We’ve always had a “truth is stranger than fiction” motto here at the Morning Deal Report. The most ridiculous projects in development are generally going to get top billing here, because we never tire of shining a spotlight on just how stupid people in Hollywood can be. Of course, some of these projects need to be taken with a bigger grain of salt than others, and such is the case with the hotly rumored Blade Runner 2. Slashfilm ran an exclusive report yesterday based on an email from a reader who was in attendance at a Q &A by the screenwriters of Eagle Eye. That email read, in part, “During the Q&A, the writer said that he and whomever it was that helped him co-write the Eagle Eye screenplay were in the process of writing a sequel to Blade Runner, and had already contacted the producers of the original, etc., etc.” So some guy is spending his free time down in the basement figuring out whatever happened to Deckard? Hey, that’s good enough for us! I’ll let you all know when I’ve finished my script for Deliverance 2: Still Squealin’.
On the other hand, we apparently have to take the dubious notion of a Fame remake seriously. Thomas Dekker of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles “is gunning to play Marco, a working-class kid with some gnarly acting chops who is competing with thousands of other hopefuls to get into and survive an elite New York public high school for the arts,” per The Hollywood Reporter. All together now: What a feeling!
Bugmaster is coming! The live-action adaptation of a Japanese manga comic “stars Joe Odagiri as a natural healer with power over mysterious creatures called Mushi,” Variety reports. The North American rights have been acquired by FUNimation Entertainment. Sounds like FUN!
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