Time for
your weekly notable news update! Below you'll find a
slew of sentences meant to provide a brief glimpse of what's
been going on over the past week in movieland. If
something leaves you desperate for more info then my advice
is to do a little extra research on one or all of the
following fantastic sites:
Latino Review,
Dark Horizons,
Ain't It Cool News,
CHUD and/or
JoBlo. Now, read on!
Movie News
Rundown
Jeremy Renner (The
Hurt Locker) has signed on for Mission Impossible 4.
Apparently, he is being looked at as the eventual successor
of the franchise.
Sony is said to be looking at putting together a sequel to
their Karate Kid remake.
John Cusack will play Edgar Allan Poe in James McTeigue's
fiction-based The Raven. The story is said to
follow Poe as he attempts to stop a serial killer who is
using his stories as methodology.
Producer Laura Shuler Donner has said that the Magneto
origin film is essentially dead since a lot of its story was
incorporated into Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class.
The documentary Inside Job has a
trailer. It will probably make you
angry.
Dimension has already started working on a sequel to
Piranha 3D.
Katie Holmes has signed on to star with Adam Sandler in
Jack And Jill. The movie follows a man who must
deal with his twin sister (Sandler will play both roles) at
a Thanksgiving dinner.
Marvel is looking at adapting Iron Fist. The
comic follows a martial arts expert whose fists are turned
into indestructible weapons after defeating a dragon.
Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks are being looked at for
Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close. The plot
centers around a boy who finds a key and begins a search to
find the lock it goes to.
Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell have signed on for minor roles
in the upcoming Scream 4.
There's now a
trailer for Another Year.
Could be solid.
Angelina Jolie is looking to write and direct a currently
untitled project that tells the story of a man and a woman
who meet and fall in love on the eve of the Bosnian War.
Victory! Dustin Hoffman is back for Little Fockers.
Jaden Smith may star in Monster Witness Relocation
Program. No word yet on the exact plot, but I
think we can all throw out a guess as to what it might be
about.
Sam Worthington will star in Drift. The
Australia-based movie will tell how surfing became a global
industry.
Spy Kids 4: All The Time In The World is said to be
close to adding Jessica Alba to the cast.
Warner Bros. has optioned Heaven's Shadow. The
books, which were co-written by David Goyer, follow Earth
trying to stop an alien force that's bent on destroying
humans.
Steve Carell will star in A Boyfriend For My Wife.
As you probably guessed, the story deals with a husband
trying to get out of his terrible marriage by finding a new
lover for his wife.
Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Albert Brooks will star in
Drive, which is about a stuntman who is also a
getaway driver. Naturally, he gets into trouble and
must go on the run.
Pedro Almodovar (Broken Embraces) is all set to shoot The
Skin I Live In. Antonio Banderas will star in the
movie about a plastic surgeon trying to get revenge on the
man who raped his daughter.
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