Marvel’s movie plans are expanding out into the cosmos with Guardians of the Galaxy looking more and more like the studio’s big 2014 tentpole pic, but back on terra firma, Edgar Wright got cameras rolling on his long gestating Ant-Man adaptation, in the form of a test reel.
It is no secret that legendary comic-book writer Alan Moore has low opinions of the film industry and has disowned or been highly critical of all the adaptations of his work to date. But now, Moore has joined the dark side and is writing a series of short films, his first venture into screenwriting.
Well, that didn’t take too long. Zoe Aggeliki is currently negotiating to play Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Despite never having acted in a feature film, she beat out indie starlet Jena Malone for the highly coveted role.
We know Iron Man 3 arrives next summer, Thor 2 has long been in the works for the following November and Captain America 2 was recently announced for the following April in 2014. Oh, and then there’s this “Unannounced Marvel Studios Film” due May 16, 2014.
Pissed off judges, America’s crush having relationship problems with the Dick-in-a-box guy, Oskar Schindler going on another European rampage, Kevin James falling down a bunch and Tyler Perry not in women’s clothes — these are all here for your viewing pleasure this week in Trailer Tracker.
Earlier this year, iconic singers Whitney Houston and Donna Summer passed, and now one of filmmaking’s most refreshing and distinct voices, Nora Ephron, sadly joins them.
The release of The Bourne Legacy was just pushed back a week because of The Dark Knight Rises, but it has not stopped the fourth “Bourne” entry from being one of the most anticipated movies of the summer, and Universal already has thoughts about a sequel.
In an era when films are being made based on franchise potential and a popular hit can have a third entry lined up before the sequel is even out, James Cameron may have just gone and upped the ante, with word that Avatar will be getting not one, not two, but three sequels, all to be shot concurrently.
Summit has summoned Ryan Reynolds to lead its reboot of Highlander. The studio went after the Green Lantern and Safe House star last month and according to the Tracking Board, he has recently accepted the offer of immortality.
The CGI-animated Lego movie, now titled Lego: The Piece of Resistance is coming along just super. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street) had previously alluded to the possibility that some of the properties to which Lego has the building block toy rights would sneak into their film, and it turns out they will.
