Simon Cowell producing Paramount’s One Chance - VIDEO
Simon Cowell is producing One Chance at Paramount. The film will be about Paul Potts, the opera singer who competed on Britain’s Got Talent. The performance on the show was his last effort at a music career. Potts, a cell phone salesman, had hit a streak of bad luck and only auditioned on BGT in 2007 on a whim. He ended up blowing away the judges, Cowell one of them. Potts won the show, went on an international music tour, and released an album.
Justin Zackman, the scribe from The Bucket List, will write the screenplay. Zackman is also working on Planetwalker, an environmental drama for Universal.
This is the American Idol judge’s studio debut. Cowell is also working on a project about a musical reality show called Star Struck. I wonder if that will be anything like American Dreamz which starred Mandy Moore and Hugh Grant.
The video of Paul’s audition for Britain’s Got Talent is after the jump.
Eagle Eye Movie Trailer - What Do You Think?
Paramount/DreamWorks just released a new theatrical trailer for Eagle Eye, which I’m guessing must be attached to prints of Wanted (which hits theaters this Friday). The new D.J. Caruso-directed fast-paced race-against-time-thriller which stars Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan as “two strangers who become the pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move. Realizing they are being used to further her diabolical plot, they must work together to outwit the woman before she has them killed.”
The trailer picks up where the teaser left off, and doesnt let up. Is it just me or is this film looking better and better? The action looks intense, and need I remind you that the movie is based on an original idea from Steven Spielberg?! Watch the trailer below and tell me what you think in the comments!
Watch the trailer in High Definition on Yahoo. Eagle Eye hits theaters on September 26th 2008.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
In a shocking move, Paramount have decided to ditch the ‘2′ in favour of simply Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
When asked his thoughts on being ditched, the number ‘2′ replied:
You know what f**k them! I don’t need Michael Bay and his f**king robots anyway!
‘2′, best known for his roles in Spiderman 2, X2 and Terminator 2, has had a rather depressing career as of late, having been ditched from most major blockbusters. With its departure from Transformers, in 2009 we can now expect to only see ‘2′ in The Pink Panther 2 and Night of the Museum 2: Escape From the Smithsonian. It is also unclear whether ‘2′ will still appear in upcoming Iron Man 2, or whether he will be ditched again for creative differences.
It sucks to be a number in Hollywood…
Raimi Teams Up With Lehane
Sam Raimi, best known for his Spider-Man movies, has just become the next director to get behind an adaptation of literary master Dennis Lehane (Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone) The book rights to The Given Day were acquired by Columbia Pictures.
The Given Day is set in 1919 Boston, with the city in turmoil as soldiers are returning home from WWI, having brought back an epidemic of Spanish influenza. Attempts to unionize the police department have set the stage for a historic strike and two cops take center stage.
The book will be published by HarperCollins on Sept. 23.
Having signed on to this, Raimi is going to be one busy fellow! He’s also looking at a fourth Spider-Man movie (currently being written by James Vanderbilt), but he is also supposed to reinvent the Jack Ryan franchise for Paramount!
I guess money talks!