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Famke Janssen plays the part of Herself in the 2003 video Anal Perversions 2.
She takes the role of Herself in the 2007 Auto Express.
Fiona in the 2002 show Criss Angel Mindfreak.
In 2003, Famke Janssen's character is Bonnie in the video release of Amateur Angels 9.
For the 2000 show BBC Reports: The Dying Game, she is cast in the role of Lily.
She stars as Rachel Montana in the 1976 show Camareras, Las.
Famke Janssen stars as Treasure in the 2008 show Church of Steve.
In 2007, she is cast in the role of Trillian St. James in the show The Anatolian.
For the 2002 feature Aram, Famke Janssen's character is Aggie Conrad.
For the 1981 Beat the Carrott, Famke Janssen plays the part of Judy.
For the 1976 show The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Famke Janssen plays the part of Miss Elizabeth Burke.
For the 1997 production of Beverly Hills Ninja, Famke Janssen's character is Leeanne.
Xenia Onatopp in the 2005 Bridge-Stone.
For the 1912 movie Absalon, she is cast in the role of Katherine.
In 1966, Famke Janssen is cast in the role of Evelyn Stockard-Price in the feature Beyoglu esrari.
For the 1951 movie 22 lipca 1951, Famke Janssen's character is Special Agent Rachel Wright.
For the 1969 feature Bellissimo novembre, Un, Xenia Onatopp.
Famke Janssen plays Dorothea Swann in the 1921 movie Attentat, Das.
She stars as Jessica in the 2007 video Behind the Scenes of... Episode 7.
Famke Janssen's character is Herself in the 1966 feature Attentat, L'.
In 1974, Famke Janssen plays Lady X in the show The Black Godfather.
In 2006, Famke Janssen plays Herself in the video Cum Filled Throats 15.
In 1995, Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee in the video Craps: How to Play to Win.
She stars as Petra in the 1961 show A byahme mladi.
Famke Janssen's character is Claudia Haggs in the 1980 movie Adrushtavanthudu.
In 1964, she is cast in the role of Herself in the show Awatar czyli zamiana dusz.
In 1973, she stars as Katy in the show Across This Land.
For the 2008 feature The Crowded Room, Famke Janssen stars as Herself.
For the 1981 movie Dahu, Famke Janssen plays Herself.
Famke Janssen is cast in the role of Dr. Jean Grey in the 1996 Away We Go!.
Famke Janssen plays Phoenix/Jean Grey in the 2005 production AWE: Larger Than Life Volume 1.
Famke Janssen stars as Herself in the 1991 movie Bronsteins Kinder.
Famke Janssen is cast in the role of Jean Grey in the 2005 production AWE: Larger Than Life Volume 2.
In 2001, she plays Herself in the Achterland, Het.
Famke Janssen is cast in the role of Herself in the 1977 release of Grayeagle.
Famke Janssen Is on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'?
Filed under: We're Just Sayin' Here's former model turned actress Famke Janssen at some event in NYC (left) -- and Season Two contestant on "RuPaul's Drag Race" Nicole Paige Brooks (right).Only one of them is an "X-Men."We're just sayin'.
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on 2010-02-10 04:51:06Thriller "Chameleon" lures trio of actors
(Reuters)
Reuters - French-Canadian actor Marc-Andre Grondin, Ellen Barkin and Famke Janssen will star in "The Chameleon," a psychological thriller based on a true story.
on 2009-02-17 04:45:09More Crap on TMZ
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, CrittersLike everyone else who owns a dog, even mega-hot Famke Janssen has to put up with a lot of s**t.
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on 2008-12-20 04:50:15Famke Janssen Says ‘No’ To Kids
She saves her maternal instinct for her dog. Although Famke Janssen treats her seven-year-old Boston terrier Licorice like a child, she doesn’t want any kids of her own.“Often when women...
on 2008-07-09 05:12:21Famke Janssen Is Steaming Hot
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, CrittersTMZ.com: Even X-Men superheroes have to pick up after their dog!With her dry cleaning in one hand and a stinky load of her pup Licorice's poo in another, Famke Janssen kept the streets of NYC clean for pedestrians.
on 2008-06-17 12:50:58
'Turn the River'
Chris Eigeman's character study starring Famke Janssen and newcomer Jaymie Dornan is well acted but without purpose.
Actor-turned-director Chris Eigeman is perhaps
on 2008-05-16 00:45:46
'Turn the River'
Chris Eigeman's character study starring Famke Janssen and newcomer Jaymie Dornan is well acted but without purpose.
