Eddie Murphy and Norbit director Brian Robbins are in final talks to reunite for A Thousand Words, a DreamWorks comedy about a glib man (Matt Lauer?) who learns he has only a thousand words left to speak before he croaks.... Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley are scientists who become superstahs as they combine different animal DNA to create fantastical new creatures in the sci-fi thriller Splice.... Eduardo Rodriguez will direct Fragile, a zombie pic based on the graphic novel by Stephano Raffaele (shop Amazon).
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To watch, or not to watch? That is the question. The answer should actually be fairly obvious since Sundance Channel's Canadian import, Slings & Arrows, is so deliciously written, with its wry sense of humor and its incredibly stylized dialogue filled with juicy layered meanings. TVGuide.com recently had a chance to speak with the show's head writer, Bob Martin — who just so happens to have won a Tony for his narration of the Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone and is busying himself for the London staging — about Slings' third season, which premieres Sunday at 8 pm/ET.
TVGuide.com: I walk past your smiling face on a huge Drowsy billboard every morning. Is that a bit surreal for you, because usually you're behind the scenes as a writer?Bob
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