The Movie Thread

[Gabz Girl]

American Gladiators to Hit Big Screen

Ohhhhh Gooood...do we really want to see this on the movie screen? The ideas that people come up with for movies nowadays. @_@

[Eileanach]

It's the unoriginality bug. It's spreading worse than swine flu and worst of all... there is no cure!

[AdventChild]

Fincher's Heavy Metal Updates

MovieWeb recently asked Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman about any updates on David Fincher's Heavy Metal remake, of which he is set to direct a segment.

Eastman said, in addition to the update, that an official statement will be coming in 30 days:

"Right now, David has a grand plan and he's asked us to sort of keep those cards close to our chest until the right announcement comes out, but what I can tell you is that part of the frustrating part of going through the studio system, which David knows more than Tim (Miller) and I. Guys like Zack Snyder and Gore Verbinski and Mark Osborne have committed to come on board and direct sequences in this.

There are three other directors, that I can't tell you yet, but will be jaw-dropping when we can tell you. David has put together a program that is pretty outstanding and it's sort of fascinating for guys like Tim and I, who have worked at the studio level, at a number of levels, but never at a David Fincher level. Whereas we would've probably agreed to the deal seven versions ago, David is still negotiating and it's like, 'Oh my God, we just want to do this movie,' but, all kidding aside, that's why we're working with David.

Not only does he have just a brilliant vision, and a great sense of storytelling but he's very committed to doing this right. We don't want to spend $50 million and not blow everybody out of the water with this project. I'd guess within the next 30 days would be the official announcement of what's going on and where it's going, and then we can talk again."

Van Damme, Jones to Star in Weapon

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actors Jean-Claude Van Damme and Vinnie Jones will play rival assassins who form an uneasy alliance in Weapon.

The movie will be directed by Resident Evil: Extinction helmer Russell Mulcahy.

In Weapon, Jones will play a master sharpshooter while Van Damme's character is skilled with a knife. The two join forces to take down the head of a drug cartel, backed by the DEA.

More Deathly Hallows Set Pictures

[AdventChild]

Trio Set for Unbound Captives

Variety reports that actors Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Robert Pattinson will star in the period drama Unbound Captives, with Madeleine Stowe making her directorial debut from a script she wrote.

Unbound Captives, which was originally intended as a star vehicle for Stowe, features Weisz as a woman whose husband is killed and her two children kidnapped by a Comanche war party in 1859. She is rescued by a frontiersman, to be played by Jackman. Pattinson will play the son.

A year-end production date is slated for Unbound Captives start.

Blink to Be Adapted

First Showing reports that screenwriter Stephen Gaghan will adapt Blink, a book written by Malcolm Gladwell about how people make snap judgments.

Al Pacino is reportedly set to star. The role of the son has not been cast.

The script for Blink will focus on the relationship between an older man and his twenty-something son that "he was never close to." The father is a financial Wall Street type living in Connecticut, and his son is an "idealistic drifter" who's teaching at a New York school. The two reconnect and must "navigate their new relationship."

Old Boy Director Park Chan-Wook is Ready to Put Twilight to Shame!

The movie actually looks good, even though I haven't watched Twilight, Park's movie looks better and could easily pwn it. Though it'll be tough to beat Twilight when they are many preteen and teenage girls supporting it and don't develop a taste for great movies to support any crap to average movie with "OMG HOT!" boys/men actors

Edited May 13, 2009 by AdventChild

[Mollfie]

Just got back from seeing Coraline (in 3d) and it was soooo good!!

Has anyone else seen it?

[Gabz Girl]

Just got back from seeing Coraline (in 3d) and it was soooo good!!

Has anyone else seen it?

Gaaah, lucky you! D: I want to see it, but there's two problems.

1~ So..which version is better anyway? 2D or 3D? I'm still not sure which one to see! .-.

2~ If I want to see it in 3D it'll be effing tough to go see such a version because there are barely ANY cinemas around where I live that shows the movie in 3D. Hell not even Plymouth or Exeter (the most modern cinemas about an hour and half away from where I live)!

