Back in that age we call golden, Broadway marquees were frequently set ablaze by long-running plays that producers looking to turn a profit lovingly referred to as boulevard comedies. These were typically middlebrow laugh machines expertly crafted by the likes of Mary Chase, Neil Simon or Abe Burrows Think Harvey, The Odd Couple or Cactus Flower, involving contemporary everyday characters in realistic situations containing just enough sentiment to make you care about what happens next, while maybe even wrapping up with an uncontroversial, heartwarming message.
- 1/24/2020
- by Michael Dale
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: There have been many attempts in Hollywood to bring the classic Jimmy Stewart dramedy Harvey to the big screen, the latest being about nine years ago with Steven Spielberg (and Tom Hanks’ name being bandied about) under a Fox/DreamWorks machination. Now Netflix is readying to pull the 6 ft. rabbit out of its hat with writers J. David Stem and David N. Weiss who are set to adapt a remake of the 1950 film. Fábrica de Cine, which is in business with Netflix’s highly anticipated Martin Scorsese/Robert De Niro mob film The Irishman, is also on board to produce this one.
Harvey began as a play before becoming a beloved film about a man named Elwood P. Dowd who has a maybe-not-so-imaginary 6ft. tall rabbit friend named Harvey. The story has been brought to the small screen five times since its feature film debut some 69 years ago, but...
Harvey began as a play before becoming a beloved film about a man named Elwood P. Dowd who has a maybe-not-so-imaginary 6ft. tall rabbit friend named Harvey. The story has been brought to the small screen five times since its feature film debut some 69 years ago, but...
- 12/19/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
One of film's best-known rabbits is hopping his way back to Hollywood.
A Harvey remake is in the works at Netflix, with J. David Stem and David N. Weiss set to write the screenplay. Fabrica de Cine, which is working with the streamer on Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, will produce.
The 1950 classic starred Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, a wealthy man with an imaginary friend — a six-foot rabbit named Harvey. The movie was an adaptation of Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Harvey, which earned Stewart an Oscar nomination, has been on Hollywood remake lists before. In 2009, Steven ...
A Harvey remake is in the works at Netflix, with J. David Stem and David N. Weiss set to write the screenplay. Fabrica de Cine, which is working with the streamer on Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, will produce.
The 1950 classic starred Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, a wealthy man with an imaginary friend — a six-foot rabbit named Harvey. The movie was an adaptation of Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Harvey, which earned Stewart an Oscar nomination, has been on Hollywood remake lists before. In 2009, Steven ...
- 12/19/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One of film's best-known rabbits is hopping his way back to Hollywood.
A Harvey remake is in the works at Netflix, with J. David Stem and David N. Weiss set to write the screenplay. Fabrica de Cine, which is working with the streamer on Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, will produce.
The 1950 classic starred Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, a wealthy man with an imaginary friend — a six-foot rabbit named Harvey. The movie was an adaptation of Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Harvey, which earned Stewart an Oscar nomination, has been on Hollywood remake lists before. In 2009, Steven ...
A Harvey remake is in the works at Netflix, with J. David Stem and David N. Weiss set to write the screenplay. Fabrica de Cine, which is working with the streamer on Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, will produce.
The 1950 classic starred Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, a wealthy man with an imaginary friend — a six-foot rabbit named Harvey. The movie was an adaptation of Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Harvey, which earned Stewart an Oscar nomination, has been on Hollywood remake lists before. In 2009, Steven ...
- 12/19/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Joe Richards Mar 24, 2017
Need to find a bit of movie happiness? Here are 25 films that might just do the trick...
Let's face it, we could all probably do with a little bit of cheering up right about now. Times are scary and times are tough, so it's perfectly natural to look for some kind of reassurance that everything will indeed be all right in the end.
Film is perhaps one of the most powerful and effective tools in doing this. It can be a transportative experience, an escape from reality, and, most importantly, it can act as a reminder of all that is good in the world.
With that in mind, here’s a list of 25 movies that are almost-guaranteed to make you smile and restore your faith in humanity...
City Lights
In truth, any of Charlie Chaplin’s films are perfect for those times when you just need to smile.
Need to find a bit of movie happiness? Here are 25 films that might just do the trick...
Let's face it, we could all probably do with a little bit of cheering up right about now. Times are scary and times are tough, so it's perfectly natural to look for some kind of reassurance that everything will indeed be all right in the end.
Film is perhaps one of the most powerful and effective tools in doing this. It can be a transportative experience, an escape from reality, and, most importantly, it can act as a reminder of all that is good in the world.
With that in mind, here’s a list of 25 movies that are almost-guaranteed to make you smile and restore your faith in humanity...
City Lights
In truth, any of Charlie Chaplin’s films are perfect for those times when you just need to smile.
- 3/9/2017
- Den of Geek
Last week we reported on Steven Spielberg’s plans to direct an adaptation of the cult sci-fi novel by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One. Color us excited. The novel involves players of a video game journeying into a virtual reality world rife with pop culture references and Easter eggs to the real world. The player who can decipher all the mysteries and references in the world wins the opportunity to control it. In Spielberg’s capable hands, it has the potential to be a technical marvel and a modern classic.
That is, if he actually makes it. Ready Player One poses some unusually problematic challenges on just a practical standpoint. Cline’s story falls into the “unfilmable novel” territory, not just for the digital world necessary for a filmmaker to recreate, but also in terms of licensing. To get the rights to depict the many iconic film and TV characters...
That is, if he actually makes it. Ready Player One poses some unusually problematic challenges on just a practical standpoint. Cline’s story falls into the “unfilmable novel” territory, not just for the digital world necessary for a filmmaker to recreate, but also in terms of licensing. To get the rights to depict the many iconic film and TV characters...
- 3/31/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Welsh-born actor and Richard Burton's first wife, she moved to the Us after their split and co-founded a famous New York disco
Sybil Christopher, who has died aged 83, was the injured party in Hollywood's most famous on- and off-screen romance, that between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor during the making of Joe Mankiewicz's blockbuster epic Cleopatra (1963). Sybil Williams, as she was born, was the girl from the Welsh valleys whom Burton had married in 1949. Theirs was a tenacious and loving relationship that survived the actor's affairs with Claire Bloom and Susan Strasberg, among many others, and his hell-raising exploits.
