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Kristen Stewart Rumored for ‘Wanted 2′

Published on: 22nd April, 2010

Universal may be courting The Twilight: Eclipse star Kristen Stewart to replace Angelina Jolie in Wanted 2.  Jolie walked from the project in February to pursue other projects nearly causing the studio to pull the plug altogether.
However, sources for E! Online say Stewart was approached by the studio and even met with director Timur Bekmambetov [...]

Angelina Jolie Kills ‘Wanted 2′ For Sci-Fi Film

Published on: 25th February, 2010

Angelina Jolie has dropped out of Universal’s Wanted 2.  Instead she’s starring in a science fiction film from Children of Men director Alfonso Cuarón titled Gravity.
A sequel to the bullet-bending action flick has been discussed since June 2008 when the summer movie hit the box office and gathered $341 million worldwide.  Studio execs even randomly hired [...]

Lionsgate to ‘Kick-Ass’ in 2010

Published on: 17th August, 2009

At the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con last month, director Matthew Vaughn was on hand to showcase clips from his new movie, Kick-Ass. The unconventional superhero movie was hoping for a positive reaction to help sell the independently financed flick and luckily the fan response was riotous.
This started a bidding war last week for the [...]

Angelina Jolie to Somehow Return for ‘Wanted 2′

Published on: 15th June, 2009

When Wanted 2 was officially announced I wrote, “I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to bring back Angelina Jolie for the sequel.”  Not that James McAvoy wasn’t solid, but apart from the special effects Jolie was the biggest draw for last summer’s surprise hit.  Unfortunately, her super spy character took a super curved bullet [...]

‘Wanted 2′ Gets Pooh Writer

Published on: 18th April, 2009

A new writer has been hired to pen the sequel to Wanted.  The original trio of writers has been replaced by Evan Spiliotopoulos, co-writer of Pooh’s Heffalump Movie and its DVD Halloween spin-off. You read that right.  The guy who helped write Winnie the Pooh’s encounter with an elephant is now taking on a super [...]

2009 Academy Award Winners

Published on: 22nd February, 2009

Looks like I predicted all the winners yesterday, except for “Best Foreign Language.”  Maybe I should have seen one of those before guessing in that category.  What did you think?  Did they get it right?  Who should have won?  Post below!
Here are the winners from one of the best Academy Awards ceremonies I can remember:
Best [...]

‘Wanted 2′ and ‘Wicked’ for Platt, Universal

Published on: 17th July, 2008

Universal has reupped producer Marc Platt for another five years and he’s already planning a sequel to Wanted and a big screen adaptation of popular stage production Wicked.

Wanted Review

Published on: 6th July, 2008

Wanted combines three classic films of 1999 into one and comes out an entertaining, but watered-down version of all three.

‘Wanted’ Trilogy?

Published on: 2nd July, 2008

According to CinemaBlend, Wanted is getting not just a sequel, but possible the trilogy treatment over at Universal. Details with spoilers clearly marked.

‘Wall-E’ and ‘Wanted’ Score Big

Published on: 29th June, 2008

Weekend estimates show Wall-E and Wanted both opening huge with $62.5 million and $51.1 million respectively. The G-rated Pixar film was expected to roll over the competition, but an R-rated Angelina Jolie proved to be a worthy opponent.