March 2009

James Franco Re-Teams with Danny McBride

Published on: 31st March, 2009

James Franco will re-team with Danny McBride for Your Highness, a comedy at Universal Pictures.  David Gordon Green is set to direct.
The three talents worked together on Pineapple Express, so already this sounds good.  McBride co-wrote the script about two spoiled, arrogant princes in medieval times who go on a quest to save the kingdom and [...]

Writers Hired for ‘Star Trek’ Sequel

Published on: 31st March, 2009

It’s over a month away from the May 8 release of the newly rebooted Star Trek franchise, and already Paramount has locked in the writers for a sequel.
Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof have all been signed to write a screenplay for the follow-up and turn it in before Christmas, according to Variety.  The [...]

‘Sweeney Todd’ Actor Joins ‘Twilight Saga: New Moon’

Published on: 30th March, 2009

Another cast member has been added to The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
20-year-old British actor Jamie Campbell Bower will play Caius in the Twilight sequel, according to the BBC News.  Bower is best known for his part in Sweeney Todd as Anthony.
The New Moon character is a member of the Volturi, an Italy-based coven of powerful [...]

Cronenberg is Planning ‘Eastern Promises 2′

Published on: 30th March, 2009

MTV recently sat down with director David Cronenberg who said he is moving forward with a sequel to Eastern Promises.
“We all are excited about the idea of doing a sequel,” he said, also including in the “we” Viggo Mortensen, who was nominated for an Oscar in the role of Nikolai in the original; the screenwriter, [...]

‘Bruno’ Gets Slapped with an NC-17

Published on: 30th March, 2009

Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest docu-comedy, Brüno, has been given an NC-17 by the MPAA ratings board.  The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2006 comedy Borat has been deemed inappropriate for children under 17 (even if accompanied by a parent) due to numerous sexual scenes of a homosexual nature.
In this movie Baron Cohen plays a gay [...]

Spider-Man Will Fight Electro, Carnage, Rhino, and More

Published on: 30th March, 2009

Spider-Man 4 is still in the early phases of a script so no word on its villains, but the Broadway musical has already selected its stage baddies.  Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark recently held a sales event where details about the production had one journalist’s Spidey senses tingling.
Michael Riedel from the New York Post made [...]

‘Slumdog’ Writer Simon Beaufoy Offered ‘Wolverine 2?’

Published on: 29th March, 2009

The first Wolverine movie isn’t even in theaters yet and already rumors are making the rounds on who will write the sequel.
According to the manager of Simon Beaufoy, the Oscar winning writer of Slumdog Millionaire was approached by Fox to write Wolverine 2.  Studio executives have publicly denied the claims, but inside sources for Entertainment [...]

Set Pictures from ‘The Sorceror’s Apprentice’

Published on: 29th March, 2009

Just Jared scored some pictures of Nicolas Cage and his co-star Jay Baruchel on the set of The Sorceror’s Apprentice.  The story is a live-action re-imagining of the scene from Fantasia where a sorcerer leaves his apprentice in charge of the workshop and a chore-performing broomstick develops a mind of its own.
Check out Nicolas Cage [...]

Simon Pegg is in ‘Ice Age 3′

Published on: 29th March, 2009

Somehow they’ve done it.  Somehow the people at Fox have managed to not only keep it secret that Simon Pegg is doing a voice in Ice Age 3, but they’ve managed to make me excited about a franchise I gave up on years ago.  Those sneaky people at Fox.
Pegg plays a courageous, swashbuckling, one [...]

‘Monsters’ Crushes Box Office Competition

Published on: 29th March, 2009

DreamWorks Animations’ Monsters vs. Aliens posted a massive 3-D opening with an estimated $58.2 million over the weekend.
The PG kid flick opened in 4,104 theater locations, making it the biggest non-summer release in history (13th largest ever).  With multi-screen deals in certain theaters, the movie played a mixture of 2D and 3D on over 7,000 [...]

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