Jeff Leins

Renner Joins ‘M:I4′ Amidst Major Changes

Published on August 27, 2010

Jeremy Renner, breakout star of the Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker, will co-star alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 4. Pixar director Brad Bird is making his live-action debut on the production, which begins this fall in Vancouver, Prague, Dubai and the United States.

However, Variety has learned the fourth installment of the spy franchise may not even be called Mission: Impossible, but follow the subtle pattern of WB’s The Dark Knight. Details on the script by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec are top secret, but insiders told them there would not be a team of agents, like the previous three, but just the two spies played by Cruise and Renner.

First Look: Concept Art for Godzilla Reboot

Published on July 27, 2010

In March, Legendary Pictures announced it was partnering with Warner Bros to bring Godzilla back to the big screen.  While no director has been announced yet, producers are still targeting a 2012 release date to reboot the Japanese monster.
To promote the upcoming film at Comic-Con, Legendary gave out complimentary T-shirts with the new design of [...]

‘Iron Man 2′ Beats Bloated Robin Hood Stateside

Published on May 16, 2010

Universal’s Robin Hood bowed under the repeat victory of Iron Man 2, but fared well overseas during the second weekend of the summer season.
The Marvel comic book sequel took an estimated $53 million in its second weekend for a domestic total of $212 million.  It’s good enough to continue calling itself the “#1 movie in [...]

‘Dragon’ Dominates as J-Lo, ‘Losers’ Open Soft

Published on April 25, 2010

After two close weekends at the box office, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon is the undisputed champion in its fifth weekend in theaters with $15 million and a domestic total of $178 million.
In a distance second is Jennifer Lopez’s return to acting (after four years) in the generic rom-com The Back-Up Plan.  The [...]

Burton Producing ‘Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’

Published on March 5, 2010

Tim Burton and Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov are producing an adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.  The fictional(?) novel was written by Seth Graham-Smith, the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which is also getting the movie treatment with Natalie Portman.
According to the Heat Vision Blog, the book depicts the 16th President of the United [...]

Cameron Talks Terminator as Studios Pass

Published on February 18, 2010

After battling with Pacificor for the rights to the Terminator franchise, Sony and Lionsgate are passing on the opportunity to partner for production and distribution of future films in the franchise.
Following a federal bankruptcy judge’s approval of the sale from Halcyon to the hedge fund company, Sony and Lionsgate were given an exclusive negotiation window [...]

Final ‘Toy Story 3′ Theatrical Trailer

Published on February 11, 2010

The final theatrical trailer for Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3 is now available!  It’s loaded with new characters, including a speech from Mr. Pricklepants the purple teddy bear voiced by former James Bond Timothy Dalton, a Ken doll voiced by Michael Keaton, a fly-man action figure, and a few other surprises.
Of course all the favorites return [...]

Terminator Bidding War Ends with Pacificor

Published on February 10, 2010

The bidding war for rights to the Terminator franchise ended Monday night, and the winner was not a studio.  Emerging from the pack after a marathon 5-hour auction was Pacificor, a Santa Barbara-based hedge fund.
Deadline reports Sony and Lionsgated were in the battle, but both studios dropped out when it became clear Pacificor would pay [...]

‘Alice in Wonderland’ Super Bowl Commercial

Published on February 7, 2010

Walt Disney Pictures ran two commercials during the Super Bowl this evening: one for Prince of Persia and this spot for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. The footage is nothing we haven’t seen from the other countless teasers and trailers, except for the random appearance of a purple fire-breathing dragon, which seems a bit new [...]

‘Let Me In’ Director on Twilight and More

Published on January 20, 2010

MTV recently sat down with Matt Reeves, the director of Overture Film’s Let the Right One In remake titled Let Me In.
You can read his exact words on their site, but Reeves basically addresses questions he’s likely to get from now until after the movie is released on October 1, such as “what’s different about [...]

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