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Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have segued from writing The People vs. Larry Flynt to producing The Truth About Sex, the life story of sex study pioneer Alfred Kinsey, with writer/director Michael Davis at the helm. The duo have resisted a title change to a variant of the title of their last movie in release, That Darn Cat.

Premiere reports that Princess Diana was planning to star opposite Kevin Costner in a sequel to The Bodyguard. The story ideas included the Costner and Diana characters falling in love. I can't come up with anything to say about this idea that doesn't involve the phrase "car wreck," so you'll just have the take the story on face value.

Saul Zaentz, producer of last year's Oscar-winning The English Patient and the last producer in Hollywood to actually retain ownership of his soul, appeared in Australia a few days ago and said: "Studios are interested in money, but they think they are creative, that is the problem. Almost all their creativity goes into guessing trends because they love numbers, they love natural disasters and aliens, invasions." I couldn't have said it better myself, Saul.

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