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Monday, December 3, 2007
Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum Highlighting Pinkville
Both popular actors of their generations, and will team up together as the stars of "", a Vietnam War drama renowned filmmaker Oliver Stone is set to direct based on Mikko Alanne's script for MGM to distribute.
Stone reportedly is now closing a deal with United Artist to finance the project that could be finalized this week and so will put the picture into production by early next year, with a budget of roughly $40 million. Pic marks the fourth time the man has worked on a big screen feature set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War after "Platoon", "Heaven & Earth", and "Born on the Fourth of July."
Here Willis is billed to play Army Gen. William R. Peers, who supervised the investigation into the massacre by U.S. soldiers of as many as 500 My Lai villagers, most of them unarmed women, children and elderly. Meanwhile, Tatum will portray Hugh Thompson, a helicopter pilot who airlifted the survivors of the killing and reported the carnage to superiors.
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Bruce Willis Leading Sci-Fi Thriller The Surrogates
Jonathan Mostow-directed "" at last gets someone capable to lead its cast. Report from Variety has informed that producers of the sci-fi thriller have appointed to topline the project, just shortly after announcement on the postponed production of his other starring vehicle "."
Set in the near future where humans live in isolation and interact vicariously through surrogate robots who are better-looking versions of themselves, the project finds Willis as a cop who, through his surrogate, investigates the murders of others' surrogates. The man, however, is forced to venture from his own home for the first time in years and unravels a conspiracy.
Pic will be developed from script written by duo Michael Ferris and John Brancato based on a graphic novel from Top Shelf Comix. Shooting is being eyed to start in February 2008 in Boston with the movie expected to be released under Touchstone Pictures banner.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
WILLIS' NEWS STRIKE
 Hollywood actor BRUCE WILLIS has slammed the media for its poor news coverage, accusing the industry of deliberately ignoring serious news in favour of racy stories.
The DIE HARD star, who credits his youthful energy and vigour to a refusal to watch news bulletins, is disgusted with the news reports, claiming they are frivolous and superficial rather than informative. And he says that banning news from his house means he worries far less.
Willis insists, "We go for the sensational now in the news. If it's not sensational or tantalising or making fun of someone, it seldom gets into the news. "I don't watch the news anyway.
I have it turned off, and I feel so much better for it. That's why I have that youthful glow about me. I don't look worried."
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