Marc Foster (Quantum Of Solace) has been hired to direct World War Z.
J. Michael Straczynski is writing the screenplay, and this should be a good one. The book was a good, fun, read and it should translate well onto the silver screen.
Showing posts with label Movie News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie News. Show all posts
Friday, November 14, 2008
Director Hired For World War Z
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
And The New Rhodey/War Machine Is....
Don Cheadle in, Terrence Howard out. I don't know what to think yet so I will reserve judgment.
Updated: Okay, I like Cheadle - phenomenal actor, but this kinda sucks since in my mind's eye (and a lot of other people's as well), Howard is Rhodey. It's all about the money in this case, I guess. Would have been f'ed up/hilarious if Downey played Rhodey in full Tropic Thunder mode, since he looked like Cheadle already anyway in that movie. Ha.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Updated: And Depp Is Playing The Lone Ranger Too (Turns Out He's Playing Tonto)
Read this article and you tell me if Mr. Depp isn't being the good employee with his Jack Sparrow intro. See what cashing those Pirates check will do to you? But anyway, yes, he will be playing the Lone Ranger!
Update: According to Variety, he will be playing Tonto, not Lone Ranger.
Johnny Depp To Play "The Mad Hatter" In Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland
Wow. How awesome is that going to be???? Click here for the article.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Movie List For The Rest Of 2008
Nothing fancy-schmancy with this posting; I'll just list the movies with their scheduled release date, along with a link to said movie. If there's an * at the end of the title, it pretty much means I'm going to give it my best effort to watch it in the theaters. Otherwise, Netflix here we come.
So, without further ado:
9/12:
Burn After Reading*
Righteous Kill*
9/19:
Blindness
Appaloosa*
10/3:
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist*
10/10:
City of Ember
Rock N Rolla
Body of Lies
10/31:
Zack and Miri Make A Porno*
11/7:
Quantum of Solace*
11/14:
Role Models
Soul Men
11/21:
Bolt*
Twilight*
11/26:
The Road*
12/12:
Defiance
12/19:
The Tale of Despereaux
The Curios Case of Benjamin Button*
12/26:
Valkyrie*
Revolutionary Road
Friday, August 22, 2008
Warner Bros. Confirms Reboot Of Superman Movie Franchise
Awesome news. The following excerpt is from this WSJ.com article:
Warner Bros. also put on hold plans for another movie starring multiple superheroes -- known as "Batman vs. Superman" -- after the $215 million "Superman Returns," which had disappointing box-office returns, didn't please executives. "'Superman' didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to," says Mr. Robinov. "It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned." "Had 'Superman' worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009," he adds. "But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all."
Thursday, August 14, 2008
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
How Some Of The Best Comic Book Writers In The World Would Reboot The Superman Franchise
It's no secret that I did not like Superman Returns much, and neither did a lot of other people. There were a lot of problems with it I thought, and I'll list a few off the top of my head:
a) The super tot - Singer and co. basically painted themselves into a corner with that one. It's a giant albatross around the neck of any future stories planned for Supes and Lois. No one wants to see them with a kid, especially a super powered one no less. I mean, what can you do with him? The awkwardness of growing up with super powers you're trying to hide? Or the process of learning said super powers? Or being different than everyone else? That could easily be Clark's/Supes' story - we don't need the super tot for that.
b) Superman Returns was a chick flick, pure and simple. Don't get me wrong, there's a time and place for chick flicks, but a Superman movie is not one of them. It might as well have been a Lois Lane movie, for pete's sake.
c) Superman was the most unsympathetic character, I'm sorry. It did not help that James Marsden's character was a lot more sympathetic. I mean, here was this really nice guy, who risked his life even though he had no superpowers to rescue a woman who was secretly in love with someone else (who was still pursing her!) and a kid who really wasn't his. I'm sorry, but that makes Supes and Lois look like douche bags as far as I'm concerned.
Like I said, I'm not the only one who feels that way; I don't know if anybody lost geek cred as much as Bryan Singer did in the time span between the release dates of X-Men 2 and Superman Returns. And while the movie made a good amount of money, it did not make the kind of money (relative to the budget and expectations) that would justify carte blanche for Mr. Singer with the franchise.
As a result, there has been so much talk since then that Singer might not do the sequel, that he still might do the sequel but he needs to follow strict guidelines, or even a reboot of the series the way Hulk and Batman was rebooted (and said reboot might or might not involve Singer).
