SPOTTED . . . Keanu Reeves, deep in conversation with DJ Stephen Ferris at Wine Banc on Friday night . . . working class hero Bryan Brown gorging on a Cherry Ripe at the BP station in Balmain on Sunday . . .

Okay, well, The Pixies got me through Friday afternoon, so I am allowed to be a bit over the top about them, okay?

Gerling were very exciting on Saturday night. Very manic. Very sore body-making.

Faker on Friday night were very cool. And I didn't have enough money to go see The Preston School Of Industry, since I was going to Gerling on Sat night. My brother went, tho', and sat next to Keanu all night. Well, me brother scored a seat at the bar at The Annandale and Keanu didn't so Keanu had to stand. But he was standing next to my brother. All fricken night! And he didn't even SMS me. My brother, not Keanu. I'm going to be the last person in Sydney not to see Keanu.

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With Keanu still set to take out Mosman real estate agent, Elissa Krajcer, after meeting her in a Double Bay' noodle bar, more stories about his private life have come to light.

One Halle Berry lookalike, who claims to have met Reeves when she worked as an extra on the set of the Matrix, is telling the story around town, that they spent a lot of time lounging about on Keanu's bed reading the Bible.

Perhaps he was getting into the mood for a future role?

In the meantime, proving that he is a man of very different tastes, he was snapped in this week's Jewish News at Bondi' falafael joint Sababba – and was quoted proclaiming Israeli food as some of his alltime favourite.

Peter Wayner's latest books are Disappearing Cryptography, an exploration about how to disguise information and Translucent Databases, a practical description of how to use encryption algorithms to protect sensitive information like credit cards and medical records. If they ever get made into a movie, he wants to be played by Keanu Reeves -- the one who played Ted "Theodore" Logan, not the one who played Neo.

DreamWorks Remakes 'Billy,' 'Hawaii' Remake Deals

NEW YORK (Variety) - Two high-profile feature remake deals -- for the antihero franchise "Billy Jack" and veteran cop series "Hawaii Five-O" -- are themselves being remade.

Producer Intermedia Films has acquired rights to remake "Billy Jack" -- a surprising development given that, just weeks ago, a deal seemed as good as closed for the film to be made at DreamWorks with Keanu Reeves attached to play the title role.

DreamWorks' near-deal with rights holder Tom Laughlin -- who wrote, directed, produced and starred in the original film about a loner who takes on the establishment -- was worth a $400,000 advance against a $1.5 million payout if the film was produced. It also factored in the participation of Reeves, his managers at 3 Arts and Danny DeVito's Jersey Films. Since that contract will have to be settled, the studio might still end up Intermedia's domestic partner. But Jersey, Reeves and 3 Arts are no longer involved.

DreamWorks also has changed from being exclusive negotiator to one of several bidders in the remake of "Hawaii Five-O" after being unwilling to meet a deal point sought by producer and rights controller George Litto that would have given him and his heirs in-perpetuity say-so over "Five-O" in the same way that the family of producer Cubby Broccoli controls the James Bond franchise.

DreamWorks was ready to pay millions for rights and a script by Roger Towne, but wouldn't agree to the terms set by Litto, who represented series creator Leonard Freeman and then his estate when he died in 1973.

DreamWorks is still in the bidding, but Creative Artists Agency, which just remade the "Billy Jack" deal, has begun re-shopping the "Hawaii Five-O" package to other studios in hopes of meeting Litto's terms, sources said.

The "Billy Jack" deal and Intermedia's emergence as the locomotive behind the project is a case where a deal that seemed doable at the bargaining table suddenly snags when business affairs becomes involved.

One complexity was the high volume of producers and not enough points and fees available to make them all happy. In fact, Laughlin,attributed the changed elements to "the lawyers and the nitty grittying that goes into making a deal."

Laughlin turned "Billy Jack" into one of the most profitable independent films of all time. With a large and fervent fan base still in tow, he would hardly be a pushover in a remake deal. While he acknowledged he's gained a reputation as a tough dealmaker, Laughlin denied that was why this remake deal got remade.

"We got a deal done and contracts signed in four days with Intermedia," Laughlin said. "And we might very well end up back at DreamWorks and we might go back to Keanu. But we've found our foreign partner; this feels like the right mix, and by next week we'll be going full bore to interview screenwriters."

Intermedia production president Basil Iwanyk wouldn't comment on the deal his company is supplanting, or who might portray the quiet loner with fast hands and feet who took on the establishment in "Billy Jack" and sequels "Billy Jack Goes to Washington" and "The Trial of Billy Jack." Instead, Iwanyk is concentrating on distilling what made the original film such an unlikely hit and its lead character something of a cultural icon.

"Right now we want to brand this as an Intermedia movie, and we are most comfortable getting a script and a director before going to studios," Iwanyk said.

"The reason we feel 'Billy Jack' will travel well is that he's such a classic archetype for a movie hero. You have this disenfranchised group with nobody to speak for them, and suddenly they have a voice and a protector when this mysterious guy rides into town. It's a classic formula that goes back to 'Seven Samurai.' Our challenge is to find a modern-day equivalent of a nemesis for Billy Jack to defuse and conquer, one that made audiences root so hard for him."