/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