It pays to impress Ted Turner
Now this is interesting. The 1993 Civil War telefilm Gettysburg made for TNT will receive a prequel of sorts called Gods and Generals. The twist is that it'll be made for the big screen. It looks like director Ron Maxwell impressed Ted Turner so much with his well-made cable movie that the Atlanta media tycoon has decided to finance the feature film. Turner also is a known Civil War nut, so I'm sure he was jumping around on this one. Gods is based on Jeff Sharaa's book of the same name. The Gettysburg's original cast members, Jeff Daniels, C. Thomas Howell and Tom Berenger, will reprise their roles but Gods will have a new General Robert E. Lee, played by veteran actor Robert Duvall. Martin Sheen played the role in Gettysburg, but surely Duvall will add a certain allure to the film.
Once again, I'm not making this stuff up
Remember the classic movie Baby Geniuses? Where those cute little tykes actually talked and the grownups didn't realize it except for an evil scientist lady (Kathleen Turner) who wanted to exploit the babies for her own evil purposes? Ah, good times. Well, guess what? Those brilliant studio execs are going to make a sequel! Yes, it's true. Called Baby Geniuses 2: Superbabies, the sequel pits the babies against an evil media mogul dead set on cracking the code to "baby talk," which would jeopardize babies everywhere. And guess what else? Jon Voight is going to star in it, presumably as the big bad mogul guy. Isn't that great? Wow, this is just sounding better and better. Voight is just one of those actors who is continually choosing the most compelling roles for himself, like the snake guy in Anaconda.