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/Film - Week In Review

By Peter Sciretta

Sequels/Remakes/Adaptations

  • 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.

    • Movie Trailers

  • Revolutionary Road
  • Timecrimes
  • Notorious
  • Bryan Singer's Valkyrie
  • David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Oliver Stone's W.
  • Frank Miller's The Spirit

    • First Look

  • Steven Seagal in Kill Switch
  • Banner for Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol
  • Red Mist's Car in Kick-Ass
  • Mia Wasikowska as Alice in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

    • Cool Stuff

  • Tim Goddard's Star Wars LEGO Diorama
  • Hope for a Better Tomorrow T-Shirt
  • Vote McClane T-Shirt
  • James Davis' The Lost Boys Movie Poster
  • Hot Toys' Iron Man Mark I 1/6th Figure

    • Interviews

  • Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci

    • /Filmcast

  • Episode 18 – Lakeview Terrace with guests Dan Trachtenberg and Myles McNutt
  • After Dark with Dan Trachtebberg

    • VOTD

  • Sir Ben Kingsley Pays Tribute to DC Hardcore Band Minor Threat
  • Star Wars Video Game Retrospectives 1-8
  • Vader Slices SpikeTV Spot
  • John Landis on Point Blank
  • Superhero Fashion Emergancy
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