There's a lot to look at in today's Sequel Bits, including concept art for G.I. Joe: Retaliation and a bloody new image from The Raid 2: Berandal. Also after the jump: Director offers status update and possible title for Tron 3 John Cusack may be back for Hot Tub Time Machine 2 this summer Transformers 4 will…
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Between reshoots and the 3D post-conversion, it took Paramount an extra nine months to get G.I. Joe: Retaliation into theaters. But now that the film's there, the studio is wasting no time with the next installment. Paramount has reportedly decided to move ahead with a third G.I. Joe film after the strong box office performance…
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That third Atlas Shrugged you didn't ask for is on the way. Also after the jump: Who wants to be an extra in Captain America? Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks up Red 2 and Jack Ryan Here's what Al Pacino will look like in Despicable Me 2 Check out another new Star Trek Into Darkness image Kick-Ass 2 reveals some kick-ass…
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In the months between its first planned release date and now, G.I. Joe: Retaliation has been surrounded by a ton of questions. What was the fate of Channing Tatum's character, Duke? Was the film delayed for reasons other than a 3D conversion? How would director Jon M. Chu handle his first massive, effects-filled blockbuster? Most…
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If action heroes are your thing, you're covered this spring. G.I. Joe: Retaliation's nine-month delay finally comes to an end this weekend, while Joseph Kosinski's gorgeous sci-fi adventure Oblivion opens a few weeks later. New spots for both have just hit the web, and you can check them out after the jump. G.I. Joe: Retaliation star Dwayne…
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Dwayne Johnson's gone from franchise to franchise the past few years, but now he may finally be ready to lead an offshoot of his own. The actor reveals a Luke Hobbs spinoff could "possibly" arrive after Fast & Furious 6. Also after the jump: Johnson also talks Bond and Expendables 3 The Transformers series will return to Chicago…
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Today's Sequel Bits is stuffed to the brim with images, quotes, tweets, and more. After the jump: Would Bryan Singer ever direct a Star Trek movie? Damon Lindelof explains all the secrecy about the villain Seth Grahame-Smith gets cracking on Beetlejuice 2 Steven Seagal's out, Jackie Chan's in for Expendables 3 Willow and Roger Rabbit sequels offer…
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Who exactly is G.I. Joe: Retaliation's Cobra Commander? Find out after the jump. Also: Expect the cast to return for Oz The Great and Powerful 2 Josh Duhamel will make a cameo in Transformers 4 Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Don't hold your breath for a Simpsons Movie sequel A Ghost Rider:…
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LeVar Burton has some issues with J.J. Abrams' attitude toward the Star Trek franchise, and no, it doesn't have anything to do with that Star Wars gig. Also after the jump: Producer Joe Roth talks a bit about Alice in Wonderland 2 Transformers 4 will be darker and grittier, says Mark Wahlberg Benedict Cumberbatch's John…
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Every franchise needs its good guys and its bad guys. In the G.I. Joe universe, the bad guy is Cobra, a convert organization hell bent on world domination. They came pretty close in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and in next month's G.I. Joe Retaliation, they'll do just that. Directed by Jon M. Chu,…
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Whether your idea of fun is G-rated college kids or hard-R strippers, there's something in today's Sequel Bits for you. After the jump: Jessica Alba promises to do more dancing in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For ... while Robert Rodrigez comments on Dennis Haysbert replacing Michael Clarke Duncan Arnold Schwarzenegger explains why his…
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Who's up for another El Mariachi movie? Robert Rodriguez and Antonio Banderas definitely are. Also after the jump: Could Channing Tatum or Emma Stone be in Dumb and Dumber To? Steve Carell hasn't seen a script yet for Anchorman 2 Jon M. Chu has things to say about G.I. Joe: Retaliation Rob Zombie does not have…
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Last spring, Paramount made the surprising decision to delay G.I. Joe: Retaliation by nine months, from June 2012 to March 2013, so that it could be converted to 3D. Now, in just a couple of months, we'll find out whether that costly last-minute change was worth it. The latest trailer tries to hype up the…
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When Christopher McQuarrie was set to direct One Shot, which eventually became Jack Reacher starring Tom Cruise, the idea was to launch a franchise based on the dozen-plus Reacher books by Lee Child. Turns out that Jack Reacher may be the character's one shot at the big screen, at least in this incarnation. The movie wasn't…
