BASIC INSTINCT, PART 2
Sharon Stone — who's insisted she would never repeat her 1992
role as panties-free Catherine Tramell — announced on June 22
that she's grabbing the ice pick again. Why? Producer C-2
shelled out roughly 15 million reasons. The thriller will be
shot this year with an eye toward a late 2001 or early 2002
release. ''This wasn't 'Gee, let's do a sequel,''' says Chris
McGurk, vice chair-COO of domestic distributor MGM. ''We've got a
great script, Sharon Stone, and a good financial deal.'' But
don't expect other members of the original to return: Michael
Douglas and director Paul Verhoeven (Hollow Man) have passed.
And don't get your hopes up for another naughty flash: Stone has
said she regrets the first one.
Prognosis: Stone's had icy box
office lately (see Gloria, Simpatico), but this one could have
legs.
AMERICAN PIE, PART 2
Another helping of last summer's surprise comedy hit is in the
works for 2001, with the randy troupe in Michigan on summer break
from college (not, despite rumors, in Europe). Pie's original
screenwriter Adam Herz is, as he puts it, ''back in the bakery,''
after a first script from another writer was scrapped. As for the
cast, at least one member doesn't seem overly enthusiastic: ''I
always thought they should leave the first one as it is,'' Seann
William Scott (Road Trip) told EW recently. (His agent says the
actor's waiting to see the script before he decides.) But onanism
poster boy Jason Biggs will likely take part: ''It might be fun to
make it with a lemon meringue.''
Prognosis: It'd better be
soon — teen box office is getting stale.
CROCODILE DUNDEE, PART 3
Watch out, Russell Crowe! Fellow Down Under action star Paul
Hogan is returning as knife-wielding outback renegade Mick.
Shooting on Crocodile Dundee in L.A. is scheduled to begin Aug.
7 in Australia and Los Angeles, with the release in spring
2001 — 13 years after Croc II. Simon Wincer (Free Willy) will
direct, and Hogan's wife, Linda Kozlowski, will also reappear.
As for the plot, EW has learned that Mick — who's now a
dad! — comes to Hollywood and gets entangled in a murder mystery.
Prognosis: What's Australian for beating a dead horse?
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