Posted by fuckin_shit at 24-205-66-11.gln-dyn.charterpipeline.net on June 04, 2002 at 21:10:38:
In Reply to: sounds too annoyingly like "Shrek" *NT* posted by discogranny on June 04, 2002 at 21:07:14:
: : no shit. heres the article
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: : J Lo to play superhero "Shrink"
: : Reuters
: : Jun 4 2002 3:56PM
: : LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Trouble in the Bat Cave? Feeling uptight over kryptonite? Going through a secret-identify crisis? Worried that you are an exhibitionist because you enjoy stripping off your street clothes in a public phone booth?
: : No problem. Dr. J Lo is in.
: : Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez plans to star as a psychologist for superheroes in an upcoming film comedy titled "Shrink," which she will also help produce for Columbia Pictures, the studio said on Tuesday.
: : Based on an Internet character created by former Marvel Comics illustrator Rob Liefeld, "Shrink" marks the first film project under Lopez's new production deal with Columbia, a unit of Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp.a studio spokesman said.
: : The material was optioned as Columbia basks in the record-shattering box-office success of a more traditional superhero adventure, "Spider-Man," the latest in a new wave of crime fighters in tights leaping off the pages of comic books and onto the screen.
: : "Shrink" takes a more tongue-in-cheek approach to the genre, with Lopez playing a former superhero who hangs up her cape for a new career as a counselor catering to the psychologically troubled Supermen and Wonder Women of the world. But things get complicated when she finds herself caught in a love triangle.
: : Columbia also plans to include a supporting cast of readily familiar superheroes from the pages of real comic books, in the way that last year's computer-animated storybook satire "Shrek" borrowed recognizable characters from popular fairy tales.
: : A studio spokesman described the project as in its infancy, with no script and with no director or other talent yet attached.
: : "Spider-Man" has grossed more than $353 million so far domestically, proving again the muscular box-office potential of films based on comic crime fighters. But the last superhero spoof from a major studio, Universal Pictures' 1999 ensemble comedy "Mystery Men," was a commercial dud. Universal is a unit of Vivendi Universal SA
: : Still, David Guillod, who is producing "Shrink" with Lopez, Liefeld and others, told Daily Variety they see "gigantic franchise" potential in the project.
: : Lopez, 32, is currently starring in the Columbia Pictures thriller "Enough," about a young mother fighting back against her abusive husband.