Saturday, October 16, 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

In perhaps a 'believe it when I see on the screen' kind of moment, Peter Jackson has gotten the green light to direct two Hobbit films.  Shooting will start in February.

Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones are said to be in negotiations to appear in the Jason Segel-scripted Muppets movie.  The story is said to follow the loveable characters as they put on a show to save their studio.

Drive Angry 3D looks awesome.  See the trailer here.

Bradley Cooper has denied that he's being courted to play the lead role in the adaptation of the Flash comic.

Robert De Niro will co-star with Sigourney Weaver in Red Lights.  The movie will deal with a psychologist who seeks out a world-renown psychic after she she starts studying paranormal activity.

Antonio Banderas will star in Black Gold, which is said to be about Arabian rulers in the 1930s and oil.

You need more drama in your life, so here's the All Good Things trailer.

Joe Carnahan (A-Team) is set to direct Umbra.  The movie apparently follows a man who finds a cassette tape with a terrible secret on it.

The permit to film Angelina Jolie's directorial debut has been rejected by the Bosnian government.  There was no script attached, and this is said to be a big part of the approval process.

Plans are underway for a sequel to Top Gun 2.  Like the original, it will be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Tony Scott.  Tom Cruise has even agreed to have a small role in it.

Wrecked has a trailer.  Looks good.

Justin Theroux (Tropic Thunder) recently mentioned that the script for Zoolander 2 is nearly completed.

Rhys Ifans will play Dr. Curt Connors (aka The Lizard) in the Spider-Man reboot.

Tom Hardy has joined the cast of Batman 3.  No word yet on what character he will be playing, but it's said to be a lead role.

Danny Boyle has once again expressed interest in directing the third film in the 28 Days/Weeks Later series.

Faster now has a second trailer.  Still seems like it should be OK.

James Cameron is being rumored as a possible choice to direct the Cleopatra film that sets to star Angelina Jolie.

Betty White has been cast in Men In Black 3.

Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall) will direct Eternal, which is about a man who realizes a ghost is after his soul.

Guillermo Del Toro has denied all of the rumors that say he's been approached to direct a Godzilla movie.

Mark Wahlberg will star in Ted.  The Seth McFarlane-directed movie will be a mixture of live action and CG, and it will follow a guy who begins to have problems with his girlfriend after his childhood teddy bear comes to life.

Eddie Murphy will co-star in Tower Heist with Ben Stiller.  Brett Ratner will direct.

Four Lions looks hilarious.  See the trailer here.

Now that she's passed on Gravity, Natalie Portman is being rumored as the possible lead in the Alien prequel.

Sam Rockwell and Jonah Hill will star in The Sitter, which is said to follow a babysitter who inadvertently takes some child on a wild ride through Manhattan.

- John Laird -



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