Having ditched her own career as an actor to follow his star – and raise their two daughters – she always remained discreetly quiet about the marriage, filing for divorce in 1963 on the grounds of "abandonment and cruel and inhumane treatment". Moving to New York, she made a new career for herself on a tide of goodwill.
Sybil Christopher, who has died aged 83, was the injured party in Hollywood's most famous on- and off-screen romance, that between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor during the making of Joe Mankiewicz's blockbuster epic Cleopatra (1963). Sybil Williams, as she was born, was the girl from the Welsh valleys whom Burton had married in 1949. Theirs was a tenacious and loving relationship that survived the actor's affairs with Claire Bloom and Susan Strasberg, among many others, and his hell-raising exploits.
Having ditched her own career as an actor to follow his star – and raise their two daughters – she always remained discreetly quiet about the marriage, filing for divorce in 1963 on the grounds of "abandonment and cruel and inhumane treatment". Moving to New York, she made a new career for herself on a tide of goodwill.
- 3/11/2013
- by Michael Coveney
- The Guardian - Film News
John Kerr dead at 81: actor who played suspected gay teenager in the play Tea and Sympathy and in the Hollywood movie adaptation Kerr, best known for playing the sensitive (and suspected to be gay) adolescent opposite Deborah Kerr (no relation, different pronunciation -- see below) in Tea and Sympathy both on Broadway and in the movies, died of heart failure at Huntington Hospital in the Los Angeles "suburb" of Pasadena this past Saturday, February 1. Kerr was 81 years old. (Picture: Publiicity shot of Kerr ca. 1955.) Born John Grinham Kerr on Nov. 15, 1931, in New York, he was part of a show business (chiefly stage) family. His mother was theater actress June Walker, among whose Broadway credits are The Farmer Takes a Wife and the role of Lorelei Lee in the 1926 production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes); Walker was also featured in a few movies, e.g., as Robert Montgomery's love interest...
- 2/9/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Most TV shows are on hiatus until the fall, but that doesn't mean that fans have to miss out on seeing their favorite small screen stars all summer.
Rashida Jones ("Parks and Recreation"), Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock"), Jim Parsons ("Big Bang Theory") and more haven't disappeared into Netflix and re-runs just because their shows are between seasons. They can be seen in other projects, appearing in movies, musicals and plays.
For example, Jones' fans might be used to seeing her as Ann Perkins, but this summer she is starring in the film "Celeste and Jesse Forever." And Parsons is now performing live in the Broadway production of Mary Chase's "Harvey."
From Kristen Bell to Zooey Deschanel, here's a guide to where some of TV's biggest stars can be seen this summer:...
Rashida Jones ("Parks and Recreation"), Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock"), Jim Parsons ("Big Bang Theory") and more haven't disappeared into Netflix and re-runs just because their shows are between seasons. They can be seen in other projects, appearing in movies, musicals and plays.
For example, Jones' fans might be used to seeing her as Ann Perkins, but this summer she is starring in the film "Celeste and Jesse Forever." And Parsons is now performing live in the Broadway production of Mary Chase's "Harvey."
From Kristen Bell to Zooey Deschanel, here's a guide to where some of TV's biggest stars can be seen this summer:...
- 6/29/2012
- by Libby Coleman
- Huffington Post
Jim Parsons (Sheldon of "The Big Bang Theory") is one of those rare fellows; he is universally likable. He's so genial in "Harvey" in a limited run at Studio 54, that he conjures up comparisons to Jimmy Stewart, who played the same character, Elwood P. Dowd, in the 1950 movie.
When Christina Applegate played Charity Hope Valentine in "Sweet Charity" seven years ago on Broadway, how could Shirley MacLaine's 1969 film performance not be mentioned? Whenever a younger actor steps into a role made famous by an established actor, that's inevitable.
But the comparison between Parsons and Stewart runs deeper. With both men, there's a sweetness and decency that seeps through. It's impossible to not like them. Ok, maybe it is possible, but really, if people dislike Parsons, do you want to be their friend? Parsons was equally terrific in last year's revival of "The Normal Heart."
This 1944 play earned Mary Chase...
When Christina Applegate played Charity Hope Valentine in "Sweet Charity" seven years ago on Broadway, how could Shirley MacLaine's 1969 film performance not be mentioned? Whenever a younger actor steps into a role made famous by an established actor, that's inevitable.
But the comparison between Parsons and Stewart runs deeper. With both men, there's a sweetness and decency that seeps through. It's impossible to not like them. Ok, maybe it is possible, but really, if people dislike Parsons, do you want to be their friend? Parsons was equally terrific in last year's revival of "The Normal Heart."
This 1944 play earned Mary Chase...
- 6/23/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Thursday night, The Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of playwright Mary Chase’s 1944 Pulitzer prize winning play "Harvey" opened to an array of reviews, most of them less than flattering. As some may remember, "Harvey" beat Tennessee Williams’ "The Glass Menagerie" to a Pulitzer prize in 1945, a fact that still baffles today, and which the revival doesn't make up for. Roundabout’s "Harvey" stars “The Big Bang Theory” nerd Jim Parsons, who follows in the footsteps of the ineffable Jimmy Stewart, quite large shoes to fill might I add. Parsons stars as Elwood P. Dowd, an amicable alcoholic who claims to be friends with a "pooka," taking the form of a tall, imaginary rabbit whom Elwood calls Harvey. Elwood’s sister, Veta Louise (played by the oddly cast Jessica Hecht), tries to commit Elwood to a sanitarium, but a comedy of errors ensues, changing the family for the better.
