Venom Loses Gary To Matt Helm
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By Dave Gonzales on
October 13, 2009
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Matt Helm is something like James Bond. He's a pulp-fiction spy who was once played by Dean Martin in the 60s and later inspiring super-spy ripoffs like Austin Powers once Bond went Goldeneye on the N64 and somewhere in England a children's book author started writing the books that would spawn the most profitable series in history (Harry Potter, duh).
Matt Helm was supposed to be one of those Steven Spielberg projects the guy lines up then dismisses or just produces, but when Spielberg's DreamWorks left Paramount, Par clutched onto Matt Helm and told Spielberg to shove it. S.S. argued, won, tehn abandoned the film.
Now, it looks like Gary Ross, the Pleasentville writer-driector has picked up the Matt Helm project and is looking at Bradley Cooper to star while he's still hot off his Hangover success story of this summer.
Thing is, Gary Ross was re-writing Spider-Man 4. Then, they said Ross was going to re-write and direct the Venom film. Now he's taking on a Jason Bourne-like spy movie?
But. But...Venom!
Take it away, Playlist:
But a source close to the project tells us a new director has his hands on the project — none other than Gary Ross, writer-director of "Pleasantville" and "Seabiscuit," who was recently attached to writing and potentially directing the Sony "Spider-Man" spin-off "Venom" (he had something to do with the "Spider-Man 4" script, too). But this source notes, "Venom" is a ways off and will have to wait, "Matt Helm," is coming first and is being scheduled to shoot in the summer of 2010 if all goes according to plan.
Ok, I like spy films. But even the CHANCE that there was going to be a watchable Venom film has me more excited. Am I out of touch with the movie-going public or just too into Venom?
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Tags: Bradley Cooper, Gary Ross, Matt Helm, News |
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