Timur Bekmambetov has signed a deal with Universal to bring audiences five more movies in the Screenlife format. Could a Wanted sequel be one of them?
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Following the box-office performance of Jolie's passion project, By the Sea, Universal wants Angelina Jolie for The Bride of Frankenstein and Wanted 2.
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Not only is Beca back for Pitch Perfect 2, so is her signature plastic cup. Also after the jump: Felicity Jones will join Tom Hanks in Inferno Mel Brooks signs on for Hotel Transylvania 2 Stephen Hawking would like to be a Bond baddie The Paranormal Activity franchise is going 3D The Wanted 2 script is…
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Which actress seems very excited to possibly play Captain Marvel? Why didn't Batman v Superman film in Morocco? Is Frank Grillo already preparing for Captain America: Civil War? Did Constantine stop production? Could we still see Wanted 2? Will Nebula have a bigger part in Guardians of the Galaxy 2? Want to see the Avengers:…
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Universal's been taking their good sweet time on the sequel to 2008's Wanted, but fans needn't fret just yet. The studio (re)hired Derek Haas and Michael Brandt to write the script last year, and the former now says they're readying the second draft. As for big changes from the last film, Haas reveals the unsurprising…
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Let's do a little update on Mark Millar movies. First up, while we were doubtful for months about the chances of Kick-Ass 2 actually shooting and bringing the cast of the original film back together, turns out we were too pessimistic. Looks like the film will in fact go before cameras this year, with Jeff…
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The idea of a sequel to the 2008 film Wanted, based on Mark Millar's comic series, has been floating around since before the first film even opened. Back in '08 Wanted screenwriters Derek Haas and Michael Brandt (who shared screen credit with Chris Morgan) were supposedly hired to script the sequel, but the fact of…
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Producer Jim Lemley spoke at the University of Idaho on Monday, to students in the College of Business as part of the 2011 Spring Executive Speaker Series. Lemley is alumni, a 1988 marketing graduate. /Film reader Dustin sent in a report from Lemley's presentation (I have confirmed his appearance with the college), where the producer…
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We've wondered for quite some time what film Timur Bekmambetov might direct next. At one point, it seemed like he would follow his last movie, Wanted, with a direct sequel. But that is taking time to come together, and recently his prioritites have shifted to adapting the novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which he is…
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Small updates on a few films have hit the 'net over the past couple days, in part due to junket appearances by various actors. Sam Worthington, while promoting his new comics and film endeavor, talked about Clash of the Titans 2. Kevin Smith addressed Red State and the possible rating for Hit Somebody, and Angelina…
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Not so long ago we learned that Angelina Jolie left Wanted 2 to peruse other projects, basically dumping the movie in development heck. Now E! Online is reporting that director Timur Bekmambetov has met at least once with Twilight star Kristen Stewart to replace Jolie in the comic book sequel. According to the report, Stewart…
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In this week's episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley try to figure out what Kevin Smith was going for in Cop Out, assess the career of David Goyer, and shower praise on Triangle, The Last Airbender, and the Muppet movies. Special guest Laremy Legel joins us from Film.com. You can…
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So I have a bit of bad news for you guys: It looks as if the Wanted sequel will not be happening after all. Angelina Jolie pulled out of the project to pursue another film. That is where the good news comes in: Jolie left Wanted 2 to star in Alfonso Cuarón’s space thriller titled…
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Last time I wrote about Wanted 2, it was to talk about the fact that Fox, Angelina Jolie's character from the original film, might return. At that point, many things pointed to the liklihood of that actually happening being pretty low. But a couple of days ago I missed a piece on MTV (because I'm…
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A Russian report (spoilery English version here) quotes director Timur Bekmambetov saying that he's about to start preparation for Wanted 2, and that the film could shoot in late autumn or winter. He also says that Fox, Angelina Jolie's character, will be back. (Played by her, or someone else?) Which is a bit...surprising. More (including…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley weigh the stupidity of Fox's multiple Wolverine endings, speculate on David Slade's capacity to direct Eclipse, and grow ever more dubious of McG's credibility. Special guests Tyler Smith and David Bax join us from the Battleship Pretension podcast. You can always e-mail…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley get excited for 24: New York, get ambivalent about Wanted 2, get disappointed by Mitch Hurwitz's Sit Down, Shut Up, and get intrigued by The Girlfriend Experience. Special guests Dan Trachtenberg from the Totally Rad Show and Jen Yamato from Rottentomatoes join…
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Last week we reported that Evan Spiliotopoulos, co-writer of Pooh's Heffalump Movie and its DVD Halloween spin-off, had been hired to write Wanted 2. Like others, I was a little surprised that a screenwriter with a past filmography comprising of family animated films was hired to pen the sequel to a balls-to-the-wall action-filled comic book…
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Universal has hired a new writer to pen a sequel to the popular comic book movie action film Wanted. Who did they hire? Evan Spiliotopoulos, co-writer of Pooh's Heffalump Movie and its DVD Halloween spin-off. It doesn't make sense, but it doesn't really have to make sense. The screenwriters of the first film wrote 2…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam ponder box office surprises from the past weekend, discuss the merits of a Facebook movie, and look back on the first season of the /Filmcast. Vic Holtreman joins us from Screenrant and Scott Weinberg joins us from Cinematical and Fearnet. Have any questions, comments, concerns,…
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Twitter has been flush with positive, early endorsements, Slashfilm's included, for Wanted, the R-rated bulletime fiesta opening this weekend based on Mark Millar's lauded comic book miniseries. A veddy confident Millar has announced via his message board that the studio is already putting its sequelitis into action, and then he aimed his gold-plated Uzi at…
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/Film reader Editor E has passed along word that screenwriters Derek Haas and Michael Brandt have already been hired by Universal to pen a sequel to Wanted. Derek Haas revealed that "We're just finishing up a book adaptation for Universal of the James Siegel novel Deceit. We've been hired to write the sequel to Wanted…
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