May 13th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Poor Steven Spielberg. He was totally bummed out when all the ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ spoilers started filling the internet, scared it wouldn’t make the $400 million it needs to make him some money — the man is worth an estimated $2.7 billion. Luckily George Lucas was there to assure him people would still want to see the movie for Spielberg’s interpretation.
It seems like in every other interview with Spielberg and Lucas, there are some words about how irritated Spielberg was about the spoilers. I still have no idea why he cares this much about some people reading some spoilers on the net. I’m sure not even 1% of his audience read it, let alone withhold them from seeing the movie. Or is it because there’s just not much else to talk about?
May 12th, 2008 at 10:30 am

Steven Spielberg will be doing Abraham Lincoln after finishing his ‘Tintin’ animation. He earlier announced he won’t be working on ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7′ for the time being, because of the potential actors’ strike. He plans to film ‘Lincoln’ in 2009, so “that it can also open in the same year as Lincoln’s 200th anniversary which comes round then.”
Liam Neeson, next to be seen in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,’ is rumored to play the lead, with Sally Field (’Brothers & Sisters’) as Lincoln’s wife.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

‘The Sopranos’ creator David Chase has made a deal with Paramount to shoot his first feature film. And as long as the movie isn’t going to drag on like the last seasons of ‘The Sopranos,’ I’m happy about it. Chase will be writing, directing and producing the movie, so don’t expect this to come out next year.
It probably won’t be a Sopranos movie either. “There’s no reason for us to foreclose the idea of ever doing a feature. But so far, that definitely hasn’t happened. I don’t think it will,” David Chase said. But his Paramount friend Brad Grey does have high hopes for the movie — naturally. “David is one of the great storytellers of our time, and his debut as a filmmaker is both highly anticipated and long overdue. In truth, David has been creating cinematic-quality filmed drama for more than a decade — spanning nine seasons and 86 episodes of The Sopranos,” he said.
I’m not sure about it spanning all the 86 episodes, but ‘The Sopranos’ did have some of the greatest TV moments of the last decade. For more on this movie, you might want to check back in a year or two.