Jeremy Smith

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THE CROP REPORT – 4/14/07

I'm a little late with this one. I never meant to let you down like this. Things just got a little out of hand today, baby. What I got to do to make it up to you? The Crop: State of Play The Studio: Universal The Director: Kevin Macdonald The Producers:… Continue reading

FIGHTING OVER FILMED MILK

First off, I just want to commend Michael Fleming for kicking off his Variety article concerning the below with "Got Milk?". Goddamn, he's good. If you've been following the career of Bryan Singer, you'll know that the comic book adapting filmmaker has long… Continue reading

EWAN AT NINE?

The just-done-broke news that Rob Marshall will direct Nine, a live action rendition of Maury Yeston's stage musical rendition of Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, for The Weinstein Company is cause for both delight and concern. The delight comes in knowing that I'll… Continue reading

BACK TO BARBARELLA

How did it take this long for Dino De Laurentiis to finance another romp in the space age boudoir with Barbarella? The character, a creation of French comic book artist Jean-Claude Forest, is a liberated gal who gallivants about the cosmos in various states… Continue reading

WHITAKER JOINS DEBATE TEAM

As you might've heard, it's been a rough week for The Weinstein Company (some little exploitation of theirs bombed), so here's some much needed good news for Harvey and Bob: they're alive. Should that fail to perk them up, there's also this: it's just been… Continue reading

HARLOT IN THE WIND

Let me get this straight: Anna Nicole Smith died so that Elie Samaha could honor her with a quickie biopic starring the soon-to-be bride of future NHL Hall of Famer Mike Modano? Yep. Makes perfect sense to me. The former dry cleaner, whose erstwhile Franchise… Continue reading