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This article was inspired by a commercial I saw today on tv for an
upcoming movie titled "Just Visiting". I was trying to find
out more about this movie and came across these other upcoming movies
(oddly enough) at UpcomingMovies.com!
Do you know of any others? Let us
know!
We're also currently looking for an official AtTheFaire Movie Reviewer!
Do you want the job? E-mail
Willa (HINT TO LARISA).
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UPCOMING RENNIE MOVIES
by Willa, ATF Staff Writer
Did you realize that there will be more than eleven rennie movies coming
out within the next two years? And there are more than three still in
development! Below you will find titles, release dates and brief synopses
that were found on UpcomingMovies.com.
To Be Released in 2001
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Title
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Starring
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Production Co.
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Synopsis
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Release Date
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| The
Affair of the Necklace |
Hilary Swank, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Jonathan Pryce, Joely Richardson,
Christopher Walken, Brian Cox |
Warner Brothers |
Set in France during the late 18th century, this is the tale of
Jeanne de la Motte-Valois (Swank), a young woman who leaves her adopted
home in search of what she suspects may be her royal heritage. Her
curiosity soon finds her embroiled in a situation that includes her
dishonest husband (Brody), a diamond necklace, a Cardinal, Marie Antoinette,
and quite possibly... the beginnings of the French Revolution. (Baker
plays Swank's love interest) |
July 27, 2001 |
| The Bacchae |
Richard Werner (Dionysus), Jonathan Klein (Pentheus), Lynn Odell
(Agave) |
Turman / Morrissey Co. |
Based on the classic play by Euripides. |
TBA 2001 |
| The
Brotherhood of the Wolf |
Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Mark Dacascos,
Monica Bellucci |
Le Studio Canal Plus |
King Louis XV assigns a young detective (Le Bihan) to investigate
the mysterious slaughter of peasants in south France which is attributed
to some sort of horrible monster. |
TBA 2001 |
| D'Artagnan |
Justin Chambers (D'Artagnan), Catherine Deneuve (the Queen of France) |
Behaviour Worldwide |
Set in 17th century France, this is the story of the young musketeer,
D'Artagnan (Chambers), who seeks revenge against those responsible
for the murder of his parents. |
TBA 2001 |
| From Hell |
Johnny Depp (Detective Frederick Abberline), Ian Holm (Sir William
Gull), Robbie Coltrane, Heather Graham |
20th Century Fox |
Based upon: The unbelievably comprehensive and powerful graphic
novel written by Alan Moore (about Jack the Ripper) |
October 19, 2001 |
| Just
Visiting |
Jean Reno (Count Thibault of Malfete), Christian Clavier (Andre),
Christina Applegate (Lady Rosalind/Julia Malfete), Malcolm McDowell
(Wizard), Tara Reid (Angelique), Matthew Ross (Hunter) |
Touchstone Pictures |
An 11th century French knight (Reno) and his squire (Clavier) are
accidentally transported to modern America by a wizard (McDowell),
leading to great, copious amounts of high jinks and fish-out-of-water
hilarity. (Applegate plays both the knight's 11th century lover, Lady
Rosalind, and a modern woman, Maureen Malfete.) |
April 6, 2001 |
| The
Knights of the Quest |
Edward Furlong, F. Murray Abraham, Marco Leonardi, Kim Rossi Stuart,
Raul Bova, James Fox, Stanislas Merahr, Carlo Delle Piane |
DUEA Films |
Simon of Clarendon (Furlong), a young knight of 11th century France
finds himself with the duty of retrieving the holy relic, the Sacred
Shroud from Thebes, Greece, when he returns to France with news of
the Shroud only to discover that the King has died. Accompanied by
four other young knights, Simon journeys across medieval Europe on
a Holy quest. |
TBA 2001 (Possibly summer) |
| A Knight's
Tale |
Heath Ledger (William), Mark Addy (Roland), Paul Bettany (Geoffrey
Chaucer), Rufus Sewell (Count Adhemar) |
Columbia Pictures |
When his master meets an untimely demise, a young squire (Ledger)
in 14th century France takes his identity, working his way up the
jousting circuit, earning nobility that should be impossible for someone
not nobly born. Why does he do it? He needs to take down an evil-doer,
of course. |
May 11, 2001 |
| Marlowe |
Johnny Depp (Christopher Marlowe), Jude Law (William Shakespeare) |
Natural Nylon Entertainment |
Christopher Marlowe (Depp) and William Shakespeare (Law) were both
playwrights who wrote during the Elizabethan period of the late 16th
century. However, it was Shakespeare who eventually became so well
known that "The Bard" is all that needs be said to signify his work.
