Tinseltown Tidbits 5/17

DYNAMIC DUO
We're very excited about this one. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino will reteam for the first time since "Heat" for the $60 million crime thriller "Righteous Kill" reports Teletext. "Entrapment" helmer Jon Avnet directs Russell Gewirtz's script ("Inside Man"). It centers on two detectives on the trail of a serial killer.

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CBS ANNOUNCES SKED
CBS announced their schedule for next season and I must say, The Big Eye network seems to be have some pretty intriguing shows. Here's a taste:

VIVA LAUGHLIN - a mystery drama about freewheeling businessman whose sole ambition is to run a casino in Laughlin, Nev.; CANE - Stars Jimmy Smits in an epic drama about the power struggles of a large Cuban-American family running a successful rum and sugar business in South Florida; MOONLIGHT - Joel Silver's ("The Matrix," Trilogy) drama about an "undead" private eye; KID NATION - a reality series where 40 kids will have 40 days to build a new world located in a ghost town that died in the 19th Century. These kids, ages 8-15, will spend more than a month without their parents or modern comforts in Bonanza City, N.M., attempting to do what their forefathers couldn't - build a town; SWINGTOWN, a drama that peeks into the suburban homes of the swingin' '70s.

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ANOTHER NEEDLESS REMAKE
Variety reports that 20th Century Fox will remake "Taps," the awesome 1981 military drama that starred George C. Scott, Tom Cruise, Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn. A mistake... In any case, it centered on cadets who seize control of their military school as construction looms to make way for condos.

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YO! NEW 'JOHN RAMBO' PICS
Check out these kick booty shots of Sly doing this thang as the Vietnam killing machine.

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FRODO IS IGGY
The rough and tough Elijah Wood has been cast as legendary rocker Iggy Pop in a forthcoming biopic. Looks like the hobbit may need to start working out. Iggy is quite ripped.

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