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
Viggo Mortensen
has stopped pursuing a role in Snow White And The
Huntsman. Some think it's because he may be close
to signing on to play the villain in the Superman
reboot.
I adore the new
trailer for Captain America.
Seriously, the movie looks great.
Juno Temple and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have officially joined
the cast for The Dark Knight Rises. No word yet
on exactly what their roles are.
James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) has signed on to pen the
first draft for a sequel to the currently unreleased
Amazing Spider-Man.
The Three Musketeers looks slick, but not good.
Check out the
trailer.
Paul Giamatti and Amy Adams are considering joining the cast
for Rock Of Ages.
Benicio Del Toro may join Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch in
the adaptation of Savages. The book follows two
men trying to get back their friend/lover from a Mexican
drug cartel.
Henry's Crime might turn out OK. Here's the
trailer.
Kate Bosworth, Eva Green, Paula Patton, Eva Mendes and
Jessica Biel are said to be up for two different female
roles in the upcoming Total Recall remake.
David O. Russell recently said he would be interested in
writing a script for The Fighter 2.
Wrecked has a new
trailer. Still looks like a solid
flick.
David Fincher is reportedly Sony Picture's next choice to
direct their Cleopatra biopic. James Cameron
and Paul Greengrass were previously attached. Angelina
Jolie is still attached to star.
Mila Kunis will officially join James Franco in OZ, The
Great And Powerful.
There's something off about Pirates Of The Caribbean: On
Stranger Tides. None of the trailers have been
particularly great. Anyhow, here's a new
one.
Alan Rickman will be joining Cameron Diaz and Colin Firth in
the Coen Brothers-scripted Gambit remake.
Will Smith and Denzel Washington may team up for a remake of
the 1974 buddy comedy Uptown Saturday Night.
The original followed two friends who realize that one of
their stolen wallets contains a winning lotto ticket.
Check out the new
trailer for The Bang Bang Club.
Not sure what I think of it.
Disney is apparently looking at adapting Peter And The
Starcatchers. The children's novel follows an
orphan named Peter on an adventure to keep a secret safe.
The fourth Chronicles Of Narnia film will be an adaptation
of Magician's Nephew. This is actually the
sixth book in the series and is said to serve as somewhat of
a prequel to the other movies.
The Silent House trailer is somewhat creepy.
See it
here.
A script for National Treasure 3 is currently being
written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien.
Because Mars Needs Moms bombed at the box office,
Robert Zemeckis' Yellow Submarine remake has been
canned.
50 Cent is still giving acting a go. Oh well.
Here's the
trailer for Setup.
Tom Hanks has signed on to star in a currently untitled film
based on the true story of Captain Richard Phillips, who was
kidnapped in 2009 by Somali pirates.
Your Highness is almost guaranteed to be the most
ridiculous movie of the year. Here's the new
trailer.
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) will play the lead
female role in the adaptation of Hunger Games.
She's also signed on for the two other books in the trilogy.
The new
trailer for Super 8 is really cool.
Can't wait to see the movie.
Darren Aronofsky has has decided not to direct The
Wolverine because of scheduling concerns. Apparently he
would have to be in Japan and away from his family for
nearly a year.
Great Movie Ever Sold has a new
trailer. I saw the movie at SXSW and
found it to be pretty good.
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