For the past several decades, the name Tim Burton all but guaranteed a film with an element of fantasy. It seems he wants a break. Though the director has several potential films on his plate, his next is likely to be a small, true story. Once a producer on the film, Burton is now set to direct…
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The sequels never stop, and the first one we want to talk about today is Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, the sequel to the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. We know that Thor Freudenthal will direct the movie based on the second book in Rick Riordan's…
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Considering that each of them has done their fair share of bland romantic comedies, it's a little surprising that Ryan Reynolds and Reese Witherspoon have never starred together. But the two are set to collaborate at last in Big Eyes, an art biopic that's decidedly not a romcom. Produced by Tim Burton, the film centers…
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Oh, good: the Monopoly movie is still happening. We knew that was the idea, even though Universal turned up its nose at the idea of the board game-based movie along with Ouija, Clue and a couple other projects. That studio disinterest notwithstanding, Ridley Scott and Hasbro are moving ahead with the film, and have hired…
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Based on the first of several books by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, wasn't exactly a runaway hit. But it also wasn't a great failure. And in the Great Void that will soon be left in the film landscape when the Harry Potter series ends next month, a new teen-centric…
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Let's imagine for a moment that all of Hollywood exists in a universe written by Stephen King. It's an awkward metaphor, I know, but we only need it for a minute. Because in one corner of Hollywood there is a veritable Pet Sematary full of would-be youth lit franchise openers -- films intended as the…
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Tim Burton will reunite with Ed Wood screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski on a 3D stop-motion animated adaptation of Charles Addams' The Addams Family. We've heard in the past that the new project will stick closer to the source material of the Addams cartoon strips from The New Yorker. Deadline has the following quote:…
Read MoreEric Bana says his villainy role as Nero in J.J. Abrams's Star Trek is nothing more than a "cameo." News to me. You? Here's another quote from the Aussie actor about his role: "It's just a great character, it's J.J. Abrams. It's a really well-written script, great part. Couldn't say no. I don't actually look…
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At the Grindhouse Junket we were able to grill Hostel 2 director Eli Roth about his big screen adaptation of Stephen Kin's The Cell, which is currently in development. Question: What's going on with Cell? Eli: Cell, the writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are writing it. They wrote 1408, Ed Wood, and The People…
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