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in ntwtwfwv HOLLYWOOD REPORT MIKE MYERS "Me" Generation HUGH GRANT Always Well-'Groomed" CHRISTINA RICCI Attracted To "Opposite" "JUST LIKE ME" An egomaniacal womanizer fantasizes about meeting a lady just like himself—and his wish comes true. Mike Myers ("Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery") will play a dual role as male and female versions of the same person. (New Line) "ARKANSAS" Brad Pitt ("The Devil's Own") will star in this turn-of-the-century drama about a cold-hearted sharecropper who imports 25 orphans to work his land. Billy Bob Thornton ("Sling Blade") is in talks to direct. (DreamWorks) "THE RELUCTANT GROOM" Hugh Grant, who became famous for playing a reluctant groom in his breakout hit "Four Weddings and a Funeral," will play another hesitant hubby in this romantic comedy. Grant will play a man who is wary of commitment, yet he marries a woman who happens to feel the same way. Later, they discover their marriage was not legitimate, and must decide whether they should stay together or break up. (Universal) "OWD BOB" Colm Meaney ("Con Air") and James Cromwell ("Star Trek: First Contact") will star in this drama about a young American boy who goes to live with his British grandfather after his parents are killed. Rodney Gibbons ("The Neighbor") directs. (Distribution is to be set) "EYE OF THE BEHOLDER" Ewan McGregor ("Trainspotting") will play a private eye tailing a woman who turns out to be a serial killer in this black comedy-thriller, to be directed by "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert's" Stephan Elliott. (Distribution is to be set) "HOLY MAN" Eddie Murphy ("The Nutty Professor") will star for director Stephen Herek ("101 Dalmatians") in this comedy about a greedy program director of a home shopping TV show who tries to boost sales by putting a guru on the air. (Buena Vista) "THE PATRIOT" Steven Seagal continues to bring environmental messages to moviegoers while kicking bad guy ass, as seen in "On Deadly Ground" and the upcoming "Fire Down Below." This time, he must save millions from a biochemical terrorism threat instigated by a fanatical militia group. (Distribution is to be set) "THE THIN RED LINE" Director Terrence Malick ("Badlands") has assembled an all-star cast including Woody Harrelson ("The People vs. Larry Flynt"), Sean Penn ("She's So Lovely"), John Travolta ("Face/Off"), Nick Nolte ("Mother Night"), George Clooney ("Batman & Robin"), John Cusack ("Grosse Pointe Blank"), Bill Pullman ("Lost Highway") and Ben Chaplin ("The Truth About Cats and Dogs") for this drama, which is based on James Jones' autobiographical novel about his experiences in the battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. Adrien Brody ("The Last Time 1 Committed Suicide") will portray Corporal Fife, the character based on Jones. (Fox) "THE LEGEND OF THE PIANIST ON THE OCEAN" Tim Roth ("Hoodlum") will star for director Giuseppe Tornatore in this story about a gifted pianist's career aboard a cruise ship. Legendary composer Ennio Morricone ("The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly") will write the musical score. (Distribution is to be set) "THE ICE QUEEN" Sydney Pollack ("Sabrina") will direct this drama, which will star Michelle Pfeiffer ("Up Close and Personal") as a drug enforcement agent-slash-distaff James Bond. (Columbia) "A COOL DRY PLACE" "Swingers'" Vince Vaughn has signed to star in this drama, about a lawyer whose wife ("Con Air's" Monica Potter) leaves him and their young son. He moves with his son to Kansas, where he meets a new love interest (Joey Lauren Adams of "Chasing Amy"). Trouble arises when the mother shows up one day to reclaim the son. (Fox) "SNAKE EYES" "Mission: Impossible's" director Brian De Palma and scripter David Koepp will reteam in this film about a corrupt city detective who becomes a hero when he discovers the man responsible for assassinating the Secretary of Defense. Nicolas Cage ("Face/Off") is attached to star, and Tim Robbins ("Nothing to Lose") is in talks to sign on. (Paramount) "SCREAM AGAIN" Though her character was killed off in the first "Scream," Drew Barrymore will be making a cameo in its sequel. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Kennedy will reprise their roles, and Jerry O'Connell ("Jerry Maguire"), Laurie Metcalf ("Dear God"), Jada Pinkett ("Set It Off") and Sarah Michelle Cellar (TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") will also star. Director Wes Craven and scripter Kevin Williamson will also return. (Miramax) "MY GIANT" Billy Crystal ("Fathers' Day") will play an unscrupulous agent who tries to exploit a sweet but naive basketball player (Washington Bullets center Gheorghe Muresan) in this comedy. Kathleen Quinlan ("Breakdown") will play the agent's estranged wife. (Distribution is to be set) "SYLVIA" The off-Broadway comedy hit about a dog who causes jealousy in a marriage is being brought to the bigscreen with director Lawrence Kasdan ("French Kiss") at the helm. Steve Martin and Diane Keaton, who played husband and wife in the "Father of the Bride" movies, will again play spouses. The husband sees the dog as an understanding companion, while the wife views the canine as competition. Her stance is more understandable given the fact that the role of the dog was portrayed onstage by Sarah Jessica Parker. The film incarnation of the pulchritudinous pooch has not yet been cast. Martin will also script the adaptation. (Paramount) "THE OPPOSITE OF SEX" A girl ("That Darn Cat's" Christina Ricci) runs away to see her gay brother, but complications arise when she gets involved with his boyfriend. Lisa Kudrow ("Romy and Michele's High School Reunion"), Martin Donovan ("The Portrait of a Lady"), Johnny Galecki ("Suicide Kings") and Lyie Lovett ("Ready to Wear") also star. Don Roos, who wrote "Boys on the Side," scripts and makes his directorial debut. (Distribution is to be set) ET CETERA: Christopher Lloyd will star as the titu lar extraterrestrial in Buena Vista's "My Favorite Martian." Jeff Daniels will co-star as the reporter who takes the martian into his home, pretending the alien is his uncle ..."Lanai-Loa," a supernatural ghost story that will be the first release from Francis Ford Coppola's and Wayne Wang's production company. Chrome Dragon, will shoot in China and will star Angus MacFadyen ("Braveheart") as a cop who is drawn intoa web of murder.. .Cas- [jer Van Dien, Rod Steiger, Craig Ferguson and Natasha Wagner will star in "Revenant," a thriller about hip vampires living In L.A.
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