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
JJ Abrams will
attempt to adapt Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel
for Bad Robot/Paramount. The story follows the world's
first robot and its adventures in the late 19th and early
20th centuries.
Chloe Moretz (Kick Ass) is being considered for the
main role in The Rut, which features a highly trained
young girl searching for her missing father.
Porn starlet Sasha Grey will join Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven
and Rob Lowe in I Melt With You. The movie
follows three friends who have a summer reunion and decide
to resurrect an old pact.
David Fincher has cast Daniel Craig in his take on Girl
With The Dragon Tattoo. Also, he's come out and
said that he currently has no plans for the other two books
in the trilogy.
Zack Snyder has put out a
teaser for Sucker Punch. It
looks insane.
Len Wiseman is set to direct the remake of Total Recall
for Columbia.
Guillermo Del Toro's next directorial effort will be an
adaptation of HP Lovecraft's The Mountains Of Madness.
The story centers around an expedition to Antarctica that
awakes a prehistoric species. James Cameron will
produce.
Despite a slew of rumors, Eva Longoria has not been cast as
The Wasp in The Avengers.
Rhianna will make her screen debut in Peter Berg's
Battleship.
I still don't think that Let Me In is going to work,
but the new
trailer isn't bad.
Thandie Newton and Cillian Murphy will star in The
Retreat. The movie follows a couple trying to
figure out what to do after they're told an airborne virus
has killed everyone else on the island in which they're
vacationing.
Isaiah Mustafa (Old Spice commercial guy) has been cast in
Horrible Bosses. The plot centers around three
friends who decide to kill their bosses. Jennifer
Aniston is set to star.
Steve Carell is attached to star in Raised By Wolfs
for Dreamworks. No word yet on the plot.
Here's the
trailer for Drive Angry. How
have I never heard of this film before? Looks
ridiculously fun.
New Line Cinemas has slashed the budget of the Gears Of
War adaptation. Len Wiseman is also no longer
attached to direct.
Justin Timberlake has reportedly been offered a part in
Im.mortal.
Musician/screenwriter Nick Cave has been brought in to
rewrite The Crow reboot.
Be sure to check out the red band Machete
trailer.
Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek) will star in the
comedic telling of John Hawkwood's life. Apparently,
the guy was a famous mercenary in the 1400s. The movie
is expected to be titled Hawkwood.
Liam Neeson let it be known that he is no longer attached to
Steven Spielberg's Abraham Lincoln film.
Writer Evan Goldberg recently said that sequels to
Superbad and Pineapple Express won't be
happening.
Originally a part that went to Sam Worthington, Tom Hardy (Inception)
will star along side Chris Pine and Reese Witherspoon in
This Means War. The movie follows two spies that
fall in love with the same woman.
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