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Deep
Inside Hollywood
by Romeo San Vicente
Sex and
the Single Guy Rumor
has it that Darren Starr, who created the HBO hit Sex
and the City, is hard at work developing a gay version
of the show. The current series, which already has a
huge gay following, features lovelies Sarah Jessica
Parker, Kim Cattrell, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis
shamelessly enjoying their sexual prime‹and talking
about it a lot. The new series is said to be along the
same lines: A core cast of guys compare notes on their
sexual adventures. There will be a few female supporting
characters for interest, but none as romantic interests.
No word from HBO yet about when the queer version will
go into production.
Jodie
Has Something to Crowe AboutTongues
were wagging when Academy Award-winning actress Jodie
Foster showed up at this year's Golden Globes arm in
arm with Aussie hunk and Insider star Russell Crowe.
The two were sighted at parties slow-dancing and acting
extremely cozy and couple-like. Inquiring minds also
noted that the duo had been shopping together earlier
in the week for baby clothes (presumably for the single
mama's son, Charles). Now we know why they're such good
buds. Crowe is about to sign on for a starring role
in Flora Plum, the $20 million drama Jodie's directing,
producing, and starring in. Crowe will play a 1930s
circus freak who falls in love with a young girl (played
by Claire Danes). Meryl Streep will co-star in the Phantom
of the Opera-like tale, which goes before cameras this
spring.
Lost
Girls? Gay
director Joel Schumacher is turning his slick 1987 vampire
flick Lost Boys into a franchise by doing a little gender-switching.
The director, Warner Bros., and Village Roadshow (the
hip production house behind The Matrix) are hard at
work developing a female version of the film. The story
idea for the retread is Schumacher's: Two sisters move
to a California town only to discover that the local
A-List girls are actually vampires. But Schumacher is
not expected to direct The Lost Girls, so everyone is
currently searching for a hip writer-director type to
come aboard. You can expect The Lost Girls to boast
a hot soundtrack and even hotter cast, just like the
original.
More
Beane on the Big Screen Gay
screenwriter Douglas Carter Beane, who counts To Wong
Foo among his credits, has another project inching to
fruition. How Life Is-originally titled Rasputin's Penis‹focuses
on a group of rich kids (called "trustafarians" by Beane)
who lose their trust fund and pull an insurance scam
by taking out a policy on a suicidal homeless man. British
commercial and music video directors Andy Delaney and
Monty Whitebloom, known collectively as Big TV!, have
signed on to direct the dark comedy for New Line Cinema.
The Big TV! team has worked on music videos for gay
popster George Michael, Lauryn Hill, and current rage
Macy Gray. The studio hopes to have the amorality tale
in production later this year.
Romeo San Vicente has lots of ideas,
based on personal experience, for episodes of the queer
Sex and the City. You can reach Romeo at RomeoDeep@aol.com.
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