Up-n-coming, 1/20.

A sequel and a prequel to The Departed? Erik Davis looks into it at Cinematical.

Brideshead Revisited's to be, yes, revisited. Chris Hastings has what's known so far in the Telegraph.

"It's a question still being asked more than four years after powerful bombs tore through two nightclubs in Bali, killing 202 people: Why Bali?" Sugita Katyal for Reuters: "Indonesian film producer Nia Dinata tries to answer this question in the Long Road to Heaven, the first Indonesian film on the 2002 Bali bombing that shattered the image of the island."

George Clooney and Grant Heslov will be producing a six-hour mini-series based on Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age: Or a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, reports Sci Fi Wire. Via Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing.

Twitch's Visitor looks ahead to what the year will bring in Malaysian cinema.

After Sweeney Todd, Johnny Depp will star in Shantaram, an adaptation of the novel by Gregory David Roberts, written by Eric Roth and directed by Mira Nair. Pamela McClintock reports.

More news from Variety: Darren Aronofsky may direct Black Swan, a "psychological thriller" set in the "world of ballet," according to Michael Fleming. Related: Nigel Floyd talks with Aronofsky about The Fountain for Time Out.

Now three studios are scrambling to film the Alexander Litvinenko story. Luke Harding reports from Moscow. Also in the Guardian, Francesca Martin: "Sofia Coppola is planning to compile a CD of her favorite music tracks."

Spencer Morgan in the New York Observer: "On March 17, Cobble Hill–based Web prankster Ze Frank will end his daily, year-long Internet video show to go all Hollywood."

Posted by dwhudson at January 20, 2007 4:39 PM