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Tuesday, December 19, 2017 Lifestyle Gossip Kevin Lima has no plans for Enchanted sequel

evin Lima didn’t want there to be an ‘Enchanted’ keep thinking what’s next? What other stories can I tell?” sequel. The 55-year-old filmmaker helmed the The follow up - known as ‘Disenchanted’ - will be set 10 K2007 Disney movie and now, 10 years later, the years after the original and feature Giselle “questioning studio is looking to make a sequel and Amy Adams her happily ever after, and accidentally triggering events reportedly has signed up to reprise her role as Princess that make everyone’s lives turn upside down in both the Giselle. However, Lima has stepped away from the sequel real world and in the animated kingdom of Andalasia”. In and said he thinks his original movie is “complete in and the first movie Gisele rejected Prince Edward (James of itself”. Speaking to Den of Geek, Lima said: “I always Marsden) in order to remain in New York with Robert find that I’m heading off into the world looking for new Phillip (Patrick Dempsey), a divorce lawyer she fell in love adventures. The idea of making a sequel isn’t the most with, and his daughter Morgan. It is not yet clear if intriguing for me. At the same time, I haven’t been able to Dempsey or Marsden will return for the sequel. The even suggest a sequel to them. ‘Enchanted’ feels like a sequel was originally due to be filmed in 2010 and is now movie that’s complete in and of itself. I’m sure if I was set to begin filming in 2017, 10 years on from its original forced to stick my nose to the grindstone I could work release. ‘Rock of Ages’ director Adam Shankman will something out. I don’t have a story that feels compelling, helm the project, while David Stem and David Weiss have though. Nothing’s come to me. I tend not to dwell on it. “I written the script. Spurlock’s film dropped from Sundance

organ Spurlock’s ‘Super cent bystander”. He explained: “As Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!’ I sit around watching hero after Mhas been dropped from hero, man after man, fall at the real- the Sundance Film Festival. The ization of their past indiscretions, I 47-year-old filmmaker’s former don’t sit by and wonder ‘Who will company Warrior Poets have be next?’ I wonder, ‘When will they pulled the documentary movie come for me?’ “You see, I’ve come from the schedule at the upcom- to understand after months of ing event after the screenwriter these revelations, that I am not admitted he is “part of the prob- some innocent bystander, I am also lem” of sexual misconduct. The a part of the problem.” The CNN company said in a statement: presenter admitted he had paid to “Due to Morgan Spurlock step- settle a “verbal” sexual harassment ping down from Warrior Poets, allegation from his former assistant. we, the partners, have decided He admitted: “I would call my that this is not the appropriate female assistant ‘hot pants’ or ‘sex time for Super Size Me 2: Holy pants’ when I was yelling to her Chicken! to premiere at the from the other side of the office. Sundance Film Festival. “Something I thought was funny at “Therefore, we will be removing the time, but then realized I had the documentary from the festi- completely demeaned and belittled val’s slate.” The Sundance her to a place of non-existence. Institute added in a statement: “So, when she decided to quit, she “We fully support these decisions came to me and said if I didn’t pay by the film’s teams. We were sad- her a settlement, she would tell dened to read Morgan Spurlock’s everyone. Being who I was, it was Kidman can’t recent admissions. “We the last thing I wanted, so of empathize deeply with the many course, I paid. “I paid for peace of people affected - especially the mind. I paid for her silence and bear rejection women who were impacted.” Last cooperation. Most of all, I paid so I week, Morgan admitted the cur- could remain who I was.” The rent climate in Hollywood has left Sundance Film Festival 2018 will him wondering about his own take place from January 18-28 in icole Kidman still finds younger. She said: “It blows my past, because he is not an “inno- Park City, Utah. rejection hurtful. The 50- mind actually, because it’s all so Nyear-old actress admits she unexpected. “And it means more has no “control” over her career now. I’m so much more appreciative because it’s entirely reliant on other than I was about success in my people deciding she is right for a twenties. “Because of the roller- Doug Liman crashed wedding to particular project, and even after coaster life I’ve had, with ups and several decades in Hollywood, she