Week In Review
By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 10, 2008 8:52 pm EST
Sequels/Remakes/Adaptations The Plot for Captain America Has been revealed Guillermo del Toro explains who his Frankenstein adaptation will be different: It’s not the traditional creation/origin story Rumor has it that Paul Andrew Williams might direct 28 Months Later The new Watchmen video journal shows The Making of Dr. Manhattan TR2N will be released in Digital Disney 3D. Also, Jeff Bridges talks about the tech of the sequel Steve Carell will return for Get Smart 2 Screenwriter Travis Wright clears up the Blade Runner 2 rumors Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonam Carter have been cast in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Columbus Short confirms that Lethal Weapon 5 is on the fast track The Daily Mail claims that Johnny Depp will be paid $56 million upfront for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 David Goyer says that all The Dark Knight rumors are B.S. Enchanted director Kevin Lima to adapt Tom Thumb Guillermo del Toro tries to explain The Hobbit sequel. I’m still confused. Casting Rumor: Could Ryan Gosling play The Green Lantern? Josh Brolin is in talks to play Jonah Hex The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona will helm a big screen adaptation of David Moody’s book “Hater”. Casting Kat Dennings has been cast in Woody Harrelson’s superhero dramedy Jesse Eisenberg has been cast in Zombieland. Check out some of director Ruben Fleischer’s short films Dominic Monaghan and Freddy Rodriguez have been cast in Fortuna, which sounds like The Island Meets Children of Men Jamie Foxx has been cast in Frank Darabont’s Law Abiding Citizen
Other Empire Magazine names the top 500 movies of all time. Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire has been moved up to November 12th The Weinstein Co is promoting Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Ponro with Stick Figures but not Seth Rogen’s face? Adam Quigley takes a look at You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, The Happening, 30 Rock, The Simpsons and more in This Week in DVD David Cronenberg is in talks to direct Denzel Washington in The Matarese Circle Fantastic Fest is having a Halloween Party at The Shining’s Timberline Lodge Early Buzz for Oliver Stone’s W praises Josh Brolin’s performance, nays the Texas melodrama Netflix is charging an additional $1 for Blu-ray rentals The Academy Awards lifts the ban on movie advertisements. Hunter Stephenson reviews Sex Drive. Watch Richard Linklater’s Slacker for Free on Hulu The Chevy Beat concept car in Transformers 2 is Autobot Skids. Suresh Joachim and Claudia Wavra broke the Guiness World Record for most consecutive hours spent watching movies, after sitting through 57 movies in 123 hours and 10 minutes. Seth Rogen will produce I’m With Cancer, a comedy about Will Reiser’s battle with cancer Five videos from The Wrestler press conference at the New York Film Festival. “Leaked” video footage of Kevin Smith directing Seth Rogen to “Do it more like Affleck on the set of Zack and Miri Clint Eastwood plays a weirdo racist in Gran Torino In one of the biggest behind the scenes Hollywood clusterfucks of recent years, producer Scott Rudin abandons The Reader Television Entourage has been renewed for a sixth season ABC Family greenlights a 30-minute pilot for a television adaptation of 10 Things I Hate About You Movie Trailers David Goyer’s The Unborn Twilight Edward Zwick’s Defiance Bunker 77
First Look Concept Art from Dreamwork Aniamtion’s How to Train Your Dragon A Better Look at the Kick-Ass Costumes Robert Downey Jr in Sherlock Holmes Ben Kingsley in Prince of Persia Cool Stuff Goodbye Elliot T-Shirt Weta’s $6,000 Steampunk Raygun The Ghostbuster’s Ecto-1 is for Sale on Ebay The Rocky Horror Picture Show Poster Set Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Retail DVD Exclusives The Shining – Poster and Tribute Artwork A Visual Dialogue Map of Kevin Smith’s Clerks Analog Retirement T-Shirt
LOL Scenes from the LEGO Zombie Apocalypse Nathan Fillion in James Gunn’s PG Porn George Lucas and Steven Speilberg Rape Indiana Jones on South Park Get Your Own Porn ID From Zack and Miri You Fell Asleep While Watching a DVD Superman PWNS Batman If Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Were Real /Filmcast Episode 20 – Religulous with guest Amelie Gillette VOTD Mark Wahlberg talks to Animals Toy Story / The Dark Knight Trailer Mash-up Edgar Wright on Disney’s The Black Hole Paris Hilton Gets Presidential With Martin Sheen Star Wars fan film Padme
Week In Review
