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VISITS CHINATOWN
David Oyelowo has spoken glowingly about his Selma co-star and producer Oprah Winfrey. The two besties may join forces again as Winfrey is looking to produce The Water Man, about a boy who sets out in search of the mystical Water Man in the hopes he can cure his dying mother. Oyelowo would play the boy’s distant father, who accompanies him on the journey.
The kitschy 1986 pic Big Trouble in Little China gets a remake with Dwayne Johnson reprising Kurt Russell’s role of a truck driver caught in the middle of a supernatural battle between good and evil. X-Men: First Class screenwriters Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are penning the script. No word on the film’s director or production start date.
WILL BLUNT BOARD TRAIN?
Emily Blunt is circling hot property The Girl on the Train, based on Paula Hawkins’ bestseller. Blunt would play Rachel, a divorced, alcoholic who envies a couple she spies through the window of her commuter train. Her passing interest turns serious when she gets involved in the couple’s lives, and a murder. The Help’s Tate Taylor directs.
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH...
WONDER WOMAN It’s been a rocky start to the hyped female superhero pic Wonder Woman, with director Michelle MacLaren dropping out due to creative differences with Warner Bros. Patty Jenkins (Monster) stepped up to the plate and is now helming the pic which stars Gal Gadot as the Amazon Princess turned crime-fighter and Chris Pine as her love interest, Steve Trevor. Even with the delay, Wonder Woman should make its June 23rd, 2017, release date.
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