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- 6/15/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
New York – With fatigue from the Tony Awards and the glut of April openings still lingering, it’s a pleasure to report that Harvey, the first entry of the 2012-13 Broadway season is an unassuming charmer. Best known for the 1950 film adaptation that starred James Stewart, Mary Chase’s Pulitzer-winning 1944 comedy is a delectable mid-century chestnut with an idiosyncratic personality that still sparkles. And in Scott Ellis’ superbly cast revival for Roundabout Theatre Company, the gentle farce provides an ideal vehicle for the gifted Jim Parsons. After making a warm impression in a small part last
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- 6/14/2012
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carol Kane is undoubtedly identified with some of the most vivid roles in popular culture&-from a flower child in "Carnal Knowledge" to a petrified bank teller in "Dog Day Afternoon" to a whining old crone in "The Princess Bride" to, most memorably, the slightly demented spouse of the equally eccentric Latka Gravas (played by the late Andy Kaufman) in the sitcom "Taxi." In the latter Kaufman and Kane created a Slavic-sounding language awash in hilarious non-sequiturs.Kane is now playing the kooky wife of psychiatrist William R. Chumley (Charles Kimbrough) in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of "Harvey" by Mary Chase. The whimsical comedy centers on the benignly nutty Elwood P. Dowd (Jim Parsons) whose constant companion is a giant rabbit invisible to everyone except him. Kane has a relatively small role, but she's having a ball acting with Parsons, Kimbrough, and Jessica Hecht among others. Further, she's wanted to work.
- 6/6/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Simi Horwitz)
- backstage.com
Exclusive: Paramount is wrapping up a seven-figure deal for screen rights to the Jonathan Tropper novel One Last Thing Before I Go. The film will be produced by Jj Abrams through the Bad Robot banner. The book will be published in August by Dutton. The deal was made in an competitive situation with multiple studios involved. The deal includes Tropper writing the script. Here’s the logline: Book focuses on Silver, a man in full midlife crisis. He has begun to accept that life isn’t going to turn out as he expected, with his ex about to marry a guy too nice for Silver to hate. And his Princeton-bound teenage daughter Casey has just confided in him that she’s pregnant — because he’s the one she cares least about letting down. With the wedding looming and Casey in crisis, this broken family struggles, bonds, and comes together only...
- 5/4/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Don Gregory will present the new Broadway production of Mary Chase's Harvey starring Jim Parsons Elwood P. Dowd, Jessica Hecht Veta Louise Simmons, Charles Kimbrough William R. Chumley, M.D., Larry Bryggman Judge Omar Gaffney, Carol Kane Betty Chumley, Peter Benson E.J. Lofgren, Tracee Chimo Myrtle Mae Simmons, Holley Fain Ruth Kelly, R.N., Angela Paton Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet, Rich Sommer Duane Wilson, and Morgan Spector Lyman Sanderson, M.D.. The production is and directed by Scott Ellis.Today, BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge sat down with Jim Parsons to hear all about the new production. Click below to hear directly from the star...
- 5/3/2012
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
<knockknockknock> Harvey…
<knockknockknock> Harvey…
<knockknockknock> Harvey…
The Roundabout Theatre in New York has set Emmy-winning The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons, Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough for a Scott Ellis-directed revival of Mary Chase’s 1944 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Harvey. Preview performances begin May 18, 2012 at Studio 54, and the play opens June 14 for a limited run that ends August 5. Parsons is playing Elwood P. Dowd (the James Stewart role in the movie), a guy who befriends a six-and-a-half-foot-tall invisible rabbit.
Yes, that’s during this year’s San Diego Comic Con. So unless Dr. Sheldon Cooper has a working transporter, it’ll be tough for him to be there this year… or will it?...
<knockknockknock> Harvey…
<knockknockknock> Harvey…
The Roundabout Theatre in New York has set Emmy-winning The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons, Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough for a Scott Ellis-directed revival of Mary Chase’s 1944 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Harvey. Preview performances begin May 18, 2012 at Studio 54, and the play opens June 14 for a limited run that ends August 5. Parsons is playing Elwood P. Dowd (the James Stewart role in the movie), a guy who befriends a six-and-a-half-foot-tall invisible rabbit.
Yes, that’s during this year’s San Diego Comic Con. So unless Dr. Sheldon Cooper has a working transporter, it’ll be tough for him to be there this year… or will it?...
- 12/2/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Big Bang Theory Star Back on Broadway
Actor Jim Parsons is making his return to Broadway. Yes, your favorite lanky egg-head from the set of Big Bang Theory, has been making a name for himself away from the small screen. He may be Sheldon once a week, a role that has earned him two Emmys. But he has also acted as Tommy Boatwright in the Tony-winning revival of Normal Heart. That marked the young man’s first stint on the stage, but it must have agreed with him. Next season, it’s Harvey for Jim Parsons.
In Harvey, Parsons will play Elwood P. Dowd. This is where things get strange. Elwood’s best friend is an imaginary rabbit. Harvey must be a comedy because his own sister will be inspired to try and have him committed. Then, despite her best efforts, she’s the one who gets hospitalized for questionable sanity.
Actor Jim Parsons is making his return to Broadway. Yes, your favorite lanky egg-head from the set of Big Bang Theory, has been making a name for himself away from the small screen. He may be Sheldon once a week, a role that has earned him two Emmys. But he has also acted as Tommy Boatwright in the Tony-winning revival of Normal Heart. That marked the young man’s first stint on the stage, but it must have agreed with him. Next season, it’s Harvey for Jim Parsons.
In Harvey, Parsons will play Elwood P. Dowd. This is where things get strange. Elwood’s best friend is an imaginary rabbit. Harvey must be a comedy because his own sister will be inspired to try and have him committed. Then, despite her best efforts, she’s the one who gets hospitalized for questionable sanity.
- 11/30/2011
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
Sheldon Cooper has a new friend: a giant, imaginary rabbit. Bazinga! Actually, it's Cooper's alter ego, Emmy-winning "Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons, who'll be cavorting with the faux friend, as the star of a 2012 revival of "Harvey." Mary Chase won a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1945 for "Harvey," the story of a man named Elwood P. Dowd, whose family and friends are worried about his tall bunny buddy. Parsons will play Dowd in the revival, while Jessica Hecht (best known...
- 11/30/2011
- by Kimberly Potts
- The Wrap
New York -- Jim Parsons seems to have gotten a big bang out of Broadway and wants to return.
The star of "The Big Bang Theory" on CBS is set to star this summer in a Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy "Harvey" by Mary Chase.