I got lucky with a small cinema in Truro though when I went to see Bolt, in 3D. They might be showing Coraline in this version too, but I will have to check. And yes, this city is not close to where I live either.

Why all this bad luck for me!

[Mollfie]

^ I havn't seen it in 2D but I think it makes the film more surreal, and some parts, such as the tunnel etc seem much more....real? It feels like you're going down the tunnel yourself, rather than the camera is going down the tunnel. If that makes sense.

Plus the glasses are cool.

[AdventChild]

Grayskull Hires New Writer

According to The Hollywood Reporter, newcomer Evan Daugherty has been hired by Warner Bros. to pen the latest draft of Grayskull, a feature length film of the "Masters of the Universe" cartoon.

Kung Fu Panda helmer John Stevenson is attached to direct the adaptation.

Grayskull follows Prince Adam, better known as the heroic He-Man, and his allies Battle Cat, Man-at-Arms and Orko as they defend their planet Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor.

Justin Marks penned the previous draft.

I'm hoping it is animated and not a live action movie since it has been done before (also, it was sh*t). I won't have high hopes for it if it becomes a live action movie.

Scorsese to Direct Sinatra Biopic

Variety reports that filmmaker Martin Scorsese is officially signed on to direct and produce a Frank Sinatra biopic.

Phil Alden Robinson is writing the screenplay.

Although no actor is attached to star in the film, Leonardo DiCaprio is said to be the obvious front runner because of his relationship with Scorsese. The music in the film will come from Sinatra’s recordings, so it will not be necessary to cast an actor who is a proficient singer.

The project marks the first big screen film to be made about Sinatra. Producer Cathy Schulman described the story as an unconventional biopic that will touch on all phases of Sinatra’s life, including his famous friends, his love affairs and his possible Mafia ties.

Sinatra's daughter Tina said about the production: "My father had great admiration for the talent of the people he chose to work with, and the talented people who worked with my father had great admiration for him. It is personally pleasing to me that this paradigm continues with Marty Scorsese at the helm of the Sinatra film."

More Inglourious Basterds Pictures

[AdventChild]

Trio Signs on to Date Night

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actors Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis and Mark Ruffalo have signed on to the Tina Fey-Steve Carell comedy Date Night.

The three will be among the characters Fey and Carell encounter as a couple on a date gone awry. Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Taraji P. Henson, Common, Leighton Meester, Kristen Wiig and Jimmi Simpson are among the cast.

Liotta will play "villain of peace" Joe Miletto, Kunis will play Franco's wife and Ruffalo is set as Wiig's husband and Carell's best friend.

Date Night, whose script was written by Josh Klausner, is being directed by Shawn Levy.

First Poster for A Christmas Carol

Man, there are too many adaptations of this story already, is it necessary to make another? Hollywood: YES!

Cliffhanger to Be Remade

Coming Soon reports that French production company StudioCanal is teaming with Neal Moritz's Original Films to reboot Cliffhanger.

The original 1993 action-adventure thriller was directed by Renny Harlin and starred Sylvester Stallone.

Mortiz said, "Just as they rebooted Star Trek, we're going to do the same with Cliffhanger."

Unlike the original, where Italy stood in for the Colorado Rockies, the new redo looks set to feature multiple cliff-face locations. The new version will also center on a group of young climbers.

No writer is attached to the project, which is aiming for a 2010 shoot.

Another remake.....

Remake of Fright Night in the Works

According to The Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks is in the process of picking up a remake of Fright Night.

The original Fright Night was written and directed by Tom Holland in 1985 and was about a teenager who discovers that his neighbors are vampires.

No writer has been hired, but the updated version will keep the comedy-horror tone while modernizing the effects.

And another one.....

