Flowers for Algernon

Will Smith to Head to THE CITY THAT SAILED or Suit up Again for MEN IN BLACK 3

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 23rd, 2010 at 9:38 pm

It looks like Will Smith has narrowed his many possible projects down to The City That Sailed or Men in Black 3.  After over a year of speculation, Variety reports that the actor will likely make one of the projects his next feature.  While, the plot of MIB 3 is unknown, we all know what kind of movie it will be: sci-fi action-adventure.  But The City that Sailed is an adventure-fantasy we first reported on back in July of last year.  Here’s what I wrote about back then:

Written by Andrew Niccol, the story follows a New York City street magician whose daughter, because of family circumstances (read: Daddy likes the whores), lives in England. In exploring a lighthouse one day, the girl discovers a room with magic candles and wishes to be reunited with her father, causing the island of Manhattan to break away and drift across the Atlantic, the magic candles apparently not having access to priceline.com or any comparable service.  I guess the other option is that she could just walk across…if it’s not too deep.

The “Daddy likes the whores,” was pure speculation on my part, but what was true is that Francis Lawrence, who teamed with Smith on I Am Legend, was to direct.  Now, that’s not the case and currently the project has yet to find a director.  Hit the jump to learn about all the other projects that were on Smith’s plate.

Steven Spielberg May Summon the ROBOPOCALYPSE

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 12th, 2010 at 1:47 am

Steven Spielberg may lead the robot uprising and make his next movie Robopocalypse.  Deadline reports that after the fizzled attempts to remake Harvey or adapt the Matt Helm books, Spielberg may now have his sights set on Drew Goddard’s (Cloverfield) adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s comic how-to guide about the human race’s attempt to survive an apocalyptic robot uprising (which is redundant; I’m pretty sure all robot uprisings result in apocalypse).

Keep in mind, there are plenty of other projects Spielberg could choose.  He could choose to finally pluck his Abraham Lincoln-Civil War movie out of development hell, move on the George Gershwin biopic starring Zachary Quinto (although Deadline says that’s unlikely), or he could adapt Flowers for Algernon with Will Smith, the adventure book series The 39 Clues, Michael Crichton’s Pirates Latitude, Michael Morpugo’s War Horse, or anything else he wants because he’s Steven Spielberg and his movies have made more money than most small countries.

As we all play the waiting game, hit the jump for the full description of Robopocalypse‘s source material, How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion.

Will Smith to Produce and Star in a Remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s SUSPICION

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 26th, 2010 at 2:42 pm

Latino Review reports that Alfred Hitchock’s Suspicion is getting remade with Will Smith attached to star and produce.  I agree with scooper “Pinche Taco” when it comes to Hitchcock: he can be imitated, but never remade…-ed.  For those who don’t know, Hitchcock’s 1941 film starred Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine and was about a woman (Fontaine) who marries a man (Grant) whom she eventually suspects is trying to kill her.  Hitchcock’s film had a compromised ending where the studio demanded a “happy” conclusion.  While I’m not crazy about remaking any Hitchcock movie (Disturbia is the best yet simply because it’s not terrible), Suspicion is not among the director’s best and there’s room to do a fresh take (which would be a re-adaptation of the source material, Francis Iles’ 1932 novel Before the Fact).

Smith would play the Grant role and I support it simply because I want to see if he can play a bad guy.  He certainly has the charm the role requires, but he’s never played anything close to villain so I’d like to see him challenge himself as an actor in that respect.  As long as they don’t have Smith committing suicide via jellyfish, there’s hope.

Then again, Smith may do another movie instead.  He has plenty to choose from.  Hit the jump for just a few of the films he may do next.

Exclusive Interview with Producers Gabe and Alan Polsky BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 17th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

While brothers Gabe and Alan Polsky launched Polsky Films three years ago, they’ve been very busy.  In a very short amount of time they got their first movie made, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, and they’re developing biopics of Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, as well as an adaptation of Flowers For Algernon.  They’ve also got Sam Mendes attached to direct an adaptation of Butcher’s Crossing for Focus Features.  So while they might be new to the industry, they’re clearly aiming to be around for awhile.

With Bad Lieutenant getting ready for release this weekend, I recently got to sit down with the brothers for an extended conversation on where they came from, how they got into the business, how Bad Lieutenant came together and what was it like on set, what other projects they’re working on, and could there be more Bad Lieutenant’s in other cities.  It’s a great conversation with these two rising producers.  Watch it after the jump:

Steven Spielberg/Will Smith OLDBOY Adaptation Dead; Smith Considering FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 10th, 2009 at 12:53 pm

When you’re Will Smith and you’re not currently attached to any film, life is good.  It’s a little less good when the news comes out that your potential Oldboy adaptation with Steven Spielberg is dead and the entire Internet cheers.  But you pick yourself up, say a hearty, “Awhellnaw”, and move on to then next project, which could be another adaptation of Daniel Keyes’ novel Flowers for Algernon. Hit the jump to pull a hammer out of your skull and raise your IQ.

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