Source: ThinkGeek.com
oh em gee – YES! even comes complete with lightsaber zipper – meant to evoke Han’s evisceration of the poor creature – and an entrail pattern on the inner lining!
Warner Bros. has settled on Ryan Reynolds as its choice to play “Green Lantern,” the studio’s live-action tentpole based on the DC Comics hero. The film is being directed by Martin Campbell and produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti.
[Screenwriter Marc] Guggenheim confirmed that his script will focus on Hal Jordan, based on the Silver Age DC Comics incarnation of the superhero, and how he became a member of the Green Lantern Corps.
In a decision announced Wednesday, U.S. Judge District Court Judge Stephen G. Larson found that the license fees the studio paid to corporate sibling DC Comics didn’t represent “sweetheart” deals as they weren’t below fair market value. That means the heirs will be able seek profits only from DC Comics — which earned $13.6 million from Warner Bros. for the 2006 release of “Superman Returns” — rather than from Warner Bros. as well.
Beyond that…
The judge, who conducted a 10-day bench trial, also noted that Warner Bros. chairman Alan Horn had testified that he hopes to make another “Superman” movie but added that the property wasn’t under development at the studio, that no script had been written and that the earliest another “Superman” pic could be released would be in 2012.
[Attorney Marc] Toberoff [who represents heirs Joanne Siegel and Laura Siegel Larson] also asserted in a written statement that the Siegel heirs and the heirs of co-creator Joe Shuster will own the entire Superman copyright in 2013.
It’s not clear what the copyright and licensing future is for DC Comics which is a bit out of left field. If we had to guess? No new movie until post copyright turnover.
Plot synopsis: A young man comforts his older brother’s wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan. Based on Susanne Bier’s film, “Brothers”.
Directed by Jim Sheridan and set for release on December 4th, 2009, ‘BROTHERS’ stars; Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Mare Winningham, and Sam Shepard.
Also, check out “ALIVE IN JOBURG” below which is a short made several years ago by the same creative team:
From Google:
This short by Neill Blomkamp depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa. Producers: Neill Blomkamp, Simon Hansen, Sharlto Copley, Shannon Worley.
Source: Omelete.com.br Omelete.com.br recently sat down with actor Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) and asked about the status of a new Superman sequel.
“I do not know of anything. I’m sure that Warner Bros. is moving there, but everything is still uncertain. Really, I do not know anything.”
Another key reveal? Routh confirmed he has no contract to play the super-hero.
“The term contract has expired. But if they call me again, back to the character without thinking twice.”
Read more HERE. The original article is from Brazil and in Portugese.
Dimension Films has set its sights on remaking John Landis’ 1981 cult classic horror “An American Werewolf in London.” Overture execs-turned-producers Sean and Bryan Furst are on board to produce.
Landis wrote and directed the comedy-horror film, which starred David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as two American backpackers hiking in the Yorkshire moors attacked by a mysterious animal who turns out to be a werewolf. Naughton ends up terrorizing London while Dunne is a reanimated corpse suggesting ways for Naughton to kill himself and stop the curse.
Sony is looking to get Resident Evil: Afterlife into theaters by September 17, 2010. That’s according to an internal memo circulating through the offices there.
Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game “Asteroids.” Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
ASTEROIDS - Headed For The Big Screen
Universal is also developing a “Clue” remake, “Battleship”, “Ouija”, “Monopoly”, and “Candyland.”
Rob Zombie’s adult-oriented animated film, “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto”, will be released on DVD on September 22.
The movie is based on a story Zombie created for his Spookshow International comic book series of a few years back and centers on a washed-up wrestler battling various creatures on the road in Monsterland. Actors who lent their voices to the movie include Paul Giamatti, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and Zombie’s wife Sheri Moon Zombie.
