Movie News: Weekly Round-Up
Movie News:
- First teaser poster for the Expendables (IGN)
- Christian Alvart adapting sci-fi pulp magazine Captain Future to the big screen (Quiet Earth)
- The Hobbit to start shooting in July (Variety)
- Bryan Singer talks about X-Men: First Class (Hero Complex)
- Christoph Waltz to make directorial debut in Up and Away (24 Frames)
- Rights to manga “Bleach” acquired by Warner Bros (Heat Vision): Starting to run out of comics to adapt so the next frontier are mangas?
- Clash of the Titans will be a trilogy (First Showing)
- Popeye coming to the big screen (Variety)
- 300 prequel coming (SuperHeroHype)
- Kevin Smith’s Red State shooting in July (Twitter): zzZZZz
- Wanted 2 will move on with new character from comic (MTV)
- Will Smith next movie: Either Men in Black 3 or The City that Sailed (Variety)
Casting News:
- David Oyelowo cast as Martin Luther King Jr in Selma (THR)
- Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher cast in romantic comedy Friends with Benefits (Vulture)
Kristen Stewart cast in her mother’s flick K-11 (BangShowBiz)- Amanda Seyfried cast in The Girl who Conned the Ivy League (SlashFilm)
- Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson lend their voices to Turkeys (Hollywood Insider)
- Jennifer Lopez to star in remake of Overboard (THR)
- Jamie Foxx to star in video game adaptation Kane and Lynch (Heat Vision)
- Gerard Butler, Matthew Fox, Colin Farrell in the running for lead role in Consent to Kill (Deadline)
- John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Ken Jeong cast in Transformers 3 (Michael Bay): Oh why????
- Chris Evans cast as titular character in The First Avenger: Captain America (Heat Vision): I don’t even care who takes it anymore. Let’s move on to better things. Evans is as good a choice as any of the other candidates anyway.
- Jennifer Connelly, Marisa Tomei cast in comedic thriller Salvation Boulevard (Variety)
- Rebecca Hall joins Will Ferrell in indie Everything Must Go (Variety): I’m definitely looking forward to this one, the script is nothing short of excellent! Hope Will Ferrell turns in a performance like in Stranger than Fiction.
- Emma Stone in talks for The Help (Deadline)
- Eric Bana, Keira Knightley, Richard Gere attached to the Emperor’s Children (The Wrap)
Trailers:
- Julia Roberts’ Eat, Pray, Love (Yahoo HD)
- Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman in The Switch (First Showing)
- Full trailer for Predators (First Showing)
- Teaser trailer for Dreamwork’s Megamind (Yahoo HD)
- Luc Besson’s Adele Blanc-Sec (Yahoo HD)
- The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Korean style (First Showing)
- Red band for Get Him to the Greek (First Showing)
US DVD Releases:
Links:
- Darren wonders if 40 is the new 30 for leading actresses (m0vie blog)
- Heather puts forth the top 10 Johnny Depp movies (Movie Mobsters)
- Check out Luke’s family band composed of actors who played musicians last decade (Journalistic Skepticism)
- This Guy ponders about the difference between Horror movies and Thrillers (This Guy Over Here)
- Univarn is hitting the final stretch of his 23 Days of Kurosawa marathon (A Life in Equinox)
- Minneapolis Movie Madness! A movie blogger’s nightmare (Getafilm)
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Oh fuck….I just got a boner looking at The Expendables poster….
Btw, I choose M4 customized with a scope and a Masterkey. Hell yeah.
Sheesh… why is a 300 prequel necessary – it was so only okay.
And is it totally wrong that I’m kind of defensive of the original Overboard? I know it’s cheesetastic, but I grew up watching it practically every weekend on TBS.
A Kurosawa marathon? That’s absolutely fantastic. I caught a bit of “Seven Samurai” last night. All-time classic.
What are Malkovich and McDormand thinking?
The Expendables bleeds testosterone.
Apparently Malkovich lost money in the Madoff scheme so that might explain it. I’m all for it if it keeps him producing small indie films.
I’m very excited about “300″ prequel, hope Zack will find the time to really do it, since the graphic novel isn’t ready yet.
The Expendables poster is BAD-AAASSSSS!!!
And is Chris Evans seriously confirmed as Captain America? I just read another article that said it was still up in the air.
Once again I’m humbled and beloved by your linkage. While I enjoyed doing the marathon immensely, I’m definitely going to need a breather
- Looking forward to the production of The Hobbit and Red State (I find the premise pretty interesting) in July.
- Can’t wait to rent Fantastic Mr. Fox.
- Chris Evans I feel is the “safe choice” for Captain America, to be honest I’m more worried about the choice of director (Joe Johnston).
I with you on the Joe Johnston doubts. The man seems to be a one hit wonder and he’s damn lucky that the praise and recognition for The Rocketeer was delayed, because otherwise he’d have exhausted it already. (Of course, that assumes he hasn’t.)
@ Magnum: lol good choice. I will take the M4 with the mounted M203 grenade launcher muahahha
@ Luke: I don’t mind a prequel to 300 but it would need Gerard Butler back
@ Red: I guess they need the paycheck
@ Kai: Yes, confirmed. He was “offered” the role and he waited a few days to accept it
@ Univarn: my pleasure
Enjoy your well-deserved break
@ Dreher Bear: I hear you, Wolfman was a disaster. Hope he doesn’t repeat that kind of mess.
The Expendables – YEAH!
Kane & Lynch – another YEAH! Not because of Foxx, but Bruce Willis. I’m just dying to see him in a badass role again. Come to think of it, he’s in the Expendables, too. Well, lucky me!
I loved Darren’s article and thanks for the link again.
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