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Kline Joins Frank or Francis

Actor Kevin Kline has signed on to star in Frank or Francis, in not one but two roles.

Kline will be staring alongside Nicholas Cage, Jack Black and Steve Carell in Charlie Kaufman’s musical satire of Hollywood.

The film itself will see Black star as a blogger who continually undermines Frank, played by Carell, a film making cheat. Hmmm does Black sound a little like a certain well-known Internet blogger?

Kline will be playing the character Richard Weller, who is a screenwriter and the brother to Jonathan Waller, who is yet to cast, but has been described as the most successful filmmaker of all time. However for his second character he will be playing Richard’s head, a disembodied animatronic head that helps Jonathan make films. Sounds a little bizarre if you ask me.

Nicholas Cage will be playing the role of Emcee, described as a famous actor.

Shooting for the film will begin in January.

Foundation Gets a New Writer

Roland Emmerich’s adaptation of Issac Asimov’s Foundation has got itself a new writer, in the shape of Dante Harper.

Harper will be taking over from Robert Rodat, who recently passed up the opportunity to write the film.

The books that the film will based on focuses on mathematician Hari Seldon as he works out the future through the use of some extremely complex mathematical formulas, and finds that the outcome doesn’t look too great. Basically he predicts the fall of the Galactic Empire and begins to set up a plan for prevention.

The sci-fi series itself is made up of seven volumes, and contains quite a few themes so Harper definitely has his work cut out for him. Harper is already quite well known after writing Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters and All You Need is Kill.

So we just have to sit back and wait and hope that he turns this into something special.

Dolphin Tale Dethrones Lion King

True life story Dolphin Tale has topped the US box office, knocking Disney’s The Lion King off the top spot.

The film that stars Harry Connick Jr and Morgan Freeman and Winter the Dolphin, in a tale about a Dolphin who is rescued and looses her tail, soared into the number one spot taking $14.2 million over the weekend, after coming in third place last weekend.

Moneyball, staring Brad Pitt, stayed in the number two spot this week, it seems Mr Pitt just can’t catch a break against adorable animals, real and animated. The film took $12.5 million.

Last week’s number one The Lion King fell into third place with $11 million, still not bad for a film that was originally released 17 years ago.

Coming in fourth place was new cancer comedy 50/50 which took $8.9 million this weekend and rolling in at fifth place was the Christian drama Courageous taking $8.9 million. Quite a poor showing from the new release this week it seems.