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LOL: HUGE News Day 2009

Posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 by Peter Sciretta

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Every year, movie studios make all their HUGE announcements on the first day in April. Earlier today we broke the news that Warner Bros will be producing a fourth Matrix movie, The Matrix: Resurrection. We’re in Las Vegas at ShoWest, and unable to cover all the huge news that hit the interwebs this morning, so we’ve decided to do a link roundup.

Cinematical reports that the trailer for the Iron Man 2 has the film’s new title Iron Man: Shock to the Heart.

UpcomingPixar reports that Pixar is working on A Bug’s Life 2, to be released in Winter 2013.

TorrentFreak reports that Warner Bros has purchased The Pirate Bay for $13 billion.

JoBlo reports that Johnny Depp is in talks to play The Riddler and they will use CG to bring back Heath Ledger as The Joker in Batman 3, which will be titled Battle For Gotham.

MovieWeb reports that Zack Snyder is set to direct a Star Wars reboot.

TheTorchOnline reports that New Line has greenlit a second Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings 2: The Unring.

InContention reports that Jim Carrey will reprise his role as The Riddler in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight sequel Shadow of the Bat

Screenrant reports that Robert Pattinson has officially walked off of the Twilight sequel New Moon.

RopesofSilicon confirm reports that Pattinson will retire from acting in 2010.

FilmJunk reports that Don Rickles will play Batman and Sammy Davis Jr will play The Joker in Nolan’s Dark Knight followup.

SceneStealers reports that Brett Ratner has signed on to take over the reins on The Hobbit.

TheMovieBlog reports that George Lucas will return to Star Wars with a new Legacy Trilogy.

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  • Anyone really looking for a laugh should look no further than the first scene in X-men Origins: Wolverine.
  • exxxxxactly! then continue the entire movie for a huge laugh fest on how crappy a tentpole can really get
  • Alex
    i have to say , that slashfilms' was the one that seamed most feasible , while torrentfreak overall probably had the best joke
  • purchasing the pirate bay... greatness
  • star wars reboot with Zach Snyder!?
    would be AWESOME!
  • freemachine
    I agree. My jaw dropped when I started to read the /film Matrix article because that happens to be a recurring nightmare I have...
  • Some of those rumors are funny, while others aren't funny at all.
  • Is it April 2nd yet...
  • /ambient
    Lucasfilm reports Lucas gave the "go ahead" on remastering theatrical cuts of the Star Wars Trilogy for a 2011 BluRay release.
  • Palmer
    Even though it's a joke, I want to see Rickles as Batman!
  • TheDarkGopher
    Here's another- Teletubbies Unleashed
    http://moviejacuzzi.com/2009/04/01/playing-catchu...
  • Brian
    i know im a retard but is this all april fools or just some
  • Geet
    What happened to the days of when you would actually believe some of these jokes?
  • Every site feels the need to make their own joke. A smart move would be to have every site agree on one joke post and run with it.
  • Agreed, a universal bombshell joke from all the bloggers would be awesome. April Fool's is overrated.
  • dukat
    The one with Ratner doing The Hobbit was the scariest of all. Although I knew it was a joke, seeing that Ratner is still allowed to make movies sent shivers down my back (and not the good kind).
  • Kevin Coll
    I thought we had a great post as well! Please check it out Pete and the rest of the forum! http://fusedfilm.com/2009/04/back-to-the-future-r...
  • yourmamalikesmemmore
    Stop giving Hollywood ideas for next years movies.
  • /ambient
    At least my april fools comment would be something I'd love to see!
  • Does anyone actually know what April Fool's is about?! You're supposed to trick people into believing something, not make up unbelievable bullshit and pass it off as the truth.
  • I'm glad none of that is true. Today was a fun day though, we got the joke of the day with the Wolverine work print.
  • I'm glad none of that is true. Today was a fun day though, we got the joke of the day with the Wolverine work print. It's really not that bad though.
  • LOLzZZzzzzZzz ... zzZZzz ....
  • Bon Jovi reference? For shame.

    Pirate Bay joke is killer.
  • That would make phantom menace look like empire strikes back
  • Yah but that'll end up happening soon anyways...
  • All these star wars reboot jokes got me thinking today about an actual new trilogy.

    I now have a completely fleshed out trilogy in my head based on Bioware's Knights of the Old Republic.

    It's all sorts of epic.
  • James
    id love to see that... the other stories that were a result of the original trilogy are fantastic. In fact, i think i enjoy the other spin-offs in the games AND the books as opposed to the new prequel trilogy. Lucas just seemed confused with those 3. Anyway, seeing a KOTOR trilogy would be bad ass lol
  • SamWithNoName
    Alternatively, a Dark Forces, Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy trilogy with Kyle Katarn (played by Jon Hamm in my mind, but that may just be from a Mad Men overdose).
  • I wish the one about Robert Pattinson was true
  • waiting for that Star Wars reboot now...
  • starscream9289
    These are lame

    LAMEEEEEEEEEE!
  • Jon
    Watch Fox News, where everyday is April Fools Day!
  • im glad none of it is true.
  • Personally, I think Sammy Davis would be a great Joker.
  • i still think Crispin Glover was born to play the role.
  • What about Rotten Tomatoes? They stated that it was confirmed that in Spider-Man 4 Lizard, Morbius, and Kraven would battle the eight-limbed Spider-man.
  • It was actually Greg Dean Schmitz Weekly Ketchup, but Rotten Tomatoes didn't do anything... also, I love the one about the Strangers.
  • marz
    surprised they aint say there was going to be a speed 3 called SPEED 3: AUTO PILOT where they finaly get keanu reeves back and he just happens to be on a plane with his new bride sandra bullock (yeah they got back together) and some ass high jacks the plane remotely..says if he doesnt get what he wants..the plane blows up if it goes below 30,000 feet...and of course..since we dont give in to terrorists..well u know the rest.
  • Carl
    wow i fell for that way too much
  • me too...XD
  • [A]
    the "SceneStealers reports that Brett Ratner has signed on to take over the reins on The Hobbit." is easily the best/worst. mass suicide anyone? hahaha
  • _spinster_
    so many batman 3 rumors, i think george lucas will make a movie of the six star wars books that take place after return of the jedi. such as The Glove of Darth Vader, The lost city of the jedi, Revenge of ZORBA the Hutt,Can't remember the 4th ones name,Quenn of the Empire,Can't remember the 6th ones name either
  • I love the Darth Bane story. That is one of the greatest Star Wars thing every. Drew Carpeshene (how do you spell that). He really has a feel for Star Wars. Didn't he write the Old Republic games.
  • That Batman 3 rumor, terrible...
  • there was another one somewhere saying that the return of the jedi was going to be made into an animated film lol
  • I think their joke was having Watchmen in the top ten box office movies of last week...it's either that or haunting in Connecticut being #2 there.
  • Andy Allgood
    Bloody Disgusting reported that Cloverfield 2 is filming in Mexico, using kids on Spring Break for some huge crowd scene. Also, they said that Cloverfield battles Hedorah and Mothra in a final battle sequence... I thought it was really funny, considering C2 could actually be filming right now, and nobody would know about it. (Without Hedorah and Mothra, and Spring Break presumably)
  • I'm nominating whomever runs KillerFilm.com for the most retarded person of the year award... It looks as if they actually believed all this crap... Just look at the news portion of their site.
  • The point is to make the joke/post at least remotely believable... to have people second-guessing (like Ghostbusters 3 & MIBIII, for example, still not quite sure). With that being the criteria, the Batman 3 news does not work at all, it is a horrendously woeful attempt at an April Fool's prank.
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