LOS ANGELES: A photographer has filed a lawsuit against Keanu Reeves after the actor allegedly crashed into him in a Porsche.

According to the lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Reeves struck Alison Silva on March 19. At the time of the accident, authorities said the person Reeves struck was a male paparazzi.

The suit seeks an unspecified amount in damages and alleges that Silva suffered shock and serious bodily injuries.

An attorney for Reeves did not immediately return a phone message Monday evening.

According to reports at the time of the accident, Reeves was leaving a parking space about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles when he hit Silva.

An attorney for Reeves said at the time that Silva was blocking Reeves’ way and if there was a collision, it was not hard enough to cause injuries.

Actors Jennifer Connelly and Keanu Reeves have reportedly signed to star in the sci-fi remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” for 20th Century Fox.

Variety reports that both actors have signed to play in the movie, while Kathy Bates is currently negotiating for a starring role. Scott Derrickson will reportedly direct the pic, his first cinematic project after 2005’s “The Exorcism of Emily Rose.”

Ryne Douglas Pearson wrote the screenplay, while David Scarpa penned a recent draft, per the trade paper.

Connelly and Reeves will find themselves in a time when aliens have landed on Earth with bellicose intentions: “Live in peace or be destroyed,” according to Variety. Read more →

“Matrix” star Keanu Reeves is facing a lawsuit by a photographer who accused the actor of hitting him with his Porsche sports car in March.

The lawsuit alleges Reeves struck Alison Silva on March 19, and Silva suffered shock and serious injuries. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeks unspecified damages.

According to reports at the time of the accident, Reeves was leaving a parking space in a residential area near Los Verdes County Golf Course, a seaside golf course about 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

Authorities said at the time that the person Reeves struck was a paparazzo.

An attorney for Reeves said then that Silva was blocking Reeves’way and that if there was a collision, it was not hard enough to injure him.

My 2 cents on this: How long this ‘kind’ of professional would be free to stalking people? It would need another “Diana” event to stop this?

ComingSoon.net learned at the American Film Market (AFM) today that shooting for Point Break 2 will begin mid-2008 in Southeast Asia. The sequel will be financed and executive produced by Singaporean company RGM Entertainment. It will be written and directed by Peter Iliff, who also wrote the first movie.

Point Break 2 picks up from where the original film left off more than 15 years ago. The story will revolve around an ex-professional surfer who enlists in the US Navy and is recruited to track down a criminal gang based in Southeast Asia. The audience will also discover the fate of Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), the surfers’ charismatic leader who was swallowed by a giant killer wave in the final scene of Point Break. Did he really die?

The follow-up is budgeted at $20-30 million.

“I wrote ‘Point Break’ in 1987 when I was still a struggling writer waiting at tables in Malibu,” Iliff said earlier this year, “‘Point Break’ was the turning point and it made my screen writing career. 20 years later, I’m thrilled to have been given the opportunity by RGM Entertainment to write the sequel and to make my directorial debut with ‘Point Break 2.’”

I made screencaps from Keanu’s movie: Even Cowgirls get the Blues.

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