By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 10, 2008 8:52 pm EST
Sequels/Remakes/Adaptations The Plot for Captain America Has been revealed Guillermo del Toro explains who his Frankenstein adaptation will be different: It’s not the traditional creation/origin story Rumor has it that Paul Andrew Williams might direct 28 Months Later The new Watchmen video journal shows The Making of Dr. Manhattan TR2N will be released in Digital Disney 3D. Also, Jeff Bridges talks about the tech of the sequel Steve Carell will return for Get Smart 2 Screenwriter Travis Wright clears up the Blade Runner 2 rumors Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonam Carter have been cast in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Columbus Short confirms that Lethal Weapon 5 is on the fast track The Daily Mail claims that Johnny Depp will be paid $56 million upfront for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 David Goyer says that all The Dark Knight rumors are B.S. Enchanted director Kevin Lima to adapt Tom Thumb Guillermo del Toro tries to explain The Hobbit sequel. I’m still confused. Casting Rumor: Could Ryan Gosling play The Green Lantern? Josh Brolin is in talks to play Jonah Hex The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona will helm a big screen adaptation of David Moody’s book “Hater”. Casting Kat Dennings has been cast in Woody Harrelson’s superhero dramedy Jesse Eisenberg has been cast in Zombieland. Check out some of director Ruben Fleischer’s short films Dominic Monaghan and Freddy Rodriguez have been cast in Fortuna, which sounds like The Island Meets Children of Men Jamie Foxx has been cast in Frank Darabont’s Law Abiding Citizen
Other Empire Magazine names the top 500 movies of all time. Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire has been moved up to November 12th The Weinstein Co is promoting Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Ponro with Stick Figures but not Seth Rogen’s face? Adam Quigley takes a look at You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, The Happening, 30 Rock, The Simpsons and more in This Week in DVD David Cronenberg is in talks to direct Denzel Washington in The Matarese Circle Fantastic Fest is having a Halloween Party at The Shining’s Timberline Lodge Early Buzz for Oliver Stone’s W praises Josh Brolin’s performance, nays the Texas melodrama Netflix is charging an additional $1 for Blu-ray rentals The Academy Awards lifts the ban on movie advertisements. Hunter Stephenson reviews Sex Drive. Watch Richard Linklater’s Slacker for Free on Hulu The Chevy Beat concept car in Transformers 2 is Autobot Skids. Suresh Joachim and Claudia Wavra broke the Guiness World Record for most consecutive hours spent watching movies, after sitting through 57 movies in 123 hours and 10 minutes. Seth Rogen will produce I’m With Cancer, a comedy about Will Reiser’s battle with cancer Five videos from The Wrestler press conference at the New York Film Festival. “Leaked” video footage of Kevin Smith directing Seth Rogen to “Do it more like Affleck on the set of Zack and Miri Clint Eastwood plays a weirdo racist in Gran Torino In one of the biggest behind the scenes Hollywood clusterfucks of recent years, producer Scott Rudin abandons The Reader Television Entourage has been renewed for a sixth season ABC Family greenlights a 30-minute pilot for a television adaptation of 10 Things I Hate About You Movie Trailers David Goyer’s The Unborn Twilight Edward Zwick’s Defiance Bunker 77
First Look Concept Art from Dreamwork Aniamtion’s How to Train Your Dragon A Better Look at the Kick-Ass Costumes Robert Downey Jr in Sherlock Holmes Ben Kingsley in Prince of Persia Cool Stuff Goodbye Elliot T-Shirt Weta’s $6,000 Steampunk Raygun The Ghostbuster’s Ecto-1 is for Sale on Ebay The Rocky Horror Picture Show Poster Set Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Retail DVD Exclusives The Shining – Poster and Tribute Artwork A Visual Dialogue Map of Kevin Smith’s Clerks Analog Retirement T-Shirt
LOL Scenes from the LEGO Zombie Apocalypse Nathan Fillion in James Gunn’s PG Porn George Lucas and Steven Speilberg Rape Indiana Jones on South Park Get Your Own Porn ID From Zack and Miri You Fell Asleep While Watching a DVD Superman PWNS Batman If Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Were Real /Filmcast Episode 20 – Religulous with guest Amelie Gillette VOTD Mark Wahlberg talks to Animals Toy Story / The Dark Knight Trailer Mash-up Edgar Wright on Disney’s The Black Hole Paris Hilton Gets Presidential With Martin Sheen Star Wars fan film Padme
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