ComingSoon.net, has the first photos from the set of Paul W.S. Anderson’s upcoming 3-D take on The Three Musketeers. They include shots of Percy Jackson star Logan Lerman as D’Artagnan, Prague actor Mads Mikkelsen as Rochefort, and Anderson. It’s not likely that this film will be a masterpiece or even as good as the Disney-produced adaptation from 1993, but we can hope for a fun time at the movies.
The Hurt Locker star and Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner will star in Mission: Impossible 4, playing an operative alongside Tom Cruise. The film is current set with Brad Bird (The Incredibles) directed and Cruise and J.J. Abrams producing.
Screenwriter Rich Wilkes has been hired to pen a script for Marvel Studios’ based on the character Iron Fist. Originating in the ’70s during the heigh of kung fu culture, the story follows a martial artist whose fists become impenetrable weapons after battling a dragon. The comic was created by Gil Kane and Roy Thomas.
If you are at all familiar with the behind the scenes crews of modern superhero movies, chances are you know who David Goyer is. If you don’t, the bottom line you need to know about him is he has a reputation for collaborating on some of the best comic film scripts (Blade, “story by” credit on The Dark Knight) while having some of the most disastrous solo projects (The Invisible, The Unborn).
Another week and another load of DVD and Blu-ray releases. This time round we have new releases about zombies, romance, family, pregnancy, Israeli-Palestinian relationships and climate change. Talk about eclectic. Four of the re-releases this week are from George Harrison’s Handmade Films production company.
There’s no denying that Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly) has assembled a fantastic cast for the upcoming “Avengers” film; though the question has come up regarding the presence of women in the forthcoming Marvel mix tape (by guys and gals alike).
Five lightweight newcomers fought their hardest but could not knock out the champ, Rocky Balboa originator Sylvester Stallone. The Expendables maintained a bruised grip on the box office, leading the pack with $16.9 million. Vampires Suck, a travesty created by spoof writers Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, tasted the number two spot with $12.2 million. The macabre mockery opened Wednesday leading to an overall five day haul of $18.5 million.
Stephen Daldry is currently negotiating with Paramount and Warner Bros. to helm a film based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel. According to indieWIRE, Daldry will be directing Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks. Scott Rudin is set for production duties, and Eric Roth (Forest Gump, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) wrote the film’s screenplay.
It was a rumor for the longest time, but Australian actor Sam Worthington is now confirmed to lead the film Dracula: Year Zero for Dark City and Knowing director Alex Proyas. Also in the works for Worthington are sequels to Avatar and Clash of the Titans.
If you were a nerd in school, make sure to start a multi-billion dollar company and write a book. Chances are, it’ll get made into a movie. The Social Network hits theaters this fall, but a Google movie could be on the horizon.
