MOVIE NEWS FOR AUGUST 20: THE FOREVER WAR, NANNY MCPHEE, 11 11 11, & MORE

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VANISHING ON 7TH TRAILER

Now that the summer season is finally drawing to a close, with just Piranha 3D and the UK release of Scott Pilgrim Vs The World to go, the attention is slowly shifting towards what’s coming next. And this means that a few lesser known projects are getting to step into the limelight.

One of those is Vanishing On 7th Street, a movie starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo. It’s been directed by Brad Anderson, who was previously responsible for Session 9 and Transsiberian (and was linked with Paranormal Activity 2 once upon a time, if memory serves), and while no release date is yet known, we do have a trailer.

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SAW DIRECTOR DARREN LYNN BOUSMAN TO DIRECT 11 11 11


Direct Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III, and IV) is set to helm the horror-thriller 11 11 11, which is about the “11:11 phenomenon”.  According to Heat Vision, “The 11:11 movement is centered on the emergence of that number in people’s lives that alerts them to angels or spirit guardians trying to communicate with them. Conspiracy theorists also point to the number 11’s involvement in historical events.”  The “11″ conspiracy theorists should get together with the “23″ conspiracy theorists and make the “34″ conspiracy theorists.  Or they could all just realize that numerology is hokum.

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THE CAST OF NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS

Emma Thompson arrival at the character of Nanny McPhee is a bit nontraditional. Having adapted the screenplay for the original film herself from Christianna Brand’s 1960’s “Nurse Matilda” series, Thompson tackled the sequel as purely that, drafting an original idea rather than re-adapting one of Brand’s subsequent “Matilda” novels.

The result is Nanny McPhee Returns (released in England as Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang), a story that brings Thompson’s magical (if not entirely attractive) British nanny to 1940’s England where Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is trying to run a farm and raise five children (three of her own and two relatives) while her husband is away fighting the war.

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BLADE RUNNER WRITER DRAFTING RIDLEY SCOTT’S FOREVER WAR

Ridley Scott has been working on an adaptation of Joe Haldeman’s 1974 novel The Forever War, a book he’s apparently been trying to adapt for over 20 years. Now Haldeman has revealed that David Peoples is the man Ridley Scott has chosen to write the screenplay. Peoples is best known for writing Blade Runner (with Hampton Francer), along with Lady HawkeTwelve MonkeysSolider, and the Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven.

Now we have a great director, adapting a fantastic novel, with a brilliant writer. What more could you ask for?

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What did you think of today’s movie news? Are you a fan of Nanny McPhee? What did you think of the Vanishing on 7th trailer?