By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
Projects of Love – Tarantino, Sorvino
Quentin Tarantino is producing a series or “re-quels” to From Dusk Til Dawn involving a world of vampires. One of them is set in South Africa, where the production crew is now accused of leaving a trail of evil, spreading fake blood over rocks and destroying the local flora. In defense, line producer Michael Murphey claims that all the crew did was cover graffiti to make the cave look more natural. You got it wrong, Mikey. Graffiti is only indigenous to urban America and South Africans are used to real blood on their local rocks. At least they were until Apartheid ended.
QT’s squeeze, the mighty Mira Sorvino has joined the $3 million club. After opening two consecutive unimpressive films, Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion and Mimic, to the tune of around $7.5 million each, Sorvino has signed to appear opposite Val Kilmer in MGM’s Sight Unseen about a man who risks it all to regain his sight. Mira is his girlfriend. First the bug movies are back, now the return of the “Love Story” genre. And Kilmer is fast running out of women quirky enough to play his love interests. Elizabeth Shue, now Mira. Who’s left? If you have an idea about who can keep up with Val’s quirks, e-mail me.
Finally, a stupid movie idea I can get behind! DreamWorks has kicked in about $3 million to buy Dale Launer‘s spec script, Bad Dog. It’s a comedic werewolf flick about a psychiatrist who finds out the hard way that his full moon-fearing patient isn’t really crazy after all. Launer is the scribe behind My Cousin Vinny, Love Potion No. 9, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Blind Date and Ruthless People. Not a real stinker in the group. This should be as fun as American Werewolf in Paris will be forgettable.
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