After directing the epic film of the year
IMMORTALS, which just swept box offices earning almost $40 million and becoming the most successful R-rated movie of the year, and after finishing his
take on the Snow White
MIRROR MIRROR with
Lily Collins and
Julia Roberts, visual genius
Tarsem Singh apparently wants to direct
SAMURAI JACK. This was an animated show from Cartoon
Network about a samurai warrior wielding a magic sword who travels a foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time in order to erase some evil from
happening in the future. But this is just what
Tarsem wants, in reality he will probably direct some smaller scale drama because he said he wants to escape being typecast as a director of only huge visual master pieces. As you remember Tarsem's previous work
includes
THE CELL with Jennifer Lopez and
THE FALL with Lee Pace two of the visually most striking films in history. Check out some of the scenes from his films in these pics.
HOLLYWOOD SPY HEADLINES
Today you can check out a gorgeous new poster for China's Oscar contender
THE FLOWERS OF WAR in which
Christian Bale plays an American in China during Japanese invasion in 1937. Remember
the trailer?
Heat Vision reports that
Universal Pictures has decided to make a movie adaptation of
ASTEROIDS video game, in which
players used a tiny space ship to blow up huge asteroids being hurled towards them. The movie will center on two estranged brothers who reunite to try and stop an eminent alien attack. The writer of
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN has been hired to pen the script which could be directed by Roland Emmerich.
Summit has, meanwhile, acquired film rights on
DEADMAIL, a yet to be published novel by
Laurie Frankel centering on a computer prodigy who invents a way for people to email their deceased friends and family members. When the woman he loves unexpectedly dies, he must decide whether or not to stay close to her, using his own device.
The good news, people, is that
Sony Pictures has acquired rights for US distribution of delightful period comedy
HYSTERIA which
means it will hit cinemas soon in USA too. As you know, this super charming and utterly witty comedy is based on the surprising truth of how Mortimer Granville came up with the world's first electro-mechanical vibrator in the name of medical science. This mischievously inspired romantic comedy has quite a lovely cast including always brilliant
Hugh Dancy, always funny
Maggie Gyllenhaal, always naughty
Rupert Everett and
Jonathan Pryce. With wonderful story, sets, costumes and cinematography,
HYSTERIA will now hit American cinemas too. Check out the trailer I've posted earlier this year.
players used a tiny space ship to blow up huge asteroids being hurled towards them. The movie will center on two estranged brothers who reunite to try and stop an eminent alien attack. The writer of SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN has been hired to pen the script which could be directed by Roland Emmerich. Summit has, meanwhile, acquired film rights on DEADMAIL, a yet to be published novel by Laurie Frankel centering on a computer prodigy who invents a way for people to email their deceased friends and family members. When the woman he loves unexpectedly dies, he must decide whether or not to stay close to her, using his own device. 
