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
Warner Bros. is
reportedly planning two different Tarzan movies.
No word yet as to why they'd do such a thing.
Will Smith is rumored to be Quentin Tarantino's choice to
star in his Django Unchained.
Conan The Barbarian doesn't look all that great.
Let's hope it's at least fun. Here's the
trailer.
Universal has delayed The Dark Tower adaptation
because of budget concerns.
Keanu Reeves is reportedly in talks for the role of Kaneda
in the planned live action version of Akira.
Kathryn Bigelow has cast Joel Edgerton (Warrior) as a
soldier in her upcoming movie about the mission to kill
Osama Bin Laden.
Whoa. The
trailer for Martha Marcy May Marlene
is fantastic.
Ryan Gosling will again team up with director Derek
Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) for a movie called The
Place Beyond The Pines. It will supposedly follow
a motorcycle rider who starts robbing banks to support his
new born child. Bradley Cooper may also play the role
of a cop.
Speaking of Bradley Cooper, he is reportedly interested in
joining Alex Proyas' Paradise Lost, which is said to
be based on the John Milton poem of the same name.
The more I see of Green Lantern the better it looks.
Here's the latest
trailer.
Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) has been announced as
the director of Taken 2.
The duo of Hawk Otsby and Mark Fergus (Children Of Men,
Iron Man) have been hired to write a script for the
reboot of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
Retreat may turn out to be really good. Check
out the
trailer.
Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James
Spader, John Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill and
Joseph Cross are all in talks to join Steven Spielberg's
Abraham Lincoln movie.
Sam Claflin (Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides)
has landed the role of the Prince in Snow White And The
Huntsman.
Shawn Levy is said to be considering Hugh Jackman for the
lead role in his remake of Fantastic Voyage.
The Ledge has gimmick written all over it, but I like
the
trailer.
Paul WS Anderson has signed on to direct a movie based on
the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii.
Gotti: Three Generations will be directed by Barry
Levinson, and not Nick Cassavetes. The movie will
cover various moments of the famous mob family's life.
Guy Pearce has been confirmed to have a role in Ridley
Scott's Prometheus.
Michael Fassbender is reportedly close to joining Danny
Boyle's Trance. The movie is said to be about a
man who helps pull off a heist, but then gets amnesia and
can't remember where the loot is.
"Never forget where you came from!" The
trailer for Colombiana is silly,
but the movie could be a good time.
Rumor has it that Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering a
sequel to Twins.
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish) have been
hired to direct Paranormal Activity 3.
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