Although freakishly warm weather all over the country has folks stoked for Summer 2012 at the movies, Summer 2013 is shaping up to be pretty darn good itself. All the major studios are trying to set their tentpole releases, and Warner Bros. is the latest to make its move.
Paramount has optioned the rights to Huck, a new take on the stories of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. With only a spec-script thus far, the studio is keeping story details closely guarded, though the project is said to be a re-imagining.
Details about Darren Aronofsky’s Noah have slowly surfaced, but filming for the edgy take on the Biblical story looks to get underway soon now that Russell Crowe has been confirmed to play the ark builder.
Josh Trank’s next film won’t be featuring Marvel’s First Family or Spider-Man’s loveable nemesis, but the comic book The Red Star instead.
It’s a big week for new releases, with several of the holiday season’s most critically acclaimed and financially successful films such as The Muppets, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and The Adventures of Tintin hitting DVD shelves.
Michael Bay might be screwing with your childhood again. In talking about his studio’s live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, he has put one of those four magical words from the ’90s in doubt.
It’s taken quite a long time for Long Walk to Freedom to near production, but the Nelson Mandela biopic will finally begin shooting on May 26. Idris Elba, who stars in the upcoming Prometheus, will play the South African President.
As the sole new release this weekend, action comedy 21 Jump Street easily hopped into first, while The Lorax held up well in its third frame, again eclipsing the fading John Carter.
Many would already argue Nathan Fillion is already a god, but now he’s making it official. The Firefly and Castle star has joined the sequel Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Sea of Monsters.
With St. Patrick’s Day this weekend, what better time to announce a reboot of the Leprechaun franchise? WWE Studios and Lionsgate will remake the 1993 horror film together with a release planned for 2013.
