At the Movies: Fraser In, Weisz Out of Mummy 3
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.
