February 2009

Drew Barrymore May Direct Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Published on: 27th February, 2009

With an official release date already announced (June 30, 2010), Summit Entertainment has turned their attention towards locking in a director for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.  Apparently Summit is not opposed to switching it up yet again after bouncing Catherine Hardwicke and picking up Chris Weitz for The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
Of course, the small [...]

Eddie Murphy to Imitate Richard Pryor (More)

Published on: 27th February, 2009

Eddie Murphy will take a break from voicing an ass in Shrek movies and being an ass in everything else to try acting again.  He is attached to play Richard Pryor in a biopic about the influential comedian.
Bill Condon is shopping around Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? to any interested studios after the [...]

‘Total Recall’ Goes Back to Mars

Published on: 26th February, 2009

Columbia Pictures is in final negotiations to remake Total Recall with Neal H. Moritz and his Original Films banner.  The irony of the company name isn’t lost on me either.
A deal is in place to redo the Mars adventure, but no director or writer has been hired yet.
The 1990 version starred Arnold Schwarzeneggar is a [...]

Hasbro CEO Confused About What Makes a Good Movie

Published on: 26th February, 2009

Since making the six-year deal with Universal in February 2008, Hasbro has helped hire a long list of top talent to adapt their toys and games to the big screen.  It includes feature films for Monopoly, Clue, Stretch Armstrong, Candyland, and possibly Battleship.
But one project Hasbro shopped around before settling on Platinum Dunes, the horror [...]

New Cast Member for ‘New Moon’ Movie

Published on: 26th February, 2009

The Twilight Saga: New Moon has added a new cast member, this time a relatively unknown Canadian TV actor named Bronson Pelletier.
His casting comes from a boastful talent agency website that said, “Congratulations to BRONSON who scores a lead role in the highly anticipated “Twilight” feature film sequel “New Moon.” It’s rumored he will be [...]

WB to Retell ‘The NeverEnding Story’

Published on: 26th February, 2009

Warner Bros is partnering with a few “top-tier” production companies, including Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way, to reboot The NeverEnding Story.
The 1984 children’s classic spawned two more chapters before finally ending.  Or so we thought…  The original focused on Bastian Balthazar Bux, a boy who discovers a book with a magical realm inside.  It featured the [...]

Samuel L. Jackson is Nick Fury NINE More Times

Published on: 26th February, 2009

It seems Samuel L. Jackson has worked things out with Marvel… and then some.  Since appearing after the credits in Iron Man as the character Nick Fury, Jackson cast doubt on his future involvement by saying negotiations “aren’t really working out that well.”
Turns out things were going extremely well.  Samuel L. Jackson has agreed to [...]

Warner Bros Challenges Marvel Release Dates

Published on: 26th February, 2009

Warner Bros has announced a long list of major release dates and it seems to have no problem going head to head with Marvel’s carefully scheduled superhero roll out.  The WB, who owns rival DC comics, is flexing its movie muscle against other comic book blockbusters in 2010 and 2011.  Their new, aggressive calendar puts [...]

Life After Oscar: ‘Slumdog’ Stars Move On and Up

Published on: 25th February, 2009

The past few months and especially this last weekend has changed the lives of the Slumdog Millionaire stars.  While they’re celebrating their big Oscar win, things are happening behind the scenes for the relatively unknown actors.
Freida Pinto, the unbelievably beautiful Slumdog actress, has scored a role in Woody Allen’s next film.  The untitled project also [...]

Gore Verbinski to Take Another Stab at ‘Clue’

Published on: 25th February, 2009

Universal is in final negotiations with Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) to direct a new Clue, a live-action adaptation of the popular board game.
The studio isn’t messing around with this six year Hasbro deal.  They’ve hired Ridley Scott to make a Monopoly movie, Kevin Lima to direct Candyland, Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes to resurrect [...]

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