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
Jesper
Christensen, who played Mr. White in the recent Bond
movies, says he won't be back for another and that the
previous two were "shit".
Ultimate Spider-Man creator Brian Bendis recently
tweeted that he's had some meetings with the group doing the
reboot over at Sony. Guess this means they're for sure
going the route of teen angst Peter Parker.
Sylvain White, who is currently wrapping this summer's
The Losers, says his next project may be an adaptation
of Frank Miller's Ronin.
Speaking of The Losers, it's release date has now
gone from April 9 to June 4 to April 23. Stay tuned.
Ben Stiller may be close to replacing Eddie Murphy in a
movie called Tower Heist. Supposedly, Chris
Rock and Chris Tucker are already attached to star in the
story of three guys trying to pull of a plan to swindle the
residents of Trump Tower in New York City. Brett
Ratner is said to be directing and, oddly enough, Noah
Baumbach is looking at tweaking the script.
The Secret Of Kells, which was just nominated for an
Oscar, has a
trailer that's definitely worth checking
out.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is set to join Sam Worthington in The
Killing Fields.
John Lasseter has reportedly been brought in to help with
some story problems on Cars 2.
Leo Howard (the young version of Snake Eyes in GI Joe)
has been cast as the young version of Conan in the upcoming
remake.
Amanda Seyfried is said to be the preferred choice for the
lead role in Girl With The Red Riding Hood.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon may be teaming up to do a movie
called The Trade, which is a true story about two New
York Yankees who swapped wives.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has a new
trailer. Looks interesting.
Owen Wilson has been cast in Woody Allen's next (and
currently untitled) movie.
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) has lined up a couple
of projects. One is Peter Berg's Battleship and
the other is Raven, which is a fictional tale about
Edgar Allan Poe that already stars Matt Damon.
Rober De Niro and Martin Scorsese are said to be re-teaming
for another mob drama.
Christopher Waltz has replaced Sean Penn in Water For
Elephants. He'll play the crazy husband of Reese
Witherspoon, who falls in love with another man (Robert
Pattinson).
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