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Michael Davis to Direct Outland Remake

19 August 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Michael Davis, writer and director of the Clive Owen action flick Shoot ‘Em Up, has signed on to helm a remake of the 1981 Sean Connery space western Outland. Chad St. John, who scripted the WB drama The Days Before, is on board to write the screenplay. The original, which drew comparisons to High Noon, starred Connery as a marshal on one of Jupiter's moons who is investigating mysterious deaths. He's forced to take on the colony's corporate administrators alone when the rest of the colonists refuse to help. The new take expands the concept, while keeping the original's theme. The story takes place in an orbiting city around the moon, where a cop uncovers a murderous conspiracy endangering the entire city. With a week before his retirement back to Earth, our hero has to choose between walking away with his wife, or taking on a private army with his overachieving ex-partner and wife's former boyfriend. »

- James Cook

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Directors I Like: Peter Hyams

29 March 2009 5:32 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

So a few months ago I'm enjoying a stupid cigarette outside of my Park City (Sundance, woo) hotel, and I see my old friend Chris Hyams walking my way. Chris is one of the founders and wizards behind Bside.com, an outfit that does everything from mega-nifty festival schedules to full-bore film distribution. So because I am loud (and also a pathetic movie nerd), I say "Hey Chris! Wouldn't it be cool if your Dad was Peter Hyams?"

Chris smiled and said "It sure would be. And he is my dad!" After about four minutes of Chris trying to convince me he was telling the truth, we quickly got rambling about the awesomeness of Outland, which is a film his dad made way back in 1981, and is still the finest "High Noon in space" movie that Sean Connery ever starred in. During my conversation with Chris, my brain kept screaming "Don't mention The Musketeer! »

- Scott Weinberg

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Sex and the City: Tough Times Ahead for Carrie and Her Friends?

19 February 2009 1:01 PM, PST | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

While it's still too early to buy your ticket, its okay to start getting excited about the Sex and the City sequel. The four main stars have signed on but how will their characters' stories unfold?

Sex and the City began as a hugely successful series that ran on HBO from 1998 to 2004. The show stars Sarah Jessica Parker, along with Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon as her best friends. Manhattan was never quite the same once these ladies hit the streets. Other performers include Chris Noth, David Eigenberg, Willie Garson, Kyle MacLachlan, John Corbett, Evan Handler, Jason Lewis, Lynn Cohen, James Remar, Mario Cantone and Frances Sternhagen.

Parker plays Carrie Bradshaw, a newspaper columnist who writes for a fictitious newspaper, The New York Star. Carrie never could get her relationships right with the guys, but she and her girlfriends are always there to pick one another up.

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- TVSeriesFinale.com

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Actress Frances Sternhagen Gives Free Public Reading 2/26

27 January 2009 6:28 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Noted stage, screen, and television actress Frances Sternhagen, a member of the Vassar class of 1951, will give a public presentation at Vassar College on Thursday, February 26, at 5:30 pm in the Martel Theater of the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film. Admission is free; however reservations are required. For additional information and reservations, call the box office at 845-437-5584 or 5599. Sternhagen, a familiar presence on stage, television, and film, is most familiar to some audiences for her television roles as Bunny McDougal (Trey's mother) in HBO's Sex and the City or Kyra Sedgwick's mother Willa Mae Johnson on The Closer (appearing with fellow Vassar alumnus Jon Tenney '84). However Sternhagen is also a familiar presence on stage, and has received two Tony Awards (nominated for five), two Obies, and two Drama Desks, and was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame, and honored in 2007 with the Helen Hayes Tribute. »

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