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24-10-2004
Release date Hide and seek: 28 January 2005

John Ottman has been hired to replace Christopher Young who had to withdraw from scoring duties due to a scheduling conflict involving Beauty Shop. source: music from the movies

05-09-2004
LOS ANGELES  - Tim Robbins and Miranda Otto are headed for "War of the Worlds."

Robbins is in negotiations to play astronomer Ogilvy in the Steven Spielberg-directed big-screen adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic novel, while Otto would play the wife of the main character, to be played by Tom Cruise. Dakota Fanning is set to appear as their daughter.

Paramount Pictures put the project on the fast track in August -- with just 10 weeks of preproduction in order to meet a mid-November start date -- and the cast has been coming together quickly.

DreamWorks and Paramount are co-financing "War of the Worlds," a contemporary adaptation of the 1898 novel, which is one of the best-known alien-invasion stories.

Robbins, who won a best supporting actor Oscar for his work on last year's "Mystic River," most recently worked with British director Michael Winterbottom on "Code 46." He is set to star in the fantasy-adventure "Zathura," directed by Jon Favreau, for Columbia Pictures. 
Otto's recent credits include "The Flight of the Phoenix," the second and third installments of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "What Lies Beneath."
Source Reuters / Empire online.

24-09-2004
Dakota is filming parts of the horse drama Dreamer in the Lexington area, the  majority of the movie will be shot in Louisiana.

10-09-2004
Dutch distributor UIP is reporting that the anticipated Paramount adaptation of H.G. Well's 1889 novel, The War of the Worlds, is now going by a new title - "Out of the Night".  Besides the studio actually renaming the film, several other things can be happening instead.

The movie starts shooting in November and "Out of the Night" could be its title during production, to keep unwanted guests away from set locations, among other things. Also, movies are often named differently overseas, which could be another possibility. 
Source: UIP

31-08-2004
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dakota Fanning has closed a deal to join Tom Cruise in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, a Dream-Works-Paramount Pictures co-production.

In H.G. Well's 1898 novel, martians land near London, conquering all before them, and ruin the metropolis; the fate of civilization and even of the human race remains in doubt until the very last.

David Koepp wrote the script for "Worlds," which is on target for a summer 2005 release. Source: The Hollywood reporter

27-08-2004
Looks like Dakota Fanning is close to a deal to top line her own potential franchise in live-action adaptations of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, adapted by Les Bohem for Dream-Works.

Bohem came up with the idea to adapt Carroll's classic novels and immediately pitched it to Steven Spielberg with Fanning in mind to play Alice, adds the trade. The trio worked together on Spielberg's miniseries Taken for Sci-Fi Channel. Source: Empire online and The Hollywood reporter

25-08-2004
Dakota will be in a new movie Dreamer, from Dream-Works.

20-08-2004
Another new movie!! Conquistadora, Dakota will play one of the twin sisters, ANASTASIA. It will be one of the leading rolls in this movie.