Even though it has been four years since The Dark Knight and the sequel is only 6 months away, the wait for The Dark Knight Rises continues to grow more and more frantic. Now, Entertainment Weekly has “Rises” at the center of its 2012 preview, and have snatched 5 new production photos.
Those holding their breath for the Avatar sequels are going to be plenty blue, as producer Jon Landau has dated the first installment as “four years away.”
Warner Bros. Home Enterntainment has announced that it will extend the waiting period for a new release from 28 days to 56 days, a decision it has been mulling over since October.
Scott Zabielski will give us a retread of Police Academy for New Line. The original 1984 comedy starred Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey and Kim Catrall and centered on a group of average civilians training to be cops after the department opens its doors in desperation.
Deadline Hollywood reveals that Robert Rodat will revise Don Payne’s draft of the Thor 2 script. If Rodat’s name rings a bell, it might be because of his Oscar-nominated script for Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan.
Rob Marshall knows a thing or two about musicals: Nine, his most recent foray with the
genre, wasn’t a success, but he helmed the Best Picture winner Chicago, based on the popular Broadway
musical. Here’s hoping that he regains his stride as he’s on board to direct
yet another musical.
In a debut that more than
doubled industry predictions, the super low-budget exorcism flick The Devil Inside shocked at number one,
knocking reigning champ Mission:
Impossible – Ghost Protocol into second place over the first weekend of
2012.
This week’s Recommendation of the Week is Moneyball. The story about the 2002 Oakland A’s will be a contender during the upcoming awards season and you can see what the fuss is about with the DVD and Blu-ray release, which contains documentaries and behind-the-scenes footage.
To those who say “frak” in everyday life, we have good news and “eh” news. The good news is that Katee Sackhoff of Battlestar Galactica fame keeps getting work. Rough news is that her next project will be the female lead in the next “Riddick” film.
After getting a first look at Jeremy Renner in August’s The Bourne Legacy, it left some of us wondering: why haven’t we seen more than one still image of Renner in this March’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters? Turns out it’s because Paramount has been planning a schedule shift.
