The silver screen adaptation of BioShock, one of the most popular video game titles these days, is not dead yet. Set to be produced by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) and directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later), the film still has life. At least that’s what we can gather from Verbinski, as he recently sat down to discuss it with IGN. Here’s what he said:
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse continued a strong box office trend in the series, though it failed to live up to the success of its predecessor. Eclipse, the third effort in the tween-age vampire love story, brought in a holiday haul of $161 million over five days, with $69 million over the weekend. Also new to theaters, The Last Airbender rustled up nearly $57 million over four days with $30 million in weekend sales. Twilight put a stake in Toy Story, which came in third place with $42.2 million. The Pixar picture has posted $226 million in sales so far.
Director Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot for Sony finally has its Peter Parker in American-born British actor Andrew Garfield. The 26-year-old has scored the role of a lifetime ahead of a short list of young men that included bigger names such as Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot), Anton Yelchin (Star Trek), Josh Hutcherson (Journey to the Center of the Earth) and Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass). Sony revealed the news at an international press conference in Cancun yesterday.
Mamma Mia! star Dominic Cooper will get to expand his acting chops as he has been confirmed to play a young Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger.
This news comes from the Marvel site itself after rumors circulated the Internet several months ago. Back in March, Chris Evans stepped into the leading role, while Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, and Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci, among others, have also signed on to take part in the Joe Johnston-directed film.
Here’s what’s up for DISCussion for this week:
First Release
– Hot Tub Time Machine (DVD and Blu-ray)
– The Crazies (DVD and Blu-ray)
– Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (DVD and Blu-ray)
– The White Ribbon (DVD and Blu-ray)
Re-Release
– Predator (Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. plan to blend live-action and CGI for a movie based on the world’s greatest toy, LEGO, has found a director: two in fact. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, receivers of much praise for last year’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, have been hired for the job, according to Heat Vision.
Alice Eve, the beautiful actress who graced the screen in this year’s She’s Out of My League, is currently negotiating to portray Emma Frost in Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming X-Men: First Class. Frost begins her journey in the comic as an enemy but later joins the X-Men; she has the power of telepathy.
Toy Story 3 repeated record box office success, holding the number one position with $59.3 million over the weekend. New debut Grown Ups, featuring an ensemble cast of veteran comedic actors, put forth a second place effort of $40.5 million. Knight and Day, a comeback opportunity for the once revered and now frequently maligned Tom Cruise, fell below expectations with $20 million.
Let bursts of joy echo throughout Middle Earth, for Peter Jackson is negotiating with Warner Bros/New Line/MGM to direct both installments of The Hobbit! The original Lord of the Rings trilogy director was producing and advising the oft-delayed project, but when those delays caused Guillermo Del Toro to abandon his post as director, the search desperately began to fill the void to keep the target release dates in 2012 and 2013 intact.
If you follow the superhero movie rumor mill often enough, then you’ve already heard the rumors about Firefly star Nathan Fillion andDesperate Housewives‘ Eva Longoria