downs and contrasts, I know more secure rights for The Bourne Identity still gets upset if casting directors of what life deals you at different are not “interested” in her. She said: times. “But it’s also important not to oug Liman crashed a wedding when try- “Any actor will tell you that as much be attached to the success. That’s ing to secure to film rights to ‘The Bourne Isaac in talks for as we’d love to say we’re in control the kiss of death.” The ‘Killing of a DIdentity’ franchise. The 52-year-old film- of our own destiny, we’re not. “So Sacred Deer’ actress admitted there maker directed the first installment of the Matt much of our time is still spent asking, is a lot of “fear” attached to her Damon franchise back in 2002 and although the ‘Are they interested in me?’ And work but she likes to push through ‘Bourne’ franchise spawned four subsequent most of the time, your agent will say and make bold choices without wor- films, Liman didn’t act as the director but instead no. You learn about rejection early, rying about the consequences. She as executive producer. In a recent interview, scar Isaac is in line to voice a starring role in and it’s personal and it hurts.” But said: “There’s an enormous amount Liman has spoken on the lengths he went to in the new animated movie adaptation of ‘The the ‘Big Little Lies’ star - who has of fear. It’s just whether I can over- order to secure the rights to the book - which OAddams Family’. The ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ kids Isabella, 25, and Conor, 22, with come the fear or push through it. But was written by Robert Ludlum - which included actor will lend his vocal talents to the head of the fami- ex-husband Tom Cruise, and I probably don’t think of conse- crashing a wedding to try and speak to Terry ly, , if talks with MGM are successful, Sunday, nine, and six-year-old Faith quences. I don’t play things out. I Semel of Warner Bros. Studios. Speaking to Den according to Variety. The studio has just confirmed the with spouse Keith Urban - has had like to jump off the cliff. “I just say to of Geek, Liman said: “I’d loved ‘The Bourne latest big-screen incarnation of the comedy horror clan an incredibly successful 2017, and myself, ‘What is the worst that can Identity’ since high school. After ‘Swingers’ was is going ahead, announcing a release date of October she is much more “appreciative” of happen?’ So people don’t like it, so I a pretty big hit, people were asking me what 11, 2019. Conrad Vernon - director of the Seth Rogen that now than she was when she was fall flat on my face - that’s OK.” movie I want to make. I said ‘The Bourne adult animation ‘Sausage Party’ - is on board to helm Identity’. And Hollywood said, no, what kind of the new Addams Family project from a screenplay by small comedy do you want to make? I really Pamela Pettler, who worked as a writer on Tim Burton’s wanted to make ‘The Bourne Identity’ and ‘The Corpse Bride’. Oscar, 38, made his Hollywood Hollywood was not ready to give me the oppor- breakthrough in the award-winning Coen Brothers’ Fisher’s death almost tunity. I never stopped pursuing the chance to do movie ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ and is now best known for the book myself. I crashed a wedding where his role as X-wing pilot Poe Dameron in the new ‘Star changed The Last Jedi Terry Semel of Warner Bros was because I Wars’ franchise. The new movie will be based on thought Warner Bros had the rights. I was ’ original cartoons of ‘The Addams ian Johnson considered said: “That was the very first con- shameless in my pursuit of the rights, and I even- Family’ - a spooky and eccentric family - which were changing ‘Star Wars: The versation I had with Lucasfilm tually found Ludlum’s lawyer and he told me the while I was making ‘The Bourne Identity’ that I published in The New Yorker between 1938 and 1988, Last Jedi’ following the head Kathleen Kennedy after we was making a poor man’s spy movie. “There was R rights were about to revert to Ludlum from when the artist died. ‘The Addams Family’ have shock death of Carrie Fisher. The came back, after New Year’s. I Warner Bros.” Liman arranged to meet him in someone of the set who had the ‘Mission: appeared on the big and small screen several times 44-year-old filmmaker wrote and kind of looked through the Glacier National Park after just becoming a pilot Impossible’ ring tone on his phone, and every over the years, first being made into a hit TV sitcom in directed the eighth installment of footage. That was the very first and buying himself an airplane. After spending a time his phone rang it drove me nuts because I 