Tony Scott talks about The Hunger sequel, Alien and Hunter S Thompson

ComingSoon.net spoke to The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 director Tony Scott about his upcoming projects, one of which is a sequel to his 1983 vampire horror movie, The Hunger, which starred Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon. That's the film that had the saucy scene when Deneuve seduces Sarandon..yeah, you remember it now.

Scott remained mum about whether or not any of the original cast would make it into the sequel--many of them are vampires after all--and how they'd accomplish that, but he did give a few tidbits: "I'm not going to tell you how we're doing it, but I'm controlling it and it's gone to the next level. It's not a reinvention or reinterpretation, it starts in New York and it ends up in Sao Paulo, so it's a very different movie, but it springboards off the original. We're writing it right now and we've got a great writer, Erin Wilson."

"My dance card is so full, I'm so lucky," he said before listing off some of the projects that are at the front of his mind. "I've got 'The Warriors,' I've got 'Hell's Angels' - I've owned the Hunter Thompson book for 12 years and Steve Gaghan is writing the script right now. I own all these great titles. Another one called 'Lucky Strike' about guys who repro aircraft. 'Potsdamer Platz,' which is by the guys who wrote 'Sexy Beast.' Now with all these movies that are ready to go. They're scripted, they're budgeted, and now I've gotta make them before I die. I'm getting old."

He was also asked about the recent rumor that director Carl Rinsch, who Scott said was attached to direct the Alien prequel, was not who 20th Century Fox wanted. The studio reportedly want his brother, Ridley, to direct instead."I'm going to call a time out on that one," he said, though he still seemed optimistic things would work out. "I don't want to get caught in the middle. We're in process on that, but I don't have enough information to bring it to this table, but we're going to make it."

At this point, it seems like Unstoppable may be next for Scott, although he was tentative listing that as his 5th movie with Denzel Washington as his lead despite Washington having been attached for some time. The plot involves a runaway train containing toxic chemicals being chased by an engineer and a conductor. Chris Pine (Star Trek) is also rumoured to star in it.

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Edward Norton v Edward Norton - Photo from Leaves of Grass.

Here is a photo that shows both versions of Edward Norton. He stars in Leaves of Grass as two different brothers. One is a college professor, the other is his identical twin, a hedonistic, pot smoking career criminal. The professor heads home to Oklahoma and ends up wrapped up in a doomed scheme involving the local drug lord.

Leaves of Grass is both written and directed by fellow actor Tim Blake Nelson. In addition to Norton, Tim Blake Nelson will play a best friend, Susan Sarandon will play the eccentric mother of the two brothers, Keri Russell will play a love interest, and Richard Dreyfuss will play the local drug lord.
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Sequel to Bull Durham - Is the World ready for it? Is Tim Robbins kicking himself?

A sequel to Kevin Costner's award-winning baseball movie Bull Durham is in the pipeline, according U.S. reports.

The hit 1988 movie, starring Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, was nominated for a Best Screenplay Oscar at the 1989 ceremony in Los Angeles.

Costner has been in a series of meetings with the film's director Ron Shelton to discuss the possibility of resurrecting his Crash Davis character in a sequel to the beloved film.

Sarandon is also slated to return to play Annie Savoy, according to New York gossip column PageSix.

The actress was nominated for a Golden Globe and won the Best Actress gong at the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for the role.

As Tim Robbins recently said he would never do a sequel he has effectively lost out on a part in this one. This is what he said, “I wouldn’t want to do it,” he said of the sequel talk he’s heard over the years for films like “Bull Durham.” “I don’t like sequels, so I don’t want to do sequels.”

I've never seen the original Bull Durham, is it any good? Does it need a sequel?

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Leaves of Grass - Ed Norton as Twins

Leaves of Grass, which will star Ed Norton and is written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson, is being produced by Nu Image / Millennium Films and will start shooting in late September. The film is described as a comedic thriller about twin brothers, both portrayed by Norton, one an Ivy League philosophy professor, the other a small-time and brilliant marijuana grower. The professor is lured back to his Oklahoma hometown for a doomed scheme against a local drug lord that unravels his life.

In addition to Norton starring as the two leads, Tim Blake Nelson will play a best friend, Susan Sarandon will play the eccentric mother of the two brothers, Keri Russell will play a love interest, and Richard Dreyfuss will play the local drug lord. Nelson wrote the script and gave it to Norton last year, but Norton didn't read it right away. "When Norton finally did read it, he was hooked." Norton said that "there have been only a couple of times in my career that I've gone, 'That's exactly what I want to do.' It felt very complete." The film was just announced this week, but is already prepared to start shooting down in Louisiana in the next few weeks with a moderate budget under $15 million.

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