DAN’S MOVIE DIGEST 115

AEON FLUX

The ‘Charlize Theron Central’ fansite have revealed an image of CharlizeTheron (Monster) as Aeon Flux. The film, based on the futuristic MTVanimated series created by Peter Chung, is set 400 years in the future, whendisease has wiped out the majority of the earth’s population except for onewalled, protected city- state, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists.

Aeon Flux is the top operative in the underground “Monican” rebellion, ledby the Handler, played by Frances McDormand. When Aeon is sent on a missionto kill the government’s leader (Marton Csokas), she uncovers a world ofsecrets, which makes her question everything she thought she knew.

WHISPER’Gold Circle Films’, ‘H2F Entertainment’ and ‘Deacon Entertainment’ areteaming to produce the supernatural thriller Whisper, says ‘The HollywoodReporter’.

The New England-set story revolves around the kidnapping of a young boy by aformer convict and three friends. After a series of unexplained events, theybegin to realize that the child is less innocent than he seems.

The film was written by producer-turned-writer Chris Borrelli.

MIAMI VICEColin Farrell (right) talked to the ‘Chicago Sun-Times’ about playing DetectiveJames “Sonny” Crockett in the upcoming ‘Universal’ big screen version ofMiami Vice, to be directed by Michael Mann.

Farrell: “I’m not trying on those jackets just yet because I haven’t signed,although I’d do anything to work with Michael Mann. The script is great. Thedirector is great. The worst thing about the project is the title, but as apiece in and of itself it’s brilliant. [The story] goes deep into theundercover world. It’s Mann doing his heavy and tough stuff, with the kindof great dialogue you saw in Heat and Collateral.”

All figures are weekend box-office gross.

• 1. National Treasure ($32.2m)
• 2. The Incredibles ($23.6m) (total to date: $214m)
• 3. Christmas with the Kranks ($21.6m)
• 4. The Polar Express ($19.4m)
• 5. The Spongebob Squarepants Movie ($17.8m)
• 6. Alexander ($13.7m)
• 7. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason ($6.23m)
• 8. Finding Neverland ($4.67m)
• 9. Ray ($3.98m)
• 10. After the Sunset ($3.1m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

• 1. The Incredibles (£9.75m)
• 2. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (£3.00m)
• 3. The Forgotten (£0.65m)
• 4. The Grudge (2004) (£0.43m)
• 5. After the Sunset (£0.364m)
• 6. The Manchurian Candidate (£0.360m)
• 7. Taxi (2004) (£0.27m)
• 8. Veer Zaara (£0.19m)
• 9. Veer Zaara (£0.17m)
• 10. Ladies in Lavender (£0.16m)

All dates are U.K release dates, and are subject to change.