Even
though all of the news (my favorite part) hits the web
almost immediately, I'd still love to one day attend Comic
Con. It just sounds like an absolute blast.
Here's the news. Read on.
- The Rundown -
It would
be silly to try and summarize all of the tweets and full
reports from this year's Comic Con, so instead I'll just say
that it sounds as if Avatar, Iron Man 2,
Tron Legacy, Inglorious Basterds, Kick
Ass, Where The Wild Things Are and District 9
impressed the most with either new footage or full
screenings. Sherlock Holmes, Jonah Hex,
Zombieland, Alice In Wonderland, Cloudy
With A Chance Of Meatballs, 2012 and A Nightmare On
Elm Street also got a nice handful of positive mentions.
As far as negative feedback goes, I only came across such a
thing for Pandorum, but the highly anticipated (by
the teens of America) Twilight: New Moon did seem to
leave a lot of people without anything to say. That's
all. I think.
Todd Phillips has selected Robert Downey Jr. and Zack
Galifianakis as the leads in his upcoming road trip comedy,
Due Date.
The director of the first Saw has signed on to do the
Castlevania adaptation.
Denzel Washington has decided to rejoin Unstoppable.
He was reported as being out because of salary issues.
The Lee family has come out and said that there are
currently three different Bruce Lee biopics planned.
Stephen Sommers has been announced as the director (so much
for him being fired, right?) of the next GI Joe
installment.
Gary Oldman let it slip that the third Batman will
shoot next year. Then, unfortunately, he took that
statement back by saying he doesn't know when it will
happen.
David
Cronenberg's next film will be an adaptation of the novel
Cosmopolis, which is about a billionaire crossing
Manhattan to get a haircut.
The next Pirates Of The Caribbean film will shoot in
April/May of 2010.
Once Alice In Wonderland is all said and done, Tim
Burton will reportedly move on to his long awaited
adaptation of the show Dark Shadows.
Javier Bardem has dropped out of Money Never Sleeps
because of scheduling issues.
Sam Raimi will direct the World Of Warcraft movie.
Uma Thurman will star in Girl Soldier, which is based
on the true story of a nun in Uganda who helped get children
out of rebel captivity in the late 90s.
Nicolas Cage is in talks to join the cast of Green Hornet.
Robert Orci has said that the next Star Trek flick
may be a two-parter.
Next up for James Mangold is a film called Three Little
Words. It's apparently about Ashley Rhodes-Courter's
time in foster care.
- John Laird
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