Edited May 14, 2009 by AdventChild

[Patticus]

"Reboot" Cliffhanger? How the crapping hell do you 'reboot' one film? It's not a franchise. Fuck sake. *Facepalm*

[AdventChild]

Trailer for Marshall Nine

Coming Soon reports that The Weinstein Company has debuted the new trailer for director Rob Marshall's musical adaptation Nine.

Click here to watch it!

Nine stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Stacy Ferguson and Sophia Loren and opens on November 25th.

New Trailer for Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Tyler Perry has posted the trailer for his upcoming movie I Can Do Bad All By Myself.

Click here to check it out!

When Madea, America's favorite pistol-packing grandma, catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. Initially wanting nothing to do with the kids, April learns along the way that she can change her old ways and become a better person. But it takes a lot of work and the help of a handsome Mexican immigrant who moves in with April to push her to change.

I Can Do Bad All By Myself comes to theaters September 11th, 2009.

Another one already? Does it take Tyler Perry under a minute to produce and write a script?

Gilliam Hopes for Don Quixote Production

Coming Soon reports that Terry Gilliam is reviving The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a project he's been trying to make for almost 10 years.

Gilliam and screenwriter Tony Grisoni, who also wrote the first version, have rewritten and updated the script. The new film will revolve around a filmmaker who is charmed into joining Don Quixote's eternal quest for his ladylove, becoming an unwitting Sancho Panza.

Johnny Depp, who had been set to star as a modern-day ad executive who travels back in time and is mistaken for Sancho Panza by Don Quixote, is still Gilliam's ideal man. Depp's availability will depend on his schedule.

No word yet on who would play Quixote.

Gilliam is hoping to start shooting The Man Who Killed Don Quixote next spring.

[Mollfie]

"Reboot" Cliffhanger? How the crapping hell do you 'reboot' one film? It's not a franchise. Fuck sake. *Facepalm*

The series didn't get to finish properly, so atm it seems that the film will either wrap up the series or be set long after the series.

[Patticus]

The series didn't get to finish properly, so atm it seems that the film will either wrap up the series or be set long after the series.

One film does not a series make.

[AdventChild]

Primeval to Be Adapted

Variety reports that Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired film rights to the British Sci-Fi TV show "Primeval".

In the series, ferocious prehistoric and futuristic creatures appear through wormhole time portals, and a covert team headed by an evolutionary scientist tries to close the doors and quietly thwart the creatures.

"Primeval" was co-created by Tim Haines and Adrian Hodges and produced by Haines' company, Impossible Pictures.

WB Producer Kerry Foster said, "There is a solid mythology to the series, but the movie has the dinosaur element of Jurassic Park and the time travel element of Lost, and it just feels like the kind of big movie that Warner Bros. does well."

Smith to Make Hockey Movie

First Showing has announced that filmmaker Kevin Smith is making a hockey movie based on the Warren Zevon song "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)".

Zevon's song, in Smith's words is about "a goon, a hockey goon. It's this very wonderful, soaring, moving story that's also bittersweet and very, very funny, about a hockey player who just wants to play hockey, who loves hockey so much, but just sucks at it."

Smith continued, saying, "The song's been one of my favorites since I heard it and I've always seen this whole movie behind. I got in touch with Mitch [Albom] because Warren Zevon has passed on and we started talking about it and he was into it and into what I was kind of pitching."

Mitch Albom, known for writing Tuesdays with Morrie, will be teaming up with Smith to adapt the film.

The film will be set in the late 1970s within the World Hockey Association, and Smith hopes to make sometime in 2010 or 2011.

Rourke to Star in Mona Lisa Remake

Variety reports that actor Mickey Rourke has signed to star in a remake of classic 1980s British gangster film Mona Lisa.

Rourke will play an ex-con who takes a job as a chauffeur for a high-class escort. Eva Green is in negotiations to star opposite him.

Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson starred in the original 1986 movie directed by Neil Jordan.

Kids and Wassup Rockers director Larry Clark is writing and directing the remake, which starts filming this July in New York.

