For the
week of news that I missed I didn't go super
in-depth, but I think I got all of the important
stuff that happened and added it to the good bits
from the last seven days. Let me know if you
think I didn't mention something interesting.
Read on.
- The Rundown -
Brett
Ratner has surfaced with comments saying that he is not
directing Conan and that his focus right now is
on getting Beverly Hills Cop 4 greenlit.
Samuel L. Jackson and Jim Caviezel have signed on to
appear in Blown, which is about an MI5 operative
trying to stop a terrorist attack from happening.
Ridley Scott is not only producing Monopoly The Movie,
but directing it as well.
Michael Moore recently let it be known that his next
documentary will deal with the global economic crisis.
Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith, will play the feature
role in the grossly unnecessary Karate Kid
remake.
Speaking of Will Smith, it would appear that he and
Steven Spielberg intend on destroying another classic
with their hope to remake Oldboy. This
better fall through just like Justin Lin's efforts did a
couple of years ago.
It looks as if Joe Johnston will follow up Wolfman
with The First Avenger: Captain America for
Marvel.
Jack Black will play the title role in Gulliver's
Travels.
Danny Boyle has let it be known that he is interested in
directing 28 Months Later.
Some are thinking that McG may be in line to direct
Wonder Woman.
The Expendables will apparently feature Jason
Stratham, Jet Li and Sylvester Stallone - who will also
direct. The flick, which has a very 80s vibe, is
said to follow a bunch of mercenaries trying to being
down one of those pesky South American dictators.
Marc Forster has let it be known that he cut the
original ending of Quantum Of Solace. My
guess is that it will one day show up as a DVD feature.
Max Allen Collins is directing and writing two sequels
to the Road To Perdition. The two films
will be called Road To Purgatory and Road To
Paradise and they will both tell the story of Tom
Hanks' character's son, Michael Sullivan Jr., from the
original.
On another Forster note, he is all set to direct the
post-apocalyptic zombie actioneer World War Z.
Russell Brand is said to be close to joining the cast of
Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 as Jack Sparrow's
brother.
The Farrelly Brothers are finally going to make their
Three Stooges flick. It's setup over at MGM.
Before he gets in too deep with Gears Of War it
seems as if Len Wiseman may do a movie called
Motorcade, which is about a bunch of terrorists
trying to hijack the presidential motorcade.
Steve Carell has replaced Sacha Baron Cohen in Jay
Roach's Dinner For Schmucks. It's
supposedly about a dinner in which attendees are
challenged to bring the most obnoxious guest possible.
The guy who is in everything and nothing, Sam
Worthington, has agreed to join Helen Mirren in Debt,
which is about two people hunting a Nazi war criminal.
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will be teaming up again in
Paul. The film is said to follow a couple of
guys who meet an alien as they road trip from Comic-Con
to Area 51. And no, Edgar Wright is not directing.
Twilight isn't even out yet, but Summit
Entertainment has already optioned the books to base
further sequels on.
Francis Lawrence has signed on to direct the true story
of the riots and siege of the Atlanta Federal
Penitentiary in 1987. Now word yet on a title.
Rumor has it that Terrence Malick may be developing an
adaptation of the famous poem Sir Gawain And The
Green Knight.
Martin Campbell will direct Nagasaki Deadline,
which is about an FBI agent who must solve a bunch of
puzzles to avoid a terrorist attack. Is is just me, or
does every "original" movie these days uses this
plotline?
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