According to the trades, director Jon Favreau [JFAVR] and Robert Downey Jr. [RDOWN] will next take on the feature adaptation of the graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens [CBALN]. The project has long been in development with Downey Jr. becoming attached last year. The latest script is by the hottest sceenwriters today, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the duo behind both The Transformers and Star Trek franchises.
DreamWorks hopes to start production on Cowboys & Aliens during summer 2010 and...
By now you've already heard that the Walt Disney Co. has agreed to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. What does the deal mean for Marvel's stable of over 5000 characters?
Sony has the right to make at least three more Spider-Man films beginning with Spider-Man 4 [SPID4]. They've already hired screenwriter James Vanderbiltto script sequels 5 & 6.
Fox has the right to the X-Men series with three films currently in development: X-Men: First Class [XMEN4], X-Men Origins: Magneto...
The box office battle of horror sequels was won by The Final Destination [FDES4] with an estimated $28.3 million weekend. The opening is a franchise best for Warner Bros. Halloween 2 [H2] meanwhile debuted in third place with $17.4 million. The Final Destination was helped in part by 3D showings, which costs a few dollars more than normal screens. Faced with a choice, more moviegoers opted for the fresher material. While Halloween 2 is a direct sequel to a remake of a well-worn...
Overture Films has released the first trailer for the comedy The Men Who Stared at Goats [MGOAT] on Apple. Inspired by a real story, a journalist in Iraq uncovers a top secret U.S. military unit that specializes in paranormal pyschological operations. Playing off his more serious roles from Three Kings and Syriana, George Clooney [GCLOO] hams it up with Kevin Spacey [KSPAC] and Jeff Bridges [JBRID] as "warrior monks" who believe they possess psychic powers that can read minds, pass...
Studios typically avoid going after the same audience by scheduling films of the same genre together. In a Hollywood rarity, two horror films open head to head this weekend. Both are sequels that must also contend with Inglourious Basterds [BSTRD], another R-rated male-targeted film coming off a $38 million splash last weekend. All three appear to have a chance to claim first place at the box office.
Whereas Fast & Furious lost a couple of ‘The' from its title in its fourth edition...
This weekend is all about horror with The Final Destination [FDES4] and Halloween 2 [H2] making their way to theaters. The Final Destination is the continuation of the franchise where characters are slowly picked off after initially escaping death. The film series is known for inventing creative ways to kill its characters, this time in 3-D fashion. Halloween 2 is the sequel to Rob Zombie’s 2007 remake of the classic. The clever ads for this fright fest are on the site as we speak.
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Three new releases have now move into the weekend of October 2nd vacated by Shutter Island [SHISL]. The Invention of Lying [INVLY], Whip It [WHIPT] and Zombieland [ZMBLN] are all comedies hoping to grab the biggest piece of the box office against the Toy Story & Toy Story 2 3D double-feature [TOY3D], which also opens wide that weekend.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox [MRFOX] will now begin with a platform release on Nov 13, before expanding wide on Nov 25, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
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All we know about the sci-fi actioner Inception [INCPT] is that it's set within the constructs of the mind. The logline alone reminds us of The Matrix. The trailer only reinforces that comparion with a biref snippet of a gravity defying fight. Perhaps Leonardo DiCaprio [LDCAP] plays a detective who enter people's mind to solve a crime, as suggested by the tagline "Your mind is the scene of a crime". The cinematography and music seems very reminiscent of teasers to The Dark Knight...
Inglourious Basterds [BSTRD] succeeded in its mission at the box office and filled the coffers of The Weinstein Co. to distribute another day. The World War II actioner opened with a better than expected $37.6 million, the biggest ever for director Quentin Tarantino [QTARA] topping Kill Bill Part 2’s $25.1 million. Although the R-rated film played loose with history, the bloody violence appealed to male moviegoers. While word of mouth should be good, fans are likely to have already...
Less than six weeks away from its opening, Shutter Island [SHISL] had its release date from October 2, 2009 to Feburary 19, 2010. The well-cut trailer has already been building anticipation and buzz for the thriller touted as a year-end awards contender. Reportedly, Paramount "doesn't have the financing in 2009 to spend the $50M to $60M necessary to market" it and "the release date of February 19th... is when Silence Of The Lambs came out back in 1991".
Newsflash to Paramount: The...
