Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category
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Joe Johnston Talks Jurassic Park IV and Captain America
Having started the promotional rounds for The Wolfman, director Joe Johnston has addressed the future of two high profile movies on his slate. While talking with Boxoffice.com he stated that Jurassic Park IV will happen and that it could be the start of a new trilogy. The movie has long been expected to materialize and even had rumors in the past about scripts and casting. However nothing had come together or been made official though most expected it eventually would happen. Well, there ...
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Reitman Confirms He’ll Direct Ghostbusters 3
MTV is reporting that Ivan Reitman will be returning to direct Ghostbusters 3. Reitman directed the first two films, which were released in 1984 and 1989. Reitman said that the script from "Year One" writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky is in and that a second draft is currently in the works. He also confirmed that he will indeed be returning to direct the coming sequel, as had been previously speculated. "They have delivered a draft," Reitman said of the script's progress. "We are ...
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Two new ‘Fast & Furious’ Films in the Works
Can't get enough of Vin Diesel? Me either. And now we are going to see a bit more of him as we find out today there are two new Fast & Furious films in development. According to Vin Diesel's Facebook page: If 2009's 'Fast and Furious' was chapter one, what writer Chris Morgan just delivered is Chapter 2 and chapter 3. I have never been submitted a two story saga from a studio before... it is very exciting, and shows a commitment level that is hard not to respond to. Excited about the sexy ...
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New on DVD: Week of January 11
2010 continues to bring us less than stellar movie releases. This week is worse than the previous week. If you're a fan of musicals, Fame hits stores this week. The film received a 90% 'fresh rating' on Rottentomatoes.com I did manage to see Tyler Perry's I can do Bad All By Myself. It' your typical Tyler Perry movie and doesn't stray away from his usual formula, so if you're a fan of his movies you'll enjoy this one. Here is the full release schedule broken up by standard DVD and Blu-ray: ...
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Spider-Man Franchise Getting Reboot
There has been a great deal of speculation around Spider-Man 4 and a lot of issues have emerged from behind the scenes at the same time. Everything from fighting over the script, to meeting a release date, to potential cast changes have been talked about over the past few months. However the news today blows all of that up as the franchise is being completely rebooted. There will no longer be a fourth in the series and everything will start fresh with a new cast and director. Sony just tweete...
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Avatar Dominates Fourth Straight Weekend
Continuing its extraordinary run Avatar pulled in another $48.5 million this weekend nearly tripling the amount made by any other movie. What is even more remarkable about that amount is that it represents a drop of just 29%. That would be an amazingly small drop following any weekend let alone a holiday weekend. Many had wondered how Avatar would hold up once everyone went back to school and work and the results are showing that the movie is here to stay. There is no doubt now it will chal...
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‘Wolverine 2′ to Film in 2011?
Wolverine fans hoping for a second 'Wolverine' film can rejoice. According to Wolverine himself, Hugh Jackman, he'll be traveling to Japan and shooting will begin in the next year. Superherohype.com has the scoop: Scooper 'Narrows101' pointed us to the People's Choice Awards 2010 website where you can find a video of Hugh Jackman, who won "Favorite Action Star," talking briefly about Wolverine 2. In the video titled 'Hugh Jackman Backstage,' Jackman first says that he's going to shoot th...
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The Hangover Breaks Comedy Sales Record
Warner Brothers has announced that The Hangover has become the top selling comedy movie of all-time on DVD and Blu-ray. There have been 8.6 million DVDs and 1.5 million Blu-ray copies purchased since its release on December 15th. Most sales occur during the first week of release and as such WB is estimating a six month estimate of 9.5 million DVDs. Only Twilight sold more DVDs in 2009. Ironically this news comes just days after the first in a line of announcements likely to come (between WB...
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