January 2009

First Poster for ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’

Published on: 31st January, 2009

20th Century Fox has released the first poster, a teaser image, for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, due out May 1, 2009.  The studio has decided not to debut any footage for the movie (or any of its slate) during the Superbowl.  If you missed the trailer, check it out here.
It looks bad ass, but similar [...]

‘G.I. Joe’ Super Bowl Commercial

Published on: 31st January, 2009

Paramount Pictures has already released its 30-second Super Bowl spot for G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.  Check out the high-definition trailer at ComingSoon.net.
Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) directed the movie starring Dennis Quaid (General Hawk), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Cobra Commander), Channing Tatum (Duke), Sienna Miller (Baronness), and Marlon Wayans (Ripcord).
The trailer isn’t half as bad [...]

‘Kung Fu Panda’ Clobbers ‘Wall-E’ at Annie Awards

Published on: 31st January, 2009

Kung Fu Panda shut out its competition in every major feature film category at the 36th annual Annie Awards celebrating 2008’s best animated movies.  The DreamWorks Animation pic bested critic favorite Wall-E and other nominee Bolt for “Best Feature.”
The surprise win is the first time DreamWorks has beaten a Pixar film for the top prize [...]

New Puppy Distracts Blogger

Published on: 30th January, 2009

I apologize for not posting any news the past two days.  I got a new puppy and it has been distracting me from keeping up with movies.  There have been many new updates for upcoming films, and I’ll be playing catch-up in the next few days.  Thanks!
In the meantime, here are some pictures of the [...]

Nicolas Cage is in for ‘Ghost Rider’ Sequel

Published on: 29th January, 2009

Columbia Pictures is searching for writers to pen a Ghost Rider sequel with Nicolas Cage attached to return, according to Bloody-Disgusting.
In the 2007 original, Cage played a daredevil stunt motorcyclist named Johnny Blaze who sells his soul to the devil and becomes a vigilante hero.  The movie was laughably bad and aside from a pretty [...]

Fox Saves Narnia, Picks Up ‘Dawn Treader’

Published on: 29th January, 2009

Last month, Disney bailed on the Narnia franchise and passed on the option to finance and release the third movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Here’s what I predicted at the time: “The probable candidate will be Fox, who already distributes and markets other Walden projects under Fox Walden.  I’m sure we’ll hear an announcement [...]

Taken Review

Published on: 29th January, 2009

In Taken, Liam Neeson is a one-man wrecking machine of pure, amped-up action.  Within the span of 94 minutes, the 56-year-old actor proves he belongs in the discussion of solid Hollywood heroes, kicking ass with the best of Bourne and at times better than the latest Bond.  Bare knuckle brawls bleed into automatic weapon shoot-outs [...]

Lara Croft, the Tomb Raider, is Back

Published on: 28th January, 2009

Warner Bros is planning a reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise and bringing Lara Croft back to theaters.  No actress has been cast yet, but Angelina Jolie is not expected to reprise her role from after two installments at Paramount Pictures.  WB has not selected any writers or a director yet.
The new project is intended [...]

Hilary Duff in New ‘Bonnie and Clyde’

Published on: 28th January, 2009

Hilary Duff is set to star in The Story of Bonnie and Clyde along with Kevin Zegers.
Tonya S. Holly is directing from her own script, which claims to be a different take rather than a redo of the 1967 classic starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.  Duff will play Bonnie Parker and Zegers has agreed [...]

‘Tintin’ Cast and Full Title Revealed

Published on: 28th January, 2009

Steven Spielberg’s Tintin movie received a lot of press recently during the high profile split of DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures and the possible failure due to the faltering economy.  Paramount and Sony Pictures are co-financing this project, however, so it has been mentioned quite a bit over the past few months.
Rarely did the stories provide [...]

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