Last weekend the inspirational documentary Batkid Begins made its debut at the Slamdance Film Festival here in Park City, and already there's good news about the movie's future prospects. Before the premiere even rolled, Julia Roberts had signed on to produce and star in a narrative remake of the film which centers on 5-year-old Miles Scott, a leukemia patient whose Make-A-Wish to be Batman for a day was granted. It became a national sensation with millions following along via social media, and thousands of San Francisco residents participating. As for Roberts' role, she could play Patricia Wilson, head of the San Francisco Make-A-Wish chapter.
Remember that awful-sounding comedy Western Adam Sandler was developing called Ridiculous 6? Paramount chose to have nothing to do with it, but now that Sandler has struck a multi-picture deal with Netflix the film is back on and has rounded up a huge cast of people you wouldn't normally pay to see. Nick Nolte, Blake Shelton, Whitney Cummings, Steve Buscemi, Rob Schneider, Dan Aykroyd, Will Forte, Nick Swardson, Terry Crews, Jon Lovitz, Vanilla Ice, Luke Wilson, Steve Zahn, Danny Trejo, Chris Parnell, and Lavell Crawford, basically all of Sandler's pals, will star in the film which he co-wrote with Tim Herlihy. It centers on "a man who grew up as an orphan among an Indian tribe." Yuck, but at least it's on Netflix and should be easier to avoid, right? [TheWrap]
And the super red-hot Margot Robbie, who is here at Sundance for Craig Zobel's Z for Zachariah, has landed another gig. She'll star in the blandly titled Dangerous Odds, penned by Andrea Berloff (World Trade Center) and based on Marisa Lankester's memoir about "the creation of the first offshore gambling empire, which had ties to the mob."
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