Things have progressed somewhat since the original pre-strike memo last month in that with each day that passes it’s looking more and more likely that the writers portion of the strike will commence action in November, meaning any scripts that aren’t completed far enough to begin shooting by then will be scrapped.
You can imagine some of the coffee induced all-nighters, some writers are no doubt having right now!
Coming Soon have got their hands on a NEW pre-strike memo which gives us a much less condensed list of all the films to be made before the strike, with many of them having the filming dates attached.
All these are probably subject to change, but I would imagine only by a couple of days. Those in bold are movies I’m interested in the most and I feel it’s my duty to highlight them to you…
(p.s: For those who are optimistic… Christian Bale and Brandon Routh are free till the Summer. Until someone is cast as Batman or Superman… you just never know)
COLUMBIA
AGAINST ALL ENEMIES Feb
ANGELS AND DEMONS 18-Feb (only Tom Hanks on board at the moment)
BOND 22 7-Jan-08 (no new roles annouced yet, or title)
BROTHERS 27-Nov
JULIE AND JULIA March
NICK AND NORAH’s 22-Oct
SEVEN POUNDS Late Feb
STEP BROTHERS
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 19-Feb
YEAR ONE 14-Jan
DIMENSION FILMS
COMEBACK 7-Nov
DISNEY
BEDTIME STORIES 28-Jan
CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC 15-Jan
ESCAPE FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN March 08
HANNA MONTANA
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3
PROPOSAL
WHEN IN ROME MAYBE
DREAMWORKS
1000 WORDS March
EAGLE EYE November
GHOST TOWN Nov
HOTEL FOR DOGS 29-Oct
LOVELY BONES November
THE SOLOIST Jan
WEDNESDAY 28-Jan
FOX
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 8-Mar
DRAGON BALL Z FALL 08
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 12/3/2007
WOLVERINE 7-Nov (particularly interesting when you hear it just went in for re-writes. Still no casting news on this one)
FOX 2000
MAGNETO 1-Jan
FOX ATOMIC
TICKET TO RIDE Nov. 8, 07
12 ROUNDS Feb
FOCUS
BFF March
HARVEY MILK 14-Jan
HBO
GREY GARDENS 22-Oct
MIRAMAX
DOUBT 1-Dec
ADVENTURELAND Oct
MGM
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR 2 Feb
NEW LINE
17- 3-Dec
FOR SALE Jan/ Feb
FOUR CHRISTMASES 5-Dec
GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST 19-Feb
MY SISTERS KEEPER 3-Mar
PARAMOUNT
GI JOE 8-Feb
DON READY LIKES CARS 3-Dec
HOBSON’S CHOICE
MORNING GLORY March
STAR TREK 07 November
UNTITLED WAYANS BROTHERS
UNIVERSAL
BARBARELLA
BIG BROTHERS
CIRQUE DU FREAK Jan or Feb
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON FEB (why?)
FAST AND FURIOUS 4 4-Feb-08
LAND OF THE LOST End of Feb
THE CHANGELING Oct. 15, 07
TRAVELING Jan or Feb
WOLFMAN 28-Jan
UNITED ARTISTS
PINKVILLE 3-Dec
WARNER BROTHERS
JUSTICE LEAGUE 11-Feb
SHANTARAM 10-Jan
HEART SHAPED BOX Jan
WHITE JAZZ 14-Jan
YES MAN 22-Oct
WEINSTEIN
NINE 1-Mar
COMEBACK 7-Nov
SOUL MEN
SHANGHAI Feb
WORKING TITLE
GREEN ZONE Feb
STATE OF PLAY Mid Nov
LOST FOR WORDS 8-Mar
THE BOAT THAT ROCKED March
2929 Entertainment
BURNING PLANE 5-Nov
LAKESHORE
THE GAME 5-Nov
INDIES
A SINGLE MAN end Jan 2008
Amelia Earhart March
CHILLED IN MIAMI 7-Jan
Dreams of a Dying Heart Jan
HUMAN CONTRACT 5-Nov
LAST BATTLE DREAMER 18-Nov
LOVE RANCH Jan
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS March
OLD FASHION ORGY Jan
ON THE ROAD Feb
PERSONAL EFFECTS 12-Nov
REC Nov. 12, 07
SEX DRIVE Nov. 12
THE LAST FULL MEASURE 20-Nov
THE LAUNDRY WARRIOR
The Open Road Nov. 12, 07
THE RANI Jan
THE ROAD 11-Feb
THE WRESTLER 7-Jan
TREE OF LIFE March
WHIP IT March/April
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No Transformers 2? Could be because it’s only just come together, or maybe it doesn’t have a chance in hell of getting done in time – at least that’s what I think – 20 days to get a script finished, Orczman (and the other guy)!
If Bale does Justice League I will eat my keyboard! I would be very surprised if over half of these are made pre strike.
They could write the “script” for Transformers 2 in ten minutes. All they need is to use some of the unused footage of people running from the first one (hell, take clips from od Godzilla movies, it’s the same quality) and then let ILM do the rest.
And Wolverine is even less encouraging. All this stuff is being rushed, except maybe Bond.
Talk about a load of rushed crap. 2008-2009 is gonna suck!
Hopefully all the silence about JL means WB really is doing everything it can to get Bale and Routh on board. Pretty unlikely though– it would’ve made so much more sense to do this flick after the third Batman and second Superman– both of which will seemingly wrap up the story arcs established in Begins and Returns. At that point, new actors would’ve been understandable, but not now. What a mess. This is all about studio panic and money, sadly.
So yeah, this is gonna be one crappy year at the movies, no doubt. Is Rose McGowan definitely in as Barbarella yet? That’s just about the only promising one on the list (that I’ve heard anything about), except maybe Lovely Bones.
Scramble,
The problem with Rodriguez is that your never quite sure with him until the day he begins shooting. This year he has told us his next film would be…
A) Sin City 2
B) Another Grindhouse picture
C) Land of the Lost
D) Barbarella
I find it interesting that Barbarella doesn’t have a start date. I know Robert works fast and all but this time it’s a studio flick (his first in AGES) so he isn’t fully in control of all aspects of the movie this time.
Maybe he’s running into problems and won’t get it pre-strike?
I’m 99% convinced Rodriguez has had Rose McGowan in mind for the part since day one and the test shots with her have only confirmed this. Aren’t they dating too? (lucky bugger).
Oh god, did I just see Dragonball Z listed there? It is going to be a crappy year for films indeed. Maybe we’ll get lucky and get some nice imports. And Matt, that’s not even half the films I’ve heard Rodriguez say he’s going to direct next. The guy has some serious commitment issues.