Zoe Saldana is going to play his...sister. For a minute there I thought Will Smith was going to get a black love interest.
~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "brent wodehouse" <brent_wodeho...@...> wrote: > > http://www.movieline.com/2009/08/were-drawing-closer-to-a-will-smithzoe-saldana-harvey.php > > Predictions > > We're Drawing Closer to a Will Smith/Zoe Saldana Harvey > > Written by Kyle Buchanan | 05 Aug 2009 > > > Variety announced today that Tom Hanks has decided not to star in Steven > Spielberg's remake of Harvey, avoiding exactly the kind of unwinnable and > unimaginative comparisons to Jimmy Stewart that we warned him against. So > what's next for the project? We can guess! > > At this point, it seems utterly inevitable that Spielberg will tap Will > Smith to star - after all, the actor was in the mix when the project was > first announced, and his shooting schedule is completely clear in 2010. > Without pressing sequel commitments and with most of his star vehicles > still in development (including a Spielberg-helmed redo of Oldboy), Smith > would appear to have this one sewn up. > > And while we're making predictions, here's another: If Smith gets the nod, > expect Zoe Saldana to be cast as his skeptical sister. She's worked with > Spielberg before on The Terminal, she'll be coming off a stellar 2009, and > she's got no projects set with a definite date next year (since the Star > Trek sequel is still in the planning stages). > > I'm still willing to be surprised, but methinks you don't remake Harvey if > you're intent on throwing audiences for a loop. >
