August 1, 2004 Movie News
Bourne Prophecy: Sometimes true life can be stranger than fiction. During the filming of the Universal Pictures' upcoming spy movie The Bourne Supremacy, they were to use the central train station in Moscow in a crucial scene in the last half of the film. Imagine their surprise that day when they arrived to find a work crew tearing down the station! This isn't the first time an American crew has found difficulty filming in the Russian capital. But all was not lost: the art department went to work and built a new platform for the film crew to use. Probably better than the original...
Remember Them?: Yes, a blast from the past. A court in Manila tossed out a lawsuit by Imelda Marcos to keep a documentary about her from playing on that country's screens. She would have been better off tossing shoes at them. Lots of shoes...
Maybe I was wrong: Well, I reported in an earlier news break that Michael Eisner was on shaky ground at Disney. But now he is reporting that he expects management to recommend to the board an increase in the company's dividend. That's confidence in the Mouse's balance sheet.
News Briefs: At the European premiere of Spider-Man 2, Tobey Maguire admitted to something good 'ole Spidey got over real fast: a fear of heights... Denzel Washington is reported to be making a film on the life story of Sammy Davis Jr., although as of now he will not be the star of the film... and Sean Connery is now in contract to write his own autobiography, due out in late 2006. He has '"trepidations" about the project, and could be called: shaken, not stirred.
