Week In Review

Posted on Friday, October 10th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta

Sequels/Remakes/Adaptations

The Plot for Captain America Has been revealed
Guillermo del Toro explains who his Frankenstein adaptation will be different: It’s not the traditional creation/origin story
Rumor has it that Paul Andrew Williams might direct 28 Months Later
The new Watchmen video journal shows The Making of Dr. Manhattan
TR2N will be released in Digital Disney 3D. Also, Jeff Bridges talks about the tech of the sequel
Steve Carell will return for Get Smart 2
Screenwriter Travis Wright clears up the Blade Runner 2 rumors
Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonam Carter have been cast in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
Columbus Short confirms that Lethal Weapon 5 is on the fast track
The Daily Mail claims that Johnny Depp will be paid $56 million upfront for Pirates of the Caribbean 4
David Goyer says that all The Dark Knight rumors are B.S.
Enchanted director Kevin Lima to adapt Tom Thumb
Guillermo del Toro tries to explain The Hobbit sequel. I’m still confused.
Casting Rumor: Could Ryan Gosling play The Green Lantern?
Josh Brolin is in talks to play Jonah Hex
The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona will helm a big screen adaptation of David Moody’s book “Hater”.

Casting

Kat Dennings has been cast in Woody Harrelson’s superhero dramedy
Jesse Eisenberg has been cast in Zombieland. Check out some of director Ruben Fleischer’s short films
Dominic Monaghan and Freddy Rodriguez have been cast in Fortuna, which sounds like The Island Meets Children of Men
Jamie Foxx has been cast in Frank Darabont’s Law Abiding Citizen

Other

Empire Magazine names the top 500 movies of all time.
Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire has been moved up to November 12th
The Weinstein Co is promoting Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Ponro with Stick Figures but not Seth Rogen’s face?
Adam Quigley takes a look at You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, The Happening, 30 Rock, The Simpsons and more in This Week in DVD
David Cronenberg is in talks to direct Denzel Washington in The Matarese Circle
Fantastic Fest is having a Halloween Party at The Shining’s Timberline Lodge
Early Buzz for Oliver Stone’s W praises Josh Brolin’s performance, nays the Texas melodrama
Netflix is charging an additional $1 for Blu-ray rentals
The Academy Awards lifts the ban on movie advertisements.
Hunter Stephenson reviews Sex Drive.
Watch Richard Linklater’s Slacker for Free on Hulu
The Chevy Beat concept car in Transformers 2 is Autobot Skids.
Suresh Joachim and Claudia Wavra broke the Guiness World Record for most consecutive hours spent watching movies, after sitting through 57 movies in 123 hours and 10 minutes.
Seth Rogen will produce I’m With Cancer, a comedy about Will Reiser’s battle with cancer
Five videos from The Wrestler press conference at the New York Film Festival.
“Leaked” video footage of Kevin Smith directing Seth Rogen to “Do it more like Affleck on the set of Zack and Miri
Clint Eastwood plays a weirdo racist in Gran Torino
In one of the biggest behind the scenes Hollywood clusterfucks of recent years, producer Scott Rudin abandons The Reader

Television

Entourage has been renewed for a sixth season
ABC Family greenlights a 30-minute pilot for a television adaptation of 10 Things I Hate About You

Movie Trailers

First Look

Concept Art from Dreamwork Aniamtion’s How to Train Your Dragon
A Better Look at the Kick-Ass Costumes
Robert Downey Jr in Sherlock Holmes
Ben Kingsley in Prince of Persia

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Posted on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 by Peter Sciretta

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Kenneth Branagh is in talks to direct Marvel’s Thor
Pixar promises not to tinker with the 3d rereleases of Toy Story and Toy Story 2
Even though McG claimed he did, James Cameron says that he’s never blessed Terminator: Salvation after all
Original Let The Right One In director slams the idea of an American remake
Eagle Eye co-writer Travis Wright is working on a sequel to Blade Runner
Paramount will distribute Marvel Studio’s next five movies
Green Lantern is aiming for a Spring 2009 start date
Three actions scenes in Transformers 2 were shot using IMAX cameras
Kirsten Dunst says she will return for Spider-Man 4
Could Star Wars: The Force Unleashed be adapted into a big screen movie?
Mike De Luca is going to remake Angel Heart
Shia LaBeouf injures himself, gets stitches, on the set of Transformers 2
Dreamworks Animation will release Kung Fu Panda 2 on June 3rd 2011
The current running time of Watchmen is 2 hours and 43 minutes, the new trailer will be attached to Quantum of Solace, and Zack snyder said he would not be involved with a sequel/prequel if Warner Bros made one.
The 300 sequel/prequel will be about the Battle of Plataea
Martin Scorsese has signed on to direct Robert De Niro in an adaptation of the gangster novel I Heard You Paint Houses
Ash Brannon will direct a hybrid live action/cg adaptation of Yogi Bear
Steven Seagal wants to make Under Siege 3 in Space.
Punisher: War Zone gets an R-Rating
Fox co-chairman Tom Rothman says James Cameron’s Avatar could be a franchise

$Jack Black\'s Bourne Identity comedy$

Casting

Matt Lucas has been cast as Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
Jack Black will star in a Bourne Identity-inspired comedy written by the guys who made Kung Fu Panda
Sarah Palin Lookalike needed in Los Angeles for Porn movie
The cast was revealed for George Romero’s Island-based Zombie movie.

