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
Ryan Gosling is
said to be looking at taking on the lead role in The Lone
Ranger. Johnny Depp is already set to play Tonto.
Cowboys And Aliens finally got a
trailer that shows some of the story.
Looks good.
Sony and Robert Zemeckis are reportedly teaming up for
How To Survive A Garden Gnome Attack. The movie
would be based on the children's book of the same name and
would be a mix of CG and live action.
Real Steel, which hasn't even hit theaters yet, is
rumored to already have a sequel in development.
Damn dirty apes! Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
now has a
trailer. Could be a fun time.
Michael Mann will direct Gold. The movie is
said to revolve around a hunt for precious metals in the
40s.
Bradley Cooper is said to be who Relativity Media has chosen
to star in the remake of The Crow.
The Debt has had a large variety of teasers and
trailers, and I just sort of wish it would come out already.
Either way, here's another
view.
Walter Hill will direct Sylvester Stallone in Headshot.
The movie will follow a cop and a hitman who team up to
bring down a common enemy.
This
trailer for Sleeping Beauty is
rather intense. Check it out.
Hugh Jackman has decided to not join the cast of Snow
White And The Huntsman.
The Knocked Up spin-off that would center around the
Leslie Mann/Paul Rudd couple is reportedly going to be
called This Is Forty. No word yet on the exact
plot.
Abduction looks all kinds of awful. See the
trailer, if you dare.
Michael Shannon has been cast as General Zod in the upcoming
Superman reboot.
Patton Oswalt has joined the cast of Odd Thomas.
Directed by Stephen Sommers, the movie will follow a cook
(Anton Yelchin) who can see dead people.
George Clooney is all set to produce a film based on the GFC
bailout from a couple years back. There's also a
chance he will direct and star in it.
The
trailer for The Perfect Host is the
weirdest looking thing I've seen in a while.
Matthew Vaughn says that any further X-Men: First Class
movies may take place in different decades.
Alec Baldwin has joined the cast of Woody Allen's next
movie. No word yet on the title or plot.
Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) will direct a remake of
They Live. The original followed a man who
suddenly realizes that aliens are everywhere.
I need to see Casa De Mi Padre immediately.
Check out the
trailer.
Tom Hanks has signed on to appear in the Wachowski's
upcoming adaptation of Cloud Atlas.
Priest will either be a fun ride or as tedious as can
be. Here's the new
trailer.
- John Laird
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