BOP Daily News
November 9, 2003
The spirit of BOP News lives on in
This is So Last Week,
our pop culture week-in-review,
presented in a pleasing quiz form.
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Eddie Murphy has been tagged to topline the remake of the 1957 science-fiction oddity The Incredible Shrinking Man. The remake will change the lead character’s profession to that of a Las Vegas magician, an arrogant SOB who’s upset that he has been relegated to doing matinees for the kinder. According to Brian Grazer, whose Imagine Entertainment will be producing the film in concert with Universal, the film will not depict “happy Eddie” but rather “Eddie with an attitude.” Reports that a sequel titled The Incredible Shrinking Career was already being planned could not be confirmed at press time.
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With Stephen King seeming to have cornered the in-demand horror writer market in Hollywood, it would appear Isaac Asimov is becoming the science-fiction author of the moment. With I, Robot currently in production - with an eye to sequels - and a film based on his Foundation and Empire in development, Paramount has Tom Cruise’s production company, Cruise/Wagner, working on a script for Asimov’s End of Eternity. The project, which has been a Cruise/Wagner property for several years, is described as a science-fiction/romance, and tells the story of a low-ranking technician in a future society who discovers the woman he loves is going to be eliminated in an imminent time change engineered by a group called The Eternals. One potential plotline about an android traveling back from the future to assist the tech was rejected when everyone realized that’s another franchise.
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Angelina Jolie is interested in doing another Tomb Raider film because she loves the character of Lara Croft. According to reports, Jolie feels box office for the second The Cradle of Life, the sequel released this past summer, suffered because the film “didn’t come out at the right time”. The buxom beauty went on to state that “it wasn’t a bad movie”. That sound you hear is moviegoers across the country shouting, “Oh, yes it was” at their monitors.
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A sequel is reportedly being planned for Cabin Fever, the feel-good film about teens vacationing in a remote location being eaten alive by a bizarre skin virus. Considering the film was made on the cheap and grossed a decent amount during its theatrical run, this comes as no real surprise, but the fact that at least some of the cast will be returning for the next film is. One proposed storyline for the sequel would involve the virus being genetically altered to eat film stock, with Ben Affleck a leading candidate for the role of the scientist who creates the mutation.
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"I thought I was supposed to be getting a change of scenery, but so far I've been in a train and a room and a car and a room and a room and a room."
Box Office Prophets offers quality, reliable news about the entertainment industry. BOP is also entertaining. To that end, please be advised that some content in this column is intended to be humorous and should not be considered factual.
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