The latest on Disney movies
It’s the time of year where there’s a lot going on in the movie biz and with numerous projects in the works Disney is in the middle casting, filming and promoting new films.
Cinderella
Cate Blanchett |
Casting is going hot and heavy for the upcoming “Cinderella” movie. Cate Blanchett is in talks to play the role of the evil stepmother, Yidio reports. Is it far each from playing Galadriel, the Noldorin princess in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the upcoming Hobbit trilogy, to one of the most hated villains in Disney history?
Meanwhile, Variety reports it looks like it is down to three actresses to see who will wear the glass slipper. Testing for director Mark Romanek are Irish actress Saoirse Ronan (“The Host”), up-and-coming Swedish actress Alicia Vikander and British actress Gabriella Wilde, who appeared in “The Three Musketeers,”
20,00 Leagues
The movie has been pitched to Australia for filming in Sydney’s Fox studios, but sources tell the newspaper that it may yet be made in another, more competitive, country if a deal can not be worked out.
Roger Rabbit sequel?
Is there another Roger Rabbit movie on the horizon?
The film’s original director Robert Zemeckis has admitted he has a follow-up script ready for the 1988 film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” caper and wants to use 3D technology, but is waiting for Disney to give the film the green light, according to Blockbuster.
“I’m happy with the script. It’s very good. It’s written by the original writers, and it’s good. (But Disney) is still thinking about it. If I were to do the sequel, it would be done just like the first one. It would look the same way, but we would present it in 3-D in its release. I would do all of the animation hand-drawn; 2-D, but using 3-D tools. It wouldn’t be like Pixar 3-D. It wouldn’t look like that,” Zemeckis said in a MTV interview.
Whether or not he would be able to get co-star Bob Hoskins is questionable. The 70-year-old actor recently announced he was retiring after finding out he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
New Pixar movie
After wrapping up “Monster’s Universty,” director Dan Scanlon started off on his next film, which could be even scarier than monsters. What could that be you ask? How about the inside workings of a little girl’s mind.