The November box office became divine this weekend as the stylish swords-and-sandals epic Immortals defied expectations and rose to the number one spot. In second, Adam Sandler’s Jack and Jill didn’t quite reach the top of the hill, but didn’t come tumbling down either. Sleeper hit Puss in Boots again charmed movies goers with a stellar third week.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s Warner Brothers looking to make
another successful franchise and they have commissioned a sequel to Man
of Steel, even though that movie starring Henry Cavill is currently
filming.
Mirror, Mirror stars Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen in denial of her age who attempts to get rid of Snow White (Lily Collins) when she finds out she’s the fairest of them all. Snow White takes up with a group of thieving dwarves and becomes something of a bandit herself.
Hong Kong is a great city, if a little manic. It is also the setting of our Recommendation of the Week, the crime thriller Infernal
Affairs. Intelligently written, this movie is a must have for fans of
crime fiction and world cinema and was the basis for The Departed. We sadly have little to report on first releases this week, the only
major movies being Tom Hanks’ comedy flop Larry Crowne and the indie
dramedy Beginners. But there are plenty of re-releases to entertain you,
including the musicals West Side Story and My Fair Lady, the art house
movies The Three Colors Trilogy and The Rules of the Game and the
horror-comedy Evil Dead 2.
Since finishing with the “Harry Potter” series, David Yates has been
linked to a number of projects, including The Stand, Fantastic Four and
The Hobbit. Now he has been attached to a big screen adaptation of
Doctor Who, and as a fan of the Doctor’s adventures I am already
dribbling with anticipation.
Variety reports that Yates has been recruited by Jane Tranter, the head of L.A. based BBC Worldwide Prods. to start development for a movie and the search is on for a writer.
Katniss Everdeen, a teenage girl living in the dystopian nation of Panem, volunteers to take the place of her little sister who is chosen as one of several tributes to the annual Hunger Games, a battle royale to the death.
Colin Firth is in talks to take on the role of the film’s villain, Adrian. With Josh Brolin currently set to star in the American remake of the 2003 Korean cult favorite, Firth’s joining would leave one last major role open
The comedian first hosted the Oscars in 1990 and did so for four consecutive years. He returned after a few years off in 1997, 1998 and 2000. His last hosting gig came in 2004 when The Return of the King won Best Picture. The 84th Academy Awards would mark Crystal’s ninth appearance as the ceremony’s emcee.
Just when we thought that the competition for “fairest of them all” had basically ended between 2012’s “Snow White” films, Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman has released a teaser trailer just a week after Relativity Media’s project got some press by announcing it’s title, Mirror, Mirror.
As if to make up for the months of radio-silence, news on James Bond’s latest adventure continues to pour out, with the latest announcement being the addition of Helen McCrory and Ola Rapace to the cast. The news is quick on the heels of MGM’s big conference Saturday, which confirmed long-standing rumors that the 23rd “Bond” movie would be called Skyfall and that Javier Bardem would be playing the film’s villain.