1964 starring and as Morticia the sci-fi franchise, which sees the question. I felt really strongly that weekend with the spy author, Liman won him was afraid my movie was never going to be as and Gomez Addams. A live-action film titled ‘The return saga legends Fisher and what we have here is so beautiful over and eventually secured the rights to the good as ‘Mission: Impossible’. “It was never Addams Family’ was released in 1991 starring Anjelica Mark Hamill as sister and brother and the way that the character now successful movie franchise. Liman also going to be as good as James Bond. So it was Huston and as Morticia and Gomez, and a develops, the way it’s paid off, and recently spoke about how he was worried he was really surreal afterwards to go and see the next young Christina Ricci as their daughter Wednesday. not only that, the horror of trying making a “poor man’s spy movie” and didn’t James Bond film, and be like, ‘Oh, I did make a Gomez and live in a haunted mansion to manufacture something that - I think it would be as successful as Tom Cruise’s James Bond film, because now the James Bond with their children Wednesday and Pugsley, Uncle don’t even know what it would ‘Mission: Impossible’. He said: “I felt so insecure film looks like ‘The Bourne Identity’.” Fester, Grandmama, their butler Lurch, a disembodied have been, but something for the hand called Thing, and their hairy . end of this movie that leaves it in a place where the transition is easi- er, the idea of, ‘Oh God, how would you fake something like that and how would it not be terri- Mark Hamill voices an alien ble? “Given that we have a beauti- ful, complete performance from her that I think audiences deserve in Star Wars: The Last Jedi to see, and I think it will mean a lot for them, that ray of hope from ark Hamill voices an alien in ‘Star Wars: The Last Skywalker, he recently admitted it may have been more fun Leia. For all of those reasons I felt Jedi’ as well as playing Luke Skywalker. The 66- to play Darth Vader or Han Solo, although he likes playing really strongly that we had to let Myear-old actor appears as the Jedi Master in the “bland” Luke because he is the “one centered character” to this fly. Luckily we have a fantastic eighth installment of the popular sci-fi franchise but he also be a contrast to all the other characters in a galaxy far, far storyteller in J.J. Abrams who is lent his voice to a CGI character known as Dobbu Scay. away. He said: “When I first read the screenplay of ‘A New going to figure out a way to bring However, Hamill has refused to give any more details about Hope’, I felt it would be much more fun to play the cynical General Leia Organa and Luke it home in the end, that’s going to his new character because he loves “the mystery of it all”. pirate who’s always making wisecracks or Darth Vader, Skywalker. Last December, Fisher be satisfying, I know he’s going to. Speaking at a post-screening on the movie, Hamill said: “I who has such an interesting role, or C-3PO, who is hilari- died at the age of 60 and although “With this movie I just wanted don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m not telling. I like ous. Luke is so bland! He doesn’t have as much color as the she had shot all the scenes for audiences to have this perform- playing the mystery of it all. I said I’d love to do a CGI thing other characters. “But it’s like Dorothy in ‘The Wizard of ‘The Last Jedi’, Johnson admitted ance.” Abrams, 51, directed and and he said sure. And I got to go to the set of the casino Oz’ - there has to be one centered character to provide he was unsure about whether to co-wrote the first film in the new and see in detail 150 extras in jaw-dropping costumes.” contrast to all the other characters around them, even if I change the movie’s plot following trilogy, ‘The Force Awakens’, and Hamill is a veteran voice actor having won numerous plau- would rather play the Cowardly Lion or the Tin Man or her passing as she would no has been brought back to create dits for voicing The Joker in ‘: The Animated Series’ even The Wizard than Dorothy. “And Luke makes people longer be able to be part of the final part of the new story fol- and numerous feature length animations based on DC feel at ease. He’s not scary like a pirate. He’s not spectacu- ‘Episode IX’. Speaking to lowing Colin Trevorrow’s depar- Comics stories, including ‘The Killing Joke’. Although Hamill larly talented or super intelligent, he is just an average farm Entertainment Weekly, Johnson ture from the project. shot to fame in the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy as Luke boy. And that is a nice thing.”