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
Rumor has it
that Viggo Mortensen is being considered for the role of Zod
in the Superman reboot. As for the recently
cast Kevin Costner, it has been confirmed that he will be Pa
Kent.
There's a
teaser out for The Hangover: Part II.
It's a little disappointing since they don't reveal anything
that hasn't already shown up in photos.
John Chu (Step Up 3D) has been chosen as the director
of GI Joe 2.
Joel McHale and Giovanni Ribisi have joined the cast of Seth
McFarlane's Ted. The movie will follow a guy
(played by Mark Wahlberg) who is having issues with his
slacker friend, who happens to be a teddy bear.
Bad Teacher looks ridiculous and funny ... and
possibly terrible. See the red band
trailer.
Ewan McGregor is said to be close to joining the cast of
Bryan Singer's Jack The Giant Killer.
Patrick Wilson and James Marsden are close to signing up for
a remake of The Loft. The original followed a
group of friends who begin to suspect one another of murder
after a body is found in a loft that they share.
Warner Bros. has hired Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer to
write a remake of The Bodyguard.
I don't care if it's any good, I just want to see it.
Check out the new Sucker Punch "music"
trailer.
Paul Greengrass will direct Memphis. The movie will
be tell the story of MLK's assassination.
Steve Carell will star in Dogs Of Babel, which is
about a man who tries to teach his dog to talk so that he
can try to find out how his wife died.
Sony is looking at doing a movie called Zombies vs Robots.
It would apparently follow a group of robots trying to
protect Earth's last living human from super smart zombies.
DJ Caruso may be directing an adaptation of Preacher.
The comic book follows a possessed man who sets out to find
God, who has abandoned Heaven.
Tony Gilroy is said to be looking at a long list of actors
for the lead role in The Bourne Legacy. Those
names are: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, Garrett Hedlund,
Taylor Kitsch, Kellan Lutz, Josh Hartnett, Paul Dano,
Michael Fassbender, Joel Edgerton, Oscar Isaac and Benjamin
Walker.
I don't have a wealth of confidence in Paul, but the
red band
trailer is pretty solid.
Wolfgang Peterson may direct an adaptation of Old Man's
War. The novel follows a man in future who has his mind
transferred to a genetically enhanced body so that he can be
a super soldier. While fighting he finds that his
supposedly dead wife did the same, and he sets out to be
with her again.
Not sure the
trailer for Desert Flower could be
anymore dramatic. Looks OK though.
Surprisingly, Wrath Of The Titans will be
post-converted to 3D. The first entry in the series
was heavily criticized for the same process.
Rutger Hauer has reportedly been cast as Van Helsing in
Dario Argento's upcoming Dracula 3D.
Because Hollywood knows you won't want to sit through it,
the new
trailer for Rio pretty much shows
you the entire movie. Cool!
James Franco has officially signed on to star in Sam Raimi's
Oz, The Great And Powerful.
There was a nice little teaser for Transformers: Dark
Side Of The Moon during the Daytona 500. See it
here.
Louis Leterrier will follow-up the heist movie Now You
See Me with a sci-fi disaster flick called G.
No word yet on exact plot details.
It doesn't show much, but there's a new
trailer for Source Code.
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