Gwyneth, Keanu, Body Snatchers, and More

By Wind(up)bird September 2, 2003 10:45 AM

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The following is taken from the trade papers and has been complied by Elston Gunn for aintitcool.com.

* Tilda Swinton is in talks to join Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz in Warner Bros.' CONSTANTINE, based on the comic book HELLBLAZER, for director Francis Lawrence.

* Anne Bancroft joins a star-studded voice cast that includes Jennifer Love Hewitt, Val Kilmer, Michael Clarke Duncan and Chris Kattan in the CG-animated Fathom Studios feature DELGO.

* Producers Roy Lee and Doug Davison (THE RING) will produce an updated version of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS for Warner Bros. Pictures. The new version is expected to center on a female protagonist who uncovers a conspiracy in a small town where the inhabitants' personalities seem to be changing.

* Anthony Hopkins and Hope Davis are in talks to star opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal in the feature adaptation of PROOF for Miramax Films. David Auburn's play won the Tony for best play and the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2001. He adapted the script, with a rewrite by Rebecca Miller. John Madden directs.

* Producer Aurelio De Laurentiis has given writer/director Kerry Conran the greenlight to start penning the sequel to the upcoming THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie.

* Jonny Lee Miller joins Radha Mitchell, Chloe Sevigny and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Woody Allen's next film at Fox Searchlight. Jason Biggs replaces Robert Downey Jr. in the pic, which is due to shoot this fall in New York.

* Jessica Biel (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) will join Wesley Snipes and Ryan Reynolds in BLADE: TRINITY for writer/director David Goyer. She'll play the daughter of Kris Kristofferson's character Whistler, who inherits the vampire-slaying duties that once belonged to Blade.

* Revolution Studios is moving forward on XXX2 with Lee Tamahori possibly directing if Rob Cohen opts out.

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