If you are at all familiar with the behind the scenes crews of modern superhero movies, chances are you know who David Goyer is. If you don’t, the bottom line you need to know about him is he has a reputation for collaborating on some of the best comic film scripts (Blade, “story by” credit on The Dark Knight) while having some of the most disastrous solo projects (The Invisible, The Unborn).
The dog days of summer are upon us; post summer, pre-Oscar. But fear not, because here at Player Affinity, Trailer Tracker will still manage to scrape up the brand new clips hitting the web like a hobo scrounging for morsels in a dumpster. First in the proverbial bindle is Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle’s latest film 127 Hoursstarring James Franco. Next is the debut trailer for the creepy sci-fi thriller Vanishing on 7th Street starring Hayden Christensen, followed by director Doug Liman’s spy thriller Fair Game. Rounding out the collection is the long-shelved supernatural horror flick Case 39 with Renee Zellweger and the teaser for the sequel to cult horror filmHatchet.
Like a number of smaller films this year such as The Kids are All Right, Please Give, Winter’s Bone and the first two films of the Millennium Trilogy, City Island is one of this year’s sleeper indie hits and it is easy to see why. Out on DVD today, it is one of the best movies of the year.
Another week and another load of DVD and Blu-ray releases. This time round we have new releases about zombies, romance, family, pregnancy, Israeli-Palestinian relationships and climate change. Talk about eclectic. Four of the re-releases this week are from George Harrison’s Handmade Films production company.
There’s no denying that Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly) has assembled a fantastic cast for the upcoming “Avengers” film; though the question has come up regarding the presence of women in the forthcoming Marvel mix tape (by guys and gals alike).
Five lightweight newcomers fought their hardest but could not knock out the champ, Rocky Balboa originator Sylvester Stallone. The Expendables maintained a bruised grip on the box office, leading the pack with $16.9 million. Vampires Suck, a travesty created by spoof writers Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, tasted the number two spot with $12.2 million. The macabre mockery opened Wednesday leading to an overall five day haul of $18.5 million.
Stephen Daldry is currently negotiating with Paramount and Warner Bros. to helm a film based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel. According to indieWIRE, Daldry will be directing Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks. Scott Rudin is set for production duties, and Eric Roth (Forest Gump, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) wrote the film’s screenplay.