Performances of "Harvey" will begin May 18 at Studio 54 with an opening set for June 14. It runs through Aug. 5.
A two-time Emmy winner, Parsons made his Broadway debut in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart" earlier this year.
He'll be joined in "Harvey" by Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough. The play is about a man who gets into trouble over his friendship with a 6-foot-tall, invisible white rabbit named Harvey.
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The star of "The Big Bang Theory" on CBS is set to star this summer in a Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy "Harvey" by Mary Chase.
Performances of "Harvey" will begin May 18 at Studio 54 with an opening set for June 14. It runs through Aug. 5.
A two-time Emmy winner, Parsons made his Broadway debut in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart" earlier this year.
He'll be joined in "Harvey" by Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough. The play is about a man who gets into trouble over his friendship with a 6-foot-tall, invisible white rabbit named Harvey.
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- 11/29/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The Big Bang Theory’s two-time Emmy winner Jim Parsons is trading in physics for psychosis next summer in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s upcoming revival of Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1944 comedy, Harvey. Parsons, who made his Broadway debut as big-hearted hospital administrator Tommy Boatwright in last season’s Tony-winning Normal Heart revival, will play Elwood P. Dowd, an affable man whose best friend is the titular 6-foot 3½-inch imaginary rabbit. When Elwood’s odd behavior threatens his upstart sister’s social life, she tries to have him committed, only to end up in the loony bin herself. Broadway...
- 11/29/2011
- by Aubry D'Arminio
- EW.com - PopWatch
Philiana Ng
Jim Parsons is making a return to Broadway. The two-time Emmy winner and star of CBS' The Big Bang Theory will topline the new revival of the comedy Harvey, Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Don Gregory announced Tuesday. Parsons, who co-starred in The Normal Heart, will play Elwood P. Dowd. Photos: Tony Awards Red Carpet Arrivals Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough will also star in the revival by Mary Chase and directed by Scott Ellis, playing Veta Louise Simmons and William R. Chumley, MD, respectively. Preview performances for Harvey will begin May 18, 2012 at Studio 54
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Jim Parsons is making a return to Broadway. The two-time Emmy winner and star of CBS' The Big Bang Theory will topline the new revival of the comedy Harvey, Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Don Gregory announced Tuesday. Parsons, who co-starred in The Normal Heart, will play Elwood P. Dowd. Photos: Tony Awards Red Carpet Arrivals Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough will also star in the revival by Mary Chase and directed by Scott Ellis, playing Veta Louise Simmons and William R. Chumley, MD, respectively. Preview performances for Harvey will begin May 18, 2012 at Studio 54
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- 11/29/2011
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Roundabout Theatre has set Emmy-winning The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons, Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough for a Scott Ellis-directed revival of Mary Chase’s 1944 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Harvey. Preview performances begin May 18 at Studio 54, and the play opens June 14 for a limited run that ends August 5. Parsons is playing Elwood P. Dowd, a guy who befriends a six-and-a-half-foot-tall rabbit. A Jonathan Tropper-scripted feature based on the original stage play temporarily hooked Steven Spielberg in 2009, but the filmmaker dropped out of the Fox-DreamWorks co-production because of difficulty finding the right guy to play Dowd, whom James Stewart portrayed in the original screen adaptation. Parsons seems like an ideal choice to bring Dowd to life on the stage, and maybe the stage run will reinvigorate the film project, though Parsons is an untested commodity in that realm.
- 11/29/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Exclusive: Steven Spielberg’s next film is so big, it needs two studios. DreamWorks and Fox are near a deal to co-finance Robopocalypse, a Drew Goddard-scripted adaptation of the Daniel H. Wilson epic novel about the human race’s attempt to survive an apocalyptic robot uprising. I’m told that Disney will release domestically and Fox will distribute the film overseas. It will open in the U.S. on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Deadline broke the story that Spielberg was eyeing the novel as a directing vehicle, before he instead chose War Horse as the first film he directed for DreamWorks since Spielberg and Stacey Snider left Paramount and made a deal with Reliance and a distribution deal at Disney. We also revealed last October that he had committed to direct it. Doubleday published the book in June. Fox and DreamWorks previously tried to get together back in 2009 on Harvey, where...
- 9/7/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Exclusive: DreamWorks has made a preemptive deal for an untitled pitch that will be written by Jonathan Tropper as a potential directing vehicle for Real Steel helmer Shawn Levy. Part of the deal is rights to a December 10 article in The New York Times about the last lab that had the chemicals to process Kodachrome in the final days before Kodak retired the photo development system and conceded to digital cameras. The plan is to shape that event--Kodachrome fans ventured to the Kansas lab from all over the country--into a father-son road trip story to reach the lab and process photos before those still photo images are forever lost. The film will be produced by 21 Laps' Levy and Dan Levine and Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson. Gotham brought the project to 21 Laps and they worked out the pitch together. Tropper most recently adapted the Steve Martin novel...
- 3/29/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
It’s the end of the world as we know it; that is, unless one very powerful chicksta (and the fetus she carries around in a backpack) can save the proverbial day.
That’s the basic plotline of American Cyborg: Steel Warrior, a post-apocalyptic tale starring Joe Lara (one of my favorite action stars and movie hunks, he also made a great “Tarzan” on TV) and Nicole Hansen.
Set in a dark futuristic society where evil cyborgs terrorize everyone and everyone else is pretty much poor, miserable, and dressed real funny, American Cyborg centers on a real power couple: the prophetically named Mary, the last fertile woman on earth and a very strong and beautiful one to boot, and Austin, the tough and h-a-w-t hero of the title.
Armed with a killer crotch kick and a fetus that, when it’s born, is destined to lead a powerful resistance movement in Europe,...
That’s the basic plotline of American Cyborg: Steel Warrior, a post-apocalyptic tale starring Joe Lara (one of my favorite action stars and movie hunks, he also made a great “Tarzan” on TV) and Nicole Hansen.
Set in a dark futuristic society where evil cyborgs terrorize everyone and everyone else is pretty much poor, miserable, and dressed real funny, American Cyborg centers on a real power couple: the prophetically named Mary, the last fertile woman on earth and a very strong and beautiful one to boot, and Austin, the tough and h-a-w-t hero of the title.
