From today's Variety....

Aaron Woodley will be directing Tennessee, the up-coming film for producer Lee Daniels (Monster's Ball, The Woodsman), starring Martin Henderson (The Ring, Bride & Prejudice), Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone, Saved!) and Janet Jackson. The film will be shooting in New Mexico and Tennessee in March, 2006, and will follow the story of two brothers on a road trip in search of their estranged father.

There are rumors that her weight gain is specifically for this role. She is apparently playing a waitress in the midwest.
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ahhh....this is cool news.

WAY COOL,T4P

Wow...

This is certainly unexpected news. Me likes...me likes...

I guess we can count on MJ being at the premiere for sure since the godfather of his kids (Mac) and his sister are gonna be in the same movie.

BTW, did anyone see that FOX special "MJ's Private Home Movies" in 2003 which showed video footage of MJ, Janet, Mac, and others having a water fight at Neverland? Cute stuff.

good....finally some positive janet news.


I just hope there are not "monster ball" type scenes

Rhondab said:

I was wondering the same thing...

Another Billy Bob/Halle thang....

VoicesCarry said:

I don't think so! She just gains weight between albums, movie or no! This is just conveinant. Can she really get the abs back? Not that she needs them....it just can't be heatlthy going from overweight to buff and cut like that over and over.

Opps...

So while I'm hear, will this movie delay the new CD...which was supposed to be out this year (yeah right).
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VinnyM27 said:

You've become such a hater since you turned into a Madonna fam, Vinny

The album was never scheduled for late 2005, always March 2006 (Control's 20th anniversary) at the earliest. I do not know what will happen.
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Macaulay Culkin is a REALLY bad actor.


Other than that, sounds cool.

CinisterCee said:

janet aint no meryl streep either though...


actually...janet showed potential in poetic justice..but she needs a much stronger director to pull good things out of her.

right now she is on par with madge, whitney and mariah in the acting skills.....

sosgemini said:

Ummmmm, I think Whitney & Janet rank considerably ABOVE Madge & Mariah in that dept.

VoicesCarry said:

I agree. Whitney in Waiting To Exhale...

VoicesCarry said:

True! They aren't "great" but sheesh they do deserve a little credit.

VoicesCarry said:

Janet hasn't done enough roles to prove how good of an actress she is.

jayaredee said:

She was on Good Times, A New Kind of Family, Diff'rent Strokes, and Fame before she became a singer. She has not embarrassed herself in her film roles. I'm sorry, but I don't see what she has to "prove" - unless you want her to tackle a hard dramatic part like Swept Away

VoicesCarry said:

but the interesting thing ive noticed is that janet was a much more natural actress as a child and teen. Poetic Justice was a good start but I personally dont think she has proven herself as a good actress. She was serviceable as the "girl" in that Nutty Prof. film...but i look forward to her totally engulfing herself into a role and "become" someone else.

sosgemini said:

We shall see.....

VoicesCarry said:

Totally agree with ya.

sweet i've been waiting 4 jj to do another movie

janet needs to be dating this brotha:



this is one smart producer...shadowboxer sounds real interesting...hellen mirren and cuba gooding jr? hmmm..

When Rose (mirren), a female assassin, is diagnosed with terminal cancer; she decides to carry out one final killing, assisted by lover and also stepson, Mickey (gooding).

an early review from imdb:

I just saw this film in the directors cut version on Friday night. I have to say I really enjoyed it. Lee Daniels was at the screening and it was a screening for the investors so nobody was going to pull punches because they had money involved. It took a little while to get into the plot but I was totally sucked in after a while. It will supposedly be released in December and hopefully won't be cut down too much. There were some sex scenes that will probably go because some people in this country can't handle it, but nothing that I felt was gratuitous or just sex for the sake of showing some nudity. Some may also find the violence objectionable but nothing close to SinCity or any war movie ever made. I hope the film does well and the public enjoys it. Who cares what the industry has to say. They promote absolute garbage with a full wallet all the time. Check this one out and form an opinion for yourself.

Janet is a good actress.

lilgish said:

Yes she is. She's definitely got chops and a natural presence in front of the camera. She just needs more roles. I don't think The Clumps is a good gauge of ANYBODY'S talent. She's just been away from it for too long. I'm surprised she wasn't taking roles left and right after the success of PJ.

VoicesCarry said:

Madonna's just got a really unfortunate problem when it comes to movies. Her speaking voice. It's just so thought out and and enunciated. She always sounds like she's reading cue cards. Think about it, when she's basically played herself (Desperately Seeking Susan or Who's That Girl?), she's not bad. When she does dramatic parts in videos (Oh Father, Papa Don't Preach, Bad Girl), she's likeable and believeable. She was good in Evita cuz there was basically no talking. It's that damn voice that gets in the way! Same problem with Keanu Reaves. He might be an okay actor if it wasn't for that totally dopey, shallow voice of his. I think if she EVER tries to attempt a major role again, she needs to work with a coach who can loosen her up and give her a more natural way of speaking and presenting her lines. It's just too comical to hear her say "That's what men do...men lie," from Body of Evidence. How can you take her seriously! For her, it's not for lack of screen presence or charisma or emotion. Somebody should tell her it's her voice and delivery.

TRON said:

VoicesCarry said:

You'd think after 20 years of movie making, she would've learned that by now.

out of ALL the divas...

CHER is the best actress

JANET is the second best

MADONNA has done a few good performances (Desperately Seeking Susan, Evita, Dangerous Game) but overall is very AVERAGE or even SUBPAR

WHITNEY sucks (lord have mercy)

MARIAH is the WORST

IMHO of course...

and ERYKAH ain't bad

badujunkie said:

The Bodyguard was just fine. And the Bobby show more than makes up for whatever she was lacking in other roles.

JA: What is going to be your next film?
Lee Daniels: I’m producing a film called Tennessee. It’s a about a young boy and his relationship with his brother. They both come from an abusive father and decide to run away. The young boy finds out that he is dying of cancer and has to go back to his father for a bone marrow transplant and deals with the irritated father. We are in the preproduction stages. David Cronenberg’s nephew, Aaron Willy, is the director. He’s brilliant. This the best part of the filmmaking process for me. I love to research, look at and study directors then match them up with a particular story
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TRON said:

And "Exhale" was nothing to sneeze at. "Cinderella" and "The Preacher's Bride" or whatever where fluff, so that would be a draw....