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At the Movies: Fraser In, Weisz Out of Mummy 3
Per Variety, Brendan Fraser has finally signed on the dotted line for The Mummy 3, but leading lady Rachel Weisz took a big, fat pass. The follow-up, penned by Smallville's Miles Millar and Al Gough, features Jet Li as the baddie.... Producers Dino and Martha De Laurentiis are out to reinvent Barbarella as "a free, modern gal who survives in a futuristic world through her intelligence, fighting skills and sexuality." Hate to say it, but Lindsay Lo just found a franchise (intelligence can always be faked).... Forest Whitaker has joined The Great Debaters, a fact-based drama directed by and featuring Denzel Washington as a small-town college debate-team coach.
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Apr 12, 2007 9:33 AM
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Damn. I'm pissed at Rachel Weisz. It's Jet Li, for goodness sake!
"Producers Dino and Martha De Laurentiis are out to reinvent Barbarella as 'a free, modern gal who survives a in a futuristic world through her intelligence, fighting skills and sexuality.'"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
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Apr 12, 2007 11:12 AM
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Nice to know she does not need the money. Crazy to turn down what should be a nice paydya.
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Apr 12, 2007 11:13 AM
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Too bad. What is the plot?
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Apr 12, 2007 11:24 AM
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I heard it centers around their son, who is now an adult. Different Mummy.
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Apr 12, 2007 1:27 PM
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So Rachel won't be playing his Mummy.
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Apr 12, 2007 2:13 PM
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Another example of a star who wins an Oscar and is then too good for action-adventure films. I have to admire Halle Berry for doing Catwoman after winning her Oscar. Variety is the spice of life. And big paychecks, like the Mummy 3,would afford the opportunity to do smaller films....It's a shame she can't honor the commitment to see the series through completion.
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Apr 12, 2007 5:28 PM
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