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Evidently, gearing up for Watchmen just isn't enough for Zack Snyder and screenwriter Alex Tse.
The men are teaming up again to write (Tse) and direct (Snyder) a remake of the 1969 Rod Steiger sci-fi flick, The Illustrated Man. For you real sci-fi geeks out there, you will remember that The Illustrated Man was originally a collectinon of Ray Bradbury short stories about a man with moving, future-telling tattoos--and a good one, at that.
Anyone else have to read "The Veldt"?
Source: Variety.
Posted 08.30.07 by reelz -
You want to see the poster for Will Eisner's The Spirit?
We know you do! And we've got it. Click here for a look. Dig it.
Posted 08.29.07 by reelz -
Ben Affleck joins the rest of the known Hollywood universe in the cast of Ken Kwapis' He's Just Not That Into You.
That makes: Affleck, Anniston, Barrymore, and Johansson, in case you're counting. Who knew so many people wanted to work with the guy who made The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants?
Source: Variety.
Posted 08.29.07 by reelz -
Hard at work on his draft of Shazam!, screenwriter John August provided us with a glimpse of what we can expect to see in the upcoming live-action Captain Marvel flick:
"The underlying premise is funny, so it's not just Spider-Man plus jokes," August revealed at last week's press day for his directorial debut The Nines. "There's something inherently funny about a 13-year-old boy who gets to become a big, studly superhero, and sort of what's a priority to him wouldn't be a priority to a normal person who gets those powers."
Hmmm...sounds like Big with explosions.
August promised, however, that Shazam! will appeal to more than just adolescent boys and other people who like movies about adolescent boys. "The thirteen-year-olds who who are reflected in the movie will really love the movie, and I think other people will too. At this budget, it's gotta be one of those classic 'four quadrants,' where everybody and their brother goes to see it."
Shazam! is set for a release sometime next year. The Nines opens this Friday, August 31st.
Posted 08.29.07 by reelz -
Owen Wilson has bowed out of the Ben Stiller comedy, Tropic of Thunder, which he was to shoot in Hawaii next month.
No information has been released on whether or not the role will be recast or eliminated, nor what Wilson's plans are for Marley & Me, which he had just signed to star in opposite Jennifer Aniston.
Wilson is recuperating from last weekend's suicide attempt at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.
Source: Variety.
Posted 08.29.07 by reelz -
Tim Burton's film adaptaion of Sweeney Todd has gotten its release date, and it's a doozy. Johnny Depp's version of the bloody barber of Fleet Street will head into theaters on December 21--just in time for the Christmas movie audiences.
The movie musical was originally slated for a "platform" strategy, opening in limited release in December and then going wide in January, but DreamWorks execs think that Depp's character might have the same brandability and appeal as his character Captain Jack Sparrow did in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
That's saying a lot for someone whose main activity is slashing throats with his shaving razor.
Source: Variety.
Posted 08.29.07 by reelz -
Our friends at MTV are reporting that after 20 years, a sequel to The Lost Boys is under way.
In fact, Corey Feldman revealed lots of details, including its tentative title (The Lost Boys II: The Tribe) and plot details, as well as who will be returning (him, Corey Haim, Jamison Newlander) and who won't be (Jami Gertz, Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric). Feldman has already started shooting in Vancouver, although Haim is having border-crossing issues.
Check out the full details here.
Posted 08.29.07 by reelz -
Robert Downey Jr. has joined the cast of the Jamie Foxx drama The Soloist, a true story about a violin prodigy who wound up homeless and battling schizophrenia. RDJ will play the LA Times columnist who discovers him.
Sounds a little bit like Resurrecting the Champ, don't you think? Hopefully a little bit better, though.
And The Rock will be leading the way in Witch Mountain, Disney's follow up to its original Escape to Witch Mountain from 1975. He will play a Vegas cab driver who picks up a pair of magically-endowed siblings as a fare.
Source: Variety.
Posted 08.28.07 by reelz