The reboot option seems to be the most popular amongst the geeks, and now even some of the most beloved and respected comic book writers in the industry have put in their two cents. Here is a great article about what they thought were the problems with the movie and how they would reboot the franchise.
No matter how you cut it though, there's a lot more pressure now on Time Warner to get Superman right, as The Dark Knight's huge critical and box office success have showed them the rewards that can be reaped by doing so. Hopefully, we'll see results sooner rather than later.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Now THIS Sounds Cool!
Zombies vs. Vampires (with the latter protecting humans because they need them for food). Think about it. So simple, you wish you thought of it yourself!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Alan Moore Interview
At the end of this post is a link to a great interview on E.W. com with Alan Moore, comic book god (even if he does not want to acknowledge it).
The man's list of works is legendary. Just a sampling: The Killing Joke (the BEST Joker story EVER), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell, Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and of course The Watchmen.
Folks, as I have said before, The Watchmen is The Lord Of The Rings of the comic book world; and in a way it's kinda disappointing that Alan Moore will never give it his stamp of approval (for reasons he expounds on again in the interview).
Nevertheless, it's quite an interesting read about a very interesting man.
Click here.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
R.I.P. Stan Winston
Stan Winston, a true icon of the entertainment industry, passed away on Sunday at the age of 62.
A huge loss, indeed, but we are all the better because of his contributions. Rest In Peace, Mr. Winston.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Marvel Studios Future Plans - And Yes, Confirmation Of An Avengers Movie
There have been many articles floating around about this all day, but I like this one from Superherohype the best.
Some highlights:
- Iron Man 2 will introduce Thor, whose movie will be out a few months afterward. Classic comic book stuff - introduce a "new" character in a "sure thing" book/movie then spin him off.
- There will be an Avengers movie, and it'll be a few months after the Captain America movie comes out.
Sean and I were discussing what would be the best way to do the Avengers movie, as there have been many versions of the team through the years. Most people forget that the original Avengers consisted of Ant-Man, Thor, Iron Man, Wasp and the Hulk. Then you have the team led by Captain America (probably the most prevalent Avenger image in most people's minds), with Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye, Vision, etc. You also have the New Avengers with Captain America, Iron Man, Spidey, Wolverine, Luke Cage, etc.
But I agree with Sean that what they should do is do the Ultimates version and storyline. And judging by the movies they are releasing right before it, the references they have made in the Iron Man movie, the cameo of a certain character in the upcoming Hulk movie, and most importantly the character who made a cameo in said Iron Man movie, it sounds like that's how they'll do it.
The Ultimates team is basically Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Giant-Man, Wasp, and a few others teaming together through the efforts of Nick Fury to stop the Hulk, and then after that confronting an even greater danger. Most people know already about who makes a cameo after the credits of Iron Man and what he talks about, so put two and two together....
All in all, very exciting times for the Marvel Movie Universe. The only thing DC has gotten right the last few years is the Batman franchise; maybe they should pay more attention to the House of Ideas.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Watchmen Goodies
Zack Snyder has released the first pictures of some of the characters who'll be appearing in the movie on the movie's official website.
Gotta love it. Ozy does not look like how I always pictured him to look in the movies, but that's fine. But I must say - Rorschach, Nite Owl and The Comedian are dead on!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
And The Winner Is...
Blu-Ray.
Well we knew that for weeks already, after Warner Bros. decided to go Blu-Ray exclusive, and then Wal-Mart and Netflix added to the misery last week by announcing they will only support Blu-Ray in their respective businesses. But Toshiba announcing they will no longer make HD-DVD players is pretty much the official closing of the coffin and pouring on of dirt on HD-DVD.
Click here for the article
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Toy Story 1, 2 and 3-D!
Disney has announced that not only will Toy Story 3 (due in 2010) be in 3-D, but Toy Story and Toy Story 2 will be re-released into theaters in 3-D format as well.
Yes, all 3 releases are still a long ways away (October 2009 is when Toy Story will be re-released, with Toy Story 2 in Feb. 2010, and Toy Story3 premiering in June 2010), but that's still pretty sweet news.
James Cameron and George Lucas have been the biggest proponents of 3-D recently and Disney has been going in that direction as well with their animated movies. Should be good stuff!
Click here for the Variety article about it.
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