ACTOR-TURNED-DIRECtor Chris Eigeman is perhaps
on 2008-05-16 04:45:51
Famke Janssen takes her cue in 'Turn the River'
In a role expressly written for her by director Chris Eigeman, the actress learned to play billiards convincingly to portray her pool-hustler character.
"I'M A NATU
on 2008-05-16 12:58:20
REVIEW: 'Turn the River'
Chris Eigeman's character study starring Famke Janssen and newcomer Jaymie Dornan is well acted but without purpose.
ACTOR-TURNED-DIRECtor Chris Eigeman is perhaps
on 2008-05-15 20:49:07Famke is a Beauty with Brains
X-Men actress opens up about what holds her back. Famke Janssen brings her Boston terrier, Licorice, to The Regency Hotel in NYC when we meet. The model-turned-actress pulls out all the stops for “Licky”...
on 2008-05-09 12:52:52Famke is a Beauty with Brains
X-Men actress opens up about what holds her back. Famke Janssen brings her Boston terrier, Licorice, to The Regency Hotel in NYC when we meet. The model-turned-actress pulls out all the stops for “Licky”...
on 2008-05-09 08:49:47Bitch Steals Bond Girl's Thunder
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, CrittersTMZ.com: Famke Janssen is the gorgeous star of "Goldeneye" and "X-Men" -- so what the heck was our camera guy thinking when he focused his lens on her dog?!TMZ caught Famke and her Boston Terrier, Licorice, in NYC ye
on 2008-01-10 16:46:28Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2008-01-06 16:47:08Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2008-01-06 04:46:56Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2008-01-04 20:46:48Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2008-01-01 00:46:23Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2007-12-28 20:46:40Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2007-12-28 04:46:13Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2007-12-21 12:47:01Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2007-12-15 00:48:15Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2007-12-13 12:51:14Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2007-12-12 04:46:08Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less! Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her
on 2007-12-11 20:46:53Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less!Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her d
on 2007-12-07 08:46:11Kate Hudson -- Magically Resistant to Cold
Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: We caught Kate Hudson downtown again, where she weathered the December chill in New York to walk, and walk and walk all over SoHo and NoLita. Without gloves, no less!Meanwhile, Famke Janssen braved the snow to take her d
on 2007-12-06 16:49:31-
They are wonderful for those whose lives have progressed normally.
For those of us who are in our forties and still trying to find
fertile women to have children and marry, they are about as useless as
tits on a bull!
Messing with them is like what happened to the California Med-Fly
They brought in tens of thousands of sterile med flies and let them
mate with healthy one.
In a matter of months, the med fly problem was over. they all died.
It's better to plant your seed in a prostitute than on the hill side
with the ants.
Give me a 18 to 30 anytime.
I no dats right!
On Mon, 2 May 2005 03:36:34 +1000, "Rick in Oz"
wrote:
>http://www.smh.com.au/news/People/DISCO-queens-act-their-age/2005/05/01/1114
>886244880.html
>May 2, 2005
>The Sun-Herald
>brave new world of Forty and Fabulous - the revolution has begun and it's
>being televised every Monday night.
>Beverly Hills Home For (Alleged) Old Hollywood Hags and shown its inmates to
>be just as sexy as young starlets. The show is rewriting the rule book on
>how Hollywood sees women of a certain age and turned ageing stars like Teri
>Hatcher, once thought to be box office poison, into born-again sex symbols.
>subgroup: DISCO women. They're Discerning, Increasing years, Stylish and
>Comfortably Off. Who wouldn't want to be in their gang?
>boss Peter Chadwick. "It's all about the Fab Forties now. These women are in
>the prime of life and there's room for both.
>from a 40-year-old woman."
>Sit down now. Breathe deeply. That's it. Liz. Hurley. 40. If it's hard for
>you to believe, think how it must feel for her.
>personification of modern-day glamour is growing old - but in a glamorous
>Gucci-and-Versace kind of way, natch dahling.
>made her famous in that dress 10 years ago. She's now designing swimwear -
>and modelling it, of course.
>would have horrified Hollywood.
>Hatcher and co-stars Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Nicolette Sheridan and
>Eva Longoria just did a raunchy swimsuit cover for Vanity Fair magazine.
>consultant Ann Fay. "It's fantastic. But women these days are looking much
>better for their age than they ever used to.
>the gym and eat well and you can carry on forever. Forty is just a number."
>Hollywood, but she candidly admits she's no spring chicken any more. There's
>no wrinkle rancour though.
>she proudly reveals: "I was asking my doctor how I got it and finally he
>just said, 'Teri, it's just a barnacle of age'."
