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NEWS UPDATE: THURSDAY 08 MAY 2008
08/05/08
Newsflash:
Hi guys, here's the last somewhat disturbing update of the week, I'll be back with more news this weekend!;
 Bunch of new trailers for new family flicks hit the web, lets start with the hilarious martial arts animated feature Kung Fu Panda. The flick stars the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman and the and only Drunken Master, a.k.a Jackie Chan! I can't wait to check this out!!! Click here for the trailer.
Next up, also a fun one, the trailer for Igor! The flick stars the voices of John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Jay Leno, Eddie Izzard, Sean Hayes, John Cleese, Molly Shannon, Jennifer Coolidge and, he's still around, Arsenio Hall! Click here for the trailer.
Alright, this is the one which is a bit disturbing but also freakin' awesome! I bet the trailer is more fun than the entire movie! Click here for singing Chihuahuas in... Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Man, it's just freakin' me out, keep seeing those dogs in my head!
Also a bit disturbing, the first shot of Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) as George W. Bush in Oliver Stone's biopic W! The rest of the cast includes Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Thandie Newton and, Mr. Fantastic, Ioan Gruffudd. Click on the pic to read an article about the production.
© ew 2008
07/05/08
The Clone Wars!:
The poster for Star Wars: The Clone Wars is now online! The animated feature, which sets up an animated TV series, will hit theaters this summer. Here's the official synopsis;
"Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala are on the front lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, along with brand-new heroes like Anakin's Padawan Ahsoka. Sinister villains, led by Palpatine, Count Dooku and General Grievous, are poised to rule the galaxy. Stakes are high, and the fate of the Star Wars universe rests in the hands of the daring Jedi Knights. Their exploits lead to action-packed battles and astonishing new revelations."
Yoda looks bad-ass! Click on the pic for a bigger version.
© lucasfilm 2008
06/05/08
Reggy's Speed Racer Review!:
The Wachowski Brothers are back, not with a dark sci-fi trilogy, but a very colorful family flick called Speed Racer!
Will the chimp deliver the goods? Well, click on the pic to check out my review!
© wb 2008
06/05/08
Newsflash:
Chris Wedge (Ice Age) will direct the fantasy children's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret. The live action flick centers on a boy who lives in the walls of a Paris train station and looks after the clocks.
Rapper-turned-actor Common joins Christian Bale in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. Common will play a freedom fighter and member of John Connor's team.
Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman and Josh Lucas will star in the psychological thriller Peacock. The story is set in a small town, where a quiet bank clerk's life is shattered by a train crashing into his back yard.
Source: Variety
05/05/08
The Dark Knight trailer!:
The new Dark Knight trailer is now online and it sure looks pretty! Christian Bale is back as Bruce Wayne, a.k.a. The Batman. Hit the pic to download the trailer!
© wb 2008
05/05/08
The Terminator... for kids!:
This sucks!!! Producers plan to make a kids-friendly PG-13 Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins! Wider target audience, means more money, but
it doesn't mean it'll also do the movie any good. Just look at Alien versus Predator and Live Free or Die Hard, both PG-13 flicks with less gore and/or mild action.
I really hope they change their minds on this! Cyborgs ripping the flesh off their endo-skeletons, lots of blood, hardcore action, that's all I want! Not quick editing to cover up the gore. The new Terminator flick will be directed by McG and stars Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin and Moon Bloodgood.
Source: Variety
05/05/08
U.S. Box Office May 02-04:
100 million bucks opening, 10th biggest opening of all-time and a worldwide total of 201 million bucks! Iron Man is in town, and looks like he's here to stay! Here's the rest of the Top Ten;
1. Iron Man - $100,750,000 / $104,250,000 (new)
2. Made of Honor - $15,500,000 (new)
3. Baby Mama - $10,332,000 / $32,330,000
4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $6,132,000 / $44,804,000
5. Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay - $6,015,000 / $25,270,000
6. The Forbidden Kingdom - $4,200,000 / $45,124,000
7. Nim's Island - $2,750,000 / $42,544,000
8. Prom Night - $2,500,000 / $41,447,000
9. 21 - $2,100,000 / $79,057,000
10. 88 Minutes - $1,600,000 / $15,424,000
04/05/08
Newsflash:
The trailer for the Will Smith superhero flick Hancock is now online! Peter Berg (The Kingdom) directs, rest of the cast includes Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman. Click here for the trailer!
And the man with the hat is also back with a new trailer! Click here for the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull trailer!
