Last month, Peter Jackson announced that two would become three where The Hobbit films were concerned. Today, Warner Bros. has announced an official release date of July 18, 2014 for the conclusion to this newly formed trilogy.
Last month, Universal hired Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton to rewrite the God of War script. Recently, the duo opened up about their screenwriting duties for the film, which derives from the massively popular video game of the same name.
Happy Labor Day! Marvel Studios and Disney have announced that they will expand this summer’s mega-hit The Avengers into about 1,700 theaters for Labor Day weekend.
X-Men and Spider-Man producer Avi Arad, has announced that Metal Gear Solid is ready to become a movie. The announcement, which was made at the Metal Gear Solid 25th Anniversary event in Japan, has finally grounded speculation surrounding the film. This announcement won’t come as a surprise to die-hard fans of the series, as Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima had previously hinted at a movie earlier this year. Fans themselves have always had their own speculation regarding a film due to the size and success of the franchise combined with rumours in the past.
Perhaps you’ve heard that the remake of RoboCop, which has yet to even reach the production phase, and already has hit a number of bumps. Director José Padilha is reportedly having difficulties getting his way with MGM, and it can’t help that Hugh Laurie never signed on for the role he entered negotiations for back in June.
It is a grand week of DVD and Blu-ray releases with 23 movies being released or re-released from many genres. See what joins Headhunters, Battleship, Jurassic Park and two Alfred Hitchcock classics in this week’s DISCussion.
Excitement is starting to build for Warner Bros.’ upcoming animated Lego movie from 21 Jump Street directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Two new voices have been added to the cast including the most sought-after pipes in show business — Morgan Freeman‘s.
On what was by far the lowest grossing weekend of the year so far, action ensemble The Expendables 2 carried on the tradition of its predecessor and spent a second week at number one, while all newcomers debuted rather miserably.
Welcome to Rumor Has It, Player Affinity’s roundup of highly buzzed-about movie rumors. On this week’s docket, we have a rumor about Warner Bros.’ upcoming Justice League movie.
News has broken that director Neil Burger (Limitless) has left the project and that Marianne and Cormac Wibberley have been tapped to give the script an overhaul. Again.
