Something tells me that "Stardust" will ultimately be remembered much like "Moulin Rouge" or "Mulholland Drive" - everyone will either love, love, love it, or despise it to its very core.
Nevertheless, it's hard to dispute the genius of Neil Gaiman, who recently unveiled twenty minutes of footage from his upcoming flick "Bewoulf" - and said that its groundbreaking mix of CGI, motion-capture and 3D might just convince Robert Zemeckis that the time is finally right for "The Fermata."
"I hope very, very much that 'The Fermata' is going to come back to life," Gaiman said of his adaptation of Nicholson Baker's sci-fi novel about a dark-intentioned man who can stop time. "I was very proud of it. It's a very strange script - very extreme. Very odd." Read more...
"My So-Called Life," the critically-acclaimed, teenage angst-driven television series which launched the careers of Claire Danes and Jared Leto, generated its rabid fanbase primarily after its cancellation following one season on the air. It's one of those series that people would kill to see revived in some form, so could there ever be a movie reunion? Don't count on it, according to Danes, who we interviewed at the MTV studios recently. In the video below, hear the "Stardust" actress' thoughts on whether we'll ever see a big-screen appearance by her character Angela Chase.
When I caught up with Neil Gaiman recently (watch our complete "Rough Cut" interview here), I had only about a hundred questions to ask about probably just as many projects, but only 30 minutes in which to ask them.
So what do you do when the crew is wrapping after the cameras have stopped rolling? Ask more questions! That's how we're able to add "Neverwhere" to the list of Neil Gaiman works about to be adapted to the big screen -- despite its placement in development hell all these years. Many people who have read the book think the BBC "Neverwhere" miniseries was an adaptation, but it's the other way around: Neil wrote it for the small screen, and started writing the book on set (in the never-seen kitchen of Richard Mayhew's apartment). Probably because he knew the low budget series, which was shot on video but lit for film, was going to look like a cheesy soap opera from the '80s.
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One man launches a quest to retrieve a fallen star in "Stardust," the whimsical upcoming fantasy flick based on Neil Gaiman's acclaimed graphic novel. In the exclusive clip below, our hero Tristan (Charlie Cox) discovers an unlikely visitor (Claire Danes) at the bottom of a crater. "Stardust" opens August 10.
The Prince of Eternia inches one step closer to the box office, Indy revs his engine and more, in today's linktastic Dailies.
- Mega-producer Joel Silver aims to bring "He-Man" back to silver screen. Natalie Portman as Orko? (Variety)
- Alfred "Doc Ock" Molina teams with Kate Bosworth for supernatural thriller "After.Life." (ComingSoon.net)
- Ready for a wisecracking skeleton detective? We hope so. Warner picks up Derek Landy's popular kid's book series "Skulduggery." (Hollywood Reporter)
- Cuba Gooding Jr. returns from Alaskan ice cave, signs up as school janitor for "Harold," a comedy in the vein of "Napoleon Dynamite." (Hollywood Reporter)
- Indy goes to Yale, readies for car chase. (New Haven Independent)
- Scope out dozens of photos for the upcoming fantasy fairytale flick, "Stardust." (MoviesOnline)
