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Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen are on board to star in The Prisoner, an update on the 1960s cult hit that will air as a six-part miniseries on AMC next year.Caviezel will play the title role of "Number Six" and McKellen will costar as "Number Two."The 1960s series — an espionage thriller set during the Cold War — is being updated with a focus on security and surveillance while retaining the franchise's trademark socio-economic commentary. — J.R. WhalenRelated:• The Joy of 6: A First Look at the Return of The Prisoner• AMC to Set The Prisoner Free in 2008
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Per Variety, Tina Fey (who just yesterday during a 30 Rock conference call was saying how busy she now is) and SNL-WU sidekick Amy Poehler will costar in Baby Mama, a comedy about a career woman who hires a surrogate mother to bear her child.... Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon are in final talks to star in Tsotsi director Gavin Hood's Rendition, about a CIA analyst who witnesses something he shouldn't have.... Jim Caviezel will star in Outlander, a sci-fi adventure pic about a man from another galaxy who must help a Viking tribe ward off an alien predator. Kinda sounds cool!
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Question: Is it true that someone was struck by lightning during the filming of The Passion of the Christ?
Answer: Yes. Actor Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004), was struck by lightning while shooting in October 2003. Assistant director Jan Michelini was struck a few minutes later. Neither man was permanently injured, but from Caviezel's description (this quote was taken from an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, but he discussed the lightning strike in many interviews), it was a pretty frightening experience. "I was doing the Sermon on the Mount….[a]nd when it happened, I saw the extras grab the ground. What they saw was fire coming out
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