IT'S IFFY IDEAS WEDNESDAY!
First up is Frosty,
Warner Bros' slowly melting live action/special effects project continues
to send talent running for their rubbers. George Clooney passed on the
opportunity to don the carrot and top hat. Next, John Travolta decided
against becoming a three-balled hero. Then, Warner decided Independence
Day star Bill Pullman wasn't a big enough star to carry a $53 million
movie. Now, director Sam Raimi has left. Anyone getting the hint?
From the "Not A Spec Of Sense" department is Metalheads, United
Artists' latest purchase for $600,000 against $1 million. UA is planning
on making this a summer event film even though The Hollywood Reporter
says the comedy's about "two misfit robots from outer space... sent
to Earth to battle a sinister virus designed to wipe out mankind." Apparently,
the studio wants to build on the last huge robot comedy, Andy Kaufman
and Bernadette Peter's movie career swan song, Heartbeeps.
Paul Schrader
meets James Ellroy in 8mm, the next film from writer Andrew
Kevin Walker (Seven) and Batwrecker, Joel Schumacher.
The film, about a detective who snoops a little too far into the snuff
film business for his own good, follows in the "who can be meaner" streak
of films currently represented by Kiss the Girls. Schumacher,
whose work with the subject of sex consists of rubber Bat-nipples, Jason
Patric's hair and Jim Carrey in a leotard, may be looking
for scripts in all the wrong places. Pass.
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