>find fault. She regularly lays herself bare for scrutiny in the show with
>nothing but skimpy lingerie or a handful of leaves to hide the signs of
>ageing.
>knows it," adds Fay. "She's very confident about her body, and with good
>reason."
>trail for others with their willingness to show off the flesh other women
>their age try to disguise. Even at 42, The Body Corporate recently admitted
>she would still happily get her gear off to pimp her lingerie line - and
>there's not a single bloke who wouldn't be grateful for that.
>incredible and really she's the poster girl for the 40-plus generation. I am
>sure the industry attitude to women of that age is going to change. These
>women have a certain maturity that makes them very sexy indeed. Desperate
>Housewives has come along at a good time when there are a lot of women in
>that age group. They are very attractive, well-groomed and stylish, and I am
>sure they would love to see women like themselves on the catwalks and on
>screen."
>figureheads of the Forty and Fabulous club.
>in 1964 must have been rubbish. Or was it a really cold winter?)
>Davis and Famke Janssen are among the year's many other Big Four-Oh birthday
>girls.
>now than ever with the success of Miss Congeniality 2, Evangelista still
>headlines fashion shows and even Brooke Shields is doing huge business
>starring in the stage version of Chicago.
>blockbuster chiller Hide And Seek and Davis has five projects under way
>including a major new TV series. Meanwhile, Sarah Jessica Parker is still
>talking to herself in a really annoying way.
>Desperate Housewives, there were only desperate actresses wasting away on
>Hollywood's scrap heap.
>could have men in their 50s or 60s, but their romantic lead would be in her
>20s."
>of cartoon movie voiceovers. After the plastic surgery scars faded, they
>might hope to land a role as a loveable granny.
>hit her late 30s. Despite critical acclaim for Casino, she never landed
>another lead role in a major movie. But Stone was just one of the many
>casualties who crashed into Hollywood's actress age barrier. History is
>littered with them.
>apparently reaching their end of days has been transformed.
>they've just signed up Susan Sarandon to front their latest ad campaign and
>she's 58."
>Desperate Housewives was just another TV show, you were wrong. It's a
>sociological sensation, apparently.
>lives and society," explains Professor Vincent Minichiello of Armidale's
>University of New England. "It's not surprising that Hollywood has latched
>onto the idea. There's a huge and growing market out there that simply isn't
>interested in 18- or 19-year-olds.
>increased dramatically and if you're 60 with another 30 years of life ahead
>of you, then you're not old.
>really is the new 30. Huge advances in technology, cosmetics and health mean
>we can stay looking and feeling younger for much longer. We are in the
>middle of something that is completely reshaping our society."
>been harsh. Debbie Harry, 60 this year, was already secretly near her
>show-biz death age by the time Blondie hit the big time in 1979.
>symbol was savaged for being fat, old and sweaty.
>really concerned with getting on with living. What do you think is most
>important?" she said recently.
>or you can find something that makes you feel good. When you see somebody in
>the street that's older and got that spirit, I think it's a turn-on, right?"
>
Just one of those things that make you go hummmm.
Who deserves to be impeached and imprisoned the most?
A president receiving face from an adult willing female?
Or a president who lies to over four billion people
worldwide and then orders the attack and destruction
of hundreds of thousands of innocents, 1,600 American
GI'S killed and over 25,000 permanently disfigured?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nature_knows_no_color_lines
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Beautiful_Young_Females/
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Perhaps the third time will be a charm for "X-Men 3."
With the exit of Matthew Vaughn ("Layer Cake"), the superhero sequel has
lost its second director, this time just months before production was to
begin, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Citing personal reasons, Vaughn has split from his first major studio gig,
with Fox denying that the departure had anything to do with creative
differences or the pressure of overseeing the big-budget actioner.
The director, who had arranged to commute between the Vancouver set and his
home in London during the movie's year-long cycle, said he realized that he
didn't want to move his family to Los Angeles and Vancouver for that long a
period.
Vaughn produced the Guy Ritchie crime capers "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking
Barrels" and "Snatch" and recently debuted as a director with the $7 million
gangster drama "Layer Cake." It has grossed just under $730,000 in the U.S.
in two-and-a-half weeks of limited release.
"We understand Matthew's reasons for leaving, as nothing is more important
than family," Fox president Hutch Parker said. "Luckily, we have a fantastic
, the original cast is returning, and there will be some great new
characters. We will decide shortly among several directors who are keenly
interested in the project and are fully committed to remaining right on
schedule."
