It looks like Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Dolittle film has run to some problems. After being pushed back almost a year from its original release, it’s now being reported that the film is currently being retooled with additional reshoots. Doctor Dolittle is a remake of the 1967 film, which starred Rex Harrison and tells the story of a doctor who can speak to animals. Eddie Murphy delivered a remake of the film as well in the late 90s. Universal has a lot riding on this new film, which reportedly cost USD175 million to make. The film is now pegged for a January 2020 release.
Michelle Yeoh Joins
Avatar Sequels
The Avatar sequels will see Michelle
Yeoh portraying a scientist. The veteran actress will play a character named
Dr. Karina Mogue in the sequels. The announcement was made by James Cameron via
Twitter. Avatar 2 is pencilled in for
a mid-December 2020 release and will star Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen
Lang and Sigourney Weaver. New cast members include Kate Winslet, Edie Falco,
Oona Chaplin and Vin Diesel. As for Yeoh, she will also be starring in her own Star Trek: Discovery spinoff, which will
focus on her character, Captain Philippa Georgiou.
Birds of Prey Has
Officially Wrapped
The DC/Warner Bros. production of Birds
of Prey is officially in the can. The film, which will see an ensemble group
of female superheroes taking on the villainous Black Mask, is slated for a
release in early February 2020. The film will be headlined by Margot Robbie,
who is reprising her role of Harley Quinn. Joining her is Jurnee Smollett-Bell
(Black Canary), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Huntress), Ella Jay Basco (Cassandra
Cain) and Rosie Perez (Rnee Montoya). The main baddies in the film will be
played by Chris Messina (Victor Zsasz) with Ewan McGregor taking on the mantle
of the Black Mask.
Travis Knight Signs
On For The Six Billion Dollar Man
The Warner Bros. adaptation of The Six
Billion Dollar Man starring Mark Wahlberg has a new director in the fold.
Fresh off the success of Bumblebee, Travis Knight will now helm the big screen
adaptation of the hit 70s TV series. The story is centred on an astronaut who
is given bionic implants after an accident. The original series starred Lee
Majors and was based on the novel Cyborg
by Martin Caidin. Knight will have a lot of work to do on this film as The Six Billion Dollar Man has been
languishing in development for a number of years now.
Showtime Casts Its
Master Chief
The Halo series is picking up steam
at Showtime with Pablo Schreiber joining the production as Master Chief. The
live-action series, based on the hit Xbox video game, is set in the future with
humanity facing off against an unstoppable alien force. The series will see
newcomer, Yerin Ha portraying a character from the Outer Colonies who crosses
paths with Master Chief during a fateful time.
Production of the series is set to begin sometime in quarter three of
this year. Showtime is producing the series with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin
Television.
