Per Variety, a contemporized, all-African-American remake of Lawrence Kasdan's The Big Chill is in the works, with Regina King already in the ensemble.... Per the Reporter, Jennifer Aniston will produce and possibly star in Goree Girls, a 1940s-set musical about singing inmates in a women's prison.... William Hurt has joined the Edward Norton-fronted Incredible Hulk, playing Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, the father of Dr. Banner's love interest/a man committed to capturing the big green guy.... Rachel Weisz is the dead girl's mother in Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Lovely Bones.
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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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Question: Lost, Lost, Lost. Anything Lost, please!
Answer: You've come to the right place, Carrie. Back by popular demand, this week's Ask Ausiello is essentially one big Lostapalooza, starring executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Not only is the duo answering all of our burning Season 2 questions, but they're also offering up tantalizing clues and spoilers about the final four episodes. Or, I should say, three. Conspicuously missing from the following Q&A is any discussion of tonight's explosive May-sweeps kickoff. For the dirt on that, you'll have to check out my Ausiello Report blog immediately following tonight's telecast. Trust me when I say you don't want to miss
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Question: Do you have any info on the episode of Lost that Darren Aronofsky is supposed to direct? Are all the castaways going to break into Charlie's heroin stash and run around the island stoned just like in Requiem for a Dream?
Answer: That joke was made already, Ray — and by me. Besides, it's a moot point. As EW.com reported last week, Darren had to back out due to family obligations; he and Rachel Weisz are about to have a baby.
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While favorites Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) walked away with the top acting honors at Sunday's Oscars, Crash pulled an upset by lassoing the best-picture trophy away from Brokeback Mountain. In the supporting slots, Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) and the never-fails-to-impress George Clooney (Syriana) grabbed gold. One of the night's other surprises came when rap group Three 6 Mafia's raucous "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" (from Hustle & Flow) merited the Academy Award for best song. (A complete list of winners can be found here.) Me, I couldn't help but be fixated on Keira Knightley's seeming inability to crack a smile for Jon Stewart. Geez, loosen up, girl.
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