The Orphanage Duo to Make Second Film

According to Variety, the team behind the Spanish film The Orphanage, director Juan Antonio Bayona and screenwriter Sergio Sanchez, are re-teaming on a new film.

Described by Apaches Entertainment's Belen Atienza as a "powerful story, based on true facts, which poses large technical challenges," the film is highly ambitious by Spanish standards.

Sanchez completed a first-draft screenplay in late April that will be presented at Cannes.

The untitled film is scheduled to shoot in spring 2010

Caviezel to Star in William Tell: The Legend

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actor Jim Caviezel will star in William Tell: The Legend for newly-formed Flagship Films.

Til Schweiger will co-star in the project to be directed by Nick Hurran.

Hurran and Scott Reynolds penned the script for the film.

William Tell: The Legend will recount how the medieval crossbow marksman William Tell challenged the Hapsburg monarch Hermann Gessler, played by Schweiger. Tell's defiance ignited an uprising against the Austrian government which led to the formation of Switzerland.

Principal photography is slated to begin in September in Romania.

TV Spots and Posters for Public Enemies

Looks great.

Posters and Outdoor Art for The Expendables

Nice.

[Gabz Girl]

I'm actually quite looking forward to that Frank Sinatra biopic. It could be very interesting. And it's going to get some Oscars too, trust me. It's got Martin Scorcese directing it and possibly a certain Leonardo DiCaprio (urf, why him again?) appearing in the movie. There, that's your Oscar winner. =P

[AdventChild]

Trio Signs on for Fiennes' Directorial Debut

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actors William Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain have signed up to star in Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut Coriolanus.

Billed as a political thriller, John Logan's script brings the story into a contemporary setting and is set to begin shooting in spring 2010.

Coriolanus will shoot on location in Serbia.

Hemsworth to Star in Thor

Coming Soon reports that Chris Hemsworth, who recently played George Kirk in Star Trek, is in final negotiations to star in Kenneth Branagh's Thor.

As has been standard, there is no comment or confirmation from Marvel Studios, but one expects if it is true, it will be confirmed by Monday.

Thor is scheduled to open on May 20th, 2011.

[AdventChild]

Berg to Direct Battleship

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hancock director Peter Berg has signed on to helm the feature film version of the Hasbro game Battleship for Universal Pictures.

Screenwriter brother duo Jon and Erich Hoeber have signed on to write the script.

The game consists of two players arranging a variety of ships on a grid, in which opposite players try to "sink" the opposition's ships by guessing where they sit on the grid.

The film's plot, however, is being kept under wraps.

Wow, another board game movie in the works. First, Monopoly, Candyland, Trivial Pursuit, and a remake of Clue are in the works/in production now this. Hollywood already sunk itself deep, now it is sinking deeper. Though the movie is going to be a naval battle movie so why adapt the board game as its title? Are people who are fans of the board games going to watch it?

Cooper to Star in The A-Team

IESB has confirmed that The Hangover's Bradley Cooper is in talks to play Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck in director Joe Carnahan's The A-Team.

A reporter for the website asked the actor himself during a press junket for The Hangover, to which he said, "That's out already!?"

IESB also reports: "Following some laughter and excitement, he continued, 'Wow. Yeah...its Joe Carnahan's. It's very interesting. It'll be cool. It will be cool see what...He'll make a great movie out of it.'"

The A-Team is expected to hit theaters on June 11th, 2010.

First TV Spot for Apatow's Funny People

Doesn't sound that funny to me.

[Patticus]

Toy Story 3 Trailer To Debut Before UP

I just got off the phone with John Ratzenberger and he told me that not only has he already been recording his lines for Toy Story 3, but that PIXAR is going to be debuting the trailer for it before UP! This isn't surprising news, but I haven't seen it or heard it from anyone, until now.

He said that it is very funny and it felt great to "put the cork back in" for Hamm the Piggy Bank. You were already going to see UP anyhow, which is fantastic film, but now you have even more of an incentive to go!

