This this might be the last news rundown of the
year. Next weekend the site will be on
mini-break for Thanksgiving and then after that
there's only two weeks (this time will be filled
with year-end lists) until we go on full holiday.
Bummer, right?
Last but not least, I beg you to go see JVCD.
If you haven't heard the movie is about Jean Claude
Van Damme (he plays himself) getting mixed up in a
robbery, and it is one of the best films I've seen
all year. Seriously. Go now. It
will make your life better.
Here's the news. Read on.
- The Rundown -
The Screen
Actors Guild is seeking a strike authorization.
Here's hoping we don't have to deal with that again.
For some reason Will Smith thinks it's OK to make an
Oldboy movie as long as its based on the original
graphic novel and not the Korean flick. It isn't.
Universal has signed a deal that will allow them to
exclusively adapt anything and everything that has or
will be written by Robert Ludlum (the Bourne
novels).
Apparently, Shazam is not dead. Warner Bros
have acquired a script, which is actually called
Captain Marvel, for Peter Segal to direct.
Get Smart 2 will probably come first, though.
Tim Blake Nelson has said that if a Hulk 2
happens that there is a plan for him to play the Leader.
Jonah Hex has seen another setback, the directors
have left to due to creative differences.
The seemingly dead He-Man movie has suddenly
landed a director in Kung Fu Panda-helmer John
Stevenson.
TMNT's Kevin Munroe is said to be ready to direct
War Monkeys, which is a horror comedy about two
janitors stuck in a research facility after they
accidentally release a bunch of military trained
monkeys.
Aaron Eckhart has signed on to star in Battle: Los
Angeles. The movie is about a platoon of
soldiers battling aliens in Los Angeles.
Breck Eisner's remake of Romero's the Crazies has
added Timothy Olyphant as the lead.
Jason Reitman has decided on Anna Kendrick (over Ellen
Page and Emily Blunt) to star along side George Clooney
in Up In The Air. She will play the woman who
becomes enamored with the main character's obsession to
reach one million frequent flyer miles.
Mila Kunis will join Denzel Washington in the
post-apocalyptic flick The Book Of Eli.
Gore Verbinski is all set to direct a remake of the
Host, which is about a giant squid terrorizing a
little town.
Ron Howard and Mitch Hurwitz have let it be known that
an Arrested Development film is really happening.
Colombia is trying to acquire the rights to make a movie
about the life of Eugene Allen, who was a butler in the
White House for over 30 years.
O.C. creator Josh Schwartz has been hired by Fox
to pen an adaptation of X-Men: First Class using
characters from the previous movies.
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