Armed with a killer crotch kick and a fetus that, when it’s born, is destined to lead a powerful resistance movement in Europe,...
- 1/21/2011
- by Megan Hussey
- Planet Fury
As we enter the eighth week of the IMDb250 Project it’s becoming clear that the experience has completely changed our tastes, our appreciation and our knowledge of movies and movie making in general after only 20 films viewed each so far, that is something truly incredible for us personally and a real positive for attempting this project which could easily have become a chore watching so many movies in such a short period.
If you want to check out the previous weeks 1 – 7 click here for a rundown of our previous progress in the project but for now I bring you my next five films for the project of which three I had never seen before, one I haven’t seen since I was very very young and the final one is such a phenomenal a personal favourite movie of mine that I wish I could watch it again for the...
If you want to check out the previous weeks 1 – 7 click here for a rundown of our previous progress in the project but for now I bring you my next five films for the project of which three I had never seen before, one I haven’t seen since I was very very young and the final one is such a phenomenal a personal favourite movie of mine that I wish I could watch it again for the...
- 3/15/2010
- by Gary Phillips
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Harvey Project Dumped by Spielberg
Steven Spielberg has withdrawn from his remake of the classic film, Harvey. He spent the past half year developing the pic, his first directing vehicle for the reconstituted DreamWorks. The film was going to be a re-adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Mary Chase and was to be written for the screen by popular novelist Jonathan Tropper.
Spielberg delivered earlier this week to 20th Century Fox, which had agreed to have DreamWorks finance 50% of production through its new funding relationship with Reliance and distribute domestically or internationally through its arrangement with Disney.
Variety reports it “has been a challenge to pull together since Spielberg committed last August. One of the biggest challenges has been setting a star to play Elwood P. Dowd, the character played by James Stewart in the 1950 film.”
Bennett Miller Grabs the Moneyball from Columbia
The Capote helmer is now...
Steven Spielberg has withdrawn from his remake of the classic film, Harvey. He spent the past half year developing the pic, his first directing vehicle for the reconstituted DreamWorks. The film was going to be a re-adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Mary Chase and was to be written for the screen by popular novelist Jonathan Tropper.
Spielberg delivered earlier this week to 20th Century Fox, which had agreed to have DreamWorks finance 50% of production through its new funding relationship with Reliance and distribute domestically or internationally through its arrangement with Disney.
Variety reports it “has been a challenge to pull together since Spielberg committed last August. One of the biggest challenges has been setting a star to play Elwood P. Dowd, the character played by James Stewart in the 1950 film.”
Bennett Miller Grabs the Moneyball from Columbia
The Capote helmer is now...
- 12/6/2009
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
After years and years of making great film after great film, Steven Spielberg now seems to yet another director who just can't seem to make up his mind on what he wants to make. In a time when Steven Soderbergh and Woody Allen are releasing two, sometimes three films per year, Spielberg is taking his time. And for the most part, that has led to the on-again, off-again rhythm of developing films. He was developing a Lincoln biopic for Liam Neeson, and has since left that in limbo. He was also working on casting The Trial of the Chicago 7 while in post-production for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. That project has since been handed off to Ben Stiller. And now, according to Variety, Spielberg is leaving Harvey hanging in the wind. The pic was supposed to be an adaptation of Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a about a man who befriends...
- 12/5/2009
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Steven Spielberg has given up on his planned remake of the James Stewart fantasy classic Harvey after he and star Robert Downey Jr failed to agree on a vision for the film.
Spielberg had spent the past six months developing the idea for 20th Century Fox, which had begun preparations for filming to start early next year.
Tom Hanks had earlier turned down the lead role because he was worried about the inevitable comparisons to the Stewart portrayal.
Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes star Robert Downey Jr was interested but wanted rewrites to Jonathan Tropper's script before agreeing to do the film, and he and Spielberg were never in 'creative sync', reports Variety.
Fox confirmed Spielberg's departure but says it still wants to make the film.
Harvey is based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play which was adapted into a 1950 film with James Stewart in the lead role of Elwood P.
Spielberg had spent the past six months developing the idea for 20th Century Fox, which had begun preparations for filming to start early next year.
Tom Hanks had earlier turned down the lead role because he was worried about the inevitable comparisons to the Stewart portrayal.
Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes star Robert Downey Jr was interested but wanted rewrites to Jonathan Tropper's script before agreeing to do the film, and he and Spielberg were never in 'creative sync', reports Variety.
Fox confirmed Spielberg's departure but says it still wants to make the film.
Harvey is based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play which was adapted into a 1950 film with James Stewart in the lead role of Elwood P.
- 12/5/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Steven Spielberg has pulled out of directing the remake of .Harvey. after having spent the past half year developing the film.It would have been his first film behind the camera for the newly assembled DreamWorks..Harvey. is an adaptation of Mary Chase.s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man who befriends a six and a half foot tall invisible rabbit. One of the biggest problems Spielberg had with the film was finding a star to play Elwood P. Dowd, the character played by James Stewart in the 1950 film.According to Variety, Spielberg.s first choice was Tom Hanks, but Hanks wanted no part in trying to follow in Stewart.s footsteps.Spielberg then spent several months trying to convince Robert Downey Jr. to commit but...
- 12/5/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Steven Spielberg has backed out of directing Harvey, a remake of the 1950 classic starring Jimmy Stewart.
The 62-year-old director spent several months developing the film, which was to be his next production and the first under the newly stand-alone DreamWorks. Fox was allowing Dw to fund 50% through their deal with Dubai-based Reliance, but the movie fell apart when Spielberg couldn’t find a star for the lead. Fox will continue to work on it.
The obvious choice, considering their history, was Tom Hanks. Except he declined to make… well, I’m not sure. Robert Downey Jr. was also “courted” for the part, according to Variety, but didn’t sign on. What is wrong with Hollywood that Steven Spielberg can’t get anyone to star in his movie? Where was his golden boy, Shia Labeouf?
The story, an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Mary Chase, centers on a man...
