Frankly, I’m surprised it has taken so long for this to happen. In the early to mid-’70s Bill Cosby did three films with Sidney Poitier (who also directed) called Uptown Saturday Night, Let’s Do It Again, and A Piece of the Action. The films aren’t exactly related in a narrative sense — they feature different characters, in different cities — but are clearly related in that they feature Cosby, Poitier and great supporting casts having a hell of a time in comedy/caper stories.
Now Adam McKay, director of Anchorman, is in talks to remake Uptown Saturday Night, with hopes for Will Smith and Denzel Washington as the stars. Smith has been trying to remake all three films for a decade now, and maybe it is finally about to happen. Read More »
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Posted on Friday, April 20th, 2012 by Angie Han
It seems like every longtime Hollywood star is trying to revive their best-loved characters right now, so why should Robert De Niro be any different? He’s already working on another Midnight Run, and he’s now publicly acknowledged that he’s not entirely against doing another Raging Bull, either. Also after the jump:
- Nicholas Stoller will ask Jason Segel for notes on Muppets 2
- Young Agent K annoys Agent J, goes bowling in new MIB3 pics
- More MIB3 footage surfaces in the music video for Pitbull’s theme
- Marvel’s Civil War storyline could maybe appear in Avengers 3
- Here’s where Star Trek 2 is shooting in Los Angeles this weekend
- Here are more Star Trek 2 set photos of Zachary Quinto
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Posted on Monday, April 16th, 2012 by Angie Han
Every time I think the whole back-and-forth about Bill Murray and Ghostbusters 3 is finally drawing to a close, somehow it comes roaring back again. This time, Murray is the one who’s not ruling out the possibility, however small, of his involvement. Also after the jump:
- Photos from Expendables 2, MIB3, and G.I. Joe
- A revealing new pic of Spock in Star Trek 2
- Maggie Grace talks about Taken 2, again
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Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 by Angie Han
If you were hoping to see more Star Trek: The Original Series stars in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 2, George Takei says you’re out of luck. If you’ve been waiting to see Emma Thompson step back into her Oscar-nominated role from In the Name of the Father as real-life human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce, on the other hand, things are looking up. After the jump:
- Luke Wilson isn’t sure he’ll be back for Anchorman 2
- … but he wouldn’t mind another Old School
- A new behind-the-scenes video from Skyfall drops
- Producer Jon Landau talks Avatars 2 and 3, briefly
- Emma Thompson will reprise her role as Gareth Peirce
- George Takei says not to expect TOS cameos in Star Trek 2
- Another new Men in Black 3 television spot
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Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 by Angie Han
Before we launch into the Andrew Garfield era of the Spider-Man movie franchise, Sony would really like it it you revisited the Tobey Maguire age one last time with its upcoming Blu-ray reissues of the Sam Raimi films. Also after the jump:
- Sony drops the first TV spot for Men in Black 3
- Blade 2‘s Blu-ray reissue will feature Guillermo Del Toro commentary
- Damon Lindelof explains why Prometheus isn’t exactly a prequel
- Dumb and Dumber 2 is happening, say the Farrelly Bros.
- James Bond will be sipping Heineken in Skyfall
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One of the best moves all involved made with the original Men in Black film was to have Will Smith record a simple and catchy as hell theme song. It’s a lot easier to sell tickets to a movie when people can’t help themselves humming the film’s title all day long.
Smith was a driving force behind Men in Black 3, and though he hasn’t had an album on shelves since Lost and Found in 2005, we know that Smith went back into the studio last fall, and so there was reason to expect that he would crank out a theme for the third MiB movie.
That didn’t happen. Instead, the producers turned to Cuban-American rapper Pitbull, and you can hear the slight track he turned in below. Read More »
Music, release dates, expanded roles, clips and interviews. It’s all in this edition of Sequel Bits. After the jump read about:
- Pitbull, not Will Smith, will be doing the theme song to Men in Black III. A nation weeps.
- Liam Hemsworth talks about how his expanded role in The Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire, didn’t change this performance plus Expendables 2.
- A new clip has been released from Wrath of the Titans featuring Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes.
- Kermit the Frog and Walter discuss Jason Segel‘s departure from The Muppets 2.
- Warner Bros. gives official Summer 2013 release dates to The Hangover Part III and 300: Battle of Artemisia.
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Posted on Monday, March 19th, 2012 by Angie Han
The fact that the first Expendables was an R-rated affair didn’t stop it from underwhelming some, so Sly’s confirmation that Expendables 2 will be R, not PG-13, after all still isn’t a guarantee of quality — but it probably helps. Also after the jump:
- Watch a trailer for the Starship Troopers: Invasion, the animated sequel
- Men in Black 3 drops a new promo image.
- TRON: Legacy orchestrator Joe Trapanese will return for TRON: Uprising
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