Rick Yune will star in the martial arts flick Ninja Assassin. The Wachowski brothers will produce, with James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) attached as director. The film also stars Korean actor-singer Rain who will play the role of a ninja who turns his back on his clan and its traditonal life-style. "Not to give too much away, but my character stays within what he was brought up with, and they go up against each other," Yune said, "I'm not a heavy. The characters are ninjas, they are assassins, and there's this mix of morality the Wachowskis are exploring." Source: The Hollywood Reporter
It's no movie news, but I was a bit shocked when I read this, Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum, who plays Lex Luthor, will leave the show! "It is time for me to start the next chapter of my life and career," Rosenbaum said, "I hope that I gave you some enjoyment over the years, and that you found my portrayal of Lex Luthor to be satisfying." Rosenbaum will return for a few episodes though, but two new villains will be introduced to make Clark Kent's life a bit more complicated. Source: Kryptonsite
04/05/08
J.J. Abrams talks Star Trek:
Director J.J. Abrams will deliver a new Star Trek movie, which starts from the beginning. The young cast re-creating the Enterprise crew are Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy, Simon Pegg as Scott, John Cho as Sulu, Zoe Saldana as Uhura and Anton Yelchin as Chekov. The director talked about his production, check this out;
"It was an opportunity to take what I think has been a maligned world - to sound crass, a franchise - and treat it in a way that made it something that I wanted to see. To take the characters, the thoughtfulness, the personalities, the sense of adventure, the idea of humanity working together, the sense of social commentary and innovation, all that stuff. To take it and apply it in a way that felt genuinely thrilling.
The whole point was to try to make this movie for fans of movies, not fans of Star Trek, necessarily. If you're a fan, we've got one of the writers who's a devout Trekker, so we were able to make sure we were serving the people who are completely enamored with Star Trek. But we are not making the movie for that contingent alone.
It's a chance to see what Kirk and Spock would look like done now. What's thrilling about it is how great the cast is, how remarkably talented and funny and just spot-on they all are.
I feel like this is so unlike what you expect, so unlike the Star Trek you've seen. At the same time, it's being true to what's come before, honoring it. I can say the effects for Star Trek have never, ever been done like this. ... I can only tell you the idea of the universe of Star Trek has never been given this kind of treatment."
Source: AP
01/05/08
Hulk trailer!:
A new, action packed The Incredible Hulk trailer hit the web! Looks promising! The cast of Louis Leterrier's new take on the franchise, includes Edward Norton, Liv Tyler and Tim Roth.
Click on the pic to download the trailer. I'll be back with more news this weekend!
© universal 2008
30/04/08
Brandon Routh talks Superman!!!:
Now that the Justice League movie will likely not see the light of day, the Superman sequel is back in business! Brandon Routh talks about the Man of Steel and what he would like to see in the sequel;
I expect that we'll be working early next year. I know that Bryan Singer has pretty much finished out "Valkyrie" and is back in the states and is zeroing in on the story that he wants to tell. Once that arrives it's going to move pretty quickly. I think that everybody is getting excited. It's been three years now, really. It's hard to believe that it's been long, but everyone is getting jazzed and ready to go again. I certainly am.
Well, I think that something that audiences are looking for - and I certainly am, too - is for Superman to actually be able to lay a punch on someone or something. I was filming and I thought, I haven't really hit anything. I feel like I'm going to need to let some of this anger out. So I'm happy that I think that's going to be a central part of the sequel, getting a good villain that we can actually have physical altercations with. Certainly also, I'd like more humor from Clark or just more of Clark and Jimmy. A little bit more of Lois and Clark, how we used to see them, a bit more of buddies. Perhaps things will be smoothed over with Superman and Lois and she can afford to be a little bit nicer to Clark. I think that's something that people want to see and those are some of the great moments from previous "Superman" films. Also, Superman and Lois getting together, that's always my end goal. I want that to happen. The romantic in me wants that to happen eventually whether they're finally together in this movie or in whatever future films there might be. I kind of want to see that happen.
Source: Coming Soon
30/04/08
The Mummy is back!:
Director Rob Cohen posted the first poster for his upcoming The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Cast includes Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Michelle Yeoh and Jet Li! Click for a bigger version.
© universal 2008
29/04/08
Reggy's Iron Man Review!:
The summer movie season kicks off with the superhero flick Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr.! I've seen it, loved the
Iron Man suits, but did I also love the flick? Well, click on the pic for my review!