The 62-year-old director spent several months developing the film, which was to be his next production and the first under the newly stand-alone DreamWorks. Fox was allowing Dw to fund 50% through their deal with Dubai-based Reliance, but the movie fell apart when Spielberg couldn’t find a star for the lead. Fox will continue to work on it.
The obvious choice, considering their history, was Tom Hanks. Except he declined to make… well, I’m not sure. Robert Downey Jr. was also “courted” for the part, according to Variety, but didn’t sign on. What is wrong with Hollywood that Steven Spielberg can’t get anyone to star in his movie? Where was his golden boy, Shia Labeouf?
The story, an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Mary Chase, centers on a man...
- 12/4/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Steven Spielberg is a rare movie icon whose catalog of film is known even to those who don’t go see movies. He deserves that status, after a career of directing films that almost always deliver the goods.
But lately he’s become flighty, picking up projects here and there, while dropping others. Spielberg announces Interstellar and Lincoln, and then we don’t hear any details about them. He talks up an Oldboy remake with Will Smith and then dumps the project. Now that he’s also officially abandoned his adaptation of Harvey, I’m wondering: what’s making him so nervous about all these projects? Is it because he feels that he must return with a grand slam after the critical reaction to Crystal Skull?
Spielberg spent half a year developing Harvey, a Mary Chase play about a man and his giant rabbit that was so wonderfully executed by Jimmy Stewart in 1950. But apparently,...
But lately he’s become flighty, picking up projects here and there, while dropping others. Spielberg announces Interstellar and Lincoln, and then we don’t hear any details about them. He talks up an Oldboy remake with Will Smith and then dumps the project. Now that he’s also officially abandoned his adaptation of Harvey, I’m wondering: what’s making him so nervous about all these projects? Is it because he feels that he must return with a grand slam after the critical reaction to Crystal Skull?
Spielberg spent half a year developing Harvey, a Mary Chase play about a man and his giant rabbit that was so wonderfully executed by Jimmy Stewart in 1950. But apparently,...
- 12/4/2009
- by John Cooper
- ReelLoop.com
Steven Spielberg has pulled the plug on the "Harvey" adaptation he was planning to direct.Pic — an adaptation of Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man who befriends a six and a half foot tall invisible rabbit — has been a challenge to pull together since Spielberg committed last August. One of the biggest challenges has been setting a star to play Elwood P. Dowd, the character played by James Stewart in the 1950 film.Spielberg’s first choice was Tom Hanks, but the actor who is often regarded as a modern day Stewart wanted no part of taking over a role played by the iconic star. Spielberg and Fox spent several months courting Robert Downey Jr. While the star didn’t commit, he made suggestions on rewrites of the Jonathan Tropper script. He and Spielberg never found themselves in creative sync on the script, and the director finally called the whole thing off.
- 12/4/2009
- LRMonline.com
It's not a good year for remakes shepherded by Steven Spielberg: first his Oldboy project with Will Smith shuts down, and now he's walked away from a new version of Harvey.Spielberg has been developing the fresh adaptation of Mary Chase's play, which was originally adapted into a beloved 1950 film starring James Stewart, for months now. But he's had real trouble finding someone to take over the role. Tom Hanks was floated as the natural successor to the role of Elwood P Drood, but the actor didn't want to be involved despite his long friendship with the director. With his first choice out of the picture, Spielberg turned to Robert Downey Jr., but despite suggesting changes to Jonathan Tropper's script, the Iron Man star didn't see eye to eye with Spielberg and also passed. The biggest loser here might well be 20th Century Fox, which had been...
- 12/4/2009
- EmpireOnline
Can't say I'm exactly heartbroken to hear this. According to Michael Fleming, Steven Spielberg has notified 20th Century Fox that he won't be using the soundstages they've had reserved for him in the spring of 2010, as he is no longer interested in making "Harvey," based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Mary Chase. The play was famously filmed once before with Jimmy Stewart in the lead role of Elwood P. Dowd, a small-town laughing stock who carries on conversations with a six-foot-tall invisible rabbit named Harvey. And while I admire the play and the earlier film, I sincerely hope...
- 12/4/2009
- Hitfix
After months of development, it appears that Steven Spielberg has bailed on the proposed remake of Harvey for DreamWorks.
The director related the news to 20th Century Fox, which had an agreement to finance roughly half the production, Variety reports. A spokesperson for Spielberg confirmed his departure, but wasn’t specific about the reason.
Spielberg became involved in the project last summer, after 20th Century exec Tom Rothman showed him the script by Jonathan Tropper, which was based on Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man and his friendship with an invisible, six-and-a-half-foot tall rabbit. But the biggest hurdle appeared to be landing a star to play Elwood P. Dowd, the character Jimmy Stewart made famous in the original 1950 film. Initially, Spielberg wanted Tom Hanks, but the actor balked, not wanting to draw comparisons to Stewart.
In recent months, Fox tried to reach an agreement to Robert Downey Jr.,...
The director related the news to 20th Century Fox, which had an agreement to finance roughly half the production, Variety reports. A spokesperson for Spielberg confirmed his departure, but wasn’t specific about the reason.
Spielberg became involved in the project last summer, after 20th Century exec Tom Rothman showed him the script by Jonathan Tropper, which was based on Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man and his friendship with an invisible, six-and-a-half-foot tall rabbit. But the biggest hurdle appeared to be landing a star to play Elwood P. Dowd, the character Jimmy Stewart made famous in the original 1950 film. Initially, Spielberg wanted Tom Hanks, but the actor balked, not wanting to draw comparisons to Stewart.
In recent months, Fox tried to reach an agreement to Robert Downey Jr.,...
- 12/4/2009
- CinemaSpy
Back in August, Steven Spielberg announced that he will next helm a contemporary adaptation of Mary Chase's play "Harvey," about a man and his friendship with an invisible six-foot tall rabbit. "Harvey" was first adapted for the screen in 1950 with James Stewart in the starring role as Elwood P. Dowd. And because of this, many assumed that Spielberg would cast Tom Hanks, who is considered a moder-day Stewart and has worked with the director on such films as "The Terminal," "Catch Me If You Can" and "Saving Private Ryan." Variety has now confirmed that Hanks is not being considered for the lead and that Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man) is. The new movie is currently in pre-production and will begin filming in the first quarter of next year. 1950 "Harvey" Trailer:...