Bryan Singer, who directed the first two "X-Men" movies, was expected to
return for the third outing, but dropped out to work on "Superman Returns."
The cast of "X3" is slated to include new cast members Kelsey Grammer
("Frasier") as Beast and former British soccer player Vinnie Jones ("Lock,
Stock and Two Smoking Barrels") as Juggernaut (see " 'X-Men 3' Casting News:
Soccer Star, Sure ... But Frasier Crane?"). The movie is scheduled to begin
production on August 2 for a Memorial Day (May 26) 2006 release.
To date, Patrick Stewart (Professor Charles Xavier), Shawn Ashmore (Iceman),
Daniel Cudmore (Colossus), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler) and Famke Janssen
(Dr. Jean Grey) are expected to appear in the film. The Hollywood Reporter
story also has Hugh Jackman returning as Wolverine and Halle Berry reprising
her role as Storm
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> In article
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> TranslucentAmoebae wrote:
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> difference?
He can't tell you...too drunk.
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"Neptuna" wrote in
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And since Famke is back, they must be going for the "Dark Phoenix"
storyline, so what does Magneto and Juggernaut have to do with that?
Or are they just going to bring her back, then wait until the NEXT movie to
do the Phoenix arc - since that didn't start immediately in the series
either?
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> http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-05-19/
> project - he's playing a furry blue monster in the second X-Men sequel. In
> X-Men 3, the former Frasier star will play oversized mutant Beast, who has
> not yet appeared in any of the franchise's installments. While there has
> been a shocked reaction to Grammer's casting, producers of the movie
> insist
> he's the perfect choice for the part - because Beast is the most
> intelligent
> of all the mutants. Snatch star Vinnie Jones is also set to undergo a huge
> image overhaul when he plays villainous Juggernaut in the movie. His
> character is a 900 pound metal-clad battering ram. The sci-fi series stars
> Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Romijn.
> The movie, to be directed by Matthew Vaughn, is set to debut in May next
> year.
Fun casting news. I like this choice.
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Grammer To Play Blue Beast in 'X-Men 3'
Fans of Kelsey Grammer are set to find him tough to recognize in his next
project - he's playing a furry blue monster in the second X-Men sequel. In
X-Men 3, the former Frasier star will play oversized mutant Beast, who has
not yet appeared in any of the franchise's installments. While there has
been a shocked reaction to Grammer's casting, producers of the movie insist
he's the perfect choice for the part - because Beast is the most intelligent
of all the mutants. Snatch star Vinnie Jones is also set to undergo a huge
image overhaul when he plays villainous Juggernaut in the movie. His
character is a 900 pound metal-clad battering ram. The sci-fi series stars
Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Romijn.
The movie, to be directed by Matthew Vaughn, is set to debut in May next
year.
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"Rick in Oz" wrote in
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> http://www.smh.com.au/news/People/DISCO-queens-act-their-
age/2005/05/01
> /1114 886244880.html
> May 2, 2005
> The Sun-Herald
> Hurley. Sit down now. Breathe deeply. That's it. Liz. Hurley. 40. If
> Hurley has no plans to hide herself away, nor cover up those curves
> that made her famous in that dress 10 years ago. She's now designing
> swimwear - and modelling it, of course.
Good! Still the hottest babe in England!
> As the Che Guevara of this revolution, Hatcher is the hottest thing in
> Hollywood,
Horseshit. Diane Lane and Sela Ward beat her by a country mile.
> Elle Macpherson
Don't forget Rachel Hunter.
> Linda Evangelista, Diane Lane, Brooke Shields, Sarah Jessica Parker,
> Kristin Davis and Famke Janssen are among the year's many other Big
> Four-Oh birthday girls.
I'd do any of 'em - or preferably ALL of 'em! Well, depending on
personality - and my guess is Diane Lane has the best personality of the
lot.
> "We have to reclassify all our ideas about age. Life expectancy has
> increased dramatically and if you're 60 with another 30 years of life
> ahead of you, then you're not old.
If Aubrey de Gray is correct, by 2030, someone who is fifty now will
have another fifty years of life remaining when they are eighty. And by
the time that fifty is up, nanotech will ensure indefinite lifespan.
--
Richard Steven Hack
richardstevenhack@SPAMHELLNOsbcglobal.net
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NY DAILY NEWS...RUSH AND MOLLOY
Sometimes, even veteran pop stars like Rob Thomas get the old-school
munchies after a big gig.
"These are the only good-tasting pot brownies I have ever had in my
entire life," the Matchbox 20 singer-turned-solo-artist told us when we
caught up with him at NA after his sold-out Irving Plaza show on
Wednesday. "They are the only pot brownies I have ever had that don't
taste like a--," he added, popping a few pieces in his mouth.
