BOP Daily News
November 12, 2003
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OK, we know lawyers have to make money, but this seems a tad silly. Eric Idle has been contacted by an attorney regarding his planned stage version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a musical currently titled Spamalot. The attorney, representing an upcoming revival of the Lerner and Lowe musical Camelot, is concerned over the title; the lawyer terms himself “disappointed” over this possible title change, expressing concern that having both shows on Broadway at the same time “can lead only to confusion in the minds of the public.” The legal beagle goes on to suggest that since Camelot came out with its moniker in 1961, it has the greater claim, as it were, and requests Idle to change the title of his project. In typical Python fashion, Idle has expressed disdain over the idea, pointing out - quite rightly - that only an “idiot” would confuse Spamalot and Camelot. If the attorney continues to make a nuisance of himself with such silly contentions, we predict a new sequence in the musical in which lawyers are fed to man-eating rabbits with nasty, pointed teeth.
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You video-game fans will be thrilled to learn that Hollywood is going to bring another game to the silver screen, probably buggering it in the process. Dungeon Siege takes place in a fantasy world where the inhabitants must battle evil to protect their kingdom. Boll KG, the same company that made both House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark into films will be adapting Dungeon Siege, so be forewarned. If Dungeon Siege is a successful film, there will no doubt be a franchise planned, along with a comic-book series and a video game based on the movie...which was based on a video game in the first place. Don’t ask us; we don’t understand the inner workings of a studio execs brain, either.
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In one of the stranger lead-actor match-ups we’ve seen in a while, Dennis Hopper and Smallville’s Kelly Brook are teaming up to shoot a horror film in Romania. The film, described as a “loose update” of And Then There Were None - which is rapidly rising to the ranks of Frankenstein, Dracula and Hound of the Baskervilles as one of the most frequently made/updated pieces of literature in Hollywood - would feature Brook as a damsel in distress. No word on what role Hopper will fulfill, but given his cinematic history, we’d be willing to bet cash money it won’t be the voice of calm reason.
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Now that Ahnuld will be playing the role of California governor, Hollywood movie financiers are urging him to stop runaway production any way he can. Axium International took out a full-page ad in Daily Variety asking Schwarzenegger to “exert (his) your utmost, through the California legislature, the Governor's office or the federal government to enact legislation ensuring that the entertainment production business remains, for now and ever, in California.” A rumored first draft of the ad included a suggestion that, failing enacting legislation, Schwarzenegger physically restrain production companies from shooting outside California, but it was edited out at the last minute when an alert aide pointed out to the advertisers that Ahnuld isn’t really a super-strong cyborg.
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"On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place."
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