Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie starrer Hollywood flick ‘Mr and Mrs Smith’ which earned above USD 186 million at the North American box office last summer is remade by ABC for the television series.

The network has ordered a pilot, which the film’s director, Doug Liman, is expected to shoot, subject to availability. It envisages the pilot will be ready for midseason 2006-07 or fall 2007 consideration.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith revolve around a pair of married assassins hired to kill each other. But instead of the original stars reprising their roles, the filmmakers will be casting new unknown faces as married assassins in the latest incarnation of the movie. “We’re going to do a nationwide talent search and find basically the next Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,” Liman said.

Remember the great 1976 “son of Satan on earth” film THE OMEN, directed by Richard Donner and starring the great Gregory Peck and David Warner?

A new teaser for The Omen remake is now online and, coincidentally, the film comes out on 6.6.06. One can only imagine the studio meeting in which this brilliant marketing strategy was born. I mean, so what if June 6th is a Tuesday - chances like this only come around every 100 years.

The film updates the 1976 original starring Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles as the parents of a little demon. The little devil, by the way, is helped by a scheming nanny played by no other than Rosemary — of “Rosemary’s Baby” — Mia Farrow.

You know the one that still holds up rock solid today? The one that pummels most recent genre flicks to the ground in terms of impact and quality?

Oprah Winfrey’s popular book club choice, A Million Little Pieces, has been under fire since its author, James Frey, admitted to exaggerating details of his memoir.

James Frey convinced the nation that he was a man who endured terrible tribulations and unbelievably hard time and survived it all. Yes, it’s not hard to survive what never happened I am sure. According to Frey, he was a major drug addict, a murderer in his mind, and extremely abused by society. In his book, he stated at a young age he started doing drugs and being a menace to society. (more…)