Fans of Martin Scorsese never know what to expect for his next project. He’s expressed interest in a number of projects and become attached to many, so you never know, but it appears he’s settled on Silence — for now.
As if your eyes and ears could not possibly take anymore punishment, best get them rested. Michael Bay is in final negotiations to return to the “Transformers” series.
Formerly known as1000 A.E., the sci-fi epic starring Smith and son Jaden has roped in Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) and X-Men: First Class star Zoe Kravitz.
Sweden has produced a number of great movies over the years, from The Seventh Seal to Let the Right One In. There is also a growing literary scene in that nation and The Millennium Trilogy is one of the most successful. Now all three Swedish movies are coming out on Blu-ray in their extended forms and are Player Affinity’s Recommendation of the Week.
There are a number of big releases this week, the biggest being The Help, a surprise hit and one of biggest crowd pleasers of the year. There is also the release of the comic book adaptation Cowboys and Aliens, the comedy hit The Hangover Part II and the spy thriller The Debt. Being re-release this week is the Mission Impossible Trilogy for all you action nuts, Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes and the classic war movie Tora! Tora! Tora!
With a stellar cast and iconic source material, Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables already looks like it might be one of next year’s best films, but there’s been a dilemma surrounding the feature: the possibility of it being a 3D film. However, we won’t have to worry about that anymore.
Large drops throughout the
top ten over the notoriously slow post-Thanksgiving weekend resulted in a
comfortable third straight win for “Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” meaning that The Muppets once again played second
fiddle to the blockbuster.
Star Trek 2 earned itself some geek-cred today, with representatives confirming that Peter Weller will be joining the film. The unknown part for Weller, best known for his portrayal of fan-favorite cyborg Robocop, will mark his return to the “Trek”franchise after a two-episode guest appearance in the last TV series, Enterprise.
Weller is just the latest in a string of actors added to the highly anticipated sequel, which just got a release date of May 2013 and confirmation that it will be shot in 3D. Up-and-coming British actress Alice Eve landed an unknown role just days ago and Benicio Del Toro signed on as the film’s villain last month.
Another week and another remake announced to make you scratch your head in exhaustion. Word is going around that the 1997 cult-film Starship Troopers will be getting revamped for the big screen.Vulture reports that Sony Pictures producer Neal Moritz (Fast Five, Battle Los Angeles) has lined the project up, already acquiring screenwriters Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz to pen the script. Miller and Stentz are just coming off a successful summer, having helped pen this summer’s Thor and X-Men: First Class while having past success in television, writing for Fringe and the wildly underappreciated Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. News of this remake continues the trend that director Paul Verhoeven’s movies seem to be the most “remade” in Hollywood—his films Total Recall and Robocop are already well underway in production.
The original film focused on a future where Earth is ruled over by a military regime, at war with an alien species living on the other side of the Milky Way—affectionately called “The Bugs”. After the Bugs direct an asteroid to destroy the city of Buenas Aires, Earth declares war and three high school friends (Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards and a psychic Neil Patrick Harris) find themselves enlisted in the fight against the Bugs. The movie isn’t exactly known as high-brow, though it did get an Oscar nomination for visual effects in 1998 (imagine that). It wasn’t the greatest box-office success, but made enough passes in the home video field to earn cult status while spawning two terrible sequels. Admit it: you loved Starship Troopers 3: Marauder.
With a darker, more mature tone than the Brothers Grimm story it’s based upon, Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters envisions the siblings as witch-hunting adults. EW has provided the first look.
“Star Trek” fans have been salivating for sequel news since J.J. Abrams‘ 2009 reboot knocked the franchise back into high-gear. Now, Alive Eve (She’s Out of My League) will join the cast as a new character to the rebooted series.
