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
It looks as
though we'll be getting Batman 3 and GI Joe 2
in the summer of 2012. The first part of The
Hobbit should arrive in December of that year as well.
The new
trailer for Splice looks pretty
cool. And creepy.
There's a rumor that Tommy Lee Jones may be close to joining
the cast of Captain America.
I don't usually get excited about photos/stills, but the
first
image from Thor is pretty cool.
Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) has reportedly passed up
the opportunity to direct X-Men First Class.
JJ Abrams is said to be working on a movie that will pay
homage to the Steven Spielberg films of the 70s and 80s.
No word yet on a title.
Black Death has a
trailer. Looks like old school men
on a mission kind of fun.
Speaking of JJ Abrams, he and his production company, Bad
Robot, have returned the Dark Tower rights to Stephen
King, and it would now seem that Ron Howard, Brian Glazer
and Akiva Goldsmith may try to adapt the books in a movie
and TV series.
Because I know you love horse movies, here's the new
trailer for Secretariat.
20th Century Fox is looking to adapt Incognito into a
movie. The graphic novel dealt with a villain trying
to make it in witness protection after he rats out his boss.
Adam McKay recently mentioned on Twitter that Paramount
"basically passed" on Anchorman 2. Seems as
though they thought it was too expensive to make.
On the bright side, Paramount is apparently working on a
film based around the Magic 8-Ball.
Winter's Bone looks overly intense. See the
trailer
here.
Commando is the latest action classic on track to be
remade by 20th Century Fox.
Sequels to Journey To The Center Of The Earth and
Clash Of The Titans are currently being mulled over.
Warner Bros. is working on Leonardo Da Vinci And The
Soldiers Of Forever, which apparently casts the
historical figure as an action hero.
Piranha 3D has a new
trailer. It looks pretty fun.
Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) has been confirmed as the
director The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.
Ang Lee will shoot The Life Of Pi in 3D. The
book follows a boy who ends up on a life raft with a tiger
after the ship he is on crashes.
Marvel is said to be looking to get Ant-Man back on
track with director Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim,
Hot Fuzz).
Rose Byrne will face off against Kristen Wiig in the
currently untitled Judd Apatow comedy about two bridesmaids
battling it out.
Check out the new
teaser for Buried. I'm really
excited to see this.
Doug Liman is trying to attain the rights to the Gambit
remake that was written by the Coen Brothers. He's
also said to be looking at directing The Three Musketeers.
Shia LaBeouf has signed on to star in The Necessary Death
Of Charlie Countrymen. The story is said to follow
a young man who falls in love with a gangster's prostitute.
Richard Gere and Topher Grace will star in The Double,
which follows an older CIA agent who has to team up with a
young one to solve a case.
Jonah Hex finally got a
trailer. It looks laugh out loud
bad.
Kevin James and Salma Hayek may star in Here Comes The
Boom. Adam Sandler will produce. No word yet
on the plot.
Bryce Dallas Howard and Emma Stone will star in The
Help. The movie deals with rich people and their
relationships with their servants in the 60s.
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