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The news you've been waiting for is here: Pirates of the Caribbean 5 has taken another step forward! (Contain your excitement, please.) Jeff Nathanson, who wrote Catch Me if You Can, has been hired to write Pirates 5. Two members of the old crew are back, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star/producer Johnny Depp. There's no plot…
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After the jump: Christoph Waltz might appear in The Muppets 2 after all Has Transformers 4 replaced Brenton Thwaites with Jack Reynor? Berandal (a.k.a. The Raid 2) announces new cast members Walton Goggins promises to be funny in G.I. Joe: Retaliation Paul Rudd doesn't know much about Anchorman 2 but hopes it'll be good Samuel L. Jackson has things…
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This past weekend, Paramount brought footage from the delayed G.I. Joe: Retaliation to Harry Knowles' annual 24-hour movie marathon in Austin, TX. I wasn't in attendance, but the consensus on the Joe footage, which featured that mountainside ninja battle, was easy to read: everyone I talked to said the sequence had some of the best…
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With Jack Reacher releasing in just a couple of weeks, that film's writer/director Christopher McQuarrie is finally back on screens with a directing credit to follow his debut The Way of the Gun, which hit in 2000. McQuarrie is the lead choice to direct Tom Cruise (and presumably Jeremy Renner) in Mission: Impossible 5, and…
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The sequel news today is partly theoretical, and partly oriented around 3D. After the break, find details on the following items: Guillermo del Toro has toyed with a Pacific Rim sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation producer talks about that film's late in the game 3D conversion, It seems like Scream 5 isn't happening any time soon,…
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In an alternate timeline where Jon M. Chu's G.I. Joe Retaliation wasn't delayed to get a 3D overhaul, it would probably already be on Blu-ray. As it stands, though, the director is still working on making the conversion worth the wait. Audiences are about five months out from finally seeing some fulfillment of the action-packed…
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Director Jon M. Chu has quickly become one of those directors whose quotes you need to read. After gaining notoriety with the Step Up movies and Justin Bieber documentary, Paramount entrusted him with one of their marquee franchises: G.I. Joe. Then Sony handed him the reigns to another potential franchise, Masters of the Universe. That's a nice…
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Watch enough movies, and you'll find that you occasionally walk out of the theater sometimes with the vaguely disappointing feeling that you've just shelled out $14 to see a movie you're already seen before. Sometimes, it's no surprise that a film looks derivative -- did anyone really expect Underworld: Awakening to wow us with its…
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What's the real story behind the delay of Paramount's G.I. Joe: Retaliation? Ever since the studio abruptly pushed the film to March 2013, just weeks before the planned opening later this month, there have been rumors about bad test screening reactions and a studio desire for more Channing Tatum. We know the film is being…
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By and large, no one liked G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra very much, and so you can't blame Paramount for thinking it was a good idea to craft a sequel with as few faces as possible from the original movie. And when that sequel was set in motion last year, no one would have…
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No, it wasn't just you -- Men in Black 3, entertaining as it was, made no sense at all. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that starting the shoot without a completed sequel did not help. Also after the jump: Robert Rodriguez talks up Sin City: A Dame to Kill For…
Read MoreNO PHOTO Now that G.I. Joe: Retaliation is no longer opening next month, thanks to a late-in-the-game decision to post-convert it to 3D, we've got another ten months to keep talking about it. After the jump, read director Jon Chu's earlier comments on the decision to shoot in 2D. Also: Get a look at Shaquille O'Neal…
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The most surprising news yesterday was that Paramount has pushed G.I. Joe: Retaliation back from a June 29 release this year to March 29 2013, to allow time to post-convert the film to 3D. There was plenty of spin applied to the news, but the general supposition is that the film isn't particularly good, and…
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