Sam Worthington to star in “Quatermain” … along with everything else
Sam Worthington will be starring in Quatermain, a film about Allan Quatermain, the leading man in the books King Solomon’s Mines and Allan Quatermain.
Sam Worthington will be starring in Quatermain, a film about Allan Quatermain, the leading man in the books King Solomon’s Mines and Allan Quatermain.
Samuel L. Jackson, whose yapper is rather infamous in the world of movie news, told a radio show recently that at some point after The Avengers, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D will get a movie all of their own. After all, you know SLJ wouldn’t agree to do any major film if his character weren’t guaranteed 100 percent awesomeness or at least a glorified death (such as in Star Wars).
Welcome back to the newly named “Trailer Tracker” where we at Player Affinity inspect the newest trailers with ruthless efficiency. In this relatively clip-light week we’ll take a look at J.J. Abrams’ secret project
Here is the first high-res anything from the future film Kane & Lynch starring Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx, based on the video game for PS3 and Xbox 360. The first promotional artwork emerged at Cannes over the weekend in front of one of the hotels, which Empire snapped some photos of, but below is the official image that IGN received courtesy Nu Image/Millennium Films, the movie’s production company.
Paul W.S. Anderson has been making quite a few casting calls lately for his 3-D adaptation of The Three Musketeers for Summit Entertainment, according to The Hollywood Reporter‘s Heat Vision blog. Ray Stevenson, who has a major role in next year’s Thor, is set to portray Porthos. Athos will be played by Luke Evans, who recently starred in Louis Leterrier’sClash of the Titans remake along with Mads Mikkelson, who will play Rochefort. Matthew Macfayden of Pride and Prejudice fame will step in to play Aramis.
January action, horror and thrillers make up the new release lineup. Here’s what’s up for DISCussion this week:
FIRST RELEASES
–Daybreakers (DVD and Blu-ray)
–Edge of Darkness (DVD and Blu-ray
–Legion (DVD and Blu-ray)
RE-RELEASES
–History of the World, Pt I (Blu-ray)
–The Karate Kid (Blu-ray)
As was expected, the hotly anticipated superhero sequel Iron Man 2 led the box office with the fifth highest opening weekend of all time, grossing three times more than the rest of the top ten combined.
Iron Man 2 flew off to $128.1 million, including Thursday night showings, for a red-hot per theatre average of $29,252. This opening weekend tally is significantly less than the $133 million that was originally predicted, signalling that fans may have rushed out all at once for the premier. Many predicted that the $158 million opening weekend record held by another superhero movie, The Dark Knight, may be broken but it appears the buzz, incredible reviews and the tragic death of Heath Ledger still remain an unbeatable combination for the “Batman” pic.
Twentieth Century Fox isn’t monkeying around. June 24, 2011 will see a reboot/prequel to the long-running “Planet of the Apes” franchise to be directed by Rupert Wyatt.
Tentatively titled “Rise of the Apes”, the film will be set in modern-day San Francisco where genetic experiments give rise to super-intelligent apes leading to a war against humans.
Just when you thought the late ’90s and early ’00s were dead or locked away forever, Sony/Columbia makes an announcement that those rumors you heard aboutMen in Black III in 3-D were in fact true. The studio sent out a press release Friday that the third alien-blasting black-tie affair is underway for a Memorial Day 2012 release with original director Barry Sonnenfeld and stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones (Jones is in “advanced negotiations”) returning.
Critically acclaimed actor Toby Jones takes on a villainous comic book role in Captain America: The First Avenger. Jones is perhaps best known for his role as Truman Capote in the film Infamous and his voice work in various Harry Potter films as Dobby the House Elf.
