It's apparently Sigourney Weaver who is on board as a vampire queen "Ciccerus" in Heckerling's new comedy with Alicia Silverstone (reuniting with her Clueless guide) and Krysten Ritter in the lead roles. Weaver is aces in genre pieces (The Alien franchise) and in comedies (Working Girl, The TV Set) and she's also adept at doing both at once (Ghostbusters, Galaxy Quest) so it's probably a smart choice.
Still, I wish La Pfeiff had Sigweavie's work ethic. The 51 year-old blond goddess has no future projects in the works whereas the 60 year-old amazon brunette has several projects lined up post Avatar including a handful of movies and one TV project. The TV project G-String Mother sounds great. We've seen a million tv, film and stage adaptations of Gypsy... but this particular Gypsy Rose Lee story isn't about the early vaudeville days leading to stripping but about the stripper quitting in the 50s and then continuing to shill her own legend (which caused those million tv, film and stage adaptations). I see winged Emmy in her future.A lot of actors get plentiful work after appearing in a blockbuster (the wishful-thinking being that all the money magnetism will transfer even if the actor-in-question wasn't the lead) but in Weaver's case, you can't even blame Avatar for the steady simmer of her career. The actress hasn't stopped working since her film debut in Annie Hall (1977).
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I love Sigourney as much as Michelle (my 2 favorite actresses ever) so I'm more than just Ok with these news... but it would be great if Heckerling could get both of them in the same movie...
I love it when there is a randon sigourney weaver post,it was true in the 80's and 90's when she said " i get sent scripts meryls not doing" shame imagine her in doubt or as julia child.
I see weaver winning her oscar in this decade for comedy.
Love Sigourney - she has such a strong demeanour
If she could just get another nomination, that would be lovely in itself...
On a vampire note, the Twilight team are uttering names like Sofia Coppola, Gus van Sant and Bill Condon in regards to directing their next feature - i'm sure all would make the series 1000% better but surely it has to be a polite 'no thank you' from all!
I love that Sigourney Weaver is getting more work thanks to Avatar. But, why does it have to be at the expense of Pfeiffer? :(
Anyway, I wish more stars were as imaginative as Weaver when choosing their names for the show business. Si-gour-ney. Nobody comes up with those ideas anymore.
Burning Reels -- i dunno. shirtless boys? Van Sant might go for it.
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I knew you would have a post about this! I love Sigourney Weaver and it's not a bad default (if that is what happened here), but would also love to see more Michelle Pfeiffer.
I love Sigourney sooooooo much.
On that note, I'm really surprised the producer's allowed her to present an Oscar at the Academy Awards, seeing as how she was 60 years old! *gasp* : p She is practically older (and more talented?) than all the other "hip, young" presenters put together.
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