PRODUCER HOPES TO SIGN STALLONE TO PLAY FILM'S DISABLED HERO.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Can you picture Sylvester Stallone playing a hero confined to a wheelchair? Well, producer David Brown David Brown may refer to any of the following people:
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Actually, Stallone was supposed to star in the film way back in 1990, but it never happened. Now, when he's at an age where he's been talking about cutting back on some of his big-screen action, and at a point where he's badly in need of a hit, ``The Midnight Club'' sounds like it could be a perfect fit. Not that it would have Stallone playing a passive hero. Brown tells this column that the book has some scenes that are very physical - one that has the wheelchair-reliant lead character managing to ``lift a drug lord into the air and hoist him into New York's East River.'' If Stallone isn't interested? The filmmaker will be offering the part to Val Kilmer, who stars in ``The Saint,'' which Brown and partner Joe Wizan have going into release March 14. Also upcoming for them: the film adaptation of Patterson's hit ``Kiss the Girls Goodbye,'' starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her leading roles in a series of late 1990s and early 2000s thrillers, including Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy and High Crimes. . Meanwhile ... Brown whisked into town from his New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of headquarters to host a cocktail party celebrating the publication of Henry Grunwald's book, ``One Man's America'' - and for meetings with his old partner, Dick Zanuck, about the ``Deep Impact'' thriller they're making with Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947) Spielberg . Zanuck, one of the many luminaries at the Grunwald bash at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , noted that he and Brown have been trying to bring the story about a killer comet to screen for nearly two decades. Brown noted that ``The Verdict'' was in development for over 10 years and quipped, ``Our movies don't get made until they're ready to go into public domain.'' Hello again Sounds like the tabloids will have to find someone new to track now that Sharon Stone is going back to work with a vengeance. The actress, who hasn't been before the cameras since she made ``The Last Dance'' in 1995 (you'd never guess it, what with gossip headlines keeping her profile so high), is getting ready to make two films back-to-back: Miramax's ``The Mighty'' (which she'll also executive-produce), and ``Fear'' at Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . with Dustin Hoffman Noun 1. Dustin Hoffman - versatile United States film actor (born in 1937) Hoffman . The videoland view ``Law & Order,'' which takes over the choice Thursday night time slot that will temporarily be vacated by ``ER'' next month, is certainly not wasting its shot. The long-running series will be bringing us its first three-episode story March 13, 20 and 27 - and leaving its East Coast roots for the first time as the ``Law'' men become involved in a murder case involving a Hollywood studio chief. Co-executive producer Ed Sherin, who is also directing the three-parter, reveals that part of what we'll see involves a Dream Team-like assemblage of power defense attorneys. Sherin says, ``We wanted the Dream Team to be beaten by the DA.'' He adds, ``It's important to stress that it's fictional. We don't intend to be sued.'' Sherin notes that the three-parter, which guest stars Janeane Garofalo, does ``take a few shots'' at Hollywood. But he emphasizes, ``It's not a parody.'' Another story line in the three-parter: a sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. suit. United they are Esteemed playwright John Guare has just completed the script for an hourlong drama for HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy . ``I'll Tell You Next Tuesday'' is ``a story set in New York about the twilight of a marriage - the couple is in their late 60s/early 70s,'' reports Fred Zollo, producer of HBO's April-debuting ``In the Gloaming'' drama that marks Christopher Reeve's directing debut. Zollo plans to do a string of one-hour productions for HBO with different views of marriage. ``They're all being scripted by writers of consequence,'' he reports. ``One will have to do with a young couple, then there will be one about a couple in early middle age and one in later middle age.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Sylvester Stallone Proposed role a perfect fit? |
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