Monday
26May2008
Kate Beckinsale's 'Whiteout' Gets a Release Date
Monday, May 26, 2008 at 2:40PM 
I honestly can't tell you why
Kate Beckinsale isn't one
of the biggest female stars in the world. She's always got to be in the argument
of the most beautiful actresses in the world, and it's not like she's an
absolute stiff on screen.
I mean, Cameron Diaz is a much bigger name and I don't
think she's in Beckinsale's league in either category. But Beckinsale has had
her moments, certainly, although I don't think her career was helped as much by
Pearl Harbor as we would've suspected before its release.
Sure, the Underworld movies have treated her well, but
the second one is pretty bad. And then you throw Van Helsing, one of the worst
movies of its kind, and Serendipity on her resume, and you realize that a lot of
the blame falls on her for picking bad roles. Still, I think she deserves
better. Even her good films get ignored. I'm hopeful that
Whiteout will be a
bigger hit for her, but primarily because I like the premise.
It's a murder mystery set in Antarctica, and Beckinsale
plays the U.S. Marshal charged with finding out whodunit before the continent
goes dark for six months. I'm not in love with
Dominic Sena calling the shots on
it, but from what I'm told, the graphic novel on which it's based is pretty
detailed, and the character Beckinsale plays, Carrie Stetko was compared to
Dirty Harry by Artbomb, so there's certainly reason to be optimistic.
Now,
Shock Till You Drop tells us that there's another
reason to be optimistic: It should have a pretty good weekend to mark its debut.
Competing against the quirky-looking animated flick Igor and a Samuel L. Jackson
thriller (Lakeview Terrace), Whiteout will now open on September 19th.
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