/Film - Week In Review

Sequels/Remakes/Adaptations

• 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

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?

Cool Stuff

• Japan's Ultimate Matrix Blu-Ray Giftset

• Marc Ecko's Star Wars Collection

• Ferarri Motorcycle is One Step Closer to TRON

• Eight Exclusive Iron Man DVDs

• Tarantino Babies T-Shirt

• Cylon Raider Raider Artisan Replica

• Lou Romano's Incredibles Concept Art

• Darth Vader's Self Maintenance T-Shirt

LOL

• Darth Vader spotted on Google Maps Street View

• AVP Child Predator Gloves

• Follow Fake Michael Bay on Twitter

• Boba Fett freezes The Simpsons in carbonite

• Transformers Meets Armageddon Concept Art

/Filmcast

• /Filmcast Ep 19 – Eagle Eye with Peter Sciretta

VOTD

• Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on SNL Again

• Head of Skate Trailer

• Alternative Ending for Back to the Future 2

• Harry Potter Responds to Angry Harry Potter Fans

• Don't Vote – 5 Friends Uncensored

• Medellin Reviewed on Ebert & Roeper