David Cronenberg is Remaking David Cronenberg’s The Fly

by Alex Billington – FirstShowing.net

Yep, you read that right. David Cronenberg is developing a reboot of his own 1986 sci-fi classic The Fly. Cronenberg’s film is already a remake of Kurt Neumann’s 1958 film of the same name as well. The story centers on an eccentric scientist named Seth Brundle (played by Jeff Goldblum) who, after an experiment with teleportation goes awry, is transformed into a fly. Geena Davis starred as Goldblum’s love interest, Veronica. Oddly, Cronenberg has said in the past that he did not want to be involved a remake, but now he’s just doing it on his own. I can’t wait for someone to talk with him to find out exactly why he’s coming back.

This is only in the early development stages (via Risky Biz), so we’re not sure when Cronenberg will get to this. A return to The Fly would also mark the latest in a mini-trend of directors remaking their own work. Michael Haneke last year remade his thriller Funny Games while Werner Herzog re-imagined his doc Little Dieter Learns to Fly with the 2006 feature Rescue Dawn. Cronenberg was attached to direct the Robert Ludlum adaptation The Matarese Circle but apparently ditched that to take on Cosmopolis instead.

66th Venice Film Festival reveals full line-up

66th Venice Film Festival has announced its full programme this morning (July 30).

Competition:

Opening film:Baaria – Giuseppe Tornatore – Italy

Soul Kitchen – Fatih Akin – Germany

La Doppia Ora – Giuseppe Capotondi – Italy

Yi ngoi (Accident) – Cheang Pou- Soi – China/Hong Kong

Persecution – Patrice Chereau – France

Lo Spazio Bianco (White Space) – Francesca Comencini – Italy

White Material – Claire Denis – France

Mr. Nobody – Jaco van Dormael – France

A Single Man – Tom Ford – USA

Lourdes-Jessica Hausner – Austria

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of New Orleans – USA – Werner Herzog

The Road – John Hillcoat – USA

Ahasin Wetei (Between Two Worlds) – Vimukhti Jayasundara – Sri Lanka

El Mosafer (The Traveller) Ahmed Maher – Eqypt

Levanon (Lebanon) – Samuel Maoz – Israel

Capitalism: A Love Story – Michael Moore – USA

Zanan-e-bedun-e mardan (Women Without Men) – Shirin Neshat – Germany

Il Grande Sogno (The Big Dream) – Michele Placido – Italy

36 Vues Du Pic Saint Loup – Jacques Rivette – France

Life During Wartime -Todd Solondz – USA

Tetsuo The Bullet Man – Shinya Tsukamoto – Japan

Lei wangzi (Prince of Tears) – Yonfan – China/Taiwan/Hong Kong

There will be an additional “suprise film” in competition.

 

OUT OF COMPETITION

[Rec ] 2 – Paco Plaza,Jaume Balaguero – Spain

Chengdu, Wo Ai Ni (Chengdu, I Love You) – Fruit Chan, Cui Jian – China

The Hole – Joe Dante – USA

The Men Who Stare At Goats – Grant Heslov – USA

Ehky ya Schahrazad (Scheherazade, Tell Me A Story) – Yousry Nasrallah – Egypt

Yona Yona Penguin- Rintaro – (Animation) – Japan

The Informant! – Steven Soderbergh – USA

 

Horizons – Orizzonti

Opening Film: Francesca – Bobby Paunescu – Romania

Wahed-Sefr (One-Zero)- Kamla Abou Zekri – Egypt

Dohawa (Buried Secrets) – Raja Amari – Tunisia

Zarte Parasiten (Tender Parasites)- Christian Becker/Oliver Schwabe – Germany

Choi voi (Adrift) – Bui Thac Chuyen – Vietnam

Korotkoye Zamykaniye (Crush) – Petr Buslov, Alexi German Jr., Boris Khlebnikov, Kirill Serebrennikov, Ivan Vrypayev – Russia

Repo Chick – Alex Cox – USA

Engkwentro – Pepe Diokno – Philippines

Aadmi Ki Aurat Aur Anya Kahaniya (The Man’s Woman and Other Stories) – Amit Dutta – India

Paraiso – Hector Galvez – Peru

Io Sono Amore (I Am Love) – Luca Guadagnino – Italy

Dou niu (Cow) – Guan Hu – China

Touxi (Judge) – Liu Jie – China

Pepperminta - Pipilotti Rist – Switzerland

Insolacao – Vincenzo Terracciano – Tris Di Donne & Abiti Nuziali

Daniela Thomas, Felipe Hirsch – Brazil

1428 – Du Haibin – China

Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Tea Mo (I Travel Because I Think I Have To, I Come Back To You Because I Love You) – Marcelo Gomes, Karim Ainouz – Brazil

Women Cenging De Wuchanzhe (Once Upon A Time Proletarian:

12 Tales Of A Country) – Guo Xiaolu -China

Villalobos - Romuald Karmakar – Germany

Il Colore Delle Parole – Marco Simon Puccioni – Italy

The One All Alone – Frank Scheffer – Holland

Toto – Peter Schreiner – Austria

There is be one additional “surprise film” in this section.

 

Cinema Del Presente  

Napoli, Napoli,Napoli – Abel Ferrara – Italy

Anni Luce – Francesco Maselli – Italy

L’Oro Di Cuba – Giuliano Montaldo – Italy

Prove Per Una Tragedia Siciliana - Roman Paska, John Tuturro – Italy

South Of The Border – Oliver Stone – USA

 

Midnight – Mezzanotte

Gulaal – Anurag Kashyap  - India

Dev D – Anurag Kashyap – India

Brooklyn’s Finest – Antoine Fuqua – USA

Deli 6 – Mehra Rakeysh Omprakash – India

Valhalla Rising – Nicolas Winding Refn – Denmark

Toy Story 3-D – John Lasseter – USA – (Lasseter has already been awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement)

Toy Story 2 3-D – John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon – USA

Rodriguez, Pena, Moynahan join Eckhart in ‘Battle: L.A.’

Michelle Rodriguez

By Borys Kit – HollywoodReporter.com

Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena and Bridget Moynahan have been recruited to join Columbia’s “Battle: Los Angeles.”

Bridget Moynahan

 

The sci-fi actioner, directed by Jonathan Liebesman and produced by Original Film’s Neal Moritz, stars Aaron Eckhart and is set to begin production in the fall.

“Battle” revolves around a Marine staff sergeant (Eckhart) and his new platoon’s battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles.

Rodriguez will play Crpl. Adriana Santos, a member of a radio battalion.
Pena plays the father of a boy the Marines find along the way, and Moynahan plays a veterinarian.

“I’m thrilled to reunite with Michelle,” said Moritz, who worked with Rodriguez on “S.W.A.T.” and “The Fast and the Furious” movies. “Her intensity is just right for the platoon.”

Ori Marmur is overseeing for Original. Doug Belgrad and Sam Dickerman are overseeing for Columbia.

Aaron Eckhart

Rodriguez next appears in James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar” and will star and co-produce her first film, the historical drama “Tropico de Sangre,” through her production company Cheshire Kat. She is repped by UTA and the Collective.

Pena, who most recently appeared in “Observe and Report” with Seth Rogen, recently completed production on Werner Herzog and David Lynch’s psychological thriller “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done.” He is repped by CAA and Management 360.

Moynahan, repped by WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, next appears in Fox’s “Ramona and Beezus,” starring opposite John Corbett and Ginnifer Goodwin.

Michael Pena