Rupert Everett and Stephen Fry Attend Girls’ School In the U.K., St. Trinian’s is a well-known fictional place. The subject of a series of cartoons from British cartoonist Ronald Searle, which then became a series of films in the 1950s and ’60s, it’s a girls’ school full of badly behaved students and strange teachers. And it’s getting a modern facelift with a new movie, St. Trinian’s, which will star Colin Firth, Mischa Barton, Stephen Fry, and, playing dual roles and genders, Rupert Everett. Everett will take on the part of both the school’s headmistress and her brother, who must contend with the possibility of institutional bankruptcy. The film should have instant appeal at home and will get a warm welcome from Anglophile Americans when it finally crosses the Atlantic. Meanwhile, Romeo hopes Mischa Barton finds a good dialect coach.
Disasters Are Fun at Here Don’t let anyone accuse Here TV of thinking small. The queer network is about to embark on a journey worthy of Gene Hackman and Shelley Winters’ trip on the S.S. Poseidon. Here will be producing a whopping 12 original eco-disaster-themed films for broadcast, the first of which, Solar Flare, will star Tracey Gold and Michelle Clunie (of the late, lamented Queer as Folk), as people consumed by the devastating effects of a solar flare—whatever that is. Not since the crazily entertaining earthquake epic 10.5 debuted on NBC has there been news this good for fans of Earth’s destruction. No word yet on what other eco-apocalypses await, but it can be assumed the network passed on Romeo’s script, A Really Muggy and Uncomfortable Afternoon.
Britney’s Biggest Fan Makes a Deal You know him as the screaming, crying, ‘Leave Britney Alone’ guy from YouTube. But you may soon become much more familiar with young gay Internet sensation Chris Crocker than you ever imagined (not counting the recently surfaced and seemingly requisite nude photos that are standard for all new media sensations). That’s because the teenager has recently inked a development deal with production company 44 Blue Prods. to star in his own reality series. It’s assumed that Crocker’s grandparents would be a part of this series, even though, based on Crocker’s own video outbursts, his family is not exactly a source of support. What happens next is anyone’s guess, but you can’t blame the young man for signing on quickly in a bid to finally get out of the seemingly prison-like small town where he’s currently stuck.
Romeo San Vicente thinks nothing will ever top Sunset Tan and The Hills. He can be reached care of this publication or at DeepInsideHollywood@qsyndicate.com.