A few sequel-related odds and ends for the afternoon. After the jump: David Paymer lands a role as a diplomat in Jack Ryan Katt Williams is the latest to sign up for Scary Movie 5 Sam Mendes probably won't direct more Bond movies Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning goes red-band Paramount's Jack Ryan reboot has…
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I don't know what I was expecting from Twixt, but this wasn't quite it. Francis Ford Coppola's latest film (formerly Twixt Now and Sunrise) is a gothic thriller of a sort, but one inspired by Hawthorne and Poe, filmed partly in 3D and featuring a soundtrack by analog knob-tweaking electronic musician Dan Deacon. The film…
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OK, this is getting ridiculous. The latest bit of news on the John Gotti biopic front (Gotti: Three Generations just lost Nick Cassavetes as director earlier this week) is that Lindsay Lohan is no longer in consideration to play Victoria Gotti. Producer Marc Fiore told People that talks with her reps had stopped, but didn't…
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I was elated recently to hear that Francis Ford Coppola has quietly gone into production on a new film called Twixt Now and Sunrise. I was elated less at the title and more at the fact that (a) the legendary director keeps on keepin' on and (b) he's got Val Kilmer as a lead and…
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