We'd find a way to celebrate, too, if our album just went to No. 1.
"X-Men" vixen Famke Janssen was getting pretty comfortable herself
during Thomas' actual performance, leaning so far over the balcony of
the VIP section that her jeans slipped well below the panty line,
giving a lovely view to the sweaty men lined up behind her.
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Well because the author made him a man. Then again Ian Fleming's memory has
been so smashed into the dirt it hardly matters now.
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> great idea. I think James Bond could be a woman at this point," she says.
Daniel
> Craig may be donning the tuxedo instead.
> crushed her victims between her thighs in Golden Eye.
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The name's Bond, Miss Bond
18/04/2005 - 11:05:09
Actress Famke Janssen asks why the next 007 must be a man.
"It is 2005, anything can happen. I think even James Bond being black is a
great idea. I think James Bond could be a woman at this point," she says.
But according to the rumour mill, Janssen might be disappointed, and Daniel
Craig may be donning the tuxedo instead.
Janssen, of course, is already known to Bond fans as Xenia Onatopp, who
crushed her victims between her thighs in Golden Eye.
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Hollywood going crazy for comic books
By KEVIN WILLIAMSON -- Calgary Sun
Kevin Smith, the doughy, bearded director of Clerks and Chasing Amy, still
remembers the reason studio executives gave for rejecting his screenplay for
a movie based on the 1970s TV series, The Six Million Dollar Man.
"I turned in the and this executive went 'What (the hell) is this? It
reads like a comic book! I didn't approve this!' I always took that as a
real compliment," Smith says now of the 1996 incident, which he also blames
on an executive-level shuffle.
"I said, 'You think it really reads like a comic book? Because that's what I
was going for.' But back then it was a pejorative."
Hard as it may be to comprehend, but yes, there was a time when -- to
paraphrase the tagline of 1978's Superman: The Movie -- no one believed a
comic book movie could fly. Even after both Christopher Reeve's
action-adventure and Tim Burton's 1989 Batman grossed hundreds of millions
at the box office.
Hard to comprehend because these days if it's not on the comics page it's
not on the stage. Like never before, four-colour fantasies about
muscle-bound men in tights have become the preferred source material for
Hollywood's preion of special-effects-driven blockbusters.
Lament the lack of originality all you want -- it's not about to change.
While the legendary likes of Superman and Batman have been around for
decades on-screen, filmmakers are increasingly delving into the recesses of
genuine geekdom for their next projects. And audiences, at least so far,
don't appear to mind. For every flop -- Elektra, Catwoman -- there is a
Spider-Man or X-Men 2. And with Sin City and Constantine -- both based on
graphic novels -- each grossing around $30 million US in their opening
weekends, studios no longer feel they need an A-list superhero to guarantee
a turnout.
Naturally, undertaking a comic book adaptation carries its own peculiar
risks -- namely a fanbase that is notoriously fickle and now, thanks to the
Internet, armed with its own version of a nuclear football.
With a few keystrokes, a project can be obliterated online.
Just ask the folks at Warner Bros. whose plans three years ago to relaunch
their long-dormant Superman franchise fell to pieces after the website Ain't
It Cool News ran a scathing review of the revisionist screenplay by Alias
and Lost guru J.J. Abrams. Lex Luthor's an alien from Krypton? Superman gets
his powers from his costume -- not our yellow sun? Krypton didn't blow up
and is in the midst of a civil war? Mild-mannered bloggers became nerds of
steel. Warners got the hint.
Abrams' was hastily overhauled and eventually scrapped in favour of a
new Superman movie from director Bryan Singer (X-Men).
Interestingly, Smith wrote a Superman in 1998 for producer Jon Peters
who incredulously requested Smith include a gay robot in the plot.
No wonder Smith -- who has written Daredevil and Spider-Man comics in recent
years -- recently turned down the chance to write and direct a film version
of The Green Hornet.
Smith says he bowed out of helming the production when he realized that "it
wouldn't belong to me because they're not my characters ... and you're at
the behest of the studios. You don't have to make exactly what they want,
but they're looking for the most palatable movie possible ... So you're
essentially making a product where people go and sit there and eat popcorn
and don't think about it.
"And that's not the kind of comic book movie I want to make ... If I'm ever
going to make one of those movies I want it to be something I create and
something that I can maintain a larger level of control."
