Looking back at the last info we had on MGM’s proposed remake of Poltergeist, this rumor isn’t very surprising. MGM CEO Roger Birnbaum gave a talk this week at his alma mater, the University of Denver, and dropped a few bits of info about two remakes the studio is working on. One was Carrie, which Birnbaum suggested may have a found-footage angle.
There was also reportedly mention of Poltergeist, a film MGM has been talking about remaking for several years. Of that project, the story goes that Birnbaum said that Sam Raimi is in talks to direct.
Update: THR reveals that Raimi is producing, rather than directing, which makes a lot more sense. As mentioned below, David Lindsay-Abaire is indeed writing the story that “focuses on a family whose house was built on a holy site and whosedaughter is taken by ghosts.” Original article follows.
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They already have the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral and now they might get their very own Mos Eisley Cantina. A rumor has begun to circle that Disney Imagineers are looking to convert a section of Disneyland Paris into a Star Wars themed land complete with updated Star Tours, new stores and Mos Eisley Cantina restaurant. Read more after the jump. Read More »
The Avengers premiered last night in Hollywood (you can read some twitter reactions here). I was in attendance but I’m not allowed to write a proper review of the film just yet. I will tell you that it seemed like the print we screened was a completely finished movie.
It even had an extra bonus scene in the credits, something we’ve come to love about the Marvel films. I’m not going to spoil that scene at all, other than to say it hints at a possible Avengers sequel a few years down the line. The scene appears at the conclusion of the animated star credit sequence, and right before the full credit scroll begins. This is worth noting because Marvel usually puts their extra “button” scenes at the conclusion of the full credit scroll. But the cut we saw had nothing at the end of the reel.
Could they have left something out for the premiere? Marvel famously left the Samuel L Jackson‘s surprise appearance as Nick Fury off the end of Iron Man when they first screened it to the press, so its possible.
What if I told you they might have an extra end credits scene no one has seen yet? What if I told you the reason no one has seen it yet is because they might even be filming it tonight? Details after the jump.
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In this edition of Sequel Bits, you can read about the following:
- Miss Piggy confirms a Muppets sequel is in the works.
- Aerosmith will have a song on the G.I. Joe Retaliation soundtrack.
- There’s a chance Johnny Depp could show up in Beetlejuice 2.
- A new, stricter fashion sense may have been implemented for Star Trek 2.
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Despite the relatively tepid financial and critical reception TRON: Legacy got in 2010, everyone who would potentially be involved in a sequel still believes it will happen. Tron himself, Bruce Boxleitner, keeps giving potential start dates, Legacy director Joseph Kosinski has talked about the plot and the screenwriters of that film, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, handed the writing reigns for a third movie to Dave DiGilio.
At WonderCon, Kitsis and Horowitz – who were on hand to promote the show that took then away from Tron, Once Upon A Time, confirmed they’d read DiGilio’s first draft and couldn’t help be do a little teasing. Read more after the jump. Read More »
Update from Editor Peter Sciretta: Apparently this report has been confirmed false. Ed Helms tells The Playlist that while he is a big fan of the Chevy Chase classic Vacation, he doesn’t know where the rumors originated (Perez Hilton…) and has yet to be approached for the project:
“I have no idea where that bubbled up. I don’t know where that came from. It’s nothing I know of.”
The original story follows after the jump.
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We’ve already had a bit of Marvel news this morning thanks to the announcement of a six-film Marvel marathon that culminates with a midnight screening of The Avengers.
But there’s more. After the break, rumors are starting to fly on the Iron Man 3 plot, and The Avengers director Joss Whedon says that the release version of his movie, which he eventually cut from three hours down to 135 miniutes, will be the only version of the movie. Read More »
Before Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 was released, the one thing fans were most excited about was we’d finally get to see Venom on the big screen. The character is arguably the most popular of Spider-Man’s villains and to potentially see his origins and battles with the web-slinger was unbelievably exciting. After the film was released, though, the sparse use of the character was listed as one of the its biggest disappointments.
Soon after Spider-Man 3, Sony wised-up to the character’s popularity and began developing a Venom centric movie with Hunger Games director Gary Ross at the helm. It never panned out. But, with the new Amazing Spider-Man around the corner and a hot new superhero director in town, the stars might just be aligning once again.
The Los Angeles Times reports Sony is in negotiations with Chronicle director Josh Trank to helm a new Venom movie. There’s more after the jump. Read More »
