PHIL LORD AND CHRIS MILLER ARE DOING FINE. THEY’RE ALL FINE NOW, THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU?
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are having so many of the keys to Hollywood thrown at them right now they’re liable to be buried under them all, but after being strongly linked to a Spider-Man cartoon movie, the Flash, dude Ghostbusters and more, they’ve now get a confirmed project in their calendar, and it’s a doozy.
Lovable rogue Han Solo is getting an inevitable spin-off movie, and Lucasfilm’s very own website has confirmed Lord and Miller’s hiring to direct it, with Empire Strikes Back screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan and his son Jon set to write the script. I personally pledge to spare Big Screen Scoop readers with the barrage of “Chris Pratt as Han Solo” rumours that are likely to crop up, but will provide you with rumours about Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul taking up the mantle instead. It’s truly going to be exciting seeing the origins of Han Solo, because the best thing about lovable rogues is knowing everything about them.
MITCH WINEHOUSE TRYING TO MAKE HIS IMAGE GO TO REHAB
If you haven’t yet seen Amy, Asif Kapadia’s documentary chronicling the rise and fall of singer Amy Winehouse, it’s absolutely worth your time, serving not just as a tragic depiction of her demise but as a showcase of her undeniable talent. One person who was not so keen on the film though, was Amy’s father Mitch Winehouse, who in the midst of trying to repair the damage done to his reputation by the film, is taking the Bender approach and making his own documentary, with blackjack and hookers. Well, not “blackjack and hookers”, more “All Amy’s friends who were excluded from (the) film”, but you get what I’m saying.
As per the Hollywood Reporter, Mitch took to British talk show/bastion of credibility/incessant chatter pit Loose Women to announce his intention of making his own film in response to Kapadia’s, including interviews with himself and some of Amy Winehouse’s friends who were edited out of Kapadia’s film, something Mitch seems particularly outraged about, insisting his will not be edited (it might run a bit long then mate). Mitch does not come off well in Amy to say the least, brushing over Amy’s bulimia, stating his opinion that his daughter handily got over him cheating on her mother, divorcing her and not generally being around and most famously, for telling Amy that he didn’t think she needed to go to rehab at a critical time. Mitch also clarified this on Loose Women saying “”What I say is misrepresented. I say that Amy didn’t need to go to rehab, right? What I actually said was — referring to 2005 — Amy didn’t need to go to rehab at that point. Later on was a different story altogether, which gives a totally, completely different meaning to what I said.”, which obviously exonerates him completely. Well done Mitch, and well done for continuing to totally not piggyback on your daughter’s fame.
SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED, SINGING AND DANCING
For decades James Bond has travelled to locations all over the world, blowing things up, bedding women, drinking heavily and not even bothering to hide his identity despite being a spy. Now Bond is heading to his most glamorous location ever: Broadway.
Merry Seltzman, the daughter of former James Bond producer Harry Seltzman, told Playbill.com that her company Placeholder Productions has acquired the rights to produce a play about the world’s most famous and therefore most ineffectual spy. And that production company names is quite apt considering the show’s title, James Bond the Musical. Not the most imaginative title for a musical, not even an exclamation mark! The show’s book will be written by novelist Dave Clarke, and have music and lyrics by Jay Henry Weisz, two names I’m sure readers will now all to well…It’s anticipated that the musical will come out in 2017 or 2018, and will run in Las Vegas or Broadway. With big sweeping musical numbers strongly associated with James Bond, this seems like a good fit, and let’s hope we get an extended number of double entendres, a ghostly chorus line of all the women James Bond has failed to protect and a jetpack. Musicals need more jetpacks.