Smith isn't alone. Other comics creators are also not content to leave their
characters in the hands of Hollywood -- and more than ever they have the
clout to create the films themselves. Frank Miller's co-director credit on
Sin City is one example.
Another is the forthcoming directorial debut of Neil Gaiman, the
best-selling author (American Gods) who got his start writing The Sandman
for DC Comics.
Gaiman, who attended this year's Sundance International Film Festival for
the world premiere of MirrorMask, the fantasy film he wrote and comics
artist Dave McKean directed, Gaiman confirmed he hopes to shoot a film based
on his comic Death: The High Cost of Living later this year. "It's a nice,
cheap, low-budget movie about a miserable teen and a girl who thinks she may
be death and the day in New York they spend together."
Why is Gaiman, who is currently writing his next novel, bothering with a
movie? "The only reason I'm directing is that I don't want anyone (messing)
it up."
Gaiman's distrust of the Hollywood machine is not unfounded. In the late
1990s, Peters -- the same producer who wanted Superman to have a gay
robot -- snapped up the rights to the Sandman series and hired a writer to
adapt Gaiman's multi-faceted and intelligently-adult narrative into a
screenplay. The experience was "nightmarish," says Gaiman, who recently sold
a based on the Beuwolf myth to director Robert Zemeckis for $2
million US . "(Peters) was hiring people to write s that didn't
resemble the comic. It was like a bad B movie version of the Hulk."
He's just as perplexed at Constantine, in which Keanu Reeves plays a
character who, in the comics, is a blond-haired Englishman. "Doing
Constantine with Keanu Reeves is just odd. It's like just deciding that the
blue thing in the book is suddenly going to be green. We know what the
character looks like. Part of the implicit deal you make when you film a
comic book movie is that it resembles the source material."
Nor does that necessarily mean the superheroes most people associate with
the medium. "What's interesting about this comic book movie glut is -- if
they're just talking about Spider-Man or Elektra than I'm less impressed
than if we can have another American Splendor."
IN THE WORKS
Captain America: Possibly with Brad Pitt.
Green Lantern: Rumoured at one point to star -- Jack Black?!
The Punisher 2: The first did well enough on DVD to warrant a sequel that
will shoot shortly.
The Hulk 2: Marvel insists its making a more action-centric sequel.
Iron Man: Once due in 2006, has reportedly lost its director so the search
is on for who will helm Shellhead's feature debut.
Blade 4: Unlikely, but Wesley Snipes may make Black Panther.
COMING SOON
Batman Begins (June 17): Christopher Nolan (Memento) puts the Caped Crusader
back in black -- sans nipples -- in this retelling of the hero's origins.
Christian Bale (American Psycho) dons the cape and cowl previously worn by
Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Michael Keaton. Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman
and Michael Caine co-star.
The Fantastic Four (July 8): Marvel trots out its first family to the big
screen in this Vancouver-filmed adaptation of the famed comic book. The
director is Tim Story, the guy who made Barbership and Taxi. Uh-oh.
V For Vendetta (November): The Wachowski Brothers of Matrix fame produce
this adaptation of the graphic novel about a freedom fighter in a ficticious
facist Britain. Natalie Portman stars as a woman with a mysterious link to
the vigilante.
Ghost Rider (Summer 2006): Nicolas Cage assumes the flaming skull of Johnny
Blaze, a biker who cuts a bargain with the devil and becomes an avenging
demonic angel.
Superman Returns (Summer 2006): Unknown Brandon Routh fills the bright red
boots of the last son of Krypton in Bryan Singer's $150-million US movie.
Kevin Spacey (as Lex Luthor), Kate Bosworth (as Lois Lane) and Frank
Langella (as Perry White) round out the cast.
X-Men 3 (May 26, 2006): With Singer off directing Superman Returns, Matthew
Vaughn (who helmed next month's British gangster saga Layer Cake) takes the
reins of this third film. Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart and Ian
McKellen return -- as does Famke Janssen as a resurrected and possibly evil
incarnation of her former self. After wrapping X-Men 3, Jackman will move to
the spinoff flick Wolverine, due in 2007.
The Watchmen (Summer 2006): Director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy)
tackles what many consider the greatest comic book story ever told -- Alan
Moore's seminal 1986 graphic novel that gave psychological heft and
real-world context to the world of superheroes.
Hellboy 2 (2006): The follow-up to last year's sleeper hit about a
demon-turned-do-gooder is expected to film in Europe later this year.
Wonder Woman (2006): Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, has
signed to write and direct. No word on who he'll cast, although he recently
confirmed one thing to Entertainment Weekly: His Wonder Woman won't be
battling evil in star-spangled panties.
