Source: Heatvision Denis Leary is in talks to play the father of Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) in Columbia’s reboot of the “Spider-Man” franchise. Gwen Stacy is a classic love interest in Spider-Man lore of the webslinging hero, best known in the comics for her untimely death at the hands of the Green Goblin. Leary [...]
Mia Wasikowska, the untested star of Tim Burton’s much anticipated romp of whimsy, “Alice in Wonderland,” may be headed for Hollywood stardom. Burton’s picture hasn’t yet been released which means that the Australian Wasikowska is still an unproven property. Though such things have never scared away visionary director, Gus Van Sant, who’s actively pursuing the [...]
Nicolas Cage has stepped out of his villainous role in Michel Gondry’s revitalization of the classic property, “The Green Hornet.” The Heat Vision Blog reports that Cage was slated to play the villain in Columbia’s action blockbuster, but the star and studio failed to agree on the terms of the deal. Columbia is now thought [...]
We reported almost a month ago that Sony’s Amy Pascal had scrapped Steven Soderbergh’s “Moneyball” only 96 hours before shooting was scheduled to begin. It turns out that the studio still wants to make the film, but without Soderbergh’s help. Variety is reporting that Sony is still game for making the baseball flick having hired [...]
David Fincher, director of “Fight Club,” “Se7en,” and “Zodiac,” is in advanced talks with Columbia Pictures to direct Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay about the formation of Facebook called, “The Social Network,” according to Variety. The film’s focus will be the formation and evolution of social networking site, Facebook, from its creation in 2004 by Harvard sophomore, [...]
Seven-time Tour de France champion, Lance Armstrong, will be immortalized on the big screen with a biopic dedicated to his life story, according to the Risky Business Blog. Producer Frank Marshall says the Columbia-backed project has brought on Gary Ross to pen the script, a writer very familiar with sports comeback stories. Executives are hopeful [...]
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