Projects
Source: IFMagazine.com Keanu Reeves will indeed by leading the cast of the upcoming live-action Cowboy Bebop. Reeves has been tapped for the role of Spike Spiegel, a bounty hunter who travels through space in the year 2071. Cowboy Bebop, which follows a group of bounty hunters traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop. The anime’s production team at Sunrise Inc. will be closely involved with the film. Sunrise’s Kenji Uchida and Shinichiro Watanabe and series writer [...]
Source: IndiaInfo.com Shilpa Shetty is no longer a part of Uru Patel’s Hanuman, a Hollywood project in which she was supposed to play Sita opposite Keanu Reeves who was slated to play Ram. Sources are giving conflicting reports on the status of the project. A source maintains: “Shilpa apparently asked for Rs2.5 crore for playing Sita which Uru wasn’t to keen on paying. But Shilpa did not budge and so she could not be included.” [...]
Source: MTV It’s no secret that Keanu Reeves loves anime – a main influence on the “Matrix” series. It’s also common knowledge that the actor holds a place in his heart for sci-fi, as evidenced by films like “A Scanner Darkly,” “Johnny Mnemonic” and the currently-tops-in-theaters “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” It’s no surprise, then, that Reeves’ latest passion project revolves around his desire to make a live-action “Cowboy Bebop.” “Oh yeah, cool,” he [...]
Source: Reuters Keanu Reeves, an actor known for his offbeat movie choices, added another unlikely box office hit to his collection on Sunday with “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” a chart-topping remake of a 1951 sci-fi movie. The film, largely ridiculed by critics, sold an estimated $31 million worth of tickets in the United States and Canada since opening on Friday, distributor 20th Century Fox said. It was also the top pick internationally, raking [...]
Source: AHN Keanu Reeves is not doing any more “Speed.” The actor has denied online rumors that he will be reprising his role as Jack Traven in a possible 3rd installment of the film. Ongoing rumors say that the 44-year-old actor, who passed up the opportunity to reprise his role on “Speed 2,” will be on board on the 3rd film. According to AintItCool.com, a new “Speed” project is on its way, and the studios [...]
Source: IGN Production Weekly reports that Fight Club director David Fincher is set to team up with Keanu Reeves in a film enigmatically entitled Chef. At present the only other thing we know about the project is that Sony has picked up the rights. We therefore have no plot details, although we assume the film is not a big-screen adaptation of the Lenny Henry sitcom of the same name or a biopic of the South [...]
The trailer for the upcoming The Day The Earth Stood Still has been finally released, you can view it at the apple website in various sizes. Also the official website has been launched, not much information on it yet but at least we have location to keep our eyes on. So head over to http://www.dtessmovie.com/ for updates and remember to bookmark the site. The film will be released December 12th, 2008. Screencaptures of the trailer [...]
