Should This Be Made? ‘Outlander’ And ‘Scarpetta’

Gabe Toro — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:44:00 +0000

Consider this a weekly look at whether these big studio project should be crowding multiplexes or not. If we had our way, everything would be French, in black and white, with Asia Argento smoking cigarettes, naked, but we often try to look at matters in the eyes of the major studios. They have feelings too, you know.

This week: two female-led best-sellers.Click here for last week’s installment.
“Outlander”
Who‘s Behind It: Essential Pictures, screenwriter Randall Wallace, Katherine Heigl
What Is It?: Based on the best-selling series of books, the “Outlander” chronicles concern a British WWII nurse who is able to slip back and forth between her world and the battlefield of 18th century Scotland, where she falls for her ideal mate amidst war.

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Zemeckis’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ Set For Cannes?

Simon Dang — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:03:00 +0000

Robert Zemeckis’ “A Christmas Carol” is reportedly set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Jim Carrey in multiple roles as well as Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Robin Wright Penn. The announcement comes tomorrow, so we’ll see. [Latino Review]

Rumors have linked Hugh Laurie and Kiefer Sutherland for lead roles in Alex de la Iglesia’s upcoming adaptation of Belgian comic “The Yellow Mark.” The film follows a captain and a science professor on their quest in 1950’s London to track down a criminal known as The Yellow Mark.

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Should This Be Made? ‘Outlander’ And ‘Scarpetta’

Zemeckis’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ Set For Cannes?