{"id":6611,"date":"2004-08-12T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2004-08-12T21:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/08\/12\/hollywood-movie-muddle.html"},"modified":"2004-08-12T14:30:23","modified_gmt":"2004-08-12T21:30:23","slug":"hollywood_movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/08\/12\/hollywood_movie.html","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood movie muddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cool prospects for the next Mission: Impossible movie, with Tom Cruise back, as Kenneth Branagh and Ving Rhames in the cast, and Alias<\/em>‘ J.J. Abrams at the keyboard.<\/p>\n

Except that Abrams is tied up with other stuff, and Paramount’s having scheduling problems, and the director has changed, etc.<\/p>\n

So, instead, M:I-3 will get pushed back a year, and Cruise instead will star in a Steven Spielberg remake of War of the Worlds<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oooookay. Didn’t know we needed another one of those (esp. if you count Independence Day<\/em> as a quasi-remake), but … well, I trust Spielberg, at least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cool prospects for the next Mission: Impossible movie, with Tom Cruise back, as Kenneth Branagh and Ving Rhames in the cast, and Alias’ J.J. Abrams at the keyboard. 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