Here’s the latest smaller stories coming out of Hollywood…
Although he hasn’t revealed much we didn’t know already about the potential Indiana Jones 5, Harrison Ford has confirmed that “Steven [Spielberg] and George [Lucas] and I are sort of agreed on a germ of an idea and we’re seeing what comes of it.” That’s basically just reiterating what Shia Laboeuf said six months ago, but it’s the first time we’ve heard it from Ford. Harrison adds, “The process works like this… We come to some basic agreement and then George goes away for a long time and works on it. Then Steven and I get it in some form, some embryonic form. Then if we like it we start working with George on it and at some point down the line it’s ready and we do it.” Hopefully though that process won’t take as long as with Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls, which took over a decade to get to the silver screen. (Source: BBC)
While very little is known about the movie Woody Allen is planning to shoot in Paris this summer, it has previously been revealed that Owen Wilson will star in it, and that France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is also likely to have a role. Now it’s being reported that Allen has also cast Marion Cotillard in the movie. Don’t expect to find out what any of these people will be doing in the film (or indeed what it’s called) for a long time yet though. (Source: Deadline Hollywood)
It seems that despite having had similar plans that failed 28-years ago when the original Tron flopped, Disney is now determined to turn its sequel, Tron Legacy, into a major franchise. It’s being suggested that the House of Mouse is already thinking of the movie as the first part of a trilogy, while also looking into spin-offs, such as a CG TV series that could arrive in late 2011, as well as the inevitable merchandise and theme park rides. Although the studio was bound to want Tron to be as big as possible, it has been noticeable that they’ve been marketing it particularly agressively, especially considering it’s not out until December. They see this as there chance to set up another multi-billion dollar franchise in the mould of Pirates of the Caribbean, and they don’t want to blow it, especially seeing as the current buzz on Legacy is so good. (Source: Blue Sky Disney)
Stefan Ruzowitzky, the Austrian director behind Oscar-winning foreign film The Counterfeiters, is in negotiations to helm the period horror flick, The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Written over a decade ago by Bragi Schut, the film centres one part of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which the author brushes over in five short, increasingly disjointed pages. In the book, the ship the Demeter washes up on the shores of England, tattered and broken, with one raving mad survivor, and all we know of what happened on board is the increasingly garbled cpatain’s log. The film will look at that voyage and is said to be reminiscent of the Alien franchise, with the crew being slaughtered one-by-one by a mysterious passenger – Dracula. (Source: THR)