Saturday, November 20, 2010

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

Leonardo DiCaprio will star in the adaptation of the Legacy Of Secrecy.  The non-fiction book is based on a mob boss who confessed to having JFK assassinated.

Green Lantern finally got a trailer.  Looks kind of silly, but I still have faith.

The name of Darren Aronofsky's Wolverine flick is ... The Wolverine, and it's apparently being referred to as a one-off effort that has nothing to do with the last film.

Duncan Jones' Source Code has a new trailer.  Looks pretty cool.  Hopefully it will be as good as Moon.

Daniel Day Lewis has agreed to star in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which is finally going to get made.

13 could use a much better trailer.  See the strange one they assembled here.

The Coen Brother's scripted remake of Gambit will be directed by Michael Hoffman (The Last Station).

Robert Zemeckis will not be directing The Wizard Of Oz remake for Warner Bros.

Check out the overly dramatic trailer for The Lincoln Lawyer.  Has a very 90s feel to it.

Emily Blunt is said to be close joining Jason Segel in Five Year Engagement.  The film, as you may have guessed, follows a couple over their five year engagement.

Robert Downey Jr. has left Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity because of scheduling issues.  He's now said to be looking at starring in the adaptation of How To Talk To Girls.

Another Year has a trailer.  Seems like something meant to make you cry.

Denis Leary has landed the role of Gwen Stacey's father in the Spider-Man reboot.

Paramount has announced plans to make a Paranormal Activity 3.

Green Hornet has a new trailer.  I think the movie looks like a huge helping of goofy fun.

The latest The Dark Knight Rises rumor is that Tom Hardy will be play the villain Dr. Hugo Strange.

Virtigo Entertainment is looking at remaking the bee-centric movie The Swarm.

Cowboys And Aliens could be a fun one.  Check out the trailer.

Larry Charles may direct Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator.  The film is said to follow parallel stories of a goat herder and a dictator.  Charles and Cohen worked together on Bruno and Borat.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have been hired to rewrite Neighborhood Watch, which is about a group of dads in a neighborhood watch program who accidentally uncover a plot to destroy the world.

"A good mechanic is hard to find."  Silly tagline, but the trailer for The Mechanic does show some promise.

Carey Mulligan will play Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's retelling of The Great Gatsby.

Mike White (producer of Gentlemen Broncos, Nacho Libre) will direct Pride, Prejudice And Zombies.

Colin Farrell has reportedly been offered in the lead role in Total Recall remake.  Len Wisemen will direct the script penned by Kurt Wimmer.

Red Riding Hood looks awful.  The trailer is here.

Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox are said to be separately working on movies based on the story of Moses.

Steven Soderbergh may direct and George Clooney may star in the adaptation of the 60s TV show The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Your Highness is going to be so dumb.  Can't wait.  See the trailer here.

Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) may direct Stroker, which is about a woman who must deal with her eccentric uncle after her father dies.  Carey Mulligan is set to star.

Cars 2 now has a trailer.  I've got a bad feeling about the movie.

Carl Rinsch is no longer attached to direct the remake of Logan's Run.

Dead Awake looks like your typical indie horror fare.  See the trailer here.

- John Laird -



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