, had grown to four. One of the names on that list, Scarlett Johansson, is now in final talks. Zoo is the story of Benjamin Mee and his family, who spend their life savings to buy and fix up a rundown zoo filled with exotic animals. Johansson will likely be playing his wife.* A few months ago it seemed as if Studio Ghibli, the studio behind many of acclaimed filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's greatest animated features, was on it's last legs. The rumor, mostly pushed by Miyazaki himself, was that the studio needed a hit big time, and that a plan was already in place in case dissolution was necessary. Well, things must be looking up because the president of Studio Ghibli has announced another new project will be revealed on December 15th. It's widely assumed that this will be a new work from Miyazaki. A Porco Rosso sequel, maybe?
* We just learned that Lionsgate had Mike White(Year of the Dog
) as their top choice to direct the Jane Austen/Zombie mash-up,Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
, replacing the departed David O. Russell. Now a formal offer has been made, so expect final cofirmation on that news in the coming days. The question now turns to who will star...
