European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hollywood shoptalk Page 12�?~hard to kill Boom not hard to figure when Steven Seagal and hard to kill opened to a startling $9 million plus Gross that had marketing executives All Over Hollywood scratching their Heads. The next week the Warner Bros action picture took in an equally startling $8.5 million. Hardly a household name Seagal managed Only $18 million total with his first feature above the Law. So what gives give the Star some credit says cinemascope president de Mintz whose company conducts polls on opening nights. Their findings Seagall a fans Are largely males 25 or older who rated the action picture a Strong a. Explains Mintz a people who like this Type of picture really liked this  Phil Garfinkle senior vice president of entertainment data inc., figures that Seagall a martial arts skills size and presence Are also big factors a the s big a about 6-4,1 think a and fairly masculine looking in a Day when a lot of male heroes  Seagal is now at Fox making the tentatively titled screw face playing a Dea agent up against various villains including voodoo ish jamaicans. Then its Back to Warners where he has a Deal for More projects. A Pat h. Broeske a los Angeles times Tri Star pictures Kirstie Alley to Star in a sibling  about Murray in his first film for the Walt Disney studios Bill Murray is to Star in what about Bob the comedy was written by Tom Schulman whose credits include two of Disney a biggest Box office hits of last year dead poets society and Honey i shrunk the kids. In the comedy to be released by Disney s Touchstone pictures Murray is to play the highly neurotic Bob who resorts to desperate measures when his psychiatrist leaves on an extended vacation. Plans Call for filming to begin in the summer. A los Angeles times Madonna talks Home Art  Pete Rose look Steve Martin who a fond of altering his appearance Roxanne Little shop of horrors will have Quot a whole different look Quot As an italian american mobster for this summer s my Blue heaven promises Warner Bros production chief Mark Canton. Quot he Martin has this amazing Black hair that goes straight up in the air sort of like Pete Rose Only worse Quot adds writer and executive producer Nora Ephron. Plus Quot shiny Maroon  the comedy from director Herb Ross has Martin As a mid level Urban gangster in the Federal witness Protection program relocated to a bucolic California suburb where he starts a crime wave Quot because its the Only thing he s been trained to do Quot Ephron says. Rick Moranis is a beleaguered Fri agent who tries to control him and Joan Cusack a frustrated local d a. Unable to prosecute him. Carol Kane and Melanie Mayron Are also in the cast a Martin s character reportedly has three wives. A John m. Wilson a los Angeles time Madonna s Home tour Singer actress Madonna seemingly tells All in the april cover Story in vanity fair taking us on a tour of her Home discussing her Art collection and stopping off in her bathroom. She shares the pain of her breakup with bad boy Sean Penn. Quot every once in a while at night ill Wake up and go a my god i was married once. I was married and he was the love of Rny life it is like a death to Deal with. It s very very  there s also a Quick discussion of her relationship with Warren Beatty. Photographer Helmut Newton undresses her with his camera on the cover and inside. The cover shot Marks at least the third instalment of vanity fairs Quot slip covers Quot in which Daryl Hannah Kathleen Turner and now Madonna expose their Decolle Tage for the Sake of Art. A Kathy Hogan Trocheck a Cox news service arms control Judd Nelson stars As Marty malt a Man with something extra a an Arm growing out of his Back a when the dark comedy the dark backward shoots later this year. Quot the Arm is going to be realistic a almost like another character like the Tail on the lion in the wizard of of Quot promises co producer Randy Turrow adding that special effects Are already under Way. To be directed by scripter Adam Rifkin the Quot around $2 million Quot picture explores what happens when Marty a a garbage Man a realizes his dream to be a comedian. That weird third Arm is his ticket to Success but then it suddenly disappears. A  los Angeles time films going into production the Rookie Malpas. Shooting in los Angeles. Clint Eastwood directs himself and Charlie Sheen As they play old cop and Young cop on the Trail of an Auto theft ring. Also stars Lara Flynn Boyle. Distributor Warner Bros. Sibling rivalry Castle Rock ent. Shooting in los Angeles and Marin county Calif. Carl Reiner directs Kirstie Alley who plays a sexually frustrated housewife whose Little infidelity causes big problems As she tries to keep it from being widely known. Also stars Bill Pullman Carrie Fisher Jami Gertz Scott Bakula Sam Elliott and de of Neill. The taking of Beverly Hills Nelson. Shooting in los Angeles and Mexico City. Wiseguy heartthrob Ken Wahl stars As a High profile pro quarterback who finds himself partnered with a crooked cop during the biggest heist Beverly Hills has Ever witnessed. Director Sidney j. Furie. Also stars Harley Kozak and Matt Frewer. Until the end of the world Road movies Argos films. Shooting in Italy France the soviet Union China Etc. Wings of desire director Wim Wenders Mammoth project stars William Hurt and Max von Sydow and purports to be a Hitchcock an love Story set a decade hence. A David Pecchia a los Angeles times Steve Martin to go italian. Universal City studios to plus sunday april 29,1990