise given the director of M:I-3 was the creator of her TV show Felicity.

The trailers for the much anticapted Elizabethtown and King Kong will debut on War of the Worlds. I was hoping for a Memoirs of a Geisha teaser, but these will more than make up for it. In other news regarding Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown, the film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA.

Julianne Moore will join Clive Owen in The Children of Men for director Alfonso Cuaron. Check this synopsis out: The film is set in the near-future where mankind has lost the ability to procreate. The world is rocked by the news that the youngest person on earth -- who is 18 years old -- has died. As chaos erupts, a former radical (Owen) is engaged to be the protector of the most sought after person on the planet -- the last remaining pregnant female. The film is expected to be finished for a third quarter 2006 release. Sounds cool, huh?

Here's the trailer for Rent.

Here is the trailer for The Brothers Grimm which features Matt Damon with 1970's gay porn star hair. And Monica Belluci cleavage.

Here is a trailer from Focus Features that isn't Brokeback Mountain: The Constant Gardener. The title of this movie disturbs me. I think it's going to be about someone with OCD who can't stop gardening and there's lots of action to make him/her stop gardening. We're talking explosions and and a moped chase sequence. Can't. Stop. Gardening. Rachel Weisz shur is purdy. ------>

And, as promised, here is the trailer for In Her Shoes featuring Cammie in a bikini and Shirley looking very Oscar ready. I'm a bit pissed they left off Ridley Scott's name and didn't mention Wonder Boys along with Curtis Hanson's other films. I really liked 8 Mile, but I'm imagine in terms of tone Boys would be a much better fit with Shoes. Hehe. Get it?