Movie Minesweeper - The What's For Dinner? Edition

- Wade Shotter takes on Michel Gondry at his own game... and comes out ahead in several distinct ways.

- According to the LA Times, Kevin Smith's new comedy is to be called Zack and Miri Make a Porno. I Want More Candy, if you will. Or The Other Amateurs. Shooting will start in February and the film will feature nudity - "but funny nudity, not gratuitous nudity." Can you 'indulge' and laugh at the same time? I guess we'll find out late next year.

- Al Pacino might just possibly play Napoleon in a movie. But probably not.

- Spike Lee is looking to adapt James McBride's book Miracle at St. Anna. It's a story about black World War 2 soldiers, to be shot in Italy.

- DavisDVD have listed a whole slew of upcoming direct-to-DVD titles: Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, Bachelor Party 2, Garfield Gets Real, Lake Placid 2, Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Stargate: Continuum, Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak On a Plane, Bring It On: In It To Win It, Curious George 2: Monkey On The Run, Return To House On Haunted Hill, A Dennis the Menace Christmas, The Lost Boys 2, Get Smarter: Bruce and Lloyd Out Of Control and sequels for 8 Seconds, Cellular, Friday, Havoc, The Players Club and Undisputed.

I'm too hungry to go on right now. What's for dinner?

Spike Lee Confirms Jamie Foxx And Eddie Murphy Are Definitely Not In The Running For James Brown Casting... But Who Is?

The Hollywood Reporter have dropped a tiny crumb of info about Spike Lee's forthcoming James Brown biopic. Confronting the director at an AFI lunch last Friday, they managed to squeeze the comment from him that neither Jamie Foxx nor Eddie Murphy were under consideration for the title role. Of course, there was no comment on who would be considered...

Now we've crossed Foxx and Murphy off of the list, who is left? Sam Jackson? Now surely The Hollywood Reporter would have asked about him too? And they've simply been asked to keep schtum? Maybe I'm living in an All The President's Men fuelled fantasy here, but if you ask me, we may have our man.

Spike Lee Settles Into Warm Chair

Now that James Brown has passed on and can no longer cash in on his outrageous dance moves, infectious grooves and eccentric character, somebody else is going to be able to.

Spike Lee has already announced that he now intends to film a James Brown biopic, even though filming won't begin for at least a full year. What on earth could his motivation for announcing the film now be? Does anybody find this a little bit tasteless?

I suppose some will argue that the announcement is a kind of tribute. Hmmmm.

Brian Grazer, predictably enough, will produce. I nominate Harvey Keitel for a cameo as Larry Cohen.