10,000 B.C. News
Holiday 2007 sked fills up
08/03/06Warner Bros. is pushing back one of its major summer tentpoles, "10,000 BC," from next summer to what will be a busy holiday 2007 for the studio. Shift marks one of a number of dates set and moved by WB, which is also delaying Jodie Foster revenge pic "The Brave One" from June 22 to Oct. 12. That leaves "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Ocean's Thirteen" as its two major summer releases. In addition, WB is opening romantic comedy "License to Wed" on July 4, where it will counterprogram "Transformers." Warner will have two major action movies late next year. In addition to "10,000 BC," it put post-apocalyptic thriller "I Am Legend," starring Will Smith, on Nov. 21. That's two weeks after Vince Vaughn comedy "Fred Claus," which it has skedded for Nov. 9. In addition, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" reimagining "The Visiting," which stars Nicole Kidman, is now set for Nov. 2.
WB sees future in 'B.C.'
01/30/06Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up Roland Emmerich's big-budget "10,000 B.C." out of quick turnaround from Sony. Aggressive move gives Warners its first chance to work with Emmerich --and a 2007 summer tentpole. Emmerich is set to begin shooting the prehistoric adventure in late April in South Africa.
Emmerich to direct '10,000 B.C.'
10/04/05Roland Emmerich will next direct "10,000 B.C." for Columbia Pictures. Emmerich and composer Harald Kloser wrote the drama, which follows three stages in the development of primitive man. Shooting will begin in February in Africa. Emmerich, who last directed "The Day After Tomorrow," is tackling a film that is just as sprawling in "10,000 B.C." The drama centers on a 21-year-old who lives among a primitive tribe that survives by hunting a mammoth each year as the herd migrates through the tribe's homeland.
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