- 9/15/2009
- WorstPreviews.com
Steven Spielberg's next project is a contemporary adaptation of Mary Chase's play "Harvey", about a man and his friendship with an invisible six-foot tall rabbit. And now, it seems as though the film might just have a lead actor: Robert Downey Jr.
While many had speculated that the director would cast Tom Hanks for the role, back in August Hanks indicated that he wasn't interested in playing the part because he believed that repeated comparisons between himself and Jimmy Stewart — who starred in the first screen adaptation back in 1950 — would be a detriment to the role.
Variety has now fully confirmed that Hanks is not being considered for the lead and that Downey Jr. is.
The Jonathan Tropper-scripted film that was developed by Fox 2000 is a contemporary story that is said to be much closer in tone to the play than it is to the 1950 film.
The new movie...
While many had speculated that the director would cast Tom Hanks for the role, back in August Hanks indicated that he wasn't interested in playing the part because he believed that repeated comparisons between himself and Jimmy Stewart — who starred in the first screen adaptation back in 1950 — would be a detriment to the role.
Variety has now fully confirmed that Hanks is not being considered for the lead and that Downey Jr. is.
The Jonathan Tropper-scripted film that was developed by Fox 2000 is a contemporary story that is said to be much closer in tone to the play than it is to the 1950 film.
The new movie...
- 9/15/2009
- CinemaSpy
Steven Spielberg is going to direct a remake of Harvey. And there’s nothing you or I or any concerned Pookah can do about it.
Actually, it’s Not a bad idea. Spielberg, Tim Burton and a small number of other filmmakers have, I think, earned the right to make just about anything they want, Always (A Guy Named Joe) and Planet Of The Apes notwithstanding. After all, those two movies aren’t bad, and such other nifty redos as The War Of The Worlds and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory give them “remake cred.” Burton and Spielberg are so good that whatever they do is at least interesting; they aren’t simply defacing past pictures for fun & profit as it sometimes seems others do. There’s Art amidst the commerce.
Personally, I’m a big fan of Mary Chase’s original 1944 play (which I’ve read) as well as the...
Actually, it’s Not a bad idea. Spielberg, Tim Burton and a small number of other filmmakers have, I think, earned the right to make just about anything they want, Always (A Guy Named Joe) and Planet Of The Apes notwithstanding. After all, those two movies aren’t bad, and such other nifty redos as The War Of The Worlds and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory give them “remake cred.” Burton and Spielberg are so good that whatever they do is at least interesting; they aren’t simply defacing past pictures for fun & profit as it sometimes seems others do. There’s Art amidst the commerce.
Personally, I’m a big fan of Mary Chase’s original 1944 play (which I’ve read) as well as the...
- 9/1/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (David McDonnell)
- Starlog
On Monday we reported that Steven Spielberg is preparing to direct a contemporary adaptation of Mary Chase's play "Harvey", about a man and his friendship with an invisible six-foot tall rabbit.
At the time, we discussed how the logical candidate for the lead role would be Tom Hanks, since the actor is so often identified with Jimmy Stewart, who starred in the 1950 movie adaptation of the play.
And it sounds as though Hanks knows this...and thinks that the whole thing is perhaps a bit too "on the nose," as it were.
Variety has confirmed that Spielberg has, in fact, spoken to Hanks about the role, and that the actor has refused to take part in the new movie, mostly because of his aforementioned comparisons to Jimmy Stewart.
Insiders on the Fox-DreamWorks project said that despite press coverage that has fixated on why Spielberg would remake a film classic,...
At the time, we discussed how the logical candidate for the lead role would be Tom Hanks, since the actor is so often identified with Jimmy Stewart, who starred in the 1950 movie adaptation of the play.
And it sounds as though Hanks knows this...and thinks that the whole thing is perhaps a bit too "on the nose," as it were.
Variety has confirmed that Spielberg has, in fact, spoken to Hanks about the role, and that the actor has refused to take part in the new movie, mostly because of his aforementioned comparisons to Jimmy Stewart.
Insiders on the Fox-DreamWorks project said that despite press coverage that has fixated on why Spielberg would remake a film classic,...
- 8/7/2009
- CinemaSpy
Tom Hanks has reportedly turned down the lead role in Steven Spielberg's remake of Harvey. The director announced the modern-day update of the Mary Chase play, about a man who has a six-foot tall rabbit for an imaginary friend, as his next film earlier this week. The Pulitzer Prize-winning work was previously adapted into a 1950 Jimmy Stewart vehicle and it has been suggested that Hanks was the frontrunner to take on the role for the remake, Variety says. Insiders on the Fox-DreamWorks production have reportedly said that Spielberg (more)...
- 8/6/2009
- by By Tim Parks
- Digital Spy
It was recently reported that Steven Spielberg will next helm a contemporary adaptation of Mary Chase's play "Harvey," about a man and his friendship with an invisible six-foot tall rabbit. At the time, it was assumed that Spielberg would reach out to his buddy Tom Hanks to play the lead role, since Hanks is considered a moder-day Jimmy Stewart, the actor who starred in the 1950 movie adaptation of the play. Variety has now confirmed that Spielberg has spoken to Hanks, who has refused to be part of the new movie, mostly because everyone expects him to take a role like that and that he is so closely identified with Stewart. Apparently Hanks refuses to even take a look at the Jonathan Tropper-penned script, which is closer in tone to the play than it is to the 1950 film.
- 8/6/2009
- WorstPreviews.com
Earlier this week we learned that Steven Spielberg’s next directing gig would be Harvey, an adaptation of the Mary Chase Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man who befriends a 6½-foot-tall invisible rabbit. As expected, speculation began as to who Spielberg would cast in the lead role and we heard names such as Tom Hanks and [...]...
