Big Screen Roundup: 1/30/08 Edition

Ain’t It Cool News has an update on the news that Mark Romanek is no longer directing The Wolf Man. According to the site, Breck Eisner and Matt Reeves are now being considered to helm the picture. However, Reeves may not be able to take the job, due to his involvement with a Cloverfield sequel and The Invisible Woman.

Christopher Plummer tells People Magazine that, for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, director Terry Gilliam is “trying to work out at this moment how to continue on. Fortunately, because the film deals with magic, there is a way, perhaps, of turning Heath into other people and then, using stills and I think they call it CGI.”

Coming Soon has acquired the poster for Leatherheads. The one-sheet features the humorous tagline, “In the beginning, the rules were simple. There weren’t any.”

Phillip Noyce confirms to Moviehole that he is no longer directing a film about American aviator Amelia Earhart, still set to star Hilary Swank in the lead role.

The Hollywood Reporter shows that Kevin Nealon will play Stuart Pearson, the dad of Ashley Tisdale’s character in They Came From Upstairs.

Coming Soon has learned 11-year-old actor Jimmy Bennett will play a young James Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek.

Gerard Butler will star opposite Katherine Heigl in The Ugly Truth, reports Variety. In the “battle of the sexes” comedy, Butler will play Mike Alexander, who hosts a TV segment titled “The Ugly Truth.”

The official website for Jumper is hosting a contest in which folks can submit a video inspired by Jumper comic pages. The winner will receive a trip for two to Los Angeles to meet director Doug Liman, as well as a MacBook Pro with Final Cut 2 editing software.

IFC.com presents an interesting list titled “Forgotten, But Not Gone: 10 Directors Overshadowed By Their Collaborators.” From Cloverfield to Superbad, the article spotlights films that audiences seem to mistake who directed them.

DVDActive has the specs and artwork for the home entertainment release of Lions for Lambs. The disc will contain an audio commentary by director Robert Redford, a “The Making Of Lions For Lambs” featurette, a “Script To Screen” featurette, a “United Artists Legacy” featurette, and the theatrical teaser and trailer.

30Jan2008 | Josh E Armstrong | Continued