© paramount 2008
29/04/08
Newsflash:
Mel Gibson is ready to get back in front of the camera! The actor will star in the thriller Edge of Darkness, which is based on a 1985 BBC mini-series about a police investigator whose activist daughter is killed. Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, GoldenEye) who directed the series, will also direct the feature. William Monahan (The Departed) wrote the script. Source: Variety
Steven Soderbergh will direct The Girlfriend Experience, a flick that centers on the world of a $10,000-a-night call girl. Just like Soderbergh's Bubble, the low-budget film will be released simultaneously in theatre, on cable and on DVD. Source: Variety
A bunch of new Dark Knight posters were spotted in the bat cave! Click on the pic to check 'm out!
© wb 2008
28/04/08
Guillermo Del Toro talks The Hobbit!:
Now that it's official, Guillermo Del Toro talks about directing The Hobbit! Del Toro already got in touch with Andy Serkis, Ian McKellen, composer Howard Shore and WETA's Richard Taylor. The director will shoot two flicks back to back, check this out;
"You know, I traveled to New Zealand just a little while ago, and one of the main reasons for going was to sit down and talk about the second film. 'The Hobbit', the book, is really one self-contained film, so for the second movie we sat down and worked it out. When we did this we got really excited because this second film is not a 'tag on', it's not 'filler', it's an integral part of telling the story of those 50 years of history lost in the narrative. There will be certain things that we will see from the first movie but from a different point of view, but it will feel like a volume, in the 5 volumes of the entire story. It will not feel like a bridge, I've been hearing it called 'a bridge film', it's not, it's an integral chapter of the story, and I think we're all on the same page.
What I'm trying to do is keep the elements in place but allow you to feel a progression from 'The Hobbit' until 'The Return of the King'. I believe 'The Hobbit' is a very crucial volume in The Lord of the Rings, it is a narrative that starts out very much in an innocent and golden way. It is permeated from England going through World War One, so there is a loss of innocence and a darker tone as the book and the film progresses. We'll be doing that in the first film, taking you from a time of more purity to a darker reality throughout the film, but I think that is in the spirit of the book. All these guys, Alan Lee, John Howe, these guys are integral for us to map out that progress in the two movies, and allow you to completely blend in to the universe that is already in place. But this will be a progression, it should not feel at the start of the film that this is the same time (as the beginning of 'Fellowship'). 50 years in Shire time, is not the same as 50 years in human time, if you think about how our world has changed in only 7 or 8 years, you can think of it as decades of turmoil, those 50 years in Middle-earth."
Excellent! Click here for more!
26/04/08
Newsflash:
Hi guys, sorry for the delayed update, I've been biking in the caves in the southern part of the low lands for a few days. Fortunately, I'm back in one piece, so lets bring you up to speed on the latest news;
It's official, Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) is the director of the two Hobbit flicks! The man, who does look like a Mexican hobbit, is moving to New Zealand where the flicks will be shot back to back, the story will eventually lead up to The Fellowship of the Ring. Peter Jackson is still involved as executive producer and writer, together with Fran Walsh. Source: Variety
Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer and former Jedi master, Ewan McGregor, join Tom Hanks in the prequel (or is it a semi-sequel) of The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons. Ron Howard is back for the 'action' and 'cut' part. Source: Variety
My man, Adam Sandler, stars in the upcoming comedy You Don't Mess with the Zohan, which also stars John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson and Rob Schneider. The new trailer is up right here. I believe I've wet my pants, can't wait to check this baby out.
Christian Slater, Wes Bentley and Emmanuelle Vaugier will star in Dolan's Cadillac. The film is based on a short story by Stephen King about a man who plots to avenge the murder of his wife. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The Fury is the next victim, which undergoes a remake treatment. Fox 2000 is planning a new take on Brian De Palma's classic about a young man with kinetic powers. Source: Variety
A freakin' awesome new poster for The Dark Knight is now online! Click on the man with the pointy ears for more!
© wb 2008
28/03/08
Reggy's Doomsday Review!:
Neil Marshall is back with a little slug fest called Doomsday! The flick was spotted at the Box Office Top Ten for just one week, but I still feel the need to bring
you my review, 'cause if you got the time, go check it out. Click on the pic for my Doomsday review!
© rogue pictures 2008
11/03/08
Reggy's 10,000 BC Review!:
Roland Emmerich, the man who delivered ID4, is back with the mammoth epic 10,000 BC. Well, I've heard about it, seen it and boy, was it really that bad? Click on the pic to find out!
© wb 2008
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