- 8/5/2009
- by Liam
- Filmonic.com
Director Steven Spielberg will helm a new adaptation of playwright Mary Chase' Harvey, about a likeable schizophrenic and his relationship with an invisible rabbit. The play won a Pulitzer Prize in 1944 and was adapted for the screen in 1950, starring actor James Stewart as 'Elwood P. Dowd', whose best friend is a 'pookah', a creature from Celtic mythology that can assume shapes and plays games with human ideas about reality. Novelist Jonathan "Everything Changes" Tropper will adapt the new screenplay. Spielberg's Dreamworks will partner with Fox 2000, which acquired the rights to Harvey in 2008. "DreamWorks has experienced a creative and profitable relationship with 20th Century Fox in the past, and I look forward to renewing that time together," said Spielberg, who previously worked with the studio in 2002 on the Philip K. Dick adaptation of Minority Report. Filming of Harvey will start in 2010. Sneak Peek James Stewart in Harvey...
- 8/4/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
According to a report by Variety.com, Steven Spielberg has committed to direct a remake of “Harvey,” a 1950 film that was an adaptation of the 1944 Mary Chase play about a man who’s best friend is an invisible 6-foot tall rabbit. He will be aiming to begin production early next year. “Harvey” followed a man named Elwood P. Dowd who shocks and confuses all around him by claiming that he is constantly followed by an invisible rabbit named Harvey who according to Dowd (who was played by James Stewart in the 1950 film) is six feet and three-and-a-half inches tall and is his best friend. Stay tuned for more [...]...
- 8/4/2009
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
Steven Spielberg has committed to direct, as his next film, "Harvey," an adaptation of the Mary Chase Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man, played by Jimmy Stewart in the 1950 film version, who befriends a 6½-foot-tall invisible rabbit.According to Variety, the project will be a co-production of 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks. Spielberg aims to begin production early next year, so he is expected to reach out to a handful of top stars, most notably Tom Hanks and Will Smith, to find someone whose availability works with the planned start dates.Spielberg will produce with Don Gregory, and Elizabeth Gabler and Carla Hacken will oversee it. Fox 2000 acquired the rights last year.While Spielberg has wanted to direct both the Tony...
- 8/3/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Established 1974! This news column is ready to have a few drinks with our favorite pookah.
The Remake Game
Steven Spielberg has decided on his next directorial gig, Variety reports, and it involves a giant, six-foot, invisible rabbit. Yes, he’s going to helm a new movie version of the beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning Mary Chase play, Harvey. It was memorably filmed in 1950 with Jimmy Stewart as the amiable man whose best friend is a pookah named Harvey. Stewart also played the role on stage (in several productions) and in a 1972 TV special incarnation. Night Court’s Harry Anderson took it on in a 1998 TV movie. Novelist Jonathan Tropper has scripted this version, a 20th Century Fox-DreamWorks co-production. Shooting will start early next year. We’re Really fond of Harvey, having coincidentally watched Both previous movies again just last month. With that in mind—and since there’s no casting yet—it...
The Remake Game
Steven Spielberg has decided on his next directorial gig, Variety reports, and it involves a giant, six-foot, invisible rabbit. Yes, he’s going to helm a new movie version of the beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning Mary Chase play, Harvey. It was memorably filmed in 1950 with Jimmy Stewart as the amiable man whose best friend is a pookah named Harvey. Stewart also played the role on stage (in several productions) and in a 1972 TV special incarnation. Night Court’s Harry Anderson took it on in a 1998 TV movie. Novelist Jonathan Tropper has scripted this version, a 20th Century Fox-DreamWorks co-production. Shooting will start early next year. We’re Really fond of Harvey, having coincidentally watched Both previous movies again just last month. With that in mind—and since there’s no casting yet—it...
- 8/3/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (David McDonnell)
- Starlog
Apparently Hollywood isn't happy enough ruining my generation's childhood, so it's now also reaching back to my dad's. Steven Spielberg is set to direct a remake of the 1950 classic Harvey , which stars James Stewart as an alcoholic who talks to an invisible, 6½-foot-tall rabbit. Based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the movie kept "Harvey" the rabbit up to viewers' (and Stewart's) imaginations, but many are fearing that this new version will feature a computer-generated character. Because that's how Hollywood ruins childhoods best, with CG. But this is Spielberg we're talking about. No stranger to remakes -- he redid <a href="http://www.imdb.com/tit ...
- 8/3/2009
- by Christopher Campbell
- Spout
According to Variety, director Steven Spielberg, known for such films as, well, if you don’t know his work you probably don’t belong here, has supposedly chosen his next project. Will it be a further exploration of the atrocities of war or another indictment of society’s ills and reliance on technology? No, its going to be movie about a 6½-foot-tall invisible rabbit called Harvey — an adaptation of the Mary Chase Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man, played by Jimmy Stewart in the 1950 film version, and his invisible furry friend.
According to the article, Spielberg is ready to get back behind the camera and hopes to begin production on the film early next year. To facilitate this, the director will reportedly seek actors for the lead role, such as Tom Hanks and Will Smith, who can accommodate that schedule. Spielberg will produce the film with Don Gregory while Elizabeth...
According to the article, Spielberg is ready to get back behind the camera and hopes to begin production on the film early next year. To facilitate this, the director will reportedly seek actors for the lead role, such as Tom Hanks and Will Smith, who can accommodate that schedule. Spielberg will produce the film with Don Gregory while Elizabeth...
- 8/3/2009
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
Hollywood has become so dependent on adaptations, even Steven Spielberg couldn't help but get behind the camera for one. The director has committed to direct Harvey, the adaptation of the Mary Chase Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man -- played by Jimmy Stewart in the 1950 film version -- who befriends a 6½-foot-tall invisible rabbit. So this is really a remake and an adaptation.
Steven Spielberg to Direct Harvey
20th Century Fox and DreamWorks has agreed to share the responsibilities of producing the film, with DreamWorks financing 50% of the production through its new funding relationship with Reliance and distributing either domestic or international through its arrangement with Disney.
Steven Spielberg to Direct Harvey
20th Century Fox and DreamWorks has agreed to share the responsibilities of producing the film, with DreamWorks financing 50% of the production through its new funding relationship with Reliance and distributing either domestic or international through its arrangement with Disney.
- 8/3/2009
- www.canmag.com
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