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Clash of the Titans 2 and Avatar Re-Release Updates
Sam Worthington spoke with press today at the offices of Radical Studios, an LA-based company that has teamed with Worthington’s Full Clip Productions for a number of series, including The Last Days of American Crime, which Full Clip is developing into a feature film. In addition to his comic book plans, Worthington spoke about his … Continue reading
Three More Join Scream 4
Heat Vision is reporting that Adam Brody, Marley Shelton and Erik Knudsen have joined the cast of Scream 4, while Ghouls on Film says that Lauren Graham has exited the sequel due to date conflicts and script changes. Wes Craven has started directing in Michigan from a Kevin Williamson script. The Dimension Films release stars … Continue reading
Killers murders box office competition
In a slow week for releases it was left to Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher to swoop in and take advantage of the lack of male presence in cinemas (apparently there‘s some sports tournament going on right now) as rom com fans sent Killers to the top of the UK Box Office in its opening … Continue reading
Peter Jackson in Negotiations to Direct The Hobbit Films!
On May 30th, director Guillermo del Toro made the surprising announcement that he would no longer be directing The Hobbit and its follow-up. At the time, “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy director Peter Jackson said: Guillermo is co-writing the Hobbit screenplays with Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh and myself, and happily our writing partnership will … Continue reading
First Official Look at The Smurfs
The first official image of the Smurfs and how they will look as they abandon their medieval roots and take Manhattan is online. They look incredible and even in the 30 or so years since I watched this as a child, they never looked so real. But I am still hung up on why they … Continue reading
Toy Story 3
Release Date: June 18, 2010 (3D/2D theaters and IMAX 3D) Studio: Disney•Pixar Director: Lee Unkrich Screenwriter: Michael Arndt Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, R. Lee Ermey, Jodi Benson, Ned Beatty, Michael Keaton, Timothy Dalton, Jeff Garlin, Bonnie Hunt, Whoopi Goldberg, Kristen … Continue reading
Sony Already Planning a Karate Kid Sequel?
Not that it’s too surprising when a movie budgeted at $40 million brings in more than $55 million domestically its opening weekend, but according to Mike Fleming at Deadline, Sony executives were already meeting with writers to have them pitch ideas of where they could take a sequel for the hit Jaden Smith-Jackie Chan remake … Continue reading
Gemma Ward Swims into Pirates Of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Australian newspaper The Courier Mail (spotted by the local boys at Moviehole) is reporting that Australian supermodel turned actress Gemma Ward will be joining Johnny Depp and fellow Aussie Geoffrey Rush in Rob Marshall’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which is currently shooting in Hawaii. The 23-year-old Perth-born model, who quite ironically had … Continue reading
The Karate Kid Crane Kicks The A-Team
The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office. After three weeks at #1, DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek Forever After met some competition … Continue reading
Christopher Nolan on Batman and Superman
Empire magazine talked to Christopher Nolan, whose new film Inception opens July 16, and got some great quotes from the helmer on the next Batman movie, coming July 20, 2012, and next Superman movie, targeted for a holiday 2012 release. It was recently revealed that he would take on a mentor (or “godfather”) role for … Continue reading
Dennis Hopper Passes Away at Age 74
Actor Dennis Hopper died on Saturday at the age of 74 from complications of prostate cancer, his family said. He passed away at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Venice at 8:15 a.m. PDT, surrounded by family and friends. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Hopper received two Oscar nominations for … Continue reading
Megan Fox Replaced by a Victoria’s Secret Model?
Relatively new site GeekWeek broke the scoop last Friday, and Deadline seems to be confirming that Victoria’s Secret model (and Jason Statham girlfriend) 23-year-old Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is the frontrunner to replace the departing Megan Fox in Michael Bay’s Transformers 3. According to Deadline’s Mike Fleming, Huntington-Whiteley was among the shortlist of three relatively new women … Continue reading
Iron Man 2 Reaches $327.6 Million Worldwide
The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 2 debuted to an estimated $133.6 million in a record 4,380 North American theaters this weekend – an average of $30,502 per theater. The opening marks the fifth-highest of all time domestically, surpassing Shrek … Continue reading