A question has nagged at literary historians for centuries however...
did Marlowe actually write some of the |
TBA 2001 |
To Be Released in 2002
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Title
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Starring
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Production Co.
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Synopsis
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Release Date
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| Alexander
the Great |
Jude Law (in talks) (Alexander); other cast not announced yet. |
The Canton Co. |
Conquering 90% of the known world by the age of 25, Alexander the
Great led his armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests
in just eight years. Coming out of tiny Macedonia, Alexander led his
armies against the mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, and
finally made his way east to India. This film will concentrate on
those eight years of battles, as well as his relationship with his
boyhood friend and battle mate, Hephaestion. |
TBA 2002/2003 |
| Black
Knight |
Martin Lawrence, Tom Wilkinson (Sir Nolte); other cast not annouced
yet. |
20th Century Fox |
In this time travel comedy, a fast-talking young hustler (Lawrence;
in talks) who works in a medieval-themed miniature golf course is
suddenly transported back to the Middle Ages where he teams up with
a broken-down ex-knight and a beautiful peasant girl to defeat an
evil king. |
January 11, 2002 |
| Pinocchio |
Roberto Benigni (Pinocchio), Nicoletta Braschi (The Blue Fairy);
other cast not announced yet. |
Melampo |
This is the classic Italian fairy tale of Gepetto, a toymaker,
and Pinocchio (Benigni), the wooden puppet who wants to be a real
boy... (Benigni's wife, Ms. Braschi, plays the Blue Fairy, who grants
Pinocchio his wish)
Editor's Note: This movie will be in Italian with English
subtitles, just like Life is Beautiful.
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TBA 2002 (possibly fall) |
Movies in Development
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Title
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Starring
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Production Co.
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Synopsis
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Release Date
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| Captain
Kidd |
TBA |
Touchstone Pictures |
Finding that he and his fellows are being treated like indentured
servants by the British, Captain William Kidd, a Scot and a Merchant
Marine, became a pirate in the 1690's, sailing on his ship, The Adventure
Galley, pillaging ships across three seas, and embarking on adventures
that would make him a legend... |
TBA, possibly 2003 |
| Gates
of Fire |
TBA, but it's being produced by George Clooney, so guess who will
likely be the star? |
Universal Pictures |
This is the Battle of Thermopylae ("Gates of Fire") as seen by the
only survivor, Zeones. Told in flashback, the film follows the story
of the young slave (aka, a "helot", a servant), starting with his
childhood, through his Spartan military training, ending with one
of the most famous battles ever, as the relatively tiny band of Spartans
holds back an army of thousands of Persians. Facing armies that numbered
over in the millions, the Spartans obviously knew they would ultimately
lose, but they fought on, regardless. If the Persians had conquered
Greece that early on, Western culture as we know it probably would
never have happened... |
TBA, possibly 2003 |
| King
Arthur |
TBA |
Touchstone Pictures |
As the Roman Empire crumbles, the British Isles are thrown into
a loose anarchy as errant knights are entrenched in years of territorial
battle. Then, one king emerges to unite them, Arthur, with his concept
of a Round Table of united knights. This film aims to tie the legend
of Arthur into the realities of the time in which he would have ruled.
The details of the plot aren't known, but this film will likely depict
the battles that led to Arthur's reign, and the issues that he would
have dealt with (the traditional "pulling Excalibur out of the stone"
origin story will probably not be used). |
TBA, possibly 2003 |
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