April 25th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Bruce Willis might play veteran commentator Murray Walker in a biopic about the Formula 1 hero Michael Schumacher. “A Hollywood producer is interested,” the Daily Star quotes Weber “and the film would be called The Michael Schumacher Story, with him as the main actor. Bruce Willis would certainly do Murray justice.”
Walker became famous for his strange and memorable comments. He retired in 2001 and an insider says Bruce Willis “insists the sport hasn’t been the same since Murray retired in 2001. If you pop a pair of glasses on Bruce, the similarity to a younger Murray Walker is amazing.”
Walker was “shell-shocked” about the news, initially calling it a late April Fools’ joke. “I always regarded Bruce Willis as a mirror image of myself, don’t you know - a much younger version, though,” he joked.
April 25th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Stand-up comedian Hardland Williams will be directing ‘Wing Man,’ by production company Stardust. They previously worked together on the comic’s comedy special ‘Wild Child,’ but you can’t really compare that to the $10 million project he will take on now.
‘Wing Man’ follows the story of Bob Erdman, the allround good guy who gets cheated on by his wife with his best friend. Unsuccessful at every date, his father eventually drags him to a Hollywood agency to get a fake Wing Man.
Co-written by Williams and Justin L. Levine, the movie will be shot in Toronto this summer. I wonder if he’s considering his Canadian comedian pal Tom Green for a role too.
April 25th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Ewan McGregor joins the ‘Da Vinci Code’ team for the prequel ‘Angels & Demons.’ Again directed by Ron Howard, with Tom Hanks as the leading man, the gang will start shooting next June.
McGregor plays the Vatican insider, assisting Tom Hanks with unraveling what’s going on in the Catholic Church. Naomi Watts is also attached to the project, which will be ready for the blockbuster summer of 2009.
Hanks is reportedly getting a record deal for this prequel. With an $35 million upfront and a $15 million extra if it does well at the box office. You must hate making a prequel if you request that kind of money.