Other

Zack Snyder will develop video games for Electronic Arts
$500,000 Christian Faith-based film Fireproof shocks everyone by making $6.5 million on opening weekend.
Dell Computer’s genius plan to overtake Apple iTunes is to sell Iron Man preloaded on new computers
Alan Ball has two new projects in the works, a dark comedy about a female vigilante and a 1930’s screwball sex comedy.
Adam Quigley takes a look at this week’s DVD releases in This Week in DVD
Television director Anthony Hemingway will direct George Lucas’ Red Tails
Jon Favreau provides some insight on why some Superhero adaptations fail
I’ve lost all hope in Sony’s “West Coast Cloverfield” as hack director Jonathan Liebesman has been hired to direct Battle: Los Angeles
Oliver Stone is unsure audiences will buy tickets to W.
MSNBC gives a video tour of a premium movie theater which charges $35 per a movie ticket
Netflix added thousands of Starz movies to their Instant Streaming service. The company also says that Watch Instantly will finally be Mac compatible by the end of the year.
Director Larry Charles Says NC-17 Motley Crüe Film, The Dirt, Isn’t Happening. Also, New HBO Series with Kayne West.
Iron Man becomes the biggest Blu-Ray release of all time in just 48 hours

Television

HBO is developing Americatown, a series about American immigrants in 2040
David Gordon Green’s television series Good Vibes has been picked up by Fox
CW will shoot a pilot for The Graysons, a series which will follow Dick “DJ” Grayson and his family, in the days before he becomes Batman’s sidekick Robin.
JJ Abrams’ Fringe has been picked up for a full season
The Steven Spielberg-produced Diablo Codyscripted United States of Tara will premiere in January
DirectTV’s Poltergeist commercial features dead actress Heather O’Rourke

Movie Trailers

Confessions of a Shopaholic - A generic Devil Wears Prada-like Romantic comedy starring Isla Fischer
Filth and Wisdom - Madonna’s directorial debut
Dragonball - Leaked from Brand Expo
Let The Right One In - American Trailer for the critically acclaimed Swedish vampire film
Paul Blart: Mall Cop - Kevin James stars in comic version of Die Hard in a Mall
Dead Snow - A Norwegian Nazi Zombie Film
The Uninvited - American remake of Kim Jee-Woon’s 2003 Korean horror film Changhwa Hongryon
Sunshine Cleaning - Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin in a dark comedy about Crime Scene Cleaners

First Look

Friday the 13th - Jason Voorhees Unmasked
Inglorious Bastards - A pointless look at a set farmhouse
Notorious - Choose the theatrical movie poster
Watch the first five minutes of Fernando Meirelles’ Blindness
Angels & Demons Teaser Poster?

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/Film - Week in Review

Posted on Saturday, September 27th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta

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Wanted director Timbur Bekmambetov to direct a new adaptation of Moby Dick
Cloverfield director Matt Reeves has signed on to remake the Sweedish horror film Let The Right One In.
Will Smith has signed on to reprise his role as Robert Neville, in a I Am Legend prequel, which will be directed by Francis Lawrence.
Bill Murray shows interest and offers some advice to the writers of Ghostbusters 3
Accepted director Steve Pink is going to remake Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Avi Arad options the popular video game Mass Effect.
DJ Caruso wants to shoot Y: The Last Man using IMAX cameras, and has added a ticking clock device to the screenplay.
New Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen details leaked from the Hasbro Licensing Summit. Meanwhile, Entertainment Tonight visits the set of the film. And unconfirmed concept art of Megatron’s new Alt mode leaked onto the internet.

Casting

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost were offered a role in Steven Spielberg’s Tintin
Rachel McAdams has been cast as Sherlock Holmes love interest in the new Guy Ritchie adaptation.
Johnny Depp has been cast as The Madd Hatter in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and Tonto in The Lone Ranger. But could George Clooney be The Lone Ranger?

Other

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will feature 25 minutes of IMAX 3D
Kevin Smith explains why studios are afraid to greenlight his dark horror film Red State
Michael Moore’s new film Slacker Uprising is now available for Free online.
Shane Black has signed on to direct a spy movie titled Cold Warrior. But Lethal Weapon 5 isn’t dead, just waiting for Mel Gibson’s approval.
Pixar moves the release of Cars 2 forward to Summer 2011, and pushes Newt back until the Summer of 2012.
Adam Quigley takes a look at Sex and the City, Leatherheads, Run Fatboy Run, The Godfather and more in This Week in DVD
George Romero’s new movie takes place on an island and features underwater zombies.
Roger Ebert responded to a Disaster Movie fanboy/troll using internet speech.