{"id":230,"date":"2009-06-04T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/06\/halle-berry-looking-at-a-potential-surrogate\/"},"modified":"2009-06-04T21:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T21:58:00","slug":"halle-berry-looking-at-a-potential-surrogate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/06\/halle-berry-looking-at-a-potential-surrogate.html","title":{"rendered":"Halle Berry looking at a potential Surrogate"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span style=\"font-family: georgia\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/paul-verhoeven-to-direct-christian.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Surrogate<\/a><\/i> is turning into something of a reunion party for producer <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/ethics-of-filmmaking-course-comes-to.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ralph Winter<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I mentioned that the pregnancy thriller \u2014 currently being developed by director Paul Verhoeven, and not to be confused with the upcoming Bruce Willis sci-fi flick <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0986263\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Surrogates<\/a><\/i> \u2014 is based on a book by Kathryn Mackel, a Christian novelist and screenwriter who worked with Winter on the film versions of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/end-times-fiction-article-archive.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Left Behind<\/a><\/i> (2000) and <i>Hangman\u2019s Curse<\/i> (2003).<\/p>\n<p>This week, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1118004349.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1&amp;nid=2562\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Variety<\/a><\/i> and the <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/hr\/content_display\/film\/news\/e3ic0507728e66c92e35d6746357ae59ce6\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> revealed that Halle Berry, who co-starred in the <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/newsbites-marvel-comics-edition.html#1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">X-Men<\/a><\/i> trilogy (2000-2006) produced by Winter, is \u201cin talks\u201d to play the wife who is so desperate for a child that she turns to a surrogate mother, only to discover afterwards that the woman carrying her baby is insane.<\/p>\n<p>Berry hasn\u2019t been seen on the big screen since <i>Things We Lost in the Fire<\/i> (2007) came out nearly two years ago, so websites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitfix.com\/articles\/2009-5-31-report-halle-berry-s-comeback-begins-with-surrogate\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hitfix<\/a> have already begun to suggest that <i>The Surrogate<\/i> could be her \u201ccomeback\u201d movie; it is already being perceived as a \u201ccomeback\u201d movie for Verhoeven, who hasn\u2019t directed a Hollywood feature since the poorly-received <i>Hollow Man<\/i> (2000).<\/p>\n<p>But Berry has already shot another movie, according to the IMDb, called <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1221208\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frankie and Alice<\/a><\/i>, in which she will play \u201ca young woman with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and not give in to her racist alter-personality.\u201d  That film is currently in post-production and doesn\u2019t seem to have a release date yet.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Surrogate is turning into something of a reunion party for producer Ralph Winter. 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