Spider-Man 3 (May 2007): The third film about the web-slinger will see Tobey
Maguire back in tights -- along with Kirsten Dunst as his girlfriend, Mary
Jane Watson. Word is Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) will portray the
shape-shifting Sandman.
The Sub-Mariner (2007): Harry Potter director Chris Columbus will direct
this adventure about Namor, the prince of Atlantis who considers the surface
world as a threat to his empire.
The Flash (T.B.A.): David Goyer, who directed the last Blade flick, hopes to
bring the fastest man alive to the big screen with Ryan Reynolds.
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LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Former Bond Girl Famke Janssen, a woman rarely
accused of needing cosmetic surgery, will join the cast of FX's "Nip/Tuck"
during the show's upcoming season.
Jansen will first appear in the third episode of the show's 16-episode second
season. She has signed on for 12 episodes playing a woman who becomes a "life
coach" to Joely Richardson's character, Julia McNamara. Naturally, before too
long she begins to stir up trouble.
This will be Janssen's first regular series work, though the actress has made
appearances on shows including "Ally McBeal" and "Melrose Place." In addition
to her performance as Xenia Onatopp in "GoldenEye," Janssen played Jean Grey in
both "X-Men" films.
Basic cable's most watched new show of 2003, "Nip/Tuck" also earned a degree of
critical acclaim, picking up a Golden Globe nomination for outstanding drama
series, while Richardson was nominated for best actress.
Richardson and stars Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon return for the second
season of "Nip/Tuck" on Tuesday, June 22 at 10 p.m. ET.
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Who in the hell is Famke Janssen?
>Playboy sometime this year.
>
Wasn't she a Bond girl too?
She was someone's beard for awhile too, someone from the Lord of the Rings or
Harry Potter movie series. I don't know his name, but she "dated" him about a
year ago, maybe more.
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http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2005/01/16/900288-sun.html
On the superhero front, Hugh Jackman has committed to an X-Men 3 and a
spinoff flick with his Wolverine character.
The real hook for Jackman in these two projects is that he will be one of
the producers on both films.
Jackman has David Benioff, who wrote the screenplay for Troy, working on a
for Wolverine.
In a recent interview to promote her thriller Hide and Seek, Famke Janssen,
who plays Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix in the X-Men films, confirms Fox is
"developing a for X-Men 3. It will depend on that which of the
characters will return.
"They'll also likely be introducing new characters as well."
Halle Berry has already indicated she wants to retire her Storm character,
but that was before her Catwoman became one of the biggest critical and
box-office duds of 2004.
Janssen says "if X-Men 3 is going to be anybody's movie, it will be
Wolverine's because he has emerged as the No. 1 X-Men character."
Jackman, who just completed an award-winning, record-breaking run in the
Broadway musical The Boy from Oz, is developing three musicals for Disney,
but there is no word when any of these could go into production.
Bryan Singer, who directed and created the storylines for the first two
X-Men, will not return for X-Men 3 as he has his hands and head busy
directing Superman Returns for Warner Bros
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:09:05 +1100, "Rick in Oz"
wrote:
>her native Holland after learning her sister and her kids were nearly swept
>out to sea in the disaster. The model-turned-actress heard about her sister
>miraculous escape before she learned of the December 26 tragedy, which left
>huge areas of south east Asia devastated and more than 150,000 dead. She
>says, "My sister was in Thailand vacationing on a little island with her
>little kids and they escaped death by like a second. I'm thrilled that they
>made it out alive. I was actually lucky because I found out that she was OK
>first before I even heard about what had happened there. I was travelling
>from Amsterdam to New York so I'm so happy that I didn't have that time
>period of not knowing what happened." Janssen admits the thought of her
>family almost being caught up in the tragedy prompted her to use her fame to
>do whatever she could. She adds, "It's really tragic and it's sad because
>the future of the countries, most of them relied on tourism as their primary
>income. If you want to do something donate money, which I did, and I did
>something for Dutch television. But watching TV and getting depressed over
>it, it doesn't actually help anybody, so those are for me the things that I
>have to eliminate out of my life because they are not very productive."
>Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
I like Famke, and I would gladly follow her any time she
decides to jump around a bit.
