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ARCHIVES WEEK 45 2003
06/11/03
Return of the King final poster:
The official final Lord of the Rings - Return of the King Poster is now online, click on the pic for a
larger version.
06/11/03
Troy and Shrek 2 sites online:
Two official movie sites including pics and trailers are active. Click here to enter the Troy
website, Click here to enter Shrek 2 website!
06/11/03
Brendan Fraser talks Mummy 3:
Brendan Fraser is interested to fight The Mummy again in another sequel. Here's what he had to say:
"I've spoken with Stephen Sommers and he intends to finish up Van Helsing [first]. He is going to investigate storylines and what to do, but look, I told him I'm in, but I'll wait for the call. But I can't imagine there won't be one.
You know working with Stephen, the suggestions that I ever made were just like, 'You want me to do another take? Can I jump a little further? Shorter?' Things like that. Storyline things, I leave that up to him.
Let's face it, it's The Mummy, he's a thousands-of-years-old bad guy. He's kinda like you can't get rid of him, you can go anywhere. He's been endowed with certain powers. [Sommers] may explore other characters from other periods of history that have been mummified. The Aztecs certainly, other ancient societies. I really don't know the answer aside from a lot is possible."
Source: Coming Soon
06/11/03
The Incredible Shrinking Man remake:
Producer Brian Grazer is planning to remake The Incredible Shrinking Man with Eddie Murphy in
the leading role:
"[They] had a genius idea as to what the occupation of the guy should be. He's going to be a Las Vegas magician. It's so great, because what happens is he's that bigger-than-life [persona]. It's Eddie with an attitude. It's not happy Eddie. It's Eddie with his edgy attitude being like David Copperfield or David Blaine. But he's somehow been relegated to do the day show, like babysitting kids. And he's pissed."
Source: Sci-fi wire
05/11/03
Upcoming Marvel Movies!:
Marvel Studio's Avi Arad talked about their future projects, here's a list of what the've got in store for us:
- Spider-Man 2 just completed principle photography
- Iron Man is targeted to be a PG-13 release and on target for a '05 release.
- Elektra, which is in current development, will be the "sequel" to Daredevil, with the character first appearing there, and then be reunited with Daredevil in Daredevil 2.
- Marvel is "feverishly" working on Fantastic Four with Fox, and that the studio has it on it's schedule for December 2004.
- Hulk 2 is in development for an 06 release. Arad reported that 6.5 million DVDs shipped for the release, and 3.5 sold within seven days.
- Namor is in active development.
- Arad said that X-Men 3 is in development, but neither Marvel or Fox is willing to tentetively put it on the schedule yet, for either 05 or 06 release.
- Arad reported that Captain America is in discussion with top writers and directors, now that litigation surrounding the character has been resolved.
- Arad said that the production budget for Punisher was in the upper $30s, while the marketing budget will most likely be in the mid $20s (millions).
-Finally, Arad said that he should be able to release more information about upcoming Marvel film projects closer to the November 18th analysts' call.
Pretty amazing, huh?
Source: Superhero Hype
05/11/03
The Ring 2 and xXx2 update:
Dreamworks is moving forward with The Ring 2 but without director Gore Verbinski. Commercials director Noam Murro
will replace Verbinski. Noami Watts will return for the leading role, the movie will be releases in November 2004.
Samuel L. Jackson will be back as the NSA agent in the xXx sequel. Lee Tamahori will direct Jackson and Ice Cube
who's replacing Vin Diesel.
Source: Variety
04/11/03
Trailers!:
I've got a bunch of new trailers for you! First up is the first trailer for The Punisher
that received lots of mixed reactions. Second is the excellent trailer for the sequel to Ghost in the Shell!
The first movie kinda inspired The Wachowski Brothers when they made The Matrix. The last trailer is John
Woo's sci-fli flick Paycheck. Click on the pics to check out the previews.
04/11/03
The Day After Tomorrow website online - UPDATED with TRAILER! ! !:
The teaser website for Roland Emmerich's The Day After Tomorrow is now online. Nothing
special on the site but there is a very great shot of New York covered in snow. The story revolves around
an abrupt climate change on our planet.
UPDATED 05/11: I've just received the teaser trailer for The Day After Tomorrow and my God, it's
pretty amazing, click HERE RIGHT NOW to check it out!!!
© fox 2003
04/11/03
The Sub Mariner update:
The Z Review has more information on the epic feature film
adaptation of Marcel comic The Sub Mariner:
"Last month Marvel Studios producer Kevin Feige said "We just got a script in, and it's pretty epic...We're going to do some minor polishes and then it goes to the studio." Namor has super strength and endurance, telepathic power over sea creatures, and the ability to breathe both in and out of water and the power of flight, via small wings on his ankles."
The Rock is being considered for the leading role.
03/11/03
The Last Samurai Banners:
Latino Review
posted fantasic banners for the Tom Cruise epic The Last Samurai, click on the pic to check them out!
03/11/03
Starship Troopers 2 update:
Movie Hole got a chance to interview
veteran producer Jon Davison, who's responsible for blockbusters like Robocop, Twilight Zone The Movie and
Starship Troopers. He talked a bit about the direct to video sequel Starship Troopers 2:
How did "Starship Troopers 2" turn out?