Toy Story 3 is set to come out June 18th, 2010, in 3D.

http://movieblog.ugo.com/movies/toy-story-...debut-before-up

Could We See Khan or an Older Kirk in Star Trek Sequels?

We're happy to report that as of this weekend, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek will have made at least a total of $116 million (in the US) at the box office, which means not only is it a huge success, but a sequel is definitely going to happen. I, for one, can't wait, because the new crew that Abrams introduced us to was fantastic, and all I wanted to see at the end was their next journey. So what of a sequel? We've been talking for the last few weeks primarily about Wolverine spin-offs and sequels, so let's finally turn our focus to Star Trek. Two of the most popular ideas involve the villain Khan and an old Captain Kirk, meaning William Shatner.

Abrams chatted with MTV recently, and while he's not necessarily confirmed for a sequel, writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orco are, so there are some good ideas out there. "The fun of this [new alternate Trek reality] is that the destiny of these characters is in their hands - it's not constrained by the pre-existing films or TV series," he says. "Believe me, whether it's William Shatner or Khan … it would be ridiculous to not be open to those ideas." If you're a big Trek fan, now you may understand why it was a good idea to use an alternate reality storyline - almost everyone still exists, or can exist, and could appear at anytime.

So what of the infamous Star Trek II villain Kahn Noonien Singh, played originally by Ricardo Montalban? He's a fan favorite and we have heard Kurtzman and Orci say that they referenced that movie quite a bit. "It'll be fun to hear what Alex and Bob are thinking about Khan," Abrams teases. "The fun of this timeline is arguing that different stories, with the same characters, could be equally if not more compelling than what's been told before." So what he means exactly is that, "[Khan and Kirk] exist - and while their history may not be exactly as people are familiar with, I would argue that a person's character is what it is."

"I wouldn't rule out anything," Abrams hints in regards to the possible appearance of William Shatner in future sequels (we did just learn about how he was supposed to be in Star Trek last week anyway). "The point of creating this independent timeline is to not have the restrictions we had coming into this one. And one of those restrictions was that Kirk was dead." Of course, it's too early to get too far into this discussion, but because we're all still coming off of our Star Trek high, it's a great time to entertain every last possibility. So who do you want to see in a sequel? Or should they just introduce more new villains?

http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/05/17/cou...r-trek-sequels/

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1611523/story.jhtml

Martin Short In "Arrested Development" Film

Comedian Martin Short will appear in the upcoming feature film version of acclaimed sitcom "Arrested Development".

Doing promotional interviews for his upcoming comedy tour in Australia, he appeared on Sydney's The Morning Show and casually dropped the fact of his involvement as one of his upcoming projects.

Short played a former fitness guru named Uncle Jack in a second season episode of series whom Michael (Jason Bateman) tried to set up on a date with his sister Lindsay (Portia de Rossi). No word if he'll reprise that role or play a new one.

He's also written and will direct the feature "Off Your Meds" which he wants to shoot next year. The comedy follows a triple divorcee who remains mainly in love with his significantly older first wife.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/14180/sho...velopment-film/

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-morning-show/video/

[AdventChild]

The Irishman Cements Solid Cast

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, Paul Sorvino, Fionnula Flanagan, Laura Ramsey, Steve Schirripa, Linda Cardellini and Bob Gunton have been added to the cast of Jonathan Hensleigh's The Irishman.

Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer were the first to sign on to the project about real-life mobster Danny Greene.

Hensleigh and Jeremy Walters wrote the screenplay, which is the book To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia by Rick Porrello.

The Irishman begins principal photography next week in Detroit, Michigan.

Tom Hiddleston is Loki in Thor

There's a lot of Thor news happening this week. First, Star Trek star Chris Hemsworth was cast in the title role and today, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that of Marvel Studios' and director Kenneth Branagh have cast Tom Hiddleston his nemesis, Loki.

Hiddleston is an award-winning British actor who played Winston Churchill's son in HBO's "The Gathering Storm" and starred in "Ivanov" opposite Kenneth Branagh on the London stage.

