CONFESSIONS OF A FILM FOX
Looks like we�ll all be checking into the Bates Motel soon: Anthony Perkins, who was unforgettable as that troubled mama�s boy Norman Bates, is producing a sequel to Psycho, (to be called Psycho II), and has gathered several of the original stars; notably Janet Leigh, who raised wearing black brassieres into an art form.
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CONFESSIONS OF A FILM FOX
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Looks like we�ll all be checking into the Bates Motel soon: Anthony Perkins, who was unforgettable as that troubled mama�s boy Norman Bates, is producing a sequel to Psycho, (to be called Psycho II), and has gathered several of the original stars; notably Janet Leigh, who raised wearing black brassieres into an art form. Did Janet�s character not go down in the car sunk in the lake, then? We�ll just have to see the movie, and so will you. Leigh�s teen scream queen daughter, the lissome Jamie Lee Curtis, is also inked to emote in the thriller. Can�t wait...
What wifey-poo of a strutting Scottish/English crooner is offering her husband�s services to a certain agency, in exchange for a plum TV role for her lil� old self? (We don�t have an agent, we�re with William
Carly Simon interviewed Dynasty�s A1 Corley (he plays— or played Steven Carrington, Blake�s gay son) for Interview recently, and the two are now a happy couple, dating up a storm in NYC. Fortunate, as A1 has nothing else to do, having been canned from Dynasty for mouthing off too much. ..in the same Interview piece...
SCTV gang movie news: Second City alum David Steinberg will direct Drums Over Malta, (his second directorial outing), a movie featuring all seven SCTV-ers, with John Candy and Joe Flaherty in the principal roles of a guy being chased (Candy) and his pal (Flaherty). Meanwhile, the Bob & Doug concept film (in which Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas play B&D as spies) is—as we write—at the scouting for locations stage; the finished product to be dripping beer on your screens by next January.
Richard Drey fuss to play the title role in a forthcoming Young Einstein flick? Richard�s hair will certainly pass the audition... John Travolta is playing hard to get, but word is he will reprise his role of Tony in the upcoming Saturday Night Fever remake.. .Revolta was spumed in his attempts to portray Jim Morrison on the big screen because he couldn�t get Morrison�s family�s OK. Instead, the family is now proceeding on their own film project, having placed ads in the Hollywood Reporter for �interested partners. David McGough/DMI
Landmark teen flick Where The Boys Are, which chronicled the then-budding college-kids-inFlorida scene back in 1962, is to be remade by Allen �Grease� Carr, with �doubles� for Connie Francis and Paula Prentiss, two of the original stars.
Timothy Hutton is set to play the role of the television & radio major his dad, the late Jim Hutton, portrayed. The new version, parts of which will be filmed in sunny FLA, will be �spicier,� say the producers, in keeping with �today�s morals.� Too bad—without any goody-two shoes like Dolores Hart, how can we properly enjoy it when the bad girls like Yvette Mimieux get in trouble on the beach... ?
Diana Quick, who played a principal role in Brideshead Revisited (she was in the much-touted nekkid scene with cute Brit Jeremy Irons), is now said to be firm in the role of Lady Diana in the CBS-TV movie of the royal romance. Speaking of Brideshead, you sharp-eyed Beatles fans might have caught Paul McCartney�s old girlfriend Jane Asher in the role of Celia in the long, long-running series...
Tiny terror Morgan Fairchild may have lost her Flamingo Road showcase, but she�s safe in the clutches of Detroit Tiger Kirk Gibson, to the chagrin of Detroit females. Morgan will need all of her celebrated video �bitch power� to counteract said females if she ever vetures to watch large, handsome power-hitter Kirk in his home ballpark.
We�re off to picket for Lou Grant— see you at CBS...