"I'm too close to it really judge it at this point but I think people will be surprised at the quality of the special effects. Some of the shots are better than most of the ones in the summer movies. I'm very interested in hearing what the fans say on the internet after they see it. The reaction to this movie will exist only on the internet. It will be reviewed in very few hardcopy rags. It's really a web only movie. And as we all know, some of these fans can be brutal."
Special effects guru Phil Tippett will make his directorial debut with the flick.
03/11/03
The Punisher pic and set visit:
Wow, check out this bad ass pic of Thomas Jane as The Punisher!
Other Punisher news, Superhero Hype
visited the set of the comic based movie and talk to the actors and director Jonathan Hensleigh:
"Did the look and the feel of the film come from the comic books? Writer/Director Jonathan Hensleigh explains, "I read all the comics, I didn't research, I read them all. I read every single Punisher comic. I went all the way back. I had to cull certain aspects from some of the comics and invent whole scale all the rest of it, the plot. I took the character Frank Castle and The Punisher from the comic book but I invented a great deal. I didn't want the origin story to be the first act, I wanted the origin story to take the entire film to tell, so I was mostly using the underlying event, which is the murder of Frank Castle's family and secondarily that moment, the series of visuals where Frank Castle actually becomes, like a metamorphosis of an insect, a cocoon springs forth and he blossoms as The Punisher. I started to build moving backward from that, the underlying event and those visuals when he really becomes "the guy" the wardrobe, the hair, the gun."
Oh yeah, this could be one kick ass movie!
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03/11/03
Blade III plot summary revealed:
New Line Cinema has released the plot details for the third Blade movie, Blade: Trinity:
"Wesley Snipes returns as the day-walking vampire hunter in the explosive third and final film in the Blade franchise, Blade: Trinity. When the Vampire Nation hatches a plan to frame Blade in a series of brutal killings, he must join forces with the Nightstalkers, a clan of human vampire hunters, in an extreme battle in which the trail of blood leads directly to the notorious vampire legend, Dracula. Written and directed by David S. Goyer, Blade: Trinity also stars Jessica Biel as Abigail, the daughter of Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), who inherits the vampire-slaying duties that once belonged to Blade (Wesley Snipes); and Ryan Reynolds (National Lampoon's Van Wilder) as Hannibal King, one of the Nightstalkers."
Trail of blood leads to Dracula? Man, that's just awesome! Writer/director David S. Goyer is a genius!
03/11/03
US Box Office Oct 31 - Nov 02:
Scary Movie 3 conquered the Box Office for a second week earning $21 million with a total
gross of $78 million. Disney's new animated feature Brother Bear came in second, also doing
fine with a nice $18 million. The last chapter of the Matrix trilogy will hit theatres around the globe
this Wednesday. The big question is if it will top Reloaded and of course will it satisfy the viewers who
hated the second movie? I can't wait to watch the flick, already got tickets for the first screening and
another one later that evening.
Here's The Top Ten:
1. Scary Movie 3 - $21,100,000 / $78,600,000
2. Brother Bear - $18,500,000
3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - $10,900,000 / $66,129,000
4. Radio - $10,200,000 / $26,800,000
5. Runaway Jury - $6,800,000 / $33,600,000
6. Mystic River - $6,270,000 / $33,590,000
7. Kill Bill Vol. I - $4,700,000 / $60,980,000
8. School of Rock - $4,400,000 / $69,122,000
9. Intolerable Cruelty - $2,658,000 / $32,055,000
10. Good Boy - $2,500,000 / $35,246,000
01/11/03
Batman Update:
New casting developments on the Batman movie, take it with a chunk of salt though but
here's what a reliable source had to say according to AICN:
"Just got a scoop from a source within the Batcave...the producers are looking at a few high level actors for a few of the supporting roles. It looks like they are focused on Morgan Freeman for a "Dr./Scientist" role. What this role is, I don't know for sure...but it's possibly one of the main villian roles. And get this.....they are considering Anthony Hopkins for "Alfred". Looks like they are cleaning house and not letting anyone (ie: Michael Gough) from the past 2 crapfests near this baby...This much is certain from my source...this is a fresh start for the Caped Crusader!"
Hopkins as Alfred with a little bit of Hannibal, that would be fantastic!
01/11/03
Newsflash:
 Matthew Berry and Eric Abrams will pen a live-action feature adaptation of Johnny Bravo for WB. The Rock is attached to star. Source: Variety.
Martin Campbell will be back on board to helm the sequel to The Mask of Zorro. The production starts spring 2004 and Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and probably Hopkins will reprise their roles. Source: Variety.
Paul Greengrass will start shooting The Bourne Supremacy outside Berlin the coming weeks. Matt Damon will reprise his role in the sequel to the successful The Bourne Identity. Source: Variety.
Check out Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the trailer for 50 First Dates.
Movie Hole reports that Fox might be prepping LXG2! The sequel to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen will include most of its original cast. Actress Peta Wilson is interested in reprising here role as Mina Harker.
30/10/03
AVP Trailer:
We've got some nice exclusives to end this week! The Alien vs. Predator teaser trailer is here, click on the
pic to check out the trailer and a featurette.
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DVD releases R1
28 Days Later
City of Ghosts
The Hulk
Whale Rider
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
DVD releases R2
Bullet In The Head
Hangman's Curse
Prison On Fire
Shanghai Surprise
A Goofy Movie
X-Men 2
About Schmidt
Carlito's Way
Scent Of A Women
Spirited Away
Van Wilder
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