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http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/#1
Lucky Bond Girl Janssen Jumps To Help Tsunami Victims
Former Bond girl Famke Janssen has recorded a tsunami disaster aid ad in
her native Holland after learning her sister and her kids were nearly swept
out to sea in the disaster. The model-turned-actress heard about her sister
miraculous escape before she learned of the December 26 tragedy, which left
huge areas of south east Asia devastated and more than 150,000 dead. She
says, "My sister was in Thailand vacationing on a little island with her
little kids and they escaped death by like a second. I'm thrilled that they
made it out alive. I was actually lucky because I found out that she was OK
first before I even heard about what had happened there. I was travelling
from Amsterdam to New York so I'm so happy that I didn't have that time
period of not knowing what happened." Janssen admits the thought of her
family almost being caught up in the tragedy prompted her to use her fame to
do whatever she could. She adds, "It's really tragic and it's sad because
the future of the countries, most of them relied on tourism as their primary
income. If you want to do something donate money, which I did, and I did
something for Dutch television. But watching TV and getting depressed over
it, it doesn't actually help anybody, so those are for me the things that I
have to eliminate out of my life because they are not very productive."
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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NY DAILY NEWS...BEN WIDDICOMBE'S GATECRASHER
What's going on with Famke Janssen and Ryan Gosling?
I hear the two enjoyed a romantic encounter after meeting at the recent Glamour
magazine Woman of the Year Awards.
The American Museum of Natural History had been transformed into an Ali
Baba-themed wonderland for the after-party. Janssen, 40, danced with "CSI:
Miami" alum Rory Cochrane, while Gosling, 24, chatted with actor Sam Rockwell,
until hostess Amy Sacco introduced the pair.
"There was definite chemistry there, and they left and spent most of the night
together," says a source.
A rep for Janssen said she didn't know if there was a love connection with
Gosling, the "Notebook" star who was previously linked with cradle-snatcher
Sandra Bullock, also 40.
And it was just 10 years ago that he was performing on "The Mickey Mouse Club"
with that other famous older-womanizer, Justin Timberlake. Clearly, something
about those mouse ears drives the ladies crazy.
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NY DAILY NEWS
Alec Baldwin makes the 'Nip/Tuck' cut
Add Alec Baldwin to the list of who have been nipped and tucked - on TV that
is.
Baldwin is a guest star on the season finale of FX's "Nip/Tuck."
The actor will play the estranged ex-husband of Famke Janssen's character,
"life coach" Ava Moore, who reappears in her life at a most inopportune moment.
Fans of the show know from watching last week that Moore's incestuous life is
getting very messy, and the addition of an ex-husband should be explosive.
Baldwin will be joined on the Oct. 5 finale by Joan Rivers, who plays herself.
Marisa Guthrie
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On 23 Aug 2004 06:44:15 -0700, portofinopoet@yahoo.com (Portofino
Poet) wrote:
>Oh yeah . . .
Age? She's in her '30s, and mega hot. So is Famke Janssen.
Hollywood execs don't really think 18 year olds are sexier than women
in their '30s, but they DO know that they're a hell of a lot more
maneagable.
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"Ablang" wrote in message
news:9p8li0l36374uhdh3pajd74ghpktp2t5id@4ax.com...
> was a time when Ross & Rachel were dating that they each had a list of
> celebrities that they were allowed to sleep with should they ever meet
> them in public. Ross got to meet Isabella Rossellini, but didn't have
> her name on his list.
> would be on your list? And remember... it's laminated.
Well, I asked for:
1) Famke Janssen
2) Sharon Corr
3) Sofia Vergara
4) Angelina Jolie
5) Aria Giovanni
But my girlfriend says I'm only entitled to:
1) Kirstie Alley
2) Ann Coulter
3) Courtney Love
4) Nancy Grace
5) Tubgirl
So I guess it's monogamy for me. :-(
-MN
- Celebrity Gossip
- I don't want to be exploited. That of course, as an actress, is a real challenge, not to be exploited. So I'm just going to keep looking for as many different types of roles as I can find in different genre movies. That's my goal, my aim. I like doing that. I've had a pretty varied career so far."
- "We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them."
- "I would rather not work than play in a movie that nobody watches."
- "I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette". In an interview to People Weekly magazine, July 31, 2000. Volume 54, Number 5.
- Measurements: 36-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- Famke wears a US size 11 shoes. Her shoes were especially made for the film GoldenEye (1995).
- Sisters Antoinette Beumer and Marjolein Beumer are a director and actress respectively.
- Offered the lead female role in Terminator 3 (T3), but turned it down.
- Speaks Dutch, German, English and French.
- Was cast as Serleena in Men in Black II (2002), but had to drop out due to a death in the family. _Lara Flynn Boyle_ was cast in her place.
- Her two sisters are blonde and blue-eyed, while she is the only brunette.
- Her name is Frisian for "little girl".
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