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BOP Daily NewsNovember 24, 2004The spirit of BOP News lives on in
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| Well, now that it's official that Pierce Brosnan will not be playing James Bond again, the Who's the Next Bond? sweepstakes has begun anew. The current odds-on favorite is Ioan Gruffudd, most recently seen as Sir Lancelot in the updated-in-attitude King Arthur. Gruffudd, a virtual unknown in this country, is said to be the only actor currently being considered, apparently because he is an unknown. According to one insider, the Bond producers "know Ioan is going to be a big star some day," and would like to snag him before that happens. And unlike other names mentioned, such as Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman and Colin Farrell, Gruffudd is said to be keen to take over the role of 007. In other news, advertisements have begun appearing in the agony columns of several London newspapers seeking the whereabouts of "my acting career" and signed "T.D." |
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Mel Gibson has supposedly decided not to sell his mega-hit The Passion of the Christ to Oscar voters. In what is beginning to seem like a never-ending saga, the latest reports have Gibson eschewing the current Hollywood trend of spending tons of money on ads to entice AMPAS voters to think of his film. He reportedly will, however, be holding promo screenings and sending out thousands of DVDs to Academy members, as well as other industry groups that hand out awards. So it's not that Gibson doesn't want the film lauded by the year-end awards shows, he just doesn't want to spend any of the gajillion dollars he's made from the project to court nominations and/or votes. Gibson's business partner, Bruce Davey, said in a statement that the film should be "judged on its artistic merit", which according to Davey is "what the Academy was meant to be and to celebrate." Upon hearing these sentiments, Harvey Weinstein was reportedly overheard to say, "Now why didn't somebody tell me that before I shelled out all that dough for Cold Mountain?" |
| Never let it be said that Hollywood will pass up the chance to make a cheapie sequel to a cheapie film that did not-too-awful box office. The latest example of this is the news that House of the Dead 2 has gone into production. For those of you who either mercifully missed the original or have blocked the trauma from your memory, the first House of the Dead, which was based on the video game of the same name, followed a group of college students who go to a rave on a mysterious island only to find themselves being hunted by zombies and other assorted supernatural beasties looking to eat them alive. The same scripter is on board for House of the Dead 2, but the original's director, the accursed Uwe Boll, has been replaced by neophyte helmer Mike Hurst. Those of you wondering how the sequel could possibly come up with more ways for people to be eaten have apparently not noticed they made ten - count em! Ten! - films about a maniac wearing a hockey mask killing sexually-active teenagers. Lucky you. |
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