Hopkins on his bike
Sir Anthony Hopkins will star in The World's Fastest Indian, a true story about an intrepid motorcyclist who traveled round the world and set a new land-speed record, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The US$25 million movie will be shot in Salt Lake City and New Zealand. Hopkins will star as motorcycle legend Burt Munro, who, after perfecting and modifying his 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle, ventured across the world to fulfil his lifelong ambition to race at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
He ended up setting a new world land-speed record.
Sheridan on a rap
In America director Jim Sheridan has signed on to direct the Paramount/MTV action-adventure pic Locked and Loaded, according to Daily Variety.
The movie revolves around an inner city drug dealer ,played by rapper 50 Cent, who turns from crime to pursue his passion, rap music. Rap stars Dr. Dre and Eminem may also participate.
Ollie the Otter swims to screen
The hit children's book Ollie the Otter is swimming to the big screen, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Written by Kelly Alan Williamson, the book follows a courageous otter who leads his new friends at a sea park on a wild adventure.
The book will be computer animated by the CritterPix production studio, but there is no word yet on who will star.
Gibson dominates power list
Mel Gibson has emerged as the most powerful man in Hollywood thanks to the extraordinary success of his religious movie The Passion of the Christ, according to Entertainment Weekly's issue earlier in the week.
"What once seemed like a zealous bit of risky business (Gibson even said God was directing the movie through him) has proved farsighted," said the magazine in an editorial.
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