/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
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