Spielberg’s The 39 Clues
DreamWorks has acquired rights to The 39 Clues, Scholastic’s 10-book fantasy adventure series which will launch on September 9th 2008. Steven Spielberg is considering directing the project. Scholastic is hoping to replicate the success of the Harry Potter book series.
Benjamin Franklin, Mozart, Napoleon and Houdini are just some of the relatives of the most powerful family in the world - the Cahills. Grace, the Cahill clan matriarch is found dead just moments after she has changed her will, giving her descendants the choice between $1 million or a clue. Yes, one of 39 clues which reveal the source of the family’s powers. The series will follow two young Cahills, Amy, 14, and Dan, 11, who enter into a race against other branches of the family to be the first to find the 39 clues that will lead to ultimate power.
“The 39 Clues takes creative leaps to expand the story experience from the pages of the books to multiple stages of discovery and imagination,” Spielberg said in a statement.
The books will come out once every two or three months, released over the next two years, the multimedia adventure will include a set of collectible cards and an online game with a $10,000 grand prize. If Spielberg were to direct The 39 Clues, it would be after he finishes production on the TinTin series and his announced Abraham Lincoln biopic.
source: Variety
Nicole Kidman’s Rainy “Golden Compass” Premiere
Nicole Kidman’s Rainy “Golden Compass” Premiere
Despite the rain, Nicole Kidman and thousands of fans showed up on Sunday (December 16) at the Sydney premiere of Kidman’s latest movie, The Golden Compass.
Held at the State Theatre, the Academy Award winning actress hit the red carpet in a striking silver pant suit - spending about 10 minutes meeting fans and signing autographs.
In the film, “Nicole plays a supporting role as scholar and explorer Marisa Coulter in the fantasy adventure based on the novel by the same name, which tells the first story of author Philip Pullman’s trilogy.”
Talking about why she chose to take on the Golden Compass role, Nicole told press, “I mean, my decisions are so erratic, I just choose off the cuff a lot of times, but primarily this was because Philip Pullman wrote me an amazing letter telling me that when he was writing the novels he had me in mind. So that’s hard to turn down; he’s such a good novelist.”
Hayden Panettiere Visits “Spiderwick Chronicles”
Hayden Panettiere Visits “Spiderwick Chronicles”
She started off the week in Washington DC defending the whales. Then she jetted up to New York City to promote the “New Old Navy” re-launch. And just last night Hayden Panettiere was back in Los Angeles to attend a big movie premiere.
The Paramount Theatre in Hollywood, California was the place to be for Heroes sightings last night. Hayden was on the scene to check out the premiere of “The Spiderwick Chronicles.”
And she was dressed to kill, sporting a cute red short-sleeved dress, complete with a sparkly gold handbag and matching strappy heels.
According to a press release, “The Spiderwick Chronicles” sounds like quite an adventure for the whole family: “From the beloved best-selling series of books comes “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” a fantasy adventure for the child in all of us. Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the family blames Jared. When he, Simon and Mallory investigate what’s really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and the creatures that inhabit it.”
Gyllenhaal Crowned Disney’s Prince
Game on.
Jake Gyllenhaal has been cast as the titular royal in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, a joint Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer produced film adapted from the classic video game of the same name.
Joining Gyllenhaal in the fantasy adventure epic is upcoming Bond babe Gemma Arterton. The blue-blooded duo join forces to prevent their royal foe from obtaining the Sands of Time, a gift bequeathed from the gods which allows its possessor to turn back time and, naturally, rule the world.
The big-budget flick is based on the Ubisoft game first released in 1989 and which has gone on to spawn several sequels. Word is the film, should it manage to connect at the box office, will follow suit, with designs on turning it into a Pirates of the Caribbean-type franchise.
A princely notion indeed.