the times of india posted a summary of the 30 most-anticipated film titles for the coming year. nevermind all that nonsense that’s happening next door in pakistan, i want to know what projects SRK has up his sleeve!
the best thing about this article is the trivia footnotes for every story, and by that i mean gossip.
it looks like 2008 will have a buncha remakes and sequels. the remakes are split between remakes of films from the south (tamil?) and hollywood fare. expect a remake of "bruce almighty" called "God Tussi Great Ho" which stars Amitabh Bachchan as Morgan Freeman (the only man in the world who could fill mr.freeman’s shoes), and in the role of bruce we have salman khan, a man who had to drive over homeless people to be as obnoxious as jim carrey.
sanjay dutt, fresh out of the klinker, will play the role of the robber in a remake of aladin and the lamp, with A.Bachchan (again) playing the genie.
coming out soon is "Hanuman Returns" an animated sequel to a story about the legendary monkey warrior.
there’s also a disney-co-produced animated film about a dog called roadside romeo. don’t know what’s up with that. since an indian company is doing a lot of the legwork, it probably won’t have the foreign taint of "saawariya." and who doesn’t love disney?
"Jodhaa Akbar" is a lavish period piece starring the fantastic hairdo known as Hrithik Roshan. It takes place in the mughul dynasty, during a period of bloody conflict, but it’s going to be a stupid romance.
also expect a film called "heroes" about a buncha film students on a roadtrip across India that’s actually a remake of the motorcycle diaries. yeah. without Che, is there really much point in that movie?
