 30 April 2003 - Paramount is joining the Prague production influx with romantic comedy The Prince and the Freshman starring Julia Stiles and directed by Martha Coolidge (Valley Girl, Rambling Rose). The film has received the green light and will begin production in the Czech capital in June, Prague sources told Screendaily. Paramount joins a slate of other firms shooting in the Czech capital in what may prove to the Prague film scene�s busiest year ever. The second unit of Universal�s Van Helsing wrapped last week, while earlier this month, MGM and Dimension Films green-lit Terry Gilliam�s $75 million Brothers Grimm (with two of Julia's previous co-stars Heath Ledger and Matt Damon) and Akron Entertainment gave the nod to an untitled First Daughter project starring Mandy Moore. These shoots join Guillermo Del Toro�s Hellboy (Sony), the untitled Ugly Americans project (DreamWorks), and the BBC�s Charles II. Lions Gate Films and Sobini Films, the production outfit headed by Tristar Pictures founder and ex-chief executive Mark Amin, share co-production credits on the film in which Stiles plays an American college student who unknowingly falls in love with a British prince played by British TV actor Luke Mably. Screen Daily Hey, is this prince British or Danish or what?!
27 April 2003 - Julia Stiles, Julianne Moore, Rosie Perez, Annabella Sciorra, Stephanie March and Anna Wintour will be among guests attending Cartier's celebration of Le Baiser du Dragon, a collection of Chinese-inspired jewels, tomorrow [28 April] at 6:30 p.m., at the Cartier Mansion on Fifth Ave [New York]. The evening honors New Yorkers for Children. - NY Daily News
26 April 2003 - Carolina Breach of Contract Lawsuit settled! - this news from AP: Oscar winner Kathy Bates settled a breach of contract lawsuit against movie producer Martin Bregman, avoiding a trial set to begin Monday. Thursday's court filings don't discuss terms of the agreement. Bates was seeking at least $1.25 million in damages on allegations Bregman reneged on a deal for her to star in a movie that tentatively was called "Carolina Torn Asunder." Bates had a "pay-or-play" agreement with Bregman and his production company that guaranteed $1.25 million whether or not the movie was made or she was in it, according to the August 2001 lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. Bates alleges she participated in a week of rehearsals and a week of pre-production but didn't get the role of Grandma Mirabeau. Shirley MacLaine got the part in the film, now titled "Carolina," starring Julia Stiles. The 54-year-old won a best-actress Oscar for her portrayal of obsessed fan Annie Wilkes in the 1990 Stephen King thriller "Misery." She's also appeared in "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Primary Colors" and most recently "About Schmidt" with Jack Nicholson (news). Bregman has produced films including "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Scarface." - AP Let's hope now that this long running dispute has been finalised the way will be cleared for Carolina to finally see the light of day and be released at the cinemas...
22 April 2003 - British director Mike Newell sent his four American female stars to finishing school for a crash course in 1950s etiquette before they began work on his film Mona Lisa Smile. Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Julia Stiles not only learned how to drink tea properly and sit with their legs together but they also took adagio and swing dancing lessons. �The person most interested in it was Julia Stiles,� their dance teacher, Yvonne Marceau explained. "She was very good and very quick.� Set at Wellesley College in the 1950s, the film features Roberts as a free-spirited professor who shapes her conservative students into budding women�s libbers. - Ireland Online
22 April 2003 - British actor Luke Mably has landed the starring role opposite Julia Stiles in The Prince and the Freshman. Mably will play the prince of the title in Katherine Fugate's script. Julia plays a female student at a Midwestern university who has the dubious fortune to fall in love with a European prince spending the semester there incognito. Mably most recently appeared in 28 Days Later, Danny Boyle's medical epidemic thriller - Variety
16 April 2003 - This from today's Variety: "[Katherine] Fugate....wrote Miramax Films' upcoming "Carolina," which stars Julia Stiles and is slated for a June release. She also penned the Stiles starrer "The Prince and the Freshman" for Paramount Pictures, which should go into production this summer." The article, which is mainly about Fugate's new pitch sale to New Line Cinema which Jennifer Aniston will star in and produce, confirms recent speculation on Carolina's expected US release date, and the anticipated May start for The Prince And The Freshman could be delayed slightly into the northern summer.
 10 April 2003 - 20th Century Fox Australia have confirmed the release date for A Guy Thing is 28th August 2003. Obviously, release dates are subject to change at any time so keep watching this space for the latest!
8 April 2003 - The Bourne Identity will be available to buy on 7 May 2003 on Region 4 DVD. The retail version is packed with features not available on the R4 'Rental Only' Version, including deleted scenes, an alternate ending, behind the scenes footage, cast and crew interviews and director's commentary.
6 April 2003 - The New York Post today has an interesting article on the current wave of films being targeted at young females - the latest of which is What A Girl Wants starring 17 year old Amanda Bynes. The latest wave was kicked off, according to the Post, when two years ago the suprise hits Legally Blonde starring Rhyse Witherspoon and Save The Last Dance starring Julia Stiles packed the punters in. Click here for the full article.
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