Welcome to Rumor Has It, Player Affinity’s weekly roundup of highly buzzed-about movie rumors circulating throughout Tinseltown. On this week’s docket, we have rumors about Marvel making a Black Panther movie and Universal’s upcoming adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.
Frozen will be based on Hans Christian Andersen’s 1845 tale The Snow Queen, a story in which the titular character keeps her mythical kingdom in a permanent winter.
That headline isn’t the beginning of a joke — it’s actually happening. Hasbro is teaming up once with Sony Pictures Animation and Adam Sandler‘s Happy Madison to make an animated film based on the Tonka toy line, most popular for its construction equipment and trucks.
In a huge weekend where the top two films alone combined to a beefy $111 million, the box office surged above lasted year’s levels and was able to connect to movie-goers of all types.
The first image for Pacific Rim is out and it’s nothing flashy, but it’s sure to get fans of Guillermo del Toro excited. Many were disappointed when del Toro had to abandon his plans for an adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness because of budget issues, but what started as a fall-back plan could quickly ramp become one of next summer’s biggest movies.
In 2009, Todd Phillips’ The Hangover became a cultural phenomenon and even received accolades from the critics. Last year, its sequel hit theaters, and even with lackluster reviews, the film was still a financial juggernaut. Another sequel is on its way, and some new details about it have been revealed.
Over the last few days, Darren Aronofsky’s Noah filled several key roles. Douglas Booth and Logan Lerman signed on to play two of Noah’s three sons, while Emma Watson currently negotiates to play Booth’s love interest. However, what’s happening with Noah’s wife, Naameh, and his rival?
Director Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) is having a rough few weeks.World War Z already needed extensive reshoots; now Prometheus writer Damon Lindelof has been hired for rewrites.
There is a strange trend in Hollywood at the moment of making fictional stories about historical figures. Rob Cohen is going to turn Sir Issac Newton, one of the world’s most influential mathematicians and physicists, into an action-thriller star.
When talking about young starlets in Hollywood, you can’t ignore Emma Watson. Mostly famous for the “Harry Potter” franchise, the actress now shows interest in an upcoming epic that probably has little in common with the boy wizard and his adventures at Hogwarts.