Thor is set for a May 20th, 2011 release

Clash of the Titans Set Pictures

[AdventChild]

The First Sherolock Holmes Trailer

What happened to Sherlock's original outfit? Also, it sounds more of an action flick than a mystery movie, though I guess I'll wait for more of the movie. Looks interesting to say the least.

Firth, Spacey Sign on to Catalonia

Variety reports that actors Colin Firth and Kevin Spacey are attached to star in an adaptation of George Orwell's Catalonia with Hugh Hudson directing.

Bob Ellis penned the script.

Orwell's book revolves around the real-life story of how he and his wife Eileen traveled to Barcelona to fight Stalinism. There, Orwell joined the Anarchist brigade and fought in the Spanish Civil War. Film will highlight the relationship between Orwell and Georges Kopp, the charismatic commander of the brigade.

Hudson is scheduled to begin lensing in the first half of 2010 in England, Spain and then Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Uruguay.

Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic in the Works

According to Variety, DreamWorks has acquired the life rights to Martin Luther King Jr. and is bringing a biopic on the slain civil rights leader to the big screen.

Steven Spielberg, Suzanne de Passe and Madison Jones will produce.

King, who was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis at the age of 39, copyrighted his speeches, books and famous works during his lifetime. The DreamWorks project marks the first film to be authorized by King's estate and gives the producers the right to utilize King's intellectual property -- including his famous "I Have a Dream" speech delivered during the 1963 March on Washington -- to create the definitive portrait of his life.

Spielberg said, "We are all honored that the King Estate is giving us the opportunity to tell the story of these defining, historic events. It is our hope that the creative power of film and the impact of Dr. King's life can combine to present a story of undeniable power that we can all be proud of."

Clooney to Star in A Very Private Gentleman

Variety reports that George Clooney has signed on to A Very Private Gentleman, an adaptation of the Martin Booth novel to be directed by Anton Corbijn.

Rowan Joffe is scripting the film, which shoots in Italy this fall.

Clooney will play an assassin who hides out in an idyllic Italian town before carrying out a final assignment. He resists his usual aversion to human interaction, and his friendships and romantic entanglements complicate his mission.

[turbojet]

A Martin Luther King movie? Wouldn't it be ironic if Denzel Washington got this role when he also played Malcolm X?

[AdventChild]

Three Inglourious Basterds Clips

Eh, nothing really impressive really, but understandable that they won't reveal much of the movie.

GB3 Could Start Filming in Winter

The Los Angeles Times talked to Dan Aykroyd about Ghostbusters 3 that is in development at Columbia Pictures.

Aykroyd says that Sigourney Weaver is on board, as are the original squad members Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.

He continued, saying, "We could be in production by winter."

It is Aykroyd's hope that Ivan Reitman will return to direct the third film in the series, but he says that he's "too busy as a mega-producer" to take it on. His second choice is Ramis, who co-wrote the first two Ghostbusters films with Aykroyd and has numerous directing credits, including this summer's Year One.

As for the plot details, Aykroyd says, "I'd like it to be a passing-of-the-torch movie. Let's revisit the old characters briefly and happily and have them there as family but let's pass it on to a new generation."

I really like to see the old GB cast become the main chars again. Shame if they did past the torch.

40+ Upcoming Horror Movie Remakes/Reboot

Read it and weep.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? Are you f*cking serious? Also, Child's Play? They better not make Chuckie in 3D/CGI BS b/c the animatronic(sp?) doll is scary as it is.

Child of the Corn remake, Oh no!

[Gabz Girl]

Oh crap. Not the bloody remake/reboot list again~ whyyyy? >o<

[Patticus]

All will bow before the majesty of

Child of the Corn remake, Oh no!

[Gabz Girl]

All will bow before the majesty of

...Please tell me that is NOT real! But then maybe it'll be like the equilavent of Snakes on a Plane.

And hey, atleast it's not as bad as

XD