With Robert Pattinson quickly gaining stardom with the Twilight Saga and having a massive teenage girl following, he and Summit Entertainment have decided to show he can be more than just a heartthrob. In Remember Me, which arrived on DVD and Blu-ray Tuesday, Pattinson tries to extend his acting range in this romantic drama on which he was also an executive producer.
Sony Pictures is in discussion with director/producer Adam McKay to direct a big screen adaptation of Garth Ennis’ comic book series The Boys.
According to Collider.com, Samuel Bayer, who helmed the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, said a few months ago that he was interested in directing a film based on the comic book series. However, he also said that Sony was seeking the Anchorman director for the job. The Boys is a comic book series focused on “a superpowered CIA squad” in a modern world where many people have superpowers and some tend to get unruly. The series was created by Garth Ennis (writer) and Darick Robertson (illustrator).
After the property jumped around to Columbia Pictures and Paramount, Marvel finally has the rights to Dr. Strange back, and it looks the film will be getting the movie treatment. According to Deadline Hollywood, Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Donnelly, writers of the upcoming film Conan, have been hired by the studio to write a script for a film based on the character Dr. Strange. Although not confirmed, it is very possible that this will be the first Marvel-based film that is produced under Disney.
Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon, you say? So another Bourne movie? Although those names combined with the trailer combined with Damon’s character Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller going rogue combined with mention of a code name person/project that Damon’s character wants answers about might indiscreetly imply the fast-paced action of renegade assassin Jason Bourne, Green Zone is entirely different — I swear. Arriving on DVD and Blu-ray today, It’s a politically-fueled historical fiction thriller that blends Operation Iraqi Freedom facts with a conventional but effective conspiracy plot.
A foursome of new releases make up our DISCussion this week. First there’s the Paul Greengrass-Matt Damon political action thriller Green Zone, followed by Jay Baruchel romantic comedy She’s Out of My League. Then two dramas: one geared to a young audience with Robert Pattinson in Remember Me and one to an older audience: Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren in The Last Station.
She’s out of My League is the type of film that seems to suffer from a crisis of identity; is it a romantic comedy or an Apatow-esque combination of raunch and insight? Jay Baruchel’s first starring vehicle tries to have its cake and have sex with it too, and winds up splitting its resources to less effective result.
As was expected Toy Story 3, Pixar studio’s final installment in its only trilogy, towered over the box office boasting the highest June opening of all time and the highest opening for the beloved production company.
Launching in an ultra-wide 4,028 theaters for a sizable $27,385 average, Woody, Buzz and company escaped with $110.3 million with $20 million of the gross coming from 3-D screens. The mammoth launch was the second largest for an animated film (behind only Shrek the Third) and handily beat the $70.5 million debut of The Incredibles, the former Pixar record holder. Overseas brought the early tally to $155.1 million and if this threequel behaves anything like most animated films, the record $441.1 million domestic gross of Shrek 2 could be up for grabs.
