Hayden Panettiere and Ashley Greene scouted for Scream 4
The Scream franchise returns with a fourth film written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven. Both men wrote and directed the last three installments.
The Scream franchise returns with a fourth film written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven. Both men wrote and directed the last three installments.
Welcome back to Trailer Tracker, where we at Player Affinity play the role of judgmental parent to new trailers hitting the web. Finally, after some relatively clip-dry weeks there are seven newcomers to explore. We’ll take a look at a trifecta of animated films all from rival studios, the teaser for thriller The Divide, get scared with horror flick The Last Exorcism, wake up with ensemble dramedy Morning Glory starring Harrison Ford and last off take a peek at the trailer for the controversial Sundance film The Killer Inside Me.
Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley will be the next girl to inherit the honored role of wearing a low-cut shirt while running away from explosions in the next Transformers film
With You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger hitting cinemas this September, Woody Allen is already taking great steps toward his 2011 feature, Midnight in Paris, by signing an all-star cast that includes three Academy Award winners.
Allen’s ensemble cast features Marion Cotillard (Academy Award winner in La Vie En Rose), Kathy Bates (Academy Award winner in Misery), Adrien Brody (Acedemy Award winner in The Pianist), Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon), Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes), Owen Wilson and Carla Bruni (a popular singer in France and married to some man called Nicholas Sarkozy). The last addition was Tom Hiddleston (Loki in the upcoming Thor movie). Filming begins this summer.
Walt Disney Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer purchased a Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio-penned screenplay for a whopping $3.5 million.
Variety reports that Lightspeed, the name
Quite a few new voice actors have been announced for next summer’s Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom, the sequel to the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda, in a new press release. These cast members are Emmy Award nominee Victor Garber (television’s Alias, action star Jean-Claude Van Damme (Double Impact), and BAFTA nominee Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). The former voice cast will also return to the project.
Here’s what’s up for DISCussion this week: 2009’s big love it or find it mediocre release The Road and a little film with a cult following, plus some swords-and-sandles classics on Blu-ray
First Release:
– The Road (DVD and Blu-ray)
– Mystery Team (DVD)
Re-Release
– Spartacus 50th Anniversary Edition (Blu-Ray)
– Clash of the Titans (1981) (Blu-Ray)
Popular futuristic sci-fi video game franchise Mass Effect is now in motion to have a more massive effect — on the big screen. Legendary Pictures along with co-producers Avi and Ari Arad (who’ve helped bring many a Marvel hero to the movies) have picked up the rights and will bring Mass Effect to life with help Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni. I Am Legend adapter and Thor co-writer Mark Protosevich is being sought after to write the screenplay.
Despite disappointing at the box office by comparison to its predecessors, Shrek Forever After did manage to set records this weekend: 3-D IMAX tickets for the film in some parts
In an admirable but ultimately disappointing finish, the supposed final film in the “Shrek” franchise, debuted at number one with $70.8 million, representing a 40 percent lower opening than Shrek the Third which bowed to $121.6 million in 2007. With a per-theater average of $16,251, Mike Myers and gang will need solid legs to best another leggy DreamWorks production, How to Train Your Dragon.
The debut of Shrek Forever After was expected to be lower than its two immediate predecessors due to franchise fatigue and the less than warm reception of Shrek the Third, but with increased ticket prices and 3D to boost the gross, this may actually be the final chapter after all.
