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BOP Daily NewsOctober 22, 2004The spirit of BOP News lives on in
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| Sam Mendes, the man responsible for such critically acclaimed films as American Beauty and The Road to Perdition, is aiming high once again with a stage production of…Shrek?! Ouch. The director got his start in theatre before moving on to film and is now heading back to theatre to produce this musical based on the hit DreamWorks franchise. This move is not unprecedented; the stage production of Disney’s The Lion King was one of the biggest Broadway musicals of the past 20 years. If successful, DreamWorks will allegedly sign Wes Anderson to produce Shrek on Ice, but that has not been confirmed yet. |
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A Janis Joplin biopic that was supposed to star Renée Zellweger has been indefinitely shelved due to lack of a strong script. The producers of the film, which has been in development for years, could not agree on a script and the film production has been shut down. Meanwhile, a similar project starring pop star Pink is still moving ahead, though that one probably doesn’t have a script either. |
| George Lucas will be the next recipient of the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement award, ceremonies for which will take place later this year. Lucas is famous for being the (evil) genius behind the Star Wars franchise a well as one of the driving forces behind the Indiana Jones series of movies. Lucas’s greatest achievement, however, is probably all the work he did behind the scenes, developing new technology for movie productions as well as opening the movie world’s eyes to the importance, and lucrative potential, of merchandising around movie properties. Other than making a crap-load of money, Lucas’s efforts have helped launch the careers of many young directors and has proved a real inspiration for independent directors; Lucas’s last three Star Wars films were independently financed. A George Lucas Accepting AFI Award action figure will be available in toy stores everywhere just in time for Christmas. |
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