| Bytes: Chef Quits, Del Toro a Wolfman |
- Benicio Del Toro has landed the starring role in a remake of THE WOLFMAN.
- Rapper-actor Ice Cube will produce and star in a big-screen version of the ’70s TV show WELCOME BACK, KOTTER. No word on who’ll play Horshack.
- Joss Whedon says he’s almost finished writing the script for the WONDER WOMAN movie and hopes production will begin later this year.
- It’s rumored that director Robert Rodriguez wants Angelina Jolie to star in SIN CITY 2.
- Pixar’s eigth animated feature film will be RATATOUILLE, about a mouse who lives in a Paris restaurant. It’s slated for a June 29, 2007 release.
- An upated version of THE DIRTY DOZEN is in the works from Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver.
- Another has-been has been added to the CW’s AQUAMAN pilot. Lou (LA BAMBA) Diamond Phillips will reportedly play Tom Curry, the father of Aquaman / Tom Curry. Ving Rhames is on board for the series, too.
- Isaac Hayes has quit SOUTH PARK, in which he voiced the character Chef since 1997, because of the show’s take on religion. Hayes is a devout Scientologist.
- DC will publish four comic book prequels to SUPERMAN RETURNS in June, with plots by the film’s director Bryan Singer and screenwriters Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris.
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Welcome Back Kotter!?! Ice Cube as Mr. Kotter!?! Angelina Jolie in Sin City!?! Another “star” who won’t be topless!?! Aquaman on TV!?! Dirty Dozen and Wolfman remakes!?! I’m fired!?!
Comment by tstar — March 23, 2006 @ 7:38 am