Leonardo DiCaprio is close to bringing his favorite show The Twilight Zone to the big screen according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The studio and production company are quietly putting out word to creators that they are looking for pitches and script ideas based on the show for feature development.
The companies are not seeking to remake an episodic movie, as the only big-screen version of the show did 25 years ago, but rather hope to build one continuing story line based on one or more episodes.
Warners is negotiating for rights to the Rod Serling-penned episodes,
I wonder if M Knight Shyamalan is going to pitch something for this because his movies are more like Twilight Zone episodes than feature length films.
Hopefully since The Twilight Zone is one of Leo’s favorite shows, that he will do it justice when he brings it to the big screen.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The 11th Hour” is a feature length documentary concerning the environmental crises caused by human actions and their impact on the planet. The 11th Hour documents the cumulative impact of these actions upon the planet’s life systems and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity.
The 11th Hour opens in Los Angeles and New York on August 17th, in select markets on August 24th, and nationwide on August 31st.
Hopefully Leonardo DiCaprio will finally get the Oscar he so richly deserves for this movie especially for something he so believes in and is passionate about! Just looking at that trailer, I will have to run out and see it this weekend!
Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet have both signed on to do Revolutionary Road. Variety reports that the Sam Mendes film is about "heart-rending and bleak tome, celebrated for its storytelling style, follows a seemingly happy suburban couple with two children in the mid-1950s who find themselves caught between their true desires and the pressure to conform — with explosive consequences." The two have not worked together since Titanic and it will be interesting if we will be able to see them as anything but Jack and Rose.
And if this movie has them go 30 years into the future does that mean their next movie together will be based in the '80s?
Quirky movie great Jack Nicholson is set to shock fans in his new thriller The Departed by wearing a sex toy in a sleazy scene. The Chinatown star, who threatened to set fire to co-star Leonardo DiCaprio to heighten the tension in one scene, felt he’d add to the sick sexual nature of his character Frank Costello by strapping on a dildo. And, as shocked as co-star Matt Damon was, he admits Nicholson’s last-minute decision to wear a sex toy impacted his whole performance in the Martin Scorsese film. Damon says, "It’s Sunday night and I’m looking over the script and I’m getting ready and I get a phone call: ‘Hello, its Marty… Jack had some ideas for the scene tomorrow in the XXX movie theatre where he meets up with your character and he’s gonna wear a dildo.’ I said, ‘Alright, I’ll see you at seven!’ "So, we went in the next day and we rehearsed and Jack said, ‘Here’s the deal – I’m gonna come in and I’m gonna sit there in the overcoat and turn around and I’m gonna pull out the big dildo and we’re gonna laugh.’ "I thought that was a good idea to get into the scene. Jack brought this incredibly new layer to that character. He made him more obscene in a way that felt authentic.
Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly dating a British TV presenter.The ‘Titanic’ star has been spotted enjoying several dates with blonde Cat Deeley, who shot to fame by presenting British music show ‘CD UK’ and America’s ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ The 31-year-old – who was recently said to have rekindled his romance with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen – is said to be smitten with Deeley’s natural beauty and sexy accent. A source was quoted in Britain’s Daily Star newspaper as saying: "Leo was attracted by Cat’s fresh-faced looks and English accent."She looks very different from an identikit Los Angeles girl" The Aviator’ star is said to have first approached Deeley at a Beverly Hills restaurant, after overhearing her tell a friend she was considering posing for a nude magazine shoot.
The source added: "When he heard her talking about posing naked, he couldn’t help interjecting to advise her not to ruin her English Rose appeal."Meanwhile, it has been suggested Cat’s motives for dating the global superstar could be a way to advance her own career in America.