Plot synopsis: Sang-hyun (played by top Korean star Song Kang-ho of The Host) is a priest who cherishes life; so much so that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion is urgently ordered up for him. The blood he receives is infected, so Sang-hyun lives—but now exists as a vampire. Struggling with his newfound carnal desire for blood, Sang-hyun’s faith is further strained when a childhood friend’s wife, Tae-ju (Kim Ok-vin), comes to him asking for his help in escaping her life. Sang-hyun soon plunges into a world of sensual pleasures, finding himself on intimate terms with the Seven Deadly Sins.
‘Thirst’ opens in select U.S. theaters July 31.
Check out the Official ‘THIRST’ movie website HERE.
Warner Brothers is giving Zack Snyder’s director’s cut of Watchmen—which will have an additional 25 minutes of footage, including the death of a supporting character—a limited theatrical run one week before Comic-Con International in San Diego.
The cut will screen in Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis and Dallas before the movie is released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 21.
Go see it if you get a chance. Better than the recent ‘Terminator Salvation’ movie. Better than the new ‘Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen’ (judging by the reviews), and billions upon billions of times better than the pitiful ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’. WATCHMEN is THEE super hero movie of the year! The critics were abhorantly WRONG about the movie.
Trust me. The missing squid is not going to ruin the Watchmen movie experience for you.
“expected anouncements of Terminators 5 and 6 have not come. Yet.”
Also:
Bale, who played a grown-up John Connor, confirmed that there has been no development on his end for a fifth Terminator.
“We’ve had no talks about it or discussions about it.”
Terminator Salvation took place in 2018, when Connor takes the lead in the human resistance while trying to come to terms with a new kind of cyborg who believes he is human. The film’s epilogue suggests that Connor will continue to lead the resistance in other parts of the world after destroying Skynet’s San Francisco headquarters.
They might be right. Seems like the studios have been hot to get a lot of the news re: sequels out a la Transformers, Deadpool, etc. but things have been a little quiet since ‘Terminator: Salvation’ hit theaters…
Plot synopsis: In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.
Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig and scheduled for release on January 8th, 2010, ‘DAYBREAKERS’ stars; Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas, Sam Neill, Claudia Karvan, Jay Laga’aia, Vince Colosimo, and Christopher Kirby
Check it out the Official ‘District 9′ movie website HERE.
Also, check out “ALIVE IN JOBURG” below which is a short made several years ago by the same creative team:
From Google:
This short by Neill Blomkamp depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa. Producers: Neill Blomkamp, Simon Hansen, Sharlto Copley, Shannon Worley.
Scout Taylor-Compton (“Halloween”) has been cast in “The Runaways” alongside Kristen Stewart [as JOAN JETT] and Dakota Fanning. The pic is based on the true story of the all-girl punk band in the 1970s with Compton playing Lita Ford.
Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film is set in a world where human civilization is divided into four nations: Water, Earth, Air and Fire.
Plot synopsis: The Fire Nation is waging a ruthless, oppressive war against the other three nations. The film’s hero, the reluctant young Aang (Noah Ringer), is the “Last Airbender” — the Avatar who, according to prophecy, has the ability to manipulate all of the elements and bring all the nations together.
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan (THE SIXTH SENSE, UNBREAKABLE, SIGNS) and scheduled for release on July 2nd 2009, THE LAST AIRBENDER stars; stars Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Jessica Jade Andres, Aasif Mandvi, Shaun Toub, Cliff Curtis and Keong Sim.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Is Getting The TIM BURTON And IMAX Treatment
Source: USAToday.com
The first stills of Tim Burton’s ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’ retelling have surfaced. Check them out below.
Producer RICHARD ZANUCK recently commented:
“We finished shooting in December after only 40 days. Now the live action is being merged with CG animation and motion-capture creatures, and then transferred into 3-D.”
Read more and check out additional pictures from the movie HERE.
Directed by TIM BURTON (SWEENEY TODD, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS) and set for release on March 5th, 2010 to IMAX® theaters simultaneously with the film’s wide release, ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’ stars; Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar, and Christopher Lee as Jabberwock.
