Two big movie announcements:
1. Rowan Atkinson is becoming a villain - he will be playing Lord Voldemort in the fourth Harry Potter film, The Goblet of Fire. Read more here.
1/9/04 UPDATE: Rowan Atkinson has slammed reports that he will take the role of Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire as lies. The Mr. Bean star was named by a number of credible sources as the frontrunner to play the evil character, who is the schoolboy wizard's arch enemy. But his agent Janette Linden says, "There's no truth whatsoever that Rowan will be in the next Harry Potter movie."
2. Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick have signed deals to star in the upcoming film of the Mel Brooks musical, The Producers, which began life as a non-musical film starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. Filming will begin in early 2005, and the movie — based on the Broadway musical — is due in cinemas in late 2005. Brooks, co-writer Thomas Meehan and director Susan Stroman are also on board; the latter will helm the piece as she did for Broadway. Read the article here.
As if seeing Robbie Coltraine work wasn't enough to keep me watching the HP movies, now they've added Black Adder into the mix. Oh, I think I'll have some converts when this one comes out. Thanks for the tip - I'm woefully behind on movie trailers and such.
Posted by